@QTpi @weirdsquid Not even gonna click through from Mastodon to reply to this, I'm just gonna say SHOW US YOUR CURSED SCARF 😂
@clockwork_octopus You had me at "gross"! Acrylic does seem to be the consensus it seems, gonna go look up reviews of my locally available ones and see which ones are considered reliable. Thanks!
@khzimmer2 @knitting Thank you! Cotton was my first thought too but I did worry about longevity, might be worth doing some research there and see if it's a solved problem.
Hmm, this baby stuff is a whole new world to me can you tell? 😆
@Peppycito LOL! This is a nightmarish fever dream, wtf. Apologies for bringing up such a traumatising memory 😅
Baby knitting experts, I need your advice!
A friend of mine is pregnant, and asked if I could possibly do a new version of this old doll someone made for her when she was a baby.
Absolutely, happy to!
Except I have no idea what kind of yarn is both baby-friendly and also will last for 40 years like this one has.
I can probably make up a pattern, but if anyone knows one similar so I don't have to that would also be amazing.
Pointers very welcome, thank you all!
@bananasmug @zaphod You're not alone I totally googled that too 😅
@kurobita Note how it didn't actually put any of us off though! Totes worth it 😄
I completely expected the same from the title, of course in that case the answer would be obvious. Cast on something new, of course! 😀
@innervisioner @knitting Thanks! It's actually a free pattern called "Double Eyelet Rib Toe-up Socks" by Wendy D. Johnson that seems to have been discontinued since I knitted it the first time!
They do look fairly similar. Only so many different things you can do with basic eyelet lace, I guess 😀
@utopify_org @ConfusedOrder I do wish we could get the full text, it's weird that comments show up fine but the OP is always just a link. Maybe one day I'll learn enough about how Lemmy works to put in a pull request, but it is not this day!
@ConfusedOrder @utopify_org Hah, I stumbled across this convo on Mastodon side and can see the issue. Basically for whatever reason, the original post is missing from this thread when viewed in Mastodon. Hence the confusion!
Your top-level comment looks like it's a standalone post rather than a reply, because the OP isn't there. But it looks different to all the other "posts", because it's not one!
Isn't techology fun 😂
@magslhalliday @knitting Oh no! I used to live in fear of something like this with DPNs and had visions of dropping them and having them roll down the whole bus. Big part of the reason I learned to just do everything magic loop instead! 😅
Bet you looked really pro recovering from that misstep though.
The perils of public bus knitting.
LOTS of bus travel for me today, so naturally I brought my sock project. Forgot I needed to frog the start of sock two and cast on again though. In public. Uhoh, pressure.
Well it is my pleasure to inform you that this morning I successfully remembered how to do a figure 8 cast on without looking up the instructions, for the first time ever 😎
I guess hardship leads to success, or something.
@Speckle Great minds! We're off on a cruise with the husband's family, should be fun, I have packed all my sewn skirts and crochet tops and etc 😎
@meggied90 Thanks, I did! Tried to find the tutorial to link you but I'm no good at searching from my phone 🙈 The cactus fabric was scraps from a dress I made so it's a whole matching outfit and accessory haha
Off on holiday today! No worries though, I've remembered the most important stuff.
Almost forgot to actually post my completed #macrame project from last week, but here we go!
I am very proud of this for a first attempt, especially considering the kit and instructions weren't great.
Definitely want to do a lot more of this, I suspect most of my friends will be getting macrame'd Christmas gifts this year!
@Whitehorse @cicatrized Oh bless! Haha I can just picture the moment she realised what was wrong.
My husband is left-handed too but when I taught him, we decided to try him the right-handed way round first just in case he could manage that since it would make it easier for him to follow other tutorials. Thankfully it worked out fine!
Do you still crochet exclusively left-handed or did you find you became more ambidextrous over time?
Crochet crop top update!
Last update: https://lemm.ee/post/110769
By popular demand it is \officially\ now a #crochet crop top not a tunic. Took a photo just now to commemorate how it looks before blocking, because I have a horrible feeling about this.
The sleeves currently hang a bit weird, pre-blocking, but I remember that happened last time I made this pattern too so not too worried about that. I \am\ a bit worried it'll grow uncontrollably and no longer be cropped.
Wish me luck!