u/Ancient-Weather1402

Hi! Are these carpet beetles? I attached as many pictures as I had just in case, I did my best to take close up pictures. I usually find them on the outside wall of my closet (it's a mirror) or on the wall next to the closet in my bedroom. I saw these quite often last year but nearly not at all during the winter. Now they've started appearing again, but not as much as last summer. My question is, are these carpet beetles or something else?

I also find these bugs quite often in the pantry (on the shelves and in dry ingredients like cereal) and last year when I had a lot of them, even in the bathroom! To be honest, there are more of them in my pantry than my bedroom, but when they're in my bedroom they always appear near my closet, which has me worried. I only found one larva last year, it was in my 100% acrylic sweater that I left out in the hallway. Since then I haven't noticed any signs of carpet beetles in my closet at all. No larvae, nothing. I vacuum and wash my closet quite often so I can't imagine where they're all hiding and coming from.

If they are indeed carpet beetles, what next steps can I take? Throw all my clothes in the washing machine bit by bit and hope for the best?

Location: central europe

Hi! Last year I had a few clothing moths but managed to get rid of them only to start finding carpet beetles about a month later. I'm not 100% sure they were carpet beetles, but they looked like brown carpet beetles to me and I kept finding them on the wall near my closet. The reason I had doubts as to whether they weren't some other type of bug is that I kept finding them in my kitchen as well(in dried herbs and cereal). But on the other hand I also saw one larva in my sweater.

Anyway, I deep cleaned my closet and I stopped seeing them for a while but these past few months I've seen a few here and there around my closet (adults only). I recently went to grab a skirt and found these eggs on the waistband so I was wondering if anyone with more carpet beetle experience would be able to confirm if they could be carpet beetle eggs? I know it's probably hard to tell with just this picture, sorry 😅 the eggs were quite yellow though, I'm not sure if that matches carpet beetles (or perhaps clothing moths again?)

Thank you in advance, any and all help is appreciated!!

Geographical location: central europe

Hi! I've been working on a sweater I've been really excited about but I ran into a big issue with the neckline. The sweater was worked in the round until the underarm and then worked flat and the shoulders were then sown together. Then I was supposed to pick up 78 stitches for the neck (the gauge was 11 stitches in 10cm according to the pattern, I met gauge on my blocked swatch and even my sweater has 11 stitches in 10cm in stockinette) but I picked up every stitch around the neck and that ended up being 68 stitches. The neckline is meant to be folded inwards at the end (like in the last picture)

The neckline's shape is due to the fact that the sweater (before I added the neckline) was already shaped like that. (Idk how that ended up happening since I met gauge and I'm very happy with the fit of the sweater other than the neckline) But I feel like the neckline ribbing itself is also an issue. I dislike the way the neckline droops forward towards my chest. I'd like it to hold its form more, it's too floppy.

Could the issue be that my gauge is right in stockinette but it's off in the ribbing?

Is there any way to salvage this? I've made my peace with the fact that I'll probably have to frog the whole ribbing but I'm wondering how to redo it? Do I switch to smaller needles? Do I pick up fewer stitches? Reinforce the neckline with something so that it holds its shape more?

Also, would using a different type of ribbing help make the neck less floppy?

Also, is there any way to make the neck more narrow around the shoulders? Maybe work more rows near the sides than the front? Is that realistic or not really? What techniques would I use for that?

I'm using drops melody yarn btw.

Thank you so much for all your help in advance!!🩷 I'm really grateful for all advice!!! ☺️

I started knitting this in December and finally finished it! This is only my third sweater but I love it, the yarn I used was quite thin so it's not as warm as my other sweaters and very light, which I love :)

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I finished the sweater, blocked it and then spent two days embroidering the stars on :) I was a bit unsure as to how to weave in the ends of the yarn I used for the stars (it's quite a slippery yarn) so I just tied a little knot when I finished a star, hopefully it doesn't come undone :)

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The pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/la-rentree

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The yarn: Drops Sky colour 23, Anchor Artiste Metallic colour 302

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