u/Jumpy-Material-6650

Hello hello,

I am knitting the Janette cardigan by Morecca Knit and I don’t understand one thing from the pattern when starting to work the sleeves: “Starting to the left of the shoulder seam, join the yarn and pick up and knit 78 (82) 86 (90)
94 (98) 100 (106) 108 sts along the armhole opening (2 sts for every 3 rows and 1 st for each
underarm st). After picking up the sts, place a marker at the shoulder seam to indicate the
beginning of the short rows. Place another marker at the center of the underarm (dividing
the sts in half) to indicate the BOR”. What does “pick up and knit mean”? Does it mean to knit the first row after picking up stitches AND THEN do the german short rows?
I already finished one sleeve by only picking up the stitches and then doing german short rows starting from the shoulder seam, but the joint looks odd.. looks like there are little gaps or that the stitches are a bit crooked. Will it be solved after blocking? I am about to start the second sleeve and not sure if I did the first one correct 😵.

Hi all!
I have this fabric that I am not sure what it’s made out of. Is it linen? I did the burn test and it did burn like paper and smells like burnt paper. It does wrinkle very easy, but at the same time it doesn’t lool like any other linen pieces that I have. I know (or trust) that those are linen because I got them from the store. But I have this one from my mom, without any tag on it. I want to make a summer vest and I had this in my stash so I was thinking to use it. How can I make sure it doesn’t have polyester in it?
Thank you!

Hi,

Is my starter acidic? This is the second feeding after taking it out of the fridge. I am trying to understand how acidic starter looks like. I remember one time I made a bread with a starter that was similar to this one and the bread turned out iffy.