u/Mountain_Salary_46

Pattern calls for 17 stitches in 4 inches and I have 19 (if I counted correctly.) But I think that’s okay for this hood, right? Since it’s just knit flat and stitched together?

Also - I want to frog this swatch I think. To keep the yarn. What’s the easiest way?? I don’t think it’ll come apart if I just pull, will it? Are there different methods of frogging?

But he usually goes by Franklin. His other aliases include Frangalin Pangalin Dingalin Doo, Finkfank, Finkie, Franklin Pancake, Freakazoid Franklin, Franklin Universityyyy (sang to the tune of the school we hear commercials for), or Fing Fang Walla Walla Bing Bang.

This is a cake, right? My yarn shop rewound my yarn from the spiral thing to this but every so often it tangles as I’m working. I don’t ever want to work this way again lol. How should I wind my yarn?? I see people talking about using the backs of chairs but I don’t understand that and I don’t want to knit in front of 2 chairs always??? Sorry, not sure which flair to use 😬

Found it in my cat food bowl 😫 in Ohio!

They make my eyes cross, and idk if I’m doing it right. Pattern is the Sailors Cap by DROP designs? I’m also working with 2 strands of a cotton/ rayon mix instead. I just learned I could double up today 🤯

This is my first gauge swatch!

Also - the “straight line” pattern in my stockinette - is that because I’m using 2 strands of yarn? It doesn’t usually look like that. It usually looks like the regular “v” shape. Are these twisted??

I knitted the flat hat! (from Knitting Patterns for Dummies) I could cry lol. I learned how to knit this year and yall inspired me to venture into the purl stitch!!

About half way through, I was so frustrated of how bunchy the hat got on my needles, I bought a set of circular needles to finish the project so I had more room. It was a little bit of a learning curve and you can see where my stitches are a little looser in the middle.

I was a little nervous it wouldn’t turn ok because it’s supposed to be knitted flat, which I still don’t really understand the meaning of 🤣🤦‍♀️ But it seems like it turned out just the same after I switched to circular needles. I’m wondering when I should and should not use regular needles versus circular? Like, I’m pretty sure socks have to be made with circular needles? But isn’t it also bad to have a flat project get all tight and bunchy on your needles??

Thank you! I’ll be making a nicer version for my expecting friend 😅😅