r/AdvancedKnitting

So my best friend is pregnant and naturally I had to knit the baby, whom we are calling Goblin until birth, a blanket. Space/rockets are the theme. I did an inspiration drawing and then charted out the rocket. One side will be take off and the other will be traveling through space. I’m finally done with take off shaping at row 100 and around row 110 I finally start knitting the rocket. It’s become a lot bigger than I intended and I was jugging 8 balls of yarn until I finished the take off clouds.

Once it’s all done I’ll do some duplicate stitching or something similar to do some more details to the clouds and pop some stars in. I wanted to be done mid August, but I’m in the heat at work all day and don’t have the energy to stay on schedule for that. I think it’s been a good four years since I did any knitting, so this has been a good jump back in project. Lots of double stitch to go.

I think this qualifies as advanced knitting! I’ve been knitting a few years now, but when I first started I knit my grandma a somewhat boring garter stitch shawl. She LOVES that shawl and shows it off at church which is so cute but like now that I’ve gotten better at knitting I wanted to give her something I’d be even more proud for her to show people!

PS please ignore any cat hair my baby loves rolling around on my blocked projects lol

Pattern: Scheepjes Cosy Moments Lace Shawl
Yarn: Cascade Heritage 5606 Burgundy

I’ve been knitting for 14 years. In the last few years i took pattern writing classes and made a few of my own designs. Yesterday was my 22nd wedding anniversary. I wanted a challenge. I recently bought a manual knitting flatbed. This is my second intarsia project. I took the picture from the comic book, charted it. Knit a swatch. Made my measurements. Wrote out a pattern. It’s not perfect. There are things i will change if i do another one..i’m sure i will. It took 40 hours of knitting. It’s merino/cotton yarn in dk. I love it. I’m pleased with how my hard-work paid off. I get tired of people claiming it’s just talent. I’ve worked hard to get to the point where i can fully produce my own completely handmade garment. Also calvin and hobbes merchandise is not legally available. It’s my husband’s favorite cartoon. He loves that it is a one of a kind piece that no one else will have. Feel free to give tips, but please be kind. My heart is full.

This sweater has been sitting in pieces for at least 6 months because I wasn’t sure how to properly reinforce the steeks at the shoulder and hem… finally got a little needle felting kit and only stabbed myself a couple times felting the steek. It’s now seamed together but still needs the collar and hem and some finishing bits

Hi all,

I’ve Been knitting my fingers off lately 😄

Here are my latest four puppies.

Two Westies knitted with Gazzal Marilyn & Merinos and kid silk. Using a different shade of white for each one. ( one a cool white the other a warm creamier white.)

One terrier knitted with Gazzal Marilyn & Merinos cream and kid silk off white.

Cocker spaniel knitted with Drops Sky, off white and hazelnut, kid silk Chocolate and white. Faux fur for the ears and dark brown kid silk. This one was a special gift for a friend who lost her beautiful chocolate roan boy recently. I used stranded colour work and also some ( not great 🥴) intarsia. It was a bit of a learning experience 😂

Patterns used ( with a few tweaks here and there) all Claire Garland. Bullmastiff, basic puppy and Spaniel head available from Claire’s Domestika course.

The first row has RT which for me are way easier to do when stitches are mounted the standard way, the 3rd row has LT which are easier when the stitch mount is reversed. So I create reverse mounted stitches in row 2, and standard mounted stitches in row 4.

balanced diamonds with eyelids and steeks in the middle, a beaded cross dead center (hard to see here), and strawberries but worked every row with extra berries that will end kinda in a wave on top instead of straight across! it’s fun to see the strong pull to the right from my yarn (i think it’ll block fine when i stretch it everything looks more normal)

I posted previously on r/knittinghelp about what to do since my original yarn ran out. I settled on learning intarsia for this and i’m super pleased with it!
Pattern is Frozen Leaves by Anusla on Ravelry, model is my wife for whom this was for.

Unsure what the top yarn is although I know its a silk mix, bottom yarn is suri alpaca and silk blend.

i think the yarn is adorable especially how tiny the balls are. roughly 750 yards in 24 grams! knitting this on 1.5mm needles and i like how airy it is

This is actually only my second stranded colorwork project, so I’m very proud! Advanced because of the colorwork. The pattern is the Bibi sweater by spektakelstrik, but I basically changed every besides the chart, knitting off gauge and including some underarm shaping. I also changed the neckline to make it a bit rounder and deeper and steek it instead of knitting back and forth and I knit the sleeves as one big tube, steeked them and sewed them on in the end. Yarn is Rauma Fivel and I’m very happy with it! I would have loved to go with fingering+mohair but with all the colors it would have just been too expensive. This took me 5 months, though I did knit on other projects in that time.

Think a giant latvian braid, the yarn gets wrapped under each time the colour changes, which is of course opposite for opposite sides, hence the chevron effect on the back. Sleeves included just because I think they're so cute and wanted to show off. I'm usually a big steeker so this is a fun challenge. All wool, all original design.

I just finished the Fossil Frenzy Tee (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fossil-frenzy-tee) and so far its my smallest needle garment if that makes sense? Prior to that my smallest garment was on a 3mm and this was on half that, a 1.5mm. The finer gauges allow for a lot more detail in the colorwork, which I love.

I have to say as someone who mainly knits sweaters knitting a summer knit was a bit stressful, not knowing how wearable it would truly be but this feels fantastic. I love this piece and it will be a treasured staple in my closet.

Yarn: Malabrego sock in fucsia and Berroco ultra wool fine in cream.