r/casualknitting

Hey guys!

I'm starting to teach myself to knit and the picture if my first ever successful project knitting with some cheap extra yarn I had. I've crochet pretty heavily for years (probably close to 10 years) and years ago, I tried to teach myself to knit and I just wasn't getting it. I kept getting so frustrated. Anywho, I refound my knitting needles in a craft tote I had and decided to try it again. I do crochet A LOT and I am very quick with it. I say that because I feel like knitting is so much slower than crochet! Is that just my lack of experience or is it overall a slower process? It just seems like a lot more hands movements for less progress. Obviously I'm still learning how I like to hold and whatnot but didn't know what others who do both thought. Do you use less yarn over all? I've met more crocheters than knitters so I wanted to ask the knitting crew. Also, does anyone have any tips for a beginners you wish you knew? Thanks everyone and happy stitching!

My mum loves knitting lace patterns, and she just made this pretty swatch... I can't wait for the completed scarf

I know it’s not much and it’s very simple but I wanted an airy little hair scrunchie with a picot edge and then I made it from my mind, with no pattern!
I’ve been knitting for a year or two and I normally choose patterns based on new techniques I want to learn/get better at, but I’ve always wanted to be able to figure out how to make exactly what I want without needing to find a very specific pattern. This feels like a teeny tiny baby step in the right direction 🥰

If anyone has any tips/books/resources on how to make things without a pattern or how to make your own patterns please please tell me 🙏🏻

After having my own baby I stopped knitting because my hands were always full. My brother and his wife are expecting their first baby, so it felt like time to get back to into it. This cardi is full of errors, but it’s great to be back into knitting.

I've been called to sit for Jury Duty. I have to call Thursday night to confirm but all day Friday I expect to be sitting in the courthouse waiting to get weeded out. I've been on a stuffie kick lately, but wondering if I should take an assortment of things.

Knitted animal friends by Louise Crowther

Sock Masters

Or a sweater.....

I've wanted to make this one for a while but I was a bit nervous about the short rows but it turns out they aren't that hard! I'm making the size B on 5/6mm needles.

I was worried the collar seemed too small to fit over my head but thankfully it's totally fine, I just divided the body from sleeves and the underarm fit seems good too :)

Now I'm just doing stockinette for ages!

I definitely reccomend this pattern for any confident beginner who wants to make a sweater, the accompany video is very helpful for the tricky bits.

Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/emotional-support-chicken

Hi everyone! Here’s my new self drafted double knitted scarf!
I have it all planned out but I still need to refinish it before publishing it!
And obviously I need to finish the project myself eheh!
It’s called the Draconis scarf!🐉

Pattern: Monday Sweater by Petite Knit
Yarn: Northwoods Fibers Mermaid Gradient kit in fingering weight held double

A few little errors (didn’t downsize for the collar, armpit stitches are twisted, raglans are probably a little uneven) but learned a ton and very happy with it!

100% SW wool, fingering weight.

Showing off my WIP as I don’t have knitting friends irl (very new YouTube/self taught beginner knitter here)

I’ve read somewhere here that it’s a beginner rite of passage to make a stockinette stitch scarf only to realise it starts to **curl and gets curlier** and I wasn’t going for that look for my first scarf

So I searched for free scarf patterns online until I found the fluffiest looking lay-flat scarf, started at the other end of the yarn ball and after many false starts (frogging entire thing every time I made a mistake) + many youtube videos re fixing said mistakes so I don’t have to start from scratch + learning about lifelines, I am finally getting somewhere with a Brioche knit scarf

Didn’t realise at first that this isn’t exactly a typical “beginner project” but once I got set up, it’s actually not…that difficult? I’m very slow and live in fear of dropping a stitch… and I now understand why they’re called lifelines… but overall having a good time!

All that to say, I recommend anyone attempt this stitch as I think it looks more intimidating than it actually is! And it’s so **FLUFFY** I can’t wait to have a finished scarf… next year 🤣

Yarn: Morris and Son’s Empire 10 ply in Deep Rouge
Pattern: Brioche Scarf by Purl Soho

Hello again.
You may remember me posting, as a new knitter, some of the things I made. From my very first swatch, and then my stuffed toys.
Well, I have been busy practicing and creating life. I think now I have been knitting for about 6 - 7 months.
Here’s a few of my most recent projects.

Although I’m very excited once I finish a new project, I have refrained from posting every time I finish something. I feel people would probably get fed up with the constant posting from me.
But I’m super happy with how things are turning out, I wanted to show it all off.
I hope you like them all.

My nieces are very happy I have started knitting. I have a request list as long as my arm.

Unfortunately,
I have discovered I have a yarn acquisition problem. I think they call it S.A.B.L.E (stash acquisition beyond life expectancy)
Hopefully I will knit my way through it. But it’s over 30 kg 😳
I have a genuine problem. 😬

I was dreading the vertical-horizontal edge mattress stitch seaming as the gauge is so drastically different, but with YouTube(thank you so much Roxanne Richardson) and some patience it was done today. Not professional or perfect but imo passable.

It’s still a long term WIP and honestly I’m just wanting to finish this first iteration to move on and make the second version more polished. I’m a beginner in self drafting but am determined to make my vision work out and become a nice garment. This version isn’t completely up to my standards, but I’m actually so proud of everything about it so will definitely finish it before I tweak many things on the second version.

So if you remember I asked advice on how to knit cancun top on round and somebody shared with me a circular needle version pattern of the same top. I started making it and decided I did not like the slit neckline and did a shaped neckline.

I am so proud of my self because this is my third ever knitting project, second wearable and I did the neckline calculations by my self including the shaping..for the decreases I watched a tutorial but couldnt find any for increases for the back so I winged it. And really like the shape of it. Also the first time doing shoulders seperately and did without a pattern or a tutorial. And this is my first time doing beading too. I know these are trivial stuff for you but got me super happy because they are my first time.

However I am having little trouble with neckline casting on..I did it few times but stitches are still very loose. I did the backward loop casting on method. So for now my solution was to add a small crotchet border around..but I need to know how to caston in middle of projects without having very loose stitches like this?

My lovely husband asked for some fingerless mitts to wear while using the computer at home during the winter and thus, these babies were born! I really like Kay's pattern. It is really clear and concise. She also includes an excellent video showing how to cleanly close the gap at the thumb and it is so good! 

I used three different Opal sock yarns I had in stash and knit 10 rounds of each color for a very scrappy look. This was a really fun project and this pattern will definitely be my go-to for fingerless mitts in the future!

Yarn: All colorways by Zwerger Garn Opal

Colorways: no. 3206 Blinde Venus, no. 3203 Use Public Transport Save the City, & no.5433 Red Vineyard Near Arles

Pattern: Beetlejuice Mitts by @bryonybears on insta aka Kay Jones from the Bakery Bears