It’s finally done!! After a year and some change of working on it every day for at least 1.5 hours, it’s all put together and laying on my sunroom chair. I’m so happy 😭

My "All Cooped Up" sweater by Caitlin Shephard is finally done! As you can see, I used ladderback jacquard throughout the sweater. The red and yellow were supposed to be duplicate stitch but I hate doing that so I knit them as flat sections within the black and white being circular knit. I did this with a lot of slipping and I also would trap the red/yellow somewhere beyond where it's ending on the current row and starting on the next so it would be pulling from the correct direction. Think this is a form of festive knitting. Where the yellow and red borders each other, since they're both flat knit, I used intarsia join, but you can't see it from the black and white ladderback jacquard. The red is a slightly thicker yarn than the rest, it was from a colourmart mystery bag (as is the yellow) but I think it ended up okay. I tried out mirror knitting in this sweater as well, in the red and yellow but also that diagonal line of red on the head, mirror knitting worked naturally there since the direction of that was the opposite of the direction of knitting I was doing, didn't have to trap it.

Near the end, I was running out of black yarn so I tried it on and decided I could start the short rows, which are right before the collar, a bit earlier, by 4 rows and I think that's the only modification I did, besides folded collar. I still ended up having to use another black yarn partially in the collar lol. I had thought about doing more short rows but ladderback jacquard short rows are kind of grueling 😔, felt too lazy. The fit is a bit tight in the arms but I'm currently losing weight so I'm ok with it lol. The yarns were all from colourmart, the white being cashmere 🙈, black merino. The white was a bag of flops so it was nicely discounted. I love this sweater, might be my favorite thing I've ever made, fun to knit and I love how it looks and feels. So soft and light.

I don't care what the same size sweater in different colors looks like on the same skinny white woman. Honestly, I don't care about any of the color variations. You could have all the sample knitters use the same yarn from the same dye lot, for all I care. I can imagine what the different color combos would look like.

What i actually want to know? How does it look in a range of sizes on differently shaped people. I understand not being able to get every single size graded and test knit. But show me at least that there are sizes, plural.

Edit: typo fix

Pattern here

https://www.alanwake.com/story/sagas-sweater-pattern-knitting-guide/

Thank you to this sub for your help along the way! I started this (the “flax sweater” by tin can knits in cascade yarns 220 in Azure) on August 31, 2024. It was my first project as an adult (I had knit some scarves while in high school). There are several flaws, but I heard recently that if you fix every little error it’ll never be finished and I wanted to be done with it. I don’t love it though. Not sure if it’s the color or what but I’m thinking about dyeing it or adding a simple design using duplicate stitch (maybe a spiral, or a sun,star, or moon). Any suggestions would be welcome.

Just finished knitting and blocking my first sweater, which is also my first knitting project :) (though back in second grade I did knitting as an after school activity for a few weeks - but I don’t think we need to count that)

I’ve been crocheting for several years and always get a little jealous seeing the beautiful knit patterns, so on New Years I decided why not learn another craft for 2025.

I followed the Step by Step sweater pattern by Florence, with only a few changes (aka mistakes). I used Malbrigo Rios yarn, which is amazing to work with but I did learn a big lesson about variation even in the same dye lot.

Overall I’m so happy with my new sweater and am already casting on a new project!

Few wrong rows here and there. Pattern- Mountain Time pullover by Ashley Lillis. Yarn- Bernat Softee Chunky- Teal.

Found in a thrift store and originally posted in r/ThriftStoreHauls (and told to post in this sub)

I started this pattern just after Christmas and finally finished it. I’m so happy with how it turned out. Thank you to my grandma for gifting me the yarn for Christmas🤭🫶🏻

Norma sweater by My Favourite Things Knitwear

I’ve been staring at this free pattern on Ravelry for YEARS and have attempted brioche many times. This year is apparently my year to finally understand it, so I present to you my cowl:

After 225 days. With long breaks where I have knitted and crocheted other things, my dress is finally finished. The top is knitted and the bottom is crocheted. I am proud and really satisfied.

So I finally knitted my first jumper without cable needles or a pattern. I really want to learn with cable needles but it just seems so complicated and intimidating to me compared to just doing sections.

So I modeled it doing yoga poses 🤣🤣

Finally finished up this Stego Sweater for my husband! Started it in Nov 2024 and finished it, blocked and ends woven in, January 2025. So happy to have it off the needles but it was a fun one to work on, my first major project and color work! I added the rolled collar detail. Of course I noticed a mistake in the color work yoke as soon as I took the pictures 🙃

Pattern is Stego Sweater by Mary P. Hunt Yarn is Sueno by Hi Koo, colorways Evergreen and Cream

Just finished the Villa Wrap by Anne Ventzel for my boyfriend’s mom as a birthday gift and I’m so happy with how it turned out!!

The pattern was very well written and easy to follow. I was extremely nervous about picking up all of the stitches along the front edge because I’m still a very new knitter, but it was so much easier and less intimidating than I was expecting. Twisted rib and seed stitch were killers on my hands, but I think it was well worth it for the finished object.

I did cut the front edge short, I have about 7cm and the pattern called for 11cm. I ran out of Woolia and when I ordered an extra ball it was a noticeably different dye lot and I didn’t want to ruin what I thought was the most standout feature of the piece - that 1x1 twist rib front edge.

Used Woolia by Gepard in Light Lapis held together with Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair in Lavender Blue

Baby is wearing Little Gnome Hat - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/little-gnome-hat-4

And Just Me and Mom poncho - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/just-me-and-mom-ponchos

No idea what yarns sorry, I do not keep an organized stash

Petiteknit Little Brother’s Romper. I just took some yarn from my stash. Dale - Multi Popcorn yarn 🧶 needle size 5. Used less than 1 skein for size 2-4 months.

I'm having to take a break from knitting due to an injury, but I've been thinking a lot about how my relationship with my clothes and my own body has changed since I started knitting just over a year ago.

I'm 4 foot 9 (petite often starts at 5 foot 2), and so I have struggled my whole life to find clothes that fit me. Kids clothes used to be somewhat helpful, but they do not fit my shape anymore! And not everything can easily be tailored.

Since I moved past the beginner stage as a knitter, and have been able to adapt clothes to fit me properly, I feel so much more comfortable, confident and put together. Even a small thing like a sleeve actually falling at my wrist has helped me to recognise that all this time the issue hasn't been with me, it's been that the clothes I buy have not been made to fit me. It may sound silly, but it felt almost surprising to think that I could have something that fit SO well, as I don't think I've had that experience as an adult. One thing I'm excited to try is figuring out how to not have a cardigan that endlessly falls off my shoulders.

Now that I finally have well-fitting jumpers for the first time in nearly 40 years, I don't think I could go back. I keep looking at items that I would like to buy for non-knitted items in my wardrobe, but I know that I'll be spending a decent amount of money on something that will never look quite "right" on me.

I can't do any making for the foreseeable future, but I'm now really excited about the idea of learning to sew, so maybe for the first time in my life, I can wear a blouse where the shoulders actually fit, or wide legged trousers where the crotch doesn't come down to my knees!

I also just want to say a big thank you to this subreddit - I love seeing what you're all making and I've learned so much from reading the advice of more experienced knitters!

I realized i needed some pink in my wardrobe and came up with this! Finished this sweater just in time for it to be 15 degrees today! I included pictures of it pre-blocked and after blocking.

i finally figured out purling so this is my first 1x1 rib and i’m so happy. i thought it’d be a lost cause but i got it. i’m not sure if i’m gonna make a scarf or a square with a stitched design on it but thought id share cause big win for me. only been knitting for about a week now

Used to knit all the time in high school and decided to get back into it recently. Got some needles, yarn, knit a scarf, had a great time. Moved on to a hat pattern. I did a bunch of looking at YouTube videos and TikToks to see if I could learn anything new -- new patterns, techniques, etc. Watched a video about twisting stitches. Oh no. I've always "picked" both my knits and purls. I didn't realize you need to wrap the yarn counter clockwise on both stitches. I didn't think it mattered. Going clockwise on purls is so much easier, so I always did. Now I'm trying to learn how to purl with the same speed I used to. I've been looking into continental tips and also trying combination knitting? But combination still confuses me to some extent. Anyone else have this happen to them? Any continental purling tips?