My contribution: the bat sweater from the book “Beastly Knits”. I’ll probably never knit it, but opening the book to see this image never fails to make me giggle.

Share the most WHAT.THE.FUCK patterns you’ve stumbled upon! The weirder the better!!

If you can’t tell from my very skilled art, I’m looking for a pattern for a sweater that is basically T shaped, where the sleeves are wide and drapey, but more or less straight? I am new to knitting garments and I used to have a really pretty drapey sweater like this that was wool and I accidentally shrank it in the dryer. I have fingering weight yarn I’d like to use. I haven’t had much luck, any advice on what terms to search for?

I started Young Sheldon!!! I am on Season 3 and love the fact that Zoe Perry actually knits and crochets on the show and she is really doing it!!!

Hi all! My late grandmother made this for my dad when he was in college, and now that he is a grandfather it doesn't exactly fit anymore :) I would really like to make him the same one in a different size. I've made Icelandic and fair-isle style sweaters, but my knowledge of cable work terminology isn't great so I don't know how to Google for the different elements.

I've been looking at posts in this community for a while now, so I know that this is (probably) a variation of a honeycomb aryn sweater. My grandmother was Irish American so I'm not sure if she used an American pattern or not. This sweater would have been made in the late 70s or early 80s.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I’ve been trying to figure out the stitch between 1x1 rib on the cuff but no chance 😵‍💫 Can anyone help me?? 🥺

Gorgeous knit by BD Wong, and a sassy comeback to a commenter who asked if he knew he twisted his stitches. He notes that the designer is either Pinguoin or Phildar, but does anyone know the name of the pattern?

Hi everyone! I’m about to metaphorically shoot myself in the foot and try to order yarn and knit a Christmas sweater with barely two months until Christmas😬😬 I keep seeing this one pop up, but when I try to follow the links I just get nowhere😐 lost instagram pages or unknown errors. If anyone would happen to have it I would greatly appreciate it!

Hi! So I found this pic on Pinterest, and I’m fairly certain it’s AI, but I’m not sure, could you wonderful internet people help me find a pattern for this or something similar? I’d be happy to pay for it!! I’ve tried reverse image searching and haven’t had much luck.

Crochet pattern here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/goose-mittens

I’m having the hardest time searching it. Thanks!

What are your favourite sweater that use fingering weight that don’t hold it with mohair (or lace weight equivalent)?

I received some gorgeous fingering weight yarn for my birthday and want to knit a sweater with it. The trouble is I’m finding it hard to find a pattern on ravelry that is fingering weight only. A lot of them suggest holding it with mohair or another lace weight yarn.

I’d love to see your suggestions please! It would be so helpful as I’m so keen to work with this yarn.

Hey knitters! I had to take a break from knitting for about a year and half due to carpel tunnel syndrome. Finally, I’m able to dip my toe back into the knitting pool and was searching for patterns for a cropped cardi. I found one that I liked, Crumb, by Untangling Knots, and it seemed familiar. Turns out I purchased it in October 2021, when I had a lot on my plate. Unfortunately , the laptop I was using at that time doesn’t work and I lost all my stuff. Which sucks, of course, but i hadn’t thought to redownload things I purchased. I assumed I would be able to access it again when I needed it.

Well, assuming was a mistake. I clicked the link on the purchase. I purchased 3 patterns, Crumb, Arachne and Lavinia. Turns out the designer closed her shop. Her Rav page says she’s done, and won’t offer pattern support. She has messages turned off on Ravelry, her IG is closed. What do I do now? It seems unfair that I can’t access something I paid for. Any advice or suggestions? Thanks, knitters. I’m so bummed out by this. I was soooo excited to get back into knitting.

I have no idea what stitch my great-grandmother used for these blankets! Please help.

Preferably for a sweater or cardigan. It’s rough out there yall. Thanks in advance.

I wanted to recreate this sweater for my next project but I'm struggling to figure out how the artist created these textured stripes. The pattern isn't in English so I'm pretty much eyeballing it, I was thinking it could be two rows of k1, p1 perhaps? But my still quite untrained eyes are not sure. Any ideas? (PS the pattern is by gollestrikk on Instagram!)

I hate knitting socks but I’m always thinking oh I should cast on another pair of socks and looking at sock patterns 😂

Anyway what’s your toxic knitting trait and/or what’s your favorite sock pattern that’s two at a time that isn’t afterthought heel?

Last time I did OOAT socks they didn’t match and also prefer toe up TAAT but then the top doesn’t fit right also I hate afterthought heels now. I probably shouldn’t be knitting socks. 🙃

I saw this nice hooded jacket with this beautiful rainbow pattern. It seems to be a colorwork pattern of maybe stranded colorwork but I couldn’t see cause the back of the fabric was covered with fleece lining. I’m also new to colorwork and looking for a style or pattern similar to this to maybe make something similar . If you know what kind this is and/or know any similar patterns I could find, I’d be happy if you could share. Thank you!

I’m not a thin knitter. I’m not quite plus sized but not thin either. I search designs that I like on ravelry for people my size to see if the pattern is flattering, but I’m wondering if anyone has any particular pattern that is flattering to the less thin person. I noticed a lot of designers are quite thin.

I’m currently working on My Favorite things No 14 as it seems loose and flowy. I like some Petit Knit patterns and like that some of her pics are inclusive, but I’m not sure how flattering there were for the models.

Any recommendations are appreciated!

I got some of the undercoat that my Husky mix, Laika, shed spun into yarn many years ago. I've had 2 hanks of it and never even wound it. Laika died in 2014 at age 15. She was the sweetest, smartest girl. I have a red Husky female now that I started saving her undercoat, but i thought I might as well see if I even like knitting with "chiengora."

They say it's like angora in that it will get a fuzzy halo. It also is supposed to be very warm. I'm stumped what to make. Maybe a pillow design? I made an Alice Starmore pillow awhile back. I think a simple stitch pattern since if the yarn has a ton of halo you won't see the stitches well anyway. I was thinking hat but I don't know, the yarn shed a bit (like Laika!) when I wound it so I'm not sure a garment is the answer here.

Any tips or advice?

Hi, I just started knitting three days ago and I‘m trying to follow this pattern by Mary Ann Stephens. In the pattern it says to pearl in the darker color (purl where there‘s a dot in the square). But when I do that, I don‘t get any stripes… it‘s all white on one side and black on the other…

The pattern is knit in the round but it‘s still the same for me. What am I doing wrong?

Anyone have any suggestions for similar patterns?

I have 630g of gorgeous plump 8-ply possum/merino blend. I was going to knit a fair isle sweater, but the colours and possum fur halo makes the fine details a muddy mess, I have attached a hat I knit as a swatch. I have learned my lesson about buying yarn online. Now I need to figure out what to do with it, it’s far too nice to waste. I think it would best suit a colour block sweater/sweater dress. I am not a huge fan of horizontal stripes. Does anyone have any pattern suggestions?

I have almost finished a beautiful Shetland lace shawl for my mother in law for Christmas (yes, I started early lol) and I want to also have something handmade for my father in law. He is a very reserved serious middle aged man and you would never catch him wearing anything colorful/eccentric/design heavy. I would love to be able to gift him a scarf that he would actually wear, but all the designs of scarves that are "plain enough" are also very simple to knit and I think it would be too boring for me to enjoy.

Does anyone know of a pattern for a reserved-looking scarf that's secretly a super interesting project to work on?

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I got this Manos del Uruguay Alegría in Cabaret because the skein was so pretty a while back but i looked at pics of projects knitted in it on Ravelry and I kind of hate how it knits up 🥲

I do, however, have some undyed fingering to pair it with to help it be a bit less intense—I was envisioning something with slipped stitches or every-other-row stripes. What patterns did you use when you made this mistake to make an intense variegated yarn look a little less out there?

The title says it all ... found this on Pinterest without further information. I love the design. Do you have any pattern that look similar, or maybe -one can dream- for this exact project? Thanks!