🧶🧶🧶 How did I not know this?!!

Per Norman at #NimbleNeedles on #YouTube, swatches can be marked for needle size by tying knots - in this case, seven knots for US7 needle. Because I NEVER remember.

Another way is to knit in the correct number as purl bumps right in the swatch. Great hack!

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🧶🧶🧶 New obsession - the Emotional Support Little Chickie!

A spin-off of the wildly successful Emotional Support Chicken, which now has over 10k made according to Ravelry, these little guys are pocket-sized, for carry-along stress reduction. So darn cute!

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🧶🧶🧶 Needed a knitting palette cleanser, so knocked out this new pattern - The Emotional Support Little Chickie, a pocket-sized comfort fowl.

Mistakes were made. And that's OK... at least the safety eyes are kinda even. Now that I know the ropes, I think I might make several to surprise-gift to people here at the nursing home.

The child-like instant joy it brings to others is everything!

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🧶🧶🧶 Yay! The Mom Crème Anglaise sweater is at last done, delivered and mom-approved!

I learned so much making this. Lots of frogging back, switching yarns, switching patterns also. Settled on Valley Yarns Charlemont fingering and Cascade Baby Alpaca lace held together - dream combo. I love how the silk helps give the other fibers and the garment structure. Hooray, a #FO!

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🧶🧶🧶 Knitters! The new "OPI'm Dreaming" spring nail collection is out! Im sharing this because nail color is very sensitive to design trends, and OPI does it so well. Check out these crisp icy shades that just came out - inspiration for our spring-summer knits.

OPI'm Dreaming Spring 2025 Nail Polish Collection | OPI

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https://www.opi.com/collections/opim-dreaming-collection

Also finished this dishcloth recently.

My mum asked for some knitted dishcloths, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to go through my Vogue Knitting Stitch Dictionary book and practice some of the neat patterns showcased in there. :) This one is called "Eyelet Blocks" with a garter stitch border, and an added i-cord loop for hanging.

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🧶🧶🧶 New WIP!! Just started making the BonBon mitts now for my old roommate here at the nursing home. She wants them in white just like the pattern shows.

Cute pattern, and free! Using gifted yarn, not sure from who. No belly band, but feels like maybe a wool-synthetic blend...?

So happy to have something fresh to work on, while I also knit the final sleeve on Mom's sweater. Onward!

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Stash Busting Sock-a-Long.
I joined up this great way of using up some of your yarn stash. Doesn't matter where in the world you live, come join us.

My socks for January are completed.

Click here for all the details:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEGgMi2TeSK/?hl=en&img_index=1

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Hmm. This sounds distinctly like a need for a #flag of #Canada #Sweater #Knitting pattern challenge. <throws down the mitten> Hear this, #KnittingPattern #design ers?

I will have a top-down #BabySweater #cardigan version online shortly. I will need some folks to test-kni it. I may even be able to send #yarn.

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🧶🧶🧶 Swatching! Why?

For my elderly roommate here at the nursing home, who spends most of her time curled up in a ball under blankets, isolated.

I offered to knit her slippers. These will be the Nordic Slippers, a simple pattern with lace detail at the ankle. Yellow is her fave color, and I sourced this gorgeous yarn in stash. No band, but it feels like wool - very expensive wool! Deserving!

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A KnitPicks order arrived yesterday, so I cast on a couple new projects. A cowl, a washcloth, and a "soap sock".

Knit the soap sock (first two pics) in a single night, which was nice! Even though I made many mistakes and it was really just kind of bodged together. Still, it'll get the job done! It's just going to hang out in my shower, it doesn't have to be perfect. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

The third pic is the washcloth in the same yarn, KP's Dishie 100% cotton in Goldfish. I'm liking how the colours are pooling in a kind of chevron pattern across the cloth! ^^

No pictures of the cowl yet, I might try redoing it… using two gradient-coloured yarns in stripes, but they both start at white, so you can't see any difference in the stripes, yet. x___x I might try unravelling and re-wrapping a ball to get the gradient switched around and knit it that way, just so I can see the differences.

The (free) Soap Sock pattern is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PEL_L4zot6DL1hL7a7YYBqRbvmvWPrpS/view

The (free) wash cloth pattern is here: https://knitfarious.com/happy-accident-knit-washcloth-free-pattern/



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...Michelle can also be found on her website, MakerTube.net. Lots of great knitting and other crafted content in well-edited videos in both places.

@ConsumableJoy I sure hope you are taking a big bow for what you've created with #FinishOrFrogAlong. Bravo!! 👏👏👏👏👏

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https://makertube.net/w/eWP9zQNMzXh2EqfLfdNMtc

🧶💥🧶 GREAT FOLLOW! 🧶💥🧶

Check out the #YouTube channel of our Mastodon knitting pal @MichelleMay aka @TheGiddyStitcher. This video is on lessons learned from the recent #FinishOrFrogAlong event...

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https://youtu.be/n6lPbHecLBk?si=Z5xEFEB3O8SXAoB8