What is on your needles?

This sweater by Rowan, in the same dark green yarn as in the model. I really like knitting with this yarn, alpaca and cotton mix.

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I'm 3/4 the way down the body and thought I should do the sleeves in case I'm close on the amount of yarn. The sweater is quite long on the pattern, so I may shorten it a bit to just hit the top of my hip.

Grandmafrench

Knit very slowly, Merlotgran - sounds like a trap!
Brilliant idea Allira which should allow you to recline indefinitely.😉
What talented people. Shysal’s wreath is fabulous. And Primrose’s crochet is extraordinary…..the colours, the detail and precision. Thanks for sharing!

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Actually, another blanket, using my stash.
The Sweet Blossom blanket but in slightly different colours.

I have been dying to say this for weeks . The only thing on my needles is insuline .

I’ve just started a sweater for myself and I will keep you posted on the progress. The yarn is from my stash and its chunky.

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I bought this yarn some while ago and DD1 was going to knit me a cardigan out of it. She had begun it before she died and got quite a way with it but it was turning out too small. I am small but I like my cardigans and jumpers to be roomy.

Anyway, I brought it all home with the rest of her stash and half finished articles, rattled it down and re-wound it into balls and I'm now knitting it to a different pattern. It will take me a while...

Lovely colour and stitch, Baggs.

It will be a garment to treasure.

The first few inches of the head and body of a Big Fat Smiley Ted - destined as usual for Knit for Nowt.

Hi all

What’s on your needles or hooks today?
I’ve just finished a jumper for myself then going to start a cowl for a friend.

Is that all cabled? 😲
Do you knit 24 hours a day, Purplepixie, you really are a whizz kid!
Well done, I really like that. Warm and cosy too.

Still plodding on with the blanket which is more of a crochet sampler, I think. So many different stitches and umpteen ends to sew in (which I should do as I go along, of course).

Cable on the front and back. A crocodile (my name for it) stitch on the sleeves.
Knitting keeps me sane because I do battle depression. I’m looking at some new wool for another jumper for my friend’s birthday in march.

Oh and I’m also making a small throw to go over the bottom of my son’s bed.ln between knitting.
Photo of it so far. I said it will be ready by Easter.

MiniMoon I love your red cardigan, would it be possible to link to the pattern you used please?
My needles are empty at the moment. Just unravelled the wool for the second time from a nearly completed garment. The first one I didn't like how the collar sat on me, so unravelled and started a different jumper. Nearly finished and realised I was going to run out of wool so unravelled again. Fingers crossed it will be third time lucky

Lovely colour Baggs

I'm just learning to do intarsia - I'm loving it although having 12 changes per row is a challenge. I looked up how to do it on YouTube and an expert said not to use bobbins but to just measure roughly how long each colour should be, and let all the threads stay loose on my lap. So far I'm absolutely loving it.
I'm no expert, although I've been knitting for about 70 years. Mum taught me. I can do cables etc but haven't done any colourwork at all.
I thought I'd challenge myself to learn something new - evidently it keeps the brain active! I did attempt norweigan knitting, but that was just too different after knitting the english way for so long.

twinnytwin

I'm just learning to do intarsia - I'm loving it although having 12 changes per row is a challenge. I looked up how to do it on YouTube and an expert said not to use bobbins but to just measure roughly how long each colour should be, and let all the threads stay loose on my lap. So far I'm absolutely loving it.
I'm no expert, although I've been knitting for about 70 years. Mum taught me. I can do cables etc but haven't done any colourwork at all.
I thought I'd challenge myself to learn something new - evidently it keeps the brain active! I did attempt norweigan knitting, but that was just too different after knitting the english way for so long.

Well done! It’s great to try something new. How do you measure the amount of yarn that you need to use? It sounds like good fun and I’ll give it a go. Thanks for sharing.

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V3ra

^A triangular shawl for my granddaughter in a red, green, white and silver sparkle yarn.^

This was my post last October.
I lost a lot of time last autumn as we had a crisis with Dad; he ended up in hospital, then a care home, then we moved him to a different care home.
However my granddaughter has been very patient! She's seen the work in progress and knows she will get her shawl when it's a good size. So I'm carrying on...

Well I finally finished this and handed it over this week.
My granddaughter is really pleased with it and has been so patient waiting for it 🥰
(Front and back view)

As needles can be taken as any sort. A beach scene to do at my craft group and a Ice Phoenix at home both cross stitch.

Used to love knitting but had to give up over 30 years ago due my disability causing lack of control over the needles. But love seeing other people's knits and crochet items .

Im crocheting this throw for my son’s bed. Just got to summon up some energy to put it together.

Purplepixie

Im crocheting this throw for my son’s bed. Just got to summon up some energy to put it together.

Very pretty!
What stitch are you going to use to join them??
One that is invisible or a continuous Granny stitch join?

I'm trying to Simon up the enthusiasm to start the border round the blanket, the instructions are a bit vague and there are so many differently sized stitches down each side.

Who is Simon, what is he?

summon

I’m going to crochet them together but I need a bit of guidance from my friend first.

Purplepixie

I’m going to crochet them together but I need a bit of guidance from my friend first.

I suppose it depends which stitch you used for the squares, I can't tell from the photo.

I’ve just come back to knitting after major deterioration in my sight. I’m knitting baby blankets for the Linus Project as they don’t need sewing up which is a step too far for me.