Eden EichhornWeil es immer ein Projekt zum Ablenken von den wirklich wichtigen Aufgaben braucht: #TemperatureBlanket2025 is a go!
Also jetzt befinde ich mich gerade noch in der Vorbereitung, aber ich kann es kaum erwarten!
ink and yarnI have old cones of yarn meant for machine knitting (maybe weaving?), and I've been testing them to see if they're good. Once I knew the yarn wouldn't break apart under tension, I tried a few new stitches...
https://www.knittingpirate.com/2026/01/20/in-which-the-pirate-tests-cones/
The previously knit-and-washed swatch is at the top of the picture, and today's piece is across the bottom - this fabric changes when it's washed, mostly shrinking vertically.
Anna's Crafts2 mm needles are small. It'll take a while to do a pair of socks I recon. But first I need to knit the sample a bit bigger so I can count my atitches and calculate to get the size right.
#sockKnitting #gaugeSwatch #knitting
#sockKnitting #gaugeSwatch #knitting
Gauge swatch in progress. Knitting on 2.5 mm needles, feels very small as I am not used to these smaller sizes.
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public universal foxone of my least favorite parts of #knitting is making gauge swatches.
a pattern will tell you "18 stitches and 25 rows = 4 inches by 4 inches", and then you have to knit usually slightly more than that and measure it.
it makes your product more closely match the pattern, which is good if you're making something fitted, but it just feels like busywork ... anyway, that's what I'm doing currently for my #100DaysProject