Mastodawn

QTpi Feb 8, 2024

[knitting fails] Slouchy hat turns into a "mushroom"

https://sh.itjust.works/post/14226589

[knitting fails] Slouchy hat turns into a "mushroom" - sh.itjust.works

Over blocked or missed my gauge, who knows but this was too much. It was frogged for it’s sin. I discovered that my most spectacular knitting fails have no picture evidence… The one that bums me out, I could have sworn I took a picture, a failed unicorn horn. I knit a unicorn horn to attach to a hoodie and wanted to have the spiral up the horn. I knit the horn, threaded yarn around through the stitches, and pulled it to create the 3D effect. The tip of the horn looked very NSFW.

QTpi Jan 1, 2024

Clearing out the project queue

https://sh.itjust.works/post/11977243

Clearing out the project queue - sh.itjust.works

Last night I cast on Wanderwillows [https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wanderwillows]. I bought the yarn 10 years ago 🫣😱. Confession is good for the soul. 🤣

QTpi Dec 24, 2023

Biblically Accurate Angel Sugar Cookie

https://sh.itjust.works/post/11564010

Biblically Accurate Angel Sugar Cookie - sh.itjust.works

Everyone is having fun with AI so I used my medium of choice.

QTpi Dec 17, 2023

[SOCKS] My most interesting sock project

https://sh.itjust.works/post/11188039

[SOCKS] My most interesting sock project - sh.itjust.works

Thesesocks [https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/string-theory] are knit from the heel out, grafted together to make a tube, and then the toe and cuff are picked up and knit. No one believed me when they saw my project when I told them it was a sock. I felt the urge to sacrifice a chicken before grafting because I wasn’t sure it was going to work. I would say Go Hawks! But it is not that kind of a season this season… 🫣😭

QTpi Dec 16, 2023

Teaching kids to knit

https://sh.itjust.works/post/11088227

Teaching kids to knit - sh.itjust.works

My 7yo daughter I want to finger knit. Ok, I go downstairs to the craft room for the yarn I bought her. No, I need thick yarn. I think about that… probably right. We go downstairs and pick out some bulky yarn. Sit down to start and my 7yo son says he wants to finger knit too. I give him a choice of colors and go downstairs for more bulky yarn. Set up daughter’s slip knot so she can start and ask son for the yarn I want to play like it’s a magic rope. Turn back to daughter who is struggling. I quickly refresh my memory on how to finger knit and try to help. She says, I don’t want to finger knit, I want to knit with needles. I collect the yarn and go back downstairs for her needles and yarn. I quickly refresh my memory on how to knit left handed (she’s a lefty) and pull her into my lap to start knitting together. We do three stitches with the limerick I don’t want to knit. And that… Is why I’m rocking back and forth in the corner (jk).

QTpi Dec 6, 2023

Intrusive thoughts in the Blood Bank

https://sh.itjust.works/post/10493246

Intrusive thoughts in the Blood Bank - sh.itjust.works

I’ve always wondered WTF they were doing when they come up with that process?

Show thread

QTpi Nov 29, 2023

My progress so far on my cowl. I may switch to the infinity loop (remove the purl band and graft the ends together).

QTpi Nov 29, 2023

WIP Wednesday!

https://sh.itjust.works/post/10088603

WIP Wednesday! - sh.itjust.works

Whatcha working on?

QTpi Nov 13, 2023

[FO] Hudson Bay style beanie

https://sh.itjust.works/post/9102271

[FO] Hudson Bay style beanie - sh.itjust.works

I finished my brain candy stripey hat.

QTpi Nov 9, 2023

[Baby+Toddler] Criss Cross boy/girl hats

https://sh.itjust.works/post/8801246

[Baby+Toddler] Criss Cross boy/girl hats - sh.itjust.works

I made these hats for my twins. They didn’t get to wear them long because the stitch pattern didn’t stretch much but the hats made for adorable newborn photos. Pattern [https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/criss-cross-hat-photography-prop]