Hi all! Here’s a quick knit I made from a chart from the New Knit Stitch Library by Leslie Stanfield. This will eventually be made into a bag! Wanted to make my first knitting community contribution since making the move to lemmy!

  • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Woohoo, welcome!

    Ah it’s pretty! And that yarn is to die for. Would make a lovely bag for sure. I’ve been eyeing up methods for lining crochet bags to keep them from stretching out but not sure how it works with knitting since it’s generally a less sturdy fabric to start off with, just another research rabbithole for when I have time (so like, never, but a girl can dream). You said it with such confidence though imma assume you’re an expert and will be able to give us lots of tips on how you did it :D

    p.s if you’re into any other crafts too I’ve got a big list of 'em over here https://lemmy.world/post/418525, been trying to help our people navigate around a bit and find cool things.

    • schpooopy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thank you! It’s Cascade 220 in color 1040. I was worried about the same thing with the fabric stretching, I’m thinking I’m going to try to lightly felt it once I have it all put together and hope that prevents too much stretch! Fingers crossed it works and doesn’t ruin the stitch definition too much!!

      • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Might have known, I have a thing for Cascade yarns myself 😄

        I’ll definitely be awaiting updates on this one!

    • schpooopy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      This only took me a couple of days! That’s with knitting several hours a day, I keep saying I need to keep better track of actual knit time lol

      • jackattackson@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Wow that’s so encouraging and honestly makes me want to pick up knitting! How long did it take you to get to that point skillwise?

        • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeMEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Not OP but you might be surprised how quickly you can pick something like this up if you’re willing to practise. Just start with the basics, how to cast on and do knit stitches, then purl stitches, and how to cast off. A lot of cool textures are just combinations of knit and purl so you’ll be halfway there already.