Finally finished in time for our sheep fair!

I've got long covid so working out the stitches was hard. I had a basic pattern but I changed yarn and needle size. I altered sleeves and used a motif for the dog, but just a simple design for sheep. I knitted the head and sewed on. It's kept me going through difficult days, now ready for another project! :)

It’s a direct rip off of KJPs bat to the bone ! The bats are hand drawn by me and the other fall designs and overall sweater are from BadWolfGirlKnits Fall Favorites. All the yarn is KnitPicks Palette in Black, Kumquat Heather (orange) Masala (rust) and Wheat Field. 10/10 my greatest work

This year was my first time entering my knitting in any endeavor that involves judging and I actually won a ribbon. I entered my Cara Sweater (pattern by LE Knit) in the Washington State Fair this year and took home the 2nd place ribbon for adult pullover sweaters. Whaaa?! My gobs have been sufficiently smacked. Anyway… I’m super stoked about it and just wanted to share a fun update on a Friday. :)

Y’all, what is happening out there?! At the moment, 8.5 of the cover images in the top 20 “hot” patterns on Ravelry are beige / cream sweaters. (The .5 sweater has stripes, so I didn’t think it should count as a whole beige sweater. And, fear not, one of the other 8 is indeed Ranunculus. 😂)

I swear, no judgement to all our beautiful, neutral-colored sweater fam. Really, whatever crisps your bacon is good with me, but I still think this is a sign that it’s time for a little good-natured manipulation of the algorithm.

Especially when The Garment is already so tantalizingly close to breaking the top 20! Its vibe is understated kooky, which is really hard to pull off, and it’s sort of a beige sweater, even. If you squint.

Who’s with me?! If so, please share your favorite Ravelry patterns that are as far away from Minimalist Beige Sweater as humanly possible. (See earlier threads in this vein for inspiration.)

Sure, sure, I am looking for some chuckles here, but I also have an ulterior motive. The last time I played along with this game, it also opened up a whole world of new-to-me knitting textures. This led me to designers like Olga Buraya-Kefelian whose work is really art masquerading as craft. I cannot exaggerate how much I learned from the wild assortment of patterns this community can pull together when we are looking to engage in a little innocent mischief.

So, whatcha got for me, dear internet strangers? Hopefully, I won’t regret asking for something that makes The Garment look positively mainstream. 😜

EDIT: Well, The Garment has made it a hair’s breadth from the top ten, but we didn’t manage to weird up Hot Right Now nearly as effectively as we have in the past. I see a few designs we are definitely responsible for like Joinery, Hands, and maybe Herding Piggies. But no Desperate Housefrau, Fresh Fruit, Chicken Hat Headpiece, Snow Fooling Ski Mask, or HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA. Ah, well. You can’t win ‘em all.

Either way, I really enjoyed seeing what everyone came up with and my favorites list is has an excellent new dose of kookiness now. Thanks so much, all!

Contribution to the group since I'm new here. We moved to the Great Lakes area recently so we needed some warmer clothing. I made 2 sweaters for the hubs so far. The first is from Viking Knits by Lasse Matburg. Pattern name "The Viking". Made with KnitPicks Swish Bulky in Marine Heather colorway. The second is "Neo's sweater" by Suss Cousins in her book "Hollywood Knits". This is made with the Sinfonia cotton yarn in colorway "Ladrillo (brick).

Pattern: The Sheep Sweater by Rosa Pomar
Yarn: The Plucky Knitter Legacy Fingering in Colorway Vert

Started June 1st, finished a couple of weeks ago, but it was finally cool enough to wear tonight!

Also, my very first steek!

I knitted PetiteKnit’s Novice Slipover for my husband and he loved it so much that I’ve made him two more! He wears them so often that our friends jokingly ask if he owns any other clothes.

Pics 1-2: knitted in KFO merino held double in Dusty Sea Green. Followed the pattern but made some small modifications to widen the neck and make the arm holes deeper.

Pics 3-4: knitted in Ginger Twist Studio Sweet Flax in Hocus Pocus, held double. Picked up this hand-dyed yarn when I was in Scotland and it’s soooo luxurious. Baby alpaca, silk, and linen - the drape on this is beautiful, I wish I’d picked up some yarn for myself! Followed the same modifications as above but deepened the arm holes even more to compensate for less elasticity in the fiber.

Pics 5-7: knitted in KFO merino held double in Dark Ochre. No modifications. Finished this while on holiday in Czechia…if I had a dollar for every time I’ve blocked a project in a hotel sink….

First ever sweater I made and yes I probably shouldn't have done color work for it but I like to live on the edge and I had tons of practice with color work socks

And I wanted to get a white zipper but the chunky zipper I wanted cost like 30 something dollars while the black one cost 8 so black zipper it was

KfO just announced on their instagram that they have sold to what is essentially a private equity firm, Hawk Infinity. They promise that nothing is going to change, but this feels like the famous last words from every single company that has ever sold to PE. I’m genuinely not sure how to feel about this.

See the post HERE

i’ve made five of the petite knit oslo hats in the last two weeks and I am well and truly obsessed.

looks like everyone’s going to be having a very oslo hanukkah this year!

Clover sweater by LeKnit

Knitting for olive merino held with two strands of knitting for olive soft silk mohair in the shade Bordeaux for both

5.5mm needles

This sweater was so nice to knit. Engaging enough so you don't get bored with plain stockinette. First time doing scalloped edges so shocked at how easy they were. Can't wait for the cooler weather coming up to wear it 🥹

Totally in love with the beanie I just made 🥰

just finished this XL pair of mittens to donate to a local homeless shelter! after finishing the first mitten I read that people prefer neutral colors, so my next pair will be less bright. the pattern is flynn creek mittens by Jeannette Luna and I used Loops & Threads soft classic.

I have been a notoriously tight knitter. I've been trying to follow Patty Lyon's advice to let the tool do the work, and I successfully hit gauge on my first ever brioche project!

I am thrilled, and I know y'all will understand my joy.

I'm making Stephen West's Brioche Pup Sweater for my mother-in-law's little terrier/wire-haired doxie mix.

I don't have a pattern because I kind of eyeballed it.

I used Red Heart Super Saver acrylic yarn in the colors pumpkin and white and Big Twist value yarn in Varsity Blue.(it's what I had on hand )

Like many of my predecessors I'm knitting Florence Miller's Step by Step Sweater in Caron Blossom Cakes in the color Tidepool. If it makes other beginners feel better, getting the first two rows down took me three complete restarts and at one point my needle came unscrewed from the cable and a bunch of stitches were loose, but we are back in business. Even the gauge swatch took many attempts. This is my first knit (outside of swatches) so I'm excited to make something wearable! I also fell in love with Bad Sheep Yarn's Mountain Tundra yarn and would love to do a future project with that one, once my skills improve and I can justify the investment (and withstand the consequences of my lanolin sensitivity 😂) Thanks for all the helpful advice and posts in here!

I finished a new pair of fingerless gloves.

Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/around-the-corner-4

Yarn: https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/online-supersocke-4-fach-merino-extrafein-color (colorway 2653)

Long time, first time — but wanted to share my current WIP, my first time working with multiple colors at once! I’m having a blast and very proud that I haven’t messed it up (so far 🫠)

Pattern is Nocturnal Jumper from Saskie & Co.
https://saskie.co/shop/nocturnal

One of my first sweaters, a Kim Hargreaves design, that I knit for my father over 30 years ago. It was a lot big, and more than a little heavy, but he still wears it to this day, into his 90's. A beautiful design, like so much of her work.

(added in my HORRIFIC blocking method for you guys to snicker at)
this is the bon bon ribbon bonnet by kaori katsurada (aka KAO)