@proudblond thank you! it’s a strange state of being. Super enjoying some small things though - like this slipper, or a really good cup of tea.

@proudblond several months now, so I’m a third generation long covid you could say :)

@tehlaughing1 ah yes! Oh there are some FUN patterns. I follow her on Insta but seeing them all together like this is quite something!

@tehlaughing1 I was convinced she did but it seems she only has one on Ravelry!

@tehlaughing1 you might like the style of Native Knitter or Tsinbikeeknits

@kurobita wearing a pair right now! They’re super warm because you effectively have two layers of yarn.

oh, pro tip: get wool that’s a bit rustic, like Shetland or Norwegian or whatever is sticky/grippy around where you live. SO MUCH easier than, like, superwash merino if you’re starting with colourwork.

@kurobita fair isle is a subset/implementation of stranded colourwork, so you can safely go with the latter and knit your heart out :)

@kurobita if you want to do fair isle, you could look at the Shetland Wool Week hats, they’re super fun! Hazel Tindall designed a couple of them and she has many more patterns for small projects.

@kurobita do you want stranded colourwork in general or actual fair isle? If the first, you could start with mittens or a hat, like https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/starkin (you could start with just 2 colours)

@kurobita Definitely steel. Sometimes I use bamboo for super slippery yarn but I almost always change them for the steel ones at some point.

@Ramenator I think sewing is the best way to get a neat finish in many cases

@weirdsquid not quite there yet, but I’m thinking about doing different patterns on the sleeves so two times two-at-a-time seems more logical. Although now I’m thinking about doing them four-at-a-time anyway just because I (think I) can!

@kurobita They look super fun! And I love your point protectors 😍

@Treatyoself I’ve been known to pin shawls directly to the carpet. Coffee table to the side and go for it.

@Knitwear they are somewhat standardised, but definitely not to a great degree, especially in the structuring of the pattern. I really recommend the Flax sweater in the tincanknits app as a first sweater.

@Timecircleline I’d recommend a hat. It’s quicker than a scarf and you learn lots more from it (eg: decreases).

Also, if you come from crochet, take a look at continental knitting! You tension the yarn in your left hand which is more crochet-like.

If a long tail cast on (probably what your mum was trying to teach you) was too much at once, try a knitted cast on: put a slip stitch on your left needle, knit it but don’t slide it off, put the new stitch next to it on your left needle, repeat.

@thegiddystitcher yes and you can combine them if you want! You could do Tulipmania, Arabesk and Bass and go white-pink-black-white if you were so inclined. It’s marvellous.

@catsdoingcatstuff Schoppel Wolle is a very original brand!

#FallFinishAlong progress: finished the booties and socks, baby cardigan is waiting for the button to arrive, jumper is waiting for my mum to try it on and decide on sleeve/hem length (will block it beforehand), found a newborn hat that still needed blocking. Decided not to work on the ribbed hat because it doesn’t need finishAlong mojo. Picked up my huge striped #crochet #harbourBlanket instead. @knitting@a.gup.pe @knitting@lemmy.world #knitting