oh maaaaan I feel that feel I actually have like...explanation spreadsheets for a lot of the more confusing patterns I find? if that would help I'd be totally down to spreadsheet it out for you, I kind of want to try doing it more
...there's a definite gap in the market for easy-read knitting patterns. (Linked bc I'm not sure if Easy Read is a Briticism.)
!!!!!! that's so cool I really really like turning knitting patterns into spreadsheets, one of the ones I did changes colors depending on what section you're in and if it's marked off or not
That sounds really incredible, I just went back to the pattern last night and was going o_o at it. Probably doesn't help that the last time I worked on it was last year in August (i put a date on where I was in the pattern, lol)
can you send me a copy? and when would you like it by? ...actually should I PM you? I can show you a couple of different samples of how I've done these darn things
...I should try that for the coat I need to pick up and finish (...sometime before the end of this decade, at the current rate). I can read the chart, it's just...keeping track of where the hell I am in it is Hard. I resorted to printing the chart out and using pencil crayons to mark each completed stitch...which made figuring out how to sort it out when I had to tink back and fix bits more complicated. I've been considering just transcribing the chart into a written explanation, because that's easier for me to track than remembering which teeny box in a sea of teeny boxes is the one I left off at.
That would be great, but I feel like this is something you should be charging for! And I'd feel guilty about having you do it for me, especially since it's a pretty long pattern with a lot of parts (it's a cardigan, so there's sleeves and multiple panels and such....) But I would love to see examples in any case, if you're willing to share. :3c
I FEEL THAT. charts are so hard to drop and come back to?? hrmrmrm I mean I could take a look at it and let you know how much I'd charge for it? it'd also depend on how you wanted it sorted out! here's a sample set! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sibo6B32FOgoRMvXUTmXldI9eSPLYVY7v0SWGPSRBLc/edit?usp=sharing the Royalty shawl was much more organized, on account of being Fairly Straightforward, But Badly Worded, whereas the hawkwing shawl has been a NIGHTMARE that @Kit has been gently coaxing me through (thank you kit you're amazing) and I want to like. sit down and properly do up a spreadsheet for it Later but this is sort of like a few variants of what I can do, for anyone who's interested
I'm so glad I remembered to check if anyone had answered, and thank you, genuinely, for the warning, buuut I'mma do it anyway I do craft things to give my brain weasels problems to handle that aren't like real life problems, so like, Im HOPING for some difficulty. That's why I went from "how do a knit" to "entire child sweater" XD im actually genuinely excited for the roadblocks of learning how do a color change, raglan style, top down, aaand and color fadient thing that I found on ravelry! This is going to be a big awful monster!!
I broke my hand in the middle of this, which resulted in some delays, but. Robots! CROSS-STITCH! I am so, so, so tired right now, and I have totally fucked my sleep schedule, but I am also super pleased with myself. Spoiler: getaway, lorge
I finished That Damned Bird Shawl pictures forthcoming later, @Kit is a literal saint, and now I'm off to make myself cry with This Bullshit
So - quilt-as-you-go weighted blanket is...currently in a carry-on suitcase that I hauled with me from Ontario, and successfully did not lose (despite anxiety about that happening, because of crowded overhead bins). I do have a walking foot for my sewing machine, thanks to my mom getting me that before I left. As soon as I actually have space to work with, I can get started on piecing the thing together; currently, my working space (also known as "the top of my bureau") is full of a whole bunch of stuff that got shoved there while I was gone. So I'm gonna need to do some tidying and reorganizing first. Mom loved her convertible gloves, and I figured out (all over again) how to do houndstooth pattern, playing around with a scarf in pink and black/dark blue (the colourway is "abyssal heather"). Since getting home, I have successfully untangled a shawl and skirt that have been put away for nearly a year on account of being too tangled to work with until that was fixed; I also frogged the skirt and restarted it. The skirt's originally from the Licorice Bullet pattern on Ravelry, but I'm stripping out the lace panels and doing a houndstooth pattern instead; I originally planned to do it in houndstooth with lace, but that...doesn't work quite so well when you're doing yarnovers (it might've looked better after blocking, but it looked bizarre and awful on the needles). I also redid the math for the caston, because I've lost a lot of weight since I originally did those calculations. (The original caston numbers probably would've worked, since I'm working with a linen blend, but I'm doing eyelets and a belt to go with it - so it's workable if it turns out a little big.)
* me, who barely has time to work on one project *: * browses ravelry and adds a bunch of patterns to queue *
Some projects I'm working on in my fiber class! I'll add finished images as I have them haha Spoiler: probably huge The first is a felted tunic/shawl thing using dyed cheesecloth as a base, over which I felted roving, yarn, and sweater bits Just the one photo for now because I am terrible at remembering to take them but this is about a third of the full length of the fabric The second is going to be either a cape or a dress depending, but the idea with both of these is to use the whole bolt of fabric with no waste. Test of the shibori dyeing technique we used, mine is the purple one second from the left (or I guess the bottom) Then the actual fabric, which was a similar purple-black, clamped between wooden blocks and tied up and scrunched at the ends to make an interesting resist pattern. You dip it in chemicals to remove the dye and then add more dye on top of it. Then the fabric after I removed all of the resists!
Finished versions of above projects! There were professional photos taken at some point during the show (with my actual model, who had to leave by the point the photos I have were taken so I am wearing my own creation whoops) I'm wearing the silk cloak thing and my friend is in the felt. Spoiler: lorge, feat. my friend C looking classy and me being a doofus
The skirt is living up to its name of "spite skirt", because the cast-on keeps twisting. Which would not be a problem if it weren't for the fact that I'm trying to knit this bastard in the round, and I do not have the geometry necessary to wear a mobius strip. The fact that I have frogged and restarted from this particular skein umpteen times probably does not help at all, in terms of the yarn not rolling on me. I'm going to give it one last go at getting it knitted straight, which will include redoing each stitch along the length as I start the first row, just to make sure nothing's rolled or twisted, and if that still doesn't do the trick, I'm just going to throw in the towel and knit the bastard flat and sew it together at the end.
...okay, the spite skirt has managed to twist at where I joined it and I didn't realize this until I was about four rows in. So this time, I'm going to knit it flat for at least part of the waistband; that should give me enough material to work with that it literally cannot roll without me noticing when I join it. (And if not, I frog back and knit the whole damn thing flat.)
