Knitting Knitting Circle V8

Thank You both!
It is strange though. I intend to do something unique and odd. The lovely three layer sweater and the nice shirt is a good example of something very special and beautiful, while my work often ends up in something strict and practical. And useful, I use the cardigan a lot. The cardigans are based on patterns from my knitting generator at kerstinjenny.com but with some twists. Please feel free to use the generators.

 

That is an amazing Cardigan. I hope to be able to make things like that one day

 

Very cute!!!

 

I LOVE the photo of you and your doll wearing the cardigans! The sweaters look really really good!!

That cardigan is SO cute! I love the styling of your girl!

 

Your hats are absolutely adorable! I’ve tried knitting with furry yarn and it’s not easy!

 

Thank you. Idk why but I do find it easy to use. And love the effect.

 

What a TIME I had knitting these slippers for a Lusion Dahlia! The 5th try was the charm! Anyway, I posted my pattern in the Workshop: Patterns: Knitting section.
I am so delighted with the size and scale of this 80 cm bjd! I can now use wonderful yarns that were too big for my smaller bjds! I'm having a lot of fun knitting for Dahlia! I hope you have just as much fun with your bjds!

 

Those are adorable! I may need to knit some for my girl!

 

@nancy_schroeder_ca Thanks! Yuko Nakamura created the original human slippers pattern. It's free on Ravelry.
I'd LOVE to see your version of the slippers! You could even make matching ones in your size!

 

Here are slippers I knitted for SD-sized bjds. All I did was knit human-sized patterns at 10 sts/inch and they fit SDs! (The slippers shown are from free patterns on Ravelry.) So it was a bit of a shock to have to knit 5 slippers for Lusion Dahlia before the pattern was worthy to post on DoA!

 

Those look great! I need to find some time to knit!

 

Oh, thanks for recommending those patterns! I have so much cobweb and thread-like laceweight yarn, but I do wish there was a laceweight tweed because I miss the textures of thicker yarns.

 

I agree about wishing there was a laceweight tweed! I know there are some laceweight BFL (bluefaced leicester) yarns however. BFL tends to be a little more textured (a little more "sheepy" feeling). Blacker Yarns has one, for example. I wonder if anyone has tried it? Maybe I'll have to take one for the team and order some and try it out!

EDIT: Just kidding, I must have been misinformed about the BFL, because everything I'm reading now is describing it as "soft." Back to the drawing board on that one!

 

When knitting for tinies, I find embroidery threads more useful than yarns. I can't wait to knit with Valdani's size 12 pearl cotton "twisted tweed" (technically, it's "marled" thread). I get 14.3 sts/inch on U.S. #00 needles. Check out Valdani's website to see if their "variegates" and/or "twisted tweed" would work for you! (I'm just a big fan of theirs; not associated with them in any way.)

I have also unwound particularly delicious textured yarn to work with 1 or 2 plies, but this is a little crazy and time consuming. I'd prefer to avoid this, if possible! I used 2 plies out of 8 of "Silky Tweed" by "Designer's Choice" for the sweater in the photo "FL LittleFee Ante's New Hat" in Workshop: Knitting. I hope to offer that pattern some day in an available, appropriate yarn!
Happy Knitting!

 

I don't normally use thread, because it tends to not have the right drape or hand, but I have a ton of lambswool, bamboo, and silk laceweight which are plenty thin. My go to needles are 4-0, but I also have started knitting with my 6-0 again, for the cobweb yarns I have. I don't need to unwind the yarns, because they are so fine to start with.

Size 12 perle cotton would be far too thick for me to knit with, unfortunately, unless I was making things for my petite ais. I have unwound metallic embroidery thread to crochet with, but I don't think I'd knit with it because it's too stiff for tiny scales. My dolls I'm currently knitting for are 7" at the tallest, with mature proportions, so it's quite different than knitting for child tinies.

 

@PearlZenith Yes, getting the right drape is a real challenge. I knit with a single strand of embroidery floss at 24 sts/inch for tiny RealPuki clothes. The drape looks okay to me, but sewing, tatting and crochet threads can be very stiff when knitted!
Note: Because Den of Angels' "tiny" category is a bit broad (any bjd up to 15 inches tall), I'll try to be more specific about bjd size in future.
You might be interested in Bugknits - the website and the book. An amazing knitter, Althea Crome, knits at about 60 sts/inch! She lists resources in her book. Althea also knitted for the stop-action movie "Coraline" - knitting sweaters and gloves for the 1/6 scale title character!
FYI: I keep calipers with my sub-zero knitting needles. I've found #00 needles (U.S. size) vary greatly by manufacturer in needle diameter: 0.054" to 0.070". I record the measured diameter for swatches and projects to keep myself sane since the different diameters affect gauge and drape. My finer needles, though, seem to be consistent in diameter.
I'm excited about your tiny knitting and I hope I see your projects on DoA!

 

I've posted knitting in the past, but I have fatigue and joint pain that make me much slower at knitting and taking photos than I used to be. Right now I have several new things done, but they need all the ends woven in. I haven't even bothered to post projects on Ravelry in ages, even when I've finished things.

I do remember looking at Bugknits many years ago, but I'd forgotten about it. Thanks for reminding me!

 

Here's my latest posting in the Workshop: Patterns section: fingerless mitts for Dollmore's 80 cm Lusion Dahlia. I hope knitters will try it or be inspired to make their own version! Please take care out there!

 

i found the time to knit a new spring hat for kiri
moss stitch pixie hat by onebluestocking, on Flickr
she is sitting on a wooden spool that i covered with some hand knit fabric to make as a prop for my pictures

i've been spending days of my confinement at home untwisting yarn from a huge bag i had in my craft room for that purpose. my current fav's are harrisvile fingering. which makes a really nice heathered laceweight when split (cascade 220 does as well) and queensland savanna which is a rustic silk/linen that splits very nicely into three strands.

i have found that non-superwash wool is the easiest to split since the plies stay together better. superwash tends to break constantly as the fibers don't have any "grip"

i need to try and find some of that silky tweed now. it makes a gorgeous sweater!! do you by any chance have a picture of the label?

 

Nice hat, auntbear!!!

 

thank you

 

I can't post a photo right now, but you can find photos on eBay and Ravelry. This yarn was discontinued but there are about 5 eBay auctions today offering "Silky Tweed". (Don't mistake "Silky Tweed" with "Silky Wool". "Silky Wool" looks gorgeous, but doesn't look like it would separate like "Silky Tweed".) You can also find it in other people's stashes on Ravelry. You might be able to buy or trade yarn there.
The label is brown ink on off-white paper (no other colors on the label): "elsebeth lavold" "Silky Tweed" "designer's choice" "50g, made in Italy for KFI" etc. Yarn comes in hanks. Colors are extremely limited: maybe 8 choices.
P.S. For solid color, woolly-look knitting at 18 sts/inch, I use "Ginnie Thompson" brand flower thread (100% cotton). The matte finish is a welcome change from the sheen of mercerized cotton. The BIG advantage of flower thread is no splitting of plies and no winding from hanks! Just buy and knit! Yay!
Hope this helps! Stay healthy!

 

@Answer42... I love fingerless mitts... nice color!

@auntbear What a great hat!!

 

Thanks, @sparrk!

Here's my version of "Outlander" Brianna's Reunion Capelet for 80 cm Lusion Dahlia. Details are in Workshop: Tutorials. The pattern is free from another knitter on Ravelry.

 

I’m making sets of tiny knitting needles today by glueing beads onto double pointed needles. I couldn’t find needles small enough.

 

great idea. those look really pretty!

we went for a walk around the neighborhood today. annalise thought she saw a wolf, and scrambled up a tree. luckily it was just a friendly german shepherd out for a walk as well. i think she has been reading too many fairy tales

annalise as red riding hood by onebluestocking, on Flickr
annalise asked for a cape so she could play little red riding hood

 

Well, when she is playing little red riding hood, her mind is on wolves! She makes a good little red riding hood wit that cape!

 

unfortunately she dropped her picnic basket when she scrambled up the tree. i think the dog enjoyed her snacks...

 

cricket got a new cape as well, i love how this one turned out! she is standing on the seat of an old stage coach. she wanted to ride inside but they have it taped off till the state of emergency is over

 

My favourite shade of blue too, auntbear!

 

This one is very cute!

 

thank you both. i think cricket chose a great color

 

The (repeatedly extended) Stay at Home order had me digging in my stash for things to work on and I found a project that I started back in... probably 2016 or '17. I had the side panels, tail, and bottom hem finished but needed to knit the sleeves and the upper torso and yoke to finish it. This was knit from my notes on the first one I made, which I "unvented" from Catching Fire promo photos.





Knit with Aunt Lydia's #10 bamboo thread (discontinued, alas) on US size 0 (2mm) needles.

 

Such beautiful work, Tephra! Yes, I loved that #10 bamboo thread too! It has a lovely drape!

 

Thank you. Yes, that bamboo thread was great for doll knitting, thin enough to be a reasonable scale and heavy enough to actually drape nice. I miss it so much.

Knit up a vest inspired by a pattern called Tanrenga using Lion brand Summer Nights.while I was procrastinating about blocking the sweater. This is a pretty nice yarn but the sparkly thread makes it a bit splitty and of course only suitable for things that you want to sparkle. It could be split though since it's two very fine plied yarns and a sparkly thread plied together.



I wanted to try out the construction of this vest because it starts as a top down triangular shawl, divides for the back of the neck, goes over the shoulder, and then you pick up along the edge of the starting triangle and knit down. I was going to use something other than feather and fan, because that's what the original uses, but you don't have a lot of stitches available for something fancy. I also wanted to have something that would ripple and show off the color variation a bit.

 

That's a beautiful pattern, Tephra!

 

I just realized I totally lost sight of this thread here. So many gorgeous new projects! I've done some knitting, too, since March. Alice got a new coat (with hood) and a loop scarf.





Only reason I knitted that loop was because another doll "commandeered" Alice's scarf and I was too lazy to cut off another strip of fabric. Cos knitting a loop is so much faster than cutting a fabric-strip ... *lol* Current project: an oversized sweater for Maisie that can be worn as a minidress, too.

 

beautiful work @Tephra and @Khell love the scale on the projects. i can relate to whipping up a knitting project when cutting/sewing would be easier or faster, but i seem to procrastinate on my sewing projects lately.

i'm constantly looking for yarns that have the right scale/drape. silk or bamboo are my fav's for yarn that isn't too stiff when knit up. i've been spending a lot of my forced isolation time splitting up the huge bag of yarn that i had got with plans to split it into plies. some of it works better than others, but of course as soon as i find some that works really well it seems to get discontinued, or just becomes impossible to find up here!

the few lys's in my area seem to specialize in fingering or heavier yarns. they say the really fine ones don't sell well so they don't carry a lot, which is too bad, because even though i order a lot on line, i much prefer to get yarn that that i can see and feel before purchasing

 

The yarn I've been using for lots of knitting projects is from a German online store called Woll Olymp. I love the quality of their yarn, it's very soft (without being "wooly", you get a smooth thread) and knits very nicely. They do sell their bobbles in two-ply, three-ply, four-ply, etc. They got color gradient bobbles as well as uni-color ones that you can order. I've found that their two-ply yarn works very nicely for fashion-sized clothing (also MSD size in general). They also don't twist their yarn's threads, so it's really, really easy to split them into the two separate threads, which knit very nicely using 1.0 mm needles. They also have a wide variety of colors available, and the threads are very strong, so they definitely won't snap during knitting (something I've had happen with regular lace yarn, and that's always so annoying).

The brown coat on the pic is knitted with two-ply Woll Olymp yarn, the beige top with one of the threads I split from a three-ply bobble. Mitts are made from the same beige yarn.

 

thanks for the tip. are your girls msd-ish in size?

 

The one on the photo is a Raccoon Doll Nina, so MSD-size with fashiondoll proportions. The scale of the stitches should work for "regular" MSDs, too. For "regular" MSDs, I'm using up to 2.0 mm needles, unless I wanna go for a "chunky knit" look.

 

i got crystal's new baby yoda costume done just in time for star wars day

the ears are so big, she has trouble getting through doors, but she loves it anyway

 

Dang, that's so cute, auntbear!!!

 

thank you i was so proud of myself for actually getting it done on time this year, usually i remember on may the 5th or 6th

 

that baby yoda costume is too adorable, @auntbear!!

I took up knitting over quarantine and I'm so happy to find a thread here. I have a lot to learn still but I'm having a lot of fun

 

Hi all, I finished this sweater with knitted doggy and made Tiffany an embroidered shoulder bag.
"Don't you like it?", I asked when she looked so sad and she answered that she hoped to get a real dog

knitted sweater for iMda and embroidered purse

 

Both the sweater and the purse are lovely, Lelycat! Maybe her 3rd dog will be 'real'.

 

Thanks, maybe!

 

Has anyone gotten a copy of the Miniature Knit Collection that came out last year? It looks like it has a lot of stranded colorwork, and other cute designs. The patterns say they're sized for 22cm dolls, but I've never let the intended size keep me from knitting something for another doll if I really want to do it. I have some mature tinies that could use some sweaters, so I'm thinking I might get the book

Miniature Knit Collection Book Published by Nihon Bungeisha

 

Oh, that's a cool book! However, since my Japanese skills aren't even rudimentary (and that's speaking, let's not even get started on READING) I don't think it would work for me.

 

All the Japanese patterns I have seen are entirely charted, shaping and everything, from cast on to bind off. The information about needles and yarn and the gauge will be in Japanese though. The good news is there are groups on Ravelry where you can put a scan of that little box of information on a pattern and people can tell you what it says, one of them is "Japanese knitting and crochet" and another is "Excuse me?" which is for basically any language. I've asked the Japanese group for help a few times and they are great.

 

Yes, all the Japanese knitting books or magazines I've bought are completely charted, and I've used google translate on my phone to help clear up any instructions. I don't read or speak any Japanese

 

Thank you so much for the book reference. I can attest that you do not really need to read Japanese to understand the patterns. They are all schematics and pictures, with rows and patterns and stitch counts written in Arabic numerals right on the charts. There is a guide on how to read knitting patterns: How to read Japanese Knitting Patterns but you could do a google search for more guides

 

Finished Kaj’s outfit: made the shoes, pants and yellow ochre sweatshirt. Tara was kind enough to let him pose by her summer retreat.

 

What a great outfit! I especially love the shoes and sweatshirt!

 

He looks marvelous in this colors and the sweater is perfect for cool summer evenings or warm autumn days. And I thought for a moment both dogs were real, haha. Tara is sweet.

 

Thanks so much @Hellaclara .

 

Thank you @nancy_schroeder_ca

 

Nevermind!

 

Sweater for SD
Bamboo yarn and 1,25 needles