Knitting Knitting Circle V9

I love this shawl! Chunky knits are the best (funny how US #3 looks like a “chunky” needle on dolls haha)

 

@ColemanMegan Chunky, indeed! I never used larger than U.S. #2 needles for SDs until "Outlander" knits came out!
Happy Knitting!

 

On a whim I decided to knit my Iplehouse JID boy a new sweater. Since I was pretty sure I had written down a pattern when I made the last one I dug it out and tried following it...

Friends, I don't know what the fiddlesticks I was doing back in 2015, but the math and the knitting so do not match.

I think I have it figured out and am rewriting the pattern as I knit it, but it does make me wonder something. Do you like specific instructions for a technique written right into the pattern when you need to use it, or do you prefer it in a separate notes section?

When I wrote this pattern I was really into Japanese style short rows using a removable marker to "pre-select" the strand that needed to be picked up to close the gap later. So the instructions on doing that and how to close the gaps are right there in the row/round instructions. These days I prefer German style short rows, so I'm substituting those while I'm knitting and I'm wondering if I should rewrite the pattern to be more general in short row technique. Should I even put instructions for techniques that are easy to find via Google or YouTube?

 

The techniques are easy to find on YouTube now, however I still do enjoy when patterns have descriptions of techniques. I think a separate section is always nice!

 

@Tephra
A separate section is nice. You could reference Google or a Youtube video in that section, if you like.
I think the longer the instructions are, the less likely knitters would try a pattern. I try to keep my Ravelry patterns as short as possible visually, so I'd vote for a separate section for a recurring stitch or technique.

Would LOVE to see a photo of your project, if you're willing!

 

I think it's nice to include the technique instructions. Occasionally I wait years to use a pattern and the YouTube instructions might be gone.

 

This is the first time I actually crocheted something. I tried a few times before but never got the hang of it, even though I know how to knit
I started off trying to make a sweater, but after making it too small and then too large, I decided to not start all over again and just make a shawl with hood.
By no means perfect, but very happy with how it turned out, just need to make the hood a bit wider at the top

 

If it weren't for the fact that I don't use mind altering substances, I would swear I must have been drunk or high when I wrote this pattern. (I may have been sleep deprived.) I think I have it sorted out now, but I need to knit at least through the sleeve division (it's top-down, contiguous set-in sleeve) so I can try it on the target doll and see if it actually works.

After that it should just be a game of yarn chicken.... I may do the sleeves before the body just so if I do need more yarn I can add some stripes on the chest in another color, but I really prefer to do the body first. Maybe upper arm stripes if I run out on the sleeves? I can do the sleeves two at a time so I won't run out doing the second and can rip back both to add stripes if I need to.

I pulled out the instructions for the Japanese short row method and put them at the end of the pattern as an appendix, and added bit in the pattern notes about substituting other methods since you do have to make a small change for German style.

 

@Tephra Wowzers! You've put some effort into this pattern! Will we be seeing it in your Ravelry store?

 

Wow, these are awesome. I bet they’re fun to use. I also like the mittens you’re making

I am in the USA and the local knitting supply store by me has something similar but not as small— I have 9inch circular needles (ChiaGoo red) which are my smallest circulars

 

The sweater has turned into work instead of a fun little knit, so I made a hat.



Maybe if I can dig up a solid color yarn in the right weight I'll make another that shows off the stitch pattern better.

Now I can go back to sweater without feeling I am getting nothing done. I am so glad I didn't publish the pattern back when I first wrote it, egad.

 

I'm very curious about the mysterious sweater, but the hat already looks adorable! Thank you for sharing and for posting stuff on your websites, I will need to dust off my knitting skills before attempting any of your patterns, but i bookmarked a few to purchase when I'm brave enough!

 

@Tephra NICELY DONE hat! Love the yarn you chose, too. Is that a sneak peek of the mystery sweater? If so, it looks great in your photo!


Here's a very simple hat I'm working on for 7.5" Realfee.

 

I just posted the aforementioned free knitting pattern on Ravelry: a hat for 6" BJD heads.
Bling is my thing this time of year!

 

The mystery sweater is not that exciting. I finally got far enough along to be sure the stitch counts are all corrected now.

Unfortunately, I'm now more than half way through the yarn and I really, really doubt I have enough. So I need to decide if the sleeves get big bands of a contrast color from where they are now to about mid-forearm, or if I grit my teeth and rip back to about half way through the sleeve caps and do a band of color from there to about 6 rounds above where I'm at in this photo.



The longer I look at it the more I wonder if I should also take out a few rounds in the sleeve cap shaping area to make the armscyes not as deep. Hmm. I'm not looking for a form fitting look and I need to double check how much of that space does actually get filled by the shoulder joint.

At any rate, it gets to sit while I decide if I'm ripping back or not.

 

^ says me on basically every knitting project I have any second thoughts about sometimes if I'm really frustrated it gets to sit while I knit a self esteem project*

*self esteem project: something I know I can make perfectly on the first try just to remind myself that I'm not absolutely !@#$ at knitting/sewing/baking

 

@Tephra Beautifully done so far!! Fabulous fit! I hope you find a yarn solution you're happy with.


Here's a project that I might not finish. I wanted to knit an SD-sized Jenny shawl from "Outlander". The shawl has a short-row flounce on the lower edge. I knit a flounce sample using the same short row technique as the human-sized shawl, then tried a technique with 2 more short rows before knitting back to the top edge. I think neither technique has enough drape to gracefully mimic the human shawl. The yarn is merino lace weight.


The original short row technique is on the doll's left. The increased short row version in on the doll's right. The sample is positioned on the BJD where the flounce would be on a finished shawl. Not what I was hoping for...but I learned a lot!

 

It's a dark January here and I needed some BLING!
I posted a free mermaid hat pattern on Ravelry for 8.5" circumference BJD heads (model is Unoa Zero).
I hope it'll inspired new ideas for all you clever DoA knitters!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

That's cute!

 

Love it! Thank you!!!

 

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!
For Valentine's, I posted a free hat pattern on Ravelry under "Welt Hat for 6.5" BJD Head".
It fits my 16" tall Unoa and my 10" tall Littlefee.

 

Thank you!! Your ante is beautiful!!

 

Thank you! I love the Ante sculpt so much! It's my favorite!

 

These are all amazing do you sell your patterns? I’m so bad at making my own,and it’s hard to find them available

 

it's been on my to do list for ages to get at least a few of my patterns cleaned up and formatted for sharing, but between multiple elbow surgeries, working crazy hours, and almost never ending family drama (schizophrenia runs one one side, bi-polar disorder on the other, yay...) publishing patterns keeps getting shifted to the furthest back burner (sadly)

Is there any particular pattern you'd be especially interested in? I've got a few already started in various stages of cleaned up for publication

 

I know how that is…no surgery but I do have Carpal tunnel and long insane work hrs.
I’d be interested in any sweaters/cardigans for larger boys and girls. But no hurry,as it’s not like I have for many projects myself currently

 

I love the amazing things people do in this thread. There are so many talented people that do wonderful sweaters I can't even imagine how they are done.

I can only do simple things like a scarf or wrap or hat...
But this shawl I experimented with came out nice (for me).

Suri by luluna33, on Flickr

 

I love this

 

@Becca8249 - Thank you!
I usually don't show anything I've knitted...as they are pretty basic things.

 

@luluna FABULOUS job and a beautiful BJD! What yarn or thread did you use?
I'd LOVE to see more knitters' projects here - basic or otherwise! And in progress, too!
It's inspiring to see what people knit for their BJDs!

 

nothing wrong with basic things! sometimes, tbh, "basic things" are the hardest things to knit because there's no hiding mistakes/inadvertent weirdness as design decisions

 

@Answer42 - Oh thank you so much! I used a hand Dyed Yarn, Fingering weight yarn I purchased on etsy.

@Girrl - Thank you so much! I really appreciate your comments! I see the amazing stuff people post here and my scarfs and wraps are so ordinary...This project I was experimenting with different stitches to see what shape they would give the item. It was a little more complicated than my norm.

Sometimes I make something, and weeks later I wonder what I did and what stitches I used. I'm finally getting enough practice in...to get more solid on several knitting stitches. It's fun mixing them into a project.

 

I was literally about to make my JID boy a sweater! (Though I've never done any sort of short rows, I'm sure I can learn) I'd love even just the basic pattern

 

Last week I posted a free hat pattern on Ravelry for a 6.5" BJD head. The model is a CPFairyland Littlefee.
The hat has 1 row of eyelets for a ribbon accent: an opportunity for some fun!
Happy Knitting!

 

Another lovely hat! Thank you!!!

 

what’s the smallest thing anyone has knitted? I just made this tiny sweater for a friends 3” doll,and about went blind knitting it lol 00 size needles and embroidery thread

 

that would be this sweater, even though it's not especially "small" (being modeled by a girl on Fairyland's old F65 body)

I used 6/0 (0.7mm) needles and thread weight yarn - something like 23-25 stitches to the inch, maybe more (my handwriting isn't terribly legible on that particular note). it was VERY annoying to knit, especially those cables, so much anxiety about accidentally dropping a stitch!

 

OMG,that’s crazy…those stitches are so tiny that if you did drop one,you’d never find it,much less pick it back up again
It turned out gorgeous though!

 

Beautiful work, Girrl! I've knitted a few things on my .7cm needles, but for the 1 3/4 inch DHS Pocca, the pain is much shorter!!! lol

 

It looks beautiful! But cripes yeah dropping a stitch there sounds like a terrifying prospect.

 

Funnily(?) enough, I've accidentally pulled the needles out of my current micro knitting project 4+ times already same needles, same yarn, different color. After painstakingly picking up stitches again and again I swallowed my pride and started inserting lifelines every 10 rows or so. I also cut a teeny segment out of the eye of a sewing needle to make myself a hook tiny enough to pick up all the dropped stitches that made a run for it - tedious, but manageable. Project is currently on hiatus at the moment because I really need to finish the baby blanket for my cousin, it's their first child and he's due at the end of this month

I don't think I even have a 1 3/4 inch doll, so tiny! but I bet the projects go super fast at that scale, even on 0.7mm needles

 

I'm so glad that I've finally found this thread. Everyone here look so skillful.

So far, my best project was to knitted a monk shawl for one of my doll. (The lower left one in picture down below)



I will stay on this thread, hoping to get some new inspiring and my knitting skill will improve soon.

 

@Becca8249 My personal best is 30 stitches per inch but it was just a swatch to test the thread. Yesterday, I started a dollhouse/Realpuki-size afghan on U.S. #0000 needles with Sulky's Cotton Petites thread. It's a warm-up for a finer project. Biggest challenge: not bleeding on my project! The points on these needles readily draw blood!

@Girrl I have tiny crochet hooks to help me with dropped stitches: the hooks are too fine to see with my naked eye! One woman who knits dollhouse items for a living says she just starts over when she drops a stitch. For her, the rescued stitches don't look right - although this might not be a problem for everyone knitting at this scale.

 

That’s amazing! I had some needles that size…and they kept bending so bad,I found it really hard to work with I want to make a very fine knit tiny color work sweater like this larger one I made…but I’m not sure I will have the patience

 

That's a really pretty sweater! That must have taken a lot of time, so I can only try to imagine how much patience a smaller one would require, but I'm sure it'd turn out amazing.

 

@Becca8249 My idol is Althea Crome, author of Bug Knits, who can knit 80 stitches/inch! She knit the sweaters for the 2009 stop-motion movie "Coraline"!

 

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Think she is the person who starts over if she drops a stitch! Her work is amazing!

 

I suspect many people in this thread could knit at 80 stitches/inch, it's more of a question of wanting to...

 

That’s Insane….I just don’t think I could even have the patience to learn to do that,but I certainly look up to anyone who can

 

I tried to knit with those small needles...and needles they felt like! Literally!
Kudos to those who can work with them.

@Becca8249 - Golly that's an amazing sweater...I can't even begin to imagine how to make such a sweater.

 

right! They are just too tiny for me
And thank you,it took quite a while to knit,but it definitely a favorite of mine

 

Here's the finished afghan for 1/12th BJDs such as CPFairyland's Realpuki. I posted the free pattern on Ravelry.
I used Sulky's Cotton Petites thread which has a looser twist than regular sewing thread. That helps with the drape a bit. Silk and rayon threads have more drape in this scale. I have some on order. I hope they work out!

 

It’s beautiful, so delicate

 

I can't find the pattern on Ravelry.

 

@nancy_schroeder_ca In Ravelry, it's "Triangles Doll House Afghan".

One tricky thing about Ravelry: "doll house" (~400 patterns) is a different search than "dollhouse" (~70 items).

Change of subject: Awhile ago, I was in some kind of mood and knitted a wonky wedding cake hat, even using silver thread for the platter/brim. Don't ask me why... Maybe it'll spawn new knitting ideas for someone!
Model is SD-size Peak's Woods Yuli.

 

Thank you! I found it!

The wedding cake hat is adorable!

 

I knitted Kopernikus a sweater though I actually should be making him summer clothes already. The sweater is made of machine knitting yarn with 1.25 mm needles. It is a little big, but maybe he'll grow into it.
Kopernikus by spih_2, on Flickr

 

It's super cute! Depending on where you live, summer can be quite cold sometimes. And antumn will come back around eventually.

 

@spih Those long sleeves are right in style!