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What r/knittinghelp is talking about this week

r/knittinghelp has 71,697 members and 74 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 21 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

71,697members
74posts in the last 24 hours, newest 9 min ago
21comments an hour right now, newest 2 h ago
330points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/knittinghelp this week

sweater19yarn17stitch16stitches10pattern9rows8wrong7look6back6please6short6hole5

Top threads this week

  1. First time colorwork - is it beyond saving?

    The pattern is Sheep of the north. I find the stitches to look teribbly wonky, the decreases in yoke are.. just to cry for. What kind of decrease shoud I use there to minimize how obvious they...

    330 points48 comments6 d ago
  2. Hole in knitting where i attached new yarn.

    I clearly attached my new yarn incorrectly, but im not sure what i did wrong or how to fix this!

    190 points37 comments7 d ago
  3. Standalone colors in colorwork

    Hi, everyone! I’m new to knitting and I’ve been making this beanie from the new Resident Evil movie as my first project (it’s a modified version of the Baa-ble Hat by Donna Smith) and I was...

    140 points33 comments7 d ago
  4. How do I fix this? My grandmother made these for me and I want to make them last

    My grandma made these for me a few winters ago and these got stuck somewhere and I tore them. She’s no longer here anymore and I want these gloves to last forever. How do I fix them? Thank you

    106 points19 comments5 d ago
  5. Is it the stitch, the yarn or the needle size that makes these sweaters look a bit "stiff"?

    Note: The last three pictures are examples of how I DO want my sweaters to look like. I am currently looking for a sweater pattern I like and also wondering how to chose the right yarn. A lot of...

    94 points58 comments16 h ago
  6. Is this fixable without ripping back?

    I was so pleased with this baby blanket until I bound off and realized for the last chunk I added an extra stitch to the garter boarder on one side 🥴 I keep trying to tell myself it’s not that...

    90 points45 comments4 d ago
  7. dye difference from knitting with frogged yarn?

    I bought all the skeins together with plans to make my first cabled sweater. It ended up being too big after a mid-project block, so I frogged the entire thing and reknit it into something new....

    84 points41 comments2 d ago
  8. Knitting Inside Out?

    I am knitting my very first sock using DPNs. The pattern calls for 20 rows of ribbing into 60 rows of stockinette. I got through the ribbing (it’s not very pretty, but I’m just practicing!) and...

    74 points20 comments7 d ago
  9. Please help me find who made these

    Is anyone able to help me find out who designed these little knit bunnies? Ive done some reverse searches but nothing's coming up. The images were from pinterest.

    64 points6 comments7 d ago
  10. How to get rid of bumps?

    This is the first time I've embroidered something on a sweater I knitted myself. But now the sweater is puckering and bulging. Is there anything I can do about it? The threads on the back aren't...

    57 points15 comments3 d ago

Newest posts

  1. How can I reinforce magic knots?
    1 points1 comment9 min ago
  2. Guernsey sweater men by sadnes garn front joining help
    1 points0 comments46 min ago
  3. Running out of yarn in gradient. Next cakes don't line up. What to do?!
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  4. laddering down on 1x1 rib
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  5. Stitch help!
    1 points1 comment2 h ago
  6. Please help me analyze my knitting and save my sanity!
    1 points2 comments2 h ago
  7. The Anywhere Bind Off
    1 points0 comments4 h ago
  8. First time blocking - to rinse or not to rinse?
    1 points1 comment4 h ago
  9. Help to understand DS & turn
    1 points1 comment5 h ago
  10. what is the name for the kind of purl am i doing?
    1 points0 comments6 h ago
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