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Look, I just really like twisted ribbing, ok?
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I never posted my finished Lochbroom socks, did I?
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I really love the colour inversion on these. I don’t know if it was intentional because I didn’t notice until I was halfway through the second sock, but if so that’s fantastic.
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Yarn is @kelpieknits’ Lochbroomcolourway on Pitter Patter base, pattern is Soy Vanilla.
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Whelp, time for some cable surgery. This is what happens when you *think* you know what the pattern says but you… don’t.
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A second shot of my super-secret Nessie socks for my housemate. Taking gratuitous advantage of the better lighting in a friend’s living room.
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I took my knitting for a walk and actually managed to find some quiet greenery in the park.
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There’s been a lot of talk about accessibility while I’ve been away (by ‘away’ I do mean lurking), and while the fact that we *have* to talk about it isn’t great, the fact that the conversation is happening seems like a good one.
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For now, I have removed the Ravelry link from my profile so that no one can click it and do themselves any harm. I’m looking into the best places to host my patterns elsewhere, so that they are still available to folks who are in danger from using Ravelry. I can do this relatively easily because I have, like, 4 patterns, but my sympathies for designers whose entire careers have pretty much been dumped due to inaccessibility.
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As for the current financial discussion, I’ve only been witness to this second hand so I don’t want to accidentally strawman anyone. For the record I don’t think I’ve ever used the recommended yarn for a pattern for various reasons, and yarn subbing is a skill I am still not entirely competent at but there are things I can do to help. As a knitter, gauge swatches are helpful, as is thinking about what qualities the garment requires from the yarn, but none of these are super easy to grasp as a newbie.
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That is why, as I designer, I always try to say 'you should use a yarn that has these qualities, and here is the yarn I used in the photos.’ It doesn’t fix everything, but hopefully it helps.
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If you have any ideas, either about where to host my patterns or what your tips on yarn subbing are, let me know in the comments.
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Have you ever had a project that you just want to end?
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I like to always have a pair of socks on the needles - preferably some plain ones. They’re nice, mindless knitting to work away on in front of the TV, or while chatting to a friend. These ones though… the crimping on the yarn is really messing with my tension, even though I do like the finished texture. They take a bit too much concentration than I’d like, and my other sock needles currently have a pair of gloves on them, so my only choice is to get these finished.
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But… ugh…. they’re taking so long… if I do this again I’m definitely skeining and washing the yarn before I reknit it.
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