Knitting disasters: The Ordinary Knitter – episode 3

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Knitting disasters: The Ordinary Knitter - episode 3
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Episode 3: Knitting disasters

Welcome to episode 3 of The Ordinary Knitter. In this episode: knitting disasters, modifying patterns (these two things can be related) and how to avoid thumbholes. I went to ridiculous lengths to avoid thumbholes and achieved complete success!

Ft knitting patterns:

Ft knitting needles:

The HiyaHiya needles I bought from Brownberry Yarns (not ‘browberry’ as I mistakenly said) can be found here: HiyaHiya needles at Brownberry Yarns.

Knitting disasters:

Just for a laugh, here’s the To the Sea jumper after its mishap:

DH's 'jumper' after its trip through the tumble dryer - knitting disasters
DH’s ‘jumper’ after its trip through the tumble dryer

What did I learn? Don’t tumble acrylic. One reason I made that mistake is that I’d researched aran for a jumper for DS and had found one that could be tumbled, so I just assumed they all could – wrong! Now I pay very close attention to laundry care labels, both when choosing yarn and when the garment is made and I’ve forgotten what the label said. Sometimes I use a magnet to stick them on the washing machine!