Roxanne Richardson

Some languages use the same word for creating all manner of fabrics, whether woven, knitted, or crocheted. Many (most?) languages don't have a different word for "purl," either. It's right stitch and left/wrong/upside down/backwards stitch.

A sock that fits is 10% smaller in circumference than your ball of foot/ankle, and modified for fit issues (like high arch). Durability has to do with knitting to a gauge that is 15-20% firmer than what is recommended on the ball band. (and includes some nylon). Regia has a 10-year guarantee.

I would do this *before* ripping out, so you can figure out what size you *should* be knitting, and any modifications you might want to make to the shaping.

If the pattern doesn't have a schematic (a line drawing that illustrates finished measurements), check for that information in text form. You can also make your own schematic by dividing the stitch counts by gauge and reading through for shaping and length to see if width changes, and where.

I'm planning an Ask Me Anything video soon on my YouTube channel. What knitting questions would you like to see answered? #knitting 🧶

A sock clad foot enters the frame the the bottom. The sock is knit in a yellow and green variegated yarn. In the background are garden plants with spiky flowers that are a similar color to the sock yarn. There are mock cables centered down the front of the leg.

For this week's #showmeyourknits theme of yellow, I had to go back to July 2006 to find a sock I had knit for my mother (whose favorite color was yellow). I took this photo before I wove in the yarn tail at the toe. Pretty Petals sock pattern by Jeannie Townsend. Yarn is Koigu KPPPM #knitting 🧶

Weird that they chose to show someone crocheting to represent WWKIP day

The stitch pattern is from The Wild Garden Sock collection (apparently, I enjoy combining sock patterns with sweater construction).

The short rows and decreases are done when you have the number required for your bicep circumference. I much prefer this method to Walker's short row method that's like the second half of a short row sock heel.

The set-in sleeves use a modification of Elizabeth Zimmermann's method from her book Knitting Without Tears (the Kangaroo Pouch sweater). Sts are picked up around the armhole based on st:row gauge ratio, and the cap is short-rowed with decreases like the heel turn of a heel flap.

The sweater is knit top down, with set-in sleeves. I designed it based on my measurements and knit the body using one of the methods for a top down set-in sleeve sweater in Barbara Walker's book Knitting From the Top.

A cardigan without a front closure hangs from a mannequin. The yarn is from a black fleece (making the yarn an extremely dark, dark brown). There is a simple knit/purl texture pattern in the fabric where the purls form diagonals. Also a high ribbed neck.

Cardigan almost complete. Just need to knit the zipper facing and sew in the zipper. Will probably take an inch off of the neck to end with the right total length for the zipper I ordered. Yarn is from a lamb fleece I chose from @getbentzfarm.bsky.social farm last fall. #knitting 🧶

A blanket made from light and dark green lies on a hardwood floor. The blanket is knit with alternating sections of knit garter and purl garter for an interesting offset stripe design. On the dog sits a gorgeous black and white Shih Tzu, looking up at the camera.

#showmeyourknits #knitting This blanket was a baby gift for Max the dog trainer. Max recognized Herbie the first time we went to the dog park. He had prevented the dog rescue from euthanizing Herbie for aggression. Herbie wasn't aggressive, just misunderstood. They adored each other. 🧶

What length do you use for a single sock with Magic Loop? Some use 32'', some use 40''. Add enough length for the circumference of the 2nd sock for 2aat, i.e. an additional 8''. If you use 32'' for 1 sock, you'd need 40'' for 2aat. If you use 40'' for 1 sock, you'd need 48'' for 2aat.

It goes faster, but there's less entertainment and far less purring.

It doesn't read like it was hallucinated. It reads like something a new designer (which he is not) would write, without knowing he should use a style sheet, and without recognizing how inconsistent he is with how he presents information. Plus, the photos are real.

YouTube video by Roxanne Richardson Double Pick Up for Ribbed Bands // Technique Tuesday

This week's Technique Tuesday features the double pick up. A beautiful finish for button bands and neckbands (especially nice around a steeked edge). Looks beautiful on the RS and WS! #knitting 🧶
youtu.be/F9uMiVDkuiA

Really irritated with a paid pattern from a designer who has been publishing since 2014 and has over 200 patterns in his Ravelry store. The design is lovely, but the pattern reads like a first draft from someone who has never written a pattern before.

The laborious/distasteful part was having all the sts for all the pieces on the needles at one time. I much prefer knitting smaller pieces!

No. It's top down, simultaneous set-in sleeve construction. Even if this was a pullover, the shoulders to the bottom of the neck would have been knit back and forth. I would have lost a lot of yarn in the re-doing if I had steeked it!

A woman is posed with one hand on hip in front of a bookcase full of knitting books. She is wearing a gray cardigan with a polo collar edged in dark teal yarn. The sweater has 2-row stripes of teal alternating with 5 rows of gray. The teal is in a gradient that shifts from darkest to lightest and back again several times from the shoulders to the bottom ribbing. There are five shades of the gradient. The button bands are edged with the dark teal at their base and at the cast off edge. There are 8 teal buttons down the front of the cardigan.

Finally finished my first handspun sweater (I dyed the gradient, too). I knit it a year ago, but the shoulders were too wide, so I reknit from shoulders to underarms, removed the bands and collar, cut it apart and grafted it together again (then reknit the bands and collar). #handspun #knitting 🧶

A white Finn ewe lays on a bed of straw in her nursery pen. Two buckets hang from the rails on the right and a bag of hay hangs from the rails on the left. In the rear of the pen are three lambs, lying under a warming lamp. The two on the left are white, and the one on the right is mostly black with a white head. That one is a little peanut - barely 3 pounds!

I'm a fiber volunteer at Gale Woods Farm. A few of their Finn ewes decided to have their babies now, instead of the predicted next week or two. I'm in love with the little peanut on the right. Two sets of twins, one set of triplets, and a set of quads so far! #handspinning #knitting #lambingseason 🧶

A pair of dark pink over-the-knee stockings lie on a gray background. The socks have short row shaping at the knee to create a natural bend, with k2p2 ribbing extending above the bend. The feet of the stockings are worked in garter stitch in a natural color to look like Mary Janes. A bit of the pink shows through between the toe and the little ankle straps which have black buttons.

The stockings are modeled on a baby with chubby thighs, wearing a pair of pink bloomers under her knit dress.

#showmeyourknits #knitting 🧶 Knits for babies!
Over-the-knee stockings with built in Mary Jane shoes for my grandniece. From a vintage 1940s pattern

A woman stands in front of a bookcase full of knitting books. Only her torso can be seen. She is wearing a body-forming gray pullover with a close-fitting neck. The bottom, neck and 3/4-length sleeves are all hemmed. Down the front center are 7 large triangles pointing downward and divided into halves, with the left half a magenta color and the right half a golden yellow. The triangles are repeated down the arms. On the right arm the yellow half of the triangles can be seen and on the left arm, the purple half can be seen.

#showmeyourknits Colorwork 🧶
I don't do much colorwork, because I prefer texture. When I do, it's often intarsia. The pattern is Harlequin, from Stitchcraft issue 184, April 1949. It was part of my long term project to knit a sweater from each decade from 1890s-1990s.

YouTube video by Roxanne Richardson Easiest Center-Out Cast On for a Top-Down Hat // Technique Tuesday

This week's Technique Tuesday video: the easiest cast on for top down hats or center-out circular projects. #knitting 🧶 youtu.be/zR6Ot6rwEw0

Interesting. It feels like it's related to tambour embroidery, technique-wise.

A Christmas stocking hangs against a rosy beige stucco wall. The stocking is knit in three colors: off white, sage green, and forest green. The top of the stocking has a Latvian braid knit with the two greens, and the stocking is knit in horizontal bands of stranded color work, using two colors for each band, with the width of the bands varying. The largest motif is a Scandinavian snowflake with sage green background and off white snowflake. Other bands have tree motifs, small snowflakes, and zig zag lines. The band on the foot is in sage green with "Sam" in white letters, flanked with three hearts. THe heel and toe are forest green.

#showmeyourknits #knitting 🧶 Green!
Christmas stocking I knit for my daughter's fiance. I've made these for my nieces and nephews, their spouses and kids. I used motifs I picked up from several stocking patterns as well as stitch dictionaries. Lined with wool felt to keep it from stretching.

YouTube video by Roxanne Richardson When Designers Get it Wrong, (but Still Knit it Right!) // Casual Friday S8E07

I start TWO new top down seamless sweaters with set-in sleeves that use two different construction methods, and I discuss why designers might get something wrong in their patterns, but if you follow their instructions, you'll end up with the right result. #knitting 🧶 youtu.be/xQYZhs5089s

Once again, forgot to inclue #knitting and 🧶 in my post. Sigh.

It meant a lot to me to be able to complete something for a knitter who gives so much of her talents to others, so that she could have something beautiful for herself.