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If you’re still looking for a better option, the CVS pharmacy in the Target on Howard was chill about our booster

Stitchworks is my LYS but I’ve been to most of the others on the list and liked all of the ones I’ve been to

* The Dropped Stitch (Andersonville)
* Cog Cycles and Yarn (Andersonville)
* Wool & Co. (Elgin)

* Evanston Stitchworks (Evanston)
* Yarnify! (Loop)
* Knit 1 (Lakeview)
* Nina Chicago (West Loop)
* Firefly Fiber (Avondale)
* Sister-Arts (Lincoln Park)
* Bloomin’ Spindle (West of Irving Park)
* Bolly’s Hobbies Yarn Etc (West of Irving Park)

Dude, did someone literally write “attract undesirables” or is that like an attempt at a joke…? 😬

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The tension on your ribbing is immaculate.

If it’s Middles, I think they take drop offs for store credit so it’s just as likely someone else is swapping your books.

Absolutely gorgeous and that color way is to dye (ha) for

Your tension is beautiful!

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Looks great!!

You can wind a contrast color of waste yarn between your stitches—so like every 3rd or 4th stitch pass the waste yarn back or front. You can then use that as a visual marker to orient up and down. It’s easiest to do while casting on, but you can do it with a tapestry needle afterwards too

Did you use vertical columns for a special reason or is that how you usually do it? Asking because I usually do horizontal rows and am interested if there’s a reason to do one over the other.

My favorites listed North to South:

Restaurants: Tomate (tiny place but great food), Blind Faith, Papa Bop, Lucky Platter, Siam Paragon

Cafes: Coffee Lab, Newport, Coralie, Reprise (has won a bunch of awards)

Bakeries: Hewn, Bennisons, Sweet Temptations

Chocolatier: Piron

Best visual I’ve seen for Kitchener yet. Also makes it easier to visualize how to do Kitchener in pattern if you have knits and purls.

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it's stockinette. The columns look that way because of how the yarn is spun and plied. This article does a good job of describing it:
www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/as...

Very excited for this! Any chance you plan to also do an audiobook adaptation?

My fellow knittin’ kittens, question for you: do you unwind your balls of yarn when putting half skeins into your stash bucket, or do you let them sit in ball form? I know the former is best practice, but I am trying to justify to my lazy self just leaving them as is.

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Thank you!!

Hi! The QR code doesn’t seem to be working and the URL has dates from 2024. It might be a me-error but wanted to confirm if there is a better link?

Ohhh I like that. Did the long seed make the differences in yarn weight blend or really pop?

Also, go O’s! I’m from MD back in the day.

That is so smart. Like it’ll basically be one of the multi-weight Noro yarns when you use it

Knittin’ folks, how long/big does a yarn scrap need to be before you keep it versus trash it? I keep stuff that’s a few feet as contrast yarn for casting on, quarter skeins for scrap projects, that sort of thing, but anything shorter gets tossed or composted as appropriate.

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Yellow dog stuffed animal with red bow.

Finally finished! Stuffed animal twin of my mom’s dog, who my littlest nephew is obsessed with.

Pattern is Puppy Love by Lorraine Pistorio.

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Adorable! ❤️ I love the tiny little ears

Longtail is also the same structure in the foundation row as backwards loop but it includes a built-in knitted row on top of the foundation row.

The final structure of the CO stitches are the same, just different techniques to achieve the same effect. I’ll look and see which of my books it’s in but I have one that includes both with some detail about them, just need to find it.