Knitlog [2025-09-22 Mon]

Johanne cardigan

It’s going slow, but better than I thought! I also get hang of flicking purl: my index finger now has better motion control so that it doesn’t drop yarn so often. My purl also gets a lot faster compared to when I started the project
The fit looks extremely well on me! I have a feeling that this might become one of my favourite and practical knitwear and I’m super excited about the result. I think I made the wise decision to not to pick the no frills cardigan because I’m not a fan of the raglan line.
7g left for the current skein. Let’s how much it can take. I think 400g is definitely enough, but I’m not sure if I should extend the length. Given the fact that I’m pretty short, it might not be the most flattering option.

So this one is for my mom, and I’ll knit another pair of rib socks for my dad.
Having a hard time for the heel. Actually, I forgot it’s a toe-up and started heel flap, 10 rows after I then my mistake = =.
My mom’s foot is shorter than me (appx. 36 in EUR size) so I have to adjust the foot length.
I stopped at appx. 16cm from toe to foot, and started Fish Lip Kiss heel. Not that I particularly like FLK heel - I’m not a fan of the look, but it’s easy and I have my previous sock to compare and match. I did some research on gusset increase and heel flap on toe-up, but it looks unnecessarily complicated, and I’m rushing to finish all these gift project and just want something simple. I really want to try sweet tomato heel in my next pair socks though!

I’m knitting a scarf for a frend and I’m struggling to pick a suitable pattern. Scarf is boring and takes a long time to knit, yes, but this seems the only feasible option because there aren’t lots of unisex/manly cowl pattern and I think scarf is the more classic option.
Anyways, I initially chose Simple Aran scarf because it looks quite elegant. I browsed through all FOs and found the mods I need as I’ll be using a heavier yarn (Worsted Cascade 220 Superwash), and I even knitted two swatches with different options of slipping stitches to create a neat selvage edge.
However, after consideration and flipping through my library, I decided to go with Purl Soho’s No Purl Scarf for two reasons. One, I don’t want to spend an insanely amount of time for a scarf; two, the simple rib scarf looks minimallistic, classic. I was a bit worried it would look “too simple” from non-knitter’s perspective, but thanks to GPT my concerns were lifted. So, time to buy more yarn!