Check-In Post January 5th 2024

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: Do you have any crafting resolutions for 2024?


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I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[malurette]

Hello, I'm new~ I've decided that 2024 will be the year that I learn to knit a top-down in-the-round jumper!
I've actually started during the last days of December but I only did the neck and I guess shoulders? and stopped before I would separate the sleeves from the torso. I've left my work at my parents' with the promise that I would pick it up and hopefully finish it on the next holiday?

[badly_knitted]

Hello and welcome!

I've never tried knitting a sweater from the top down, I suspect it would quickly become quite heavy. Congratulations on getting as far as you have, and I hope it won't be too long before the next holiday so you can work on it some more.

[darkcedars]

Hello! And good sweater luck for the future.

[yarnofariadne]

Welcome, and best of luck with the jumper!

[althea_valara]

Welcome!

Oooh, a sweater! I have made top-down in-the-round sweaters, both crocheted and knitted. They are fun! They *can* get heavy though; when it comes to work the sleeves, I've heard people put the body in a pillowcase for ease of maneuvering around.

but I only did the neck and I guess shoulders?

I have terminology for you! Feel free to skip if you already know it or aren't interested.

"Yoke" is the technical term for the top of the sweater, from neck to sleeve separation. Many, many top-down in-the-round sweaters are raglan style; if you have four increase points (usually with 2 increases at each point), then yeah, that's a raglan. I like them because they're pretty easy to make!

There's also top-down round-yoke sweaters which, if I understand correctly, have more increases per round, but I've never made one so I don't know for sure.

Good luck with your sweater! I hope it comes out beautifully for whoever it's for. <3

[shaddyr]

I'm new~ I've decided that 2024 will be the year that I learn to knit a top-down in-the-round jumper!

Good for you! I'm trying to make a sweater for the first time as well - may we both figure it out with a minimum of frogging required!

[spiralicious]

Hi! Fancy seeing you here!

Good luck with your sweater! (The people here are very friendly and helpful.)