It's not perfect, but this is my favorite thing I've made!
I started knitting specifically with this project in mind and was so happy once I was able to make it.
Pattern is: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/owls-9
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Hi. I am not familiar with knitting at all. May I ask why you feel it's not perfect? Just trying to understand if it's a personal opinion or actual fault somewhere (that I don't see).
I'm probably my own worst critic, but I guess some spots don't look as "polished" or "neat" to me as I'd like. Some of the ribbing on the neck collar looks a little uneven. It's just small things that are probably more noticeable to me than anyone else. Also, it was only the 2nd sweater I ever knit, so I'm self-conscious about how good my work looks to anyone else.
Said every creative ever.
Don't be so harsh on yourself, it's awesome! The imperfections are the perfect level that will make another knitter go "Oh wow that's selfmade. So cool!" while other people won't notice them at all. Really nice work!
I haven't zoomed in or anything but I couldn't notice anything wrong or particularly un-neat. It just looks handmade to me. Nice work!
There's always little things we notice in our own projects that are basically invisible to the non-knitter. It's our curse!
It was amazing before I noticed the owls. The owls made it perfect. Pure art.
That's so beautiful! Perfect yarn colour too.
considering she said it's her 2nd ever jumper, she did a really good job. I'm not even a knitter, but it looks really good!
It took me awhile to see that they’re owls, but damn I’d kill for that during winter right now.
Love it! I saw the owls straight away!
You had me to go back and find them, really nice!
Awesome! The owl pattern around the top looks really cool.
Absolutely love this. The buttons at the top also make for a nice detailing contrast.
Took me a while to see it. There are little owls around the neck. Nice pattern and we'll done.
This is amazing!!! Some of the small things you notice will even out / disappear from your mind in time. It looks great on you too!
That looks super comfy.
I thought it was a Groot sweater until I read the pattern URL. Looks cool!
ahhh Owls.... tbh i thought they were the bunny from donnie darko (think it's the eyes)
Love this pattern! It's a classic for a reason!
It looks great on you, totally know what you mean about being your own worst critic but we really do see the flaws so much more in our own projects than anyone else will. Achievement unlocked! Now what's your next big goal? :D
As a casual observer I don't see any mistakes, just wows.
Thanks so much! I really want to try some colorwork next, I really love the squishy texture of brioche so I might go for that.
Fucking doooope! More crafts to Lemmy!!!! Hazaaah
Oh, I love this so much! You've done a great job. Also, thank you for sharing the pattern. Once I've had enough of sock knitting I want to make this!
That does look fabulous! I saw you said this was the second sweater you made. Do you know off hand how many projects you made to get comfortable trying to make this one? Roughly how long it took you to get from starting? I've learned knitting a few times off and on, but never had a big project I actually wanted to do, and so always end up falling back out of it. This looks like something my wife would also love, but I'm not sure how long something like this would take or what I'd be getting myself into for something this large.
I always end up attracted to hats for myself, and then remember I can't really wear hats and give up before I even get started. My hair always either floats them off my head, or they make me overheat too easily. I had mostly figured I would just need to learn crotchet instead and then make some of those small plushie type things as desk decorations. I just have yet to make it as far as ever learning to crotchet.
Before I started on this sweater, I'd knit about 10-15 projects beforehand including some hats, headbands, cowls, and one really simple (short-sleeved) sweater. It took me about 6 weeks from start to finish but I had a lot of time each day to work on it. I also actually had learned to crochet before knitting and had crocheted several things.
They're both great crafts and there are a lot of nice tops you can make with just crochet if that's the craft you'd feel more comfortable learning first! There are a lot of great resources for learning both. I actually learned crochet from a book, but couldn't really grasp knitting from books, but was able to from videos.
Wow, amazing.
so cute!!!!
It looks great, and you look great in it! Nice work 👍
Oh, that is such a pretty sweater! Seeing it makes me want to get back into knitting. Thank you for sharing the pattern, too; it gives me something to work towards!
Gorgeous sweater, op! You did a beautiful job, and you should be very proud of your work! It’s lovely!
You are so very talented! Not sure if you're just making things like this for yourself or not, but I know several others that would love to own something like this!
Wow, that looks really good. Great work.
I love the pattern, amazing job!
That's impressive!
This makes me want to knit so I can make that for my wife.
Congratulations on your project! I'm just starting my knitting journey as well, with a pullover as the end goal. How long was it before you felt comfortable tackling the project? The color is lovely! (Also, your hair is stunning, if you don't mind could you dm me your hair routine?!)
I'd made at least 10-15 smaller projects before I started on this, including a more basic knit "test" sweater with shorter sleeves. It still felt daunting starting this, but I just read through the pattern ahead of time and tried to understand when/why I'd have to do certain steps.
Thanks for the hair compliment! I could definitely dm you and share whatever you want to know, unfortunately the color I've been using has been discontinued so I'm about to try a new one soon 🤞
WoW. This will sell like crazy. I want one and I showed it to my coworker and even she needs one.
Are you talking about sweeping the pattern or the sweater itself? Because the number of hours in a sweater like that would require a massive price tag just to break even at minimum wage.
Unless you have machine-like efficiency, sweaters are the sort of thing you only make for yourself and a select few.
Still waiting on my wife to knit me that sweater she said she would fifteen years ago ...
My wife knocked out at least two full cowl sweaters between the completion of right sock and left sock. A lot of winters with one nice sock though.
Super cute, love the detail around the neck!
I'd say perfect..
"Not perfect?" Nonsense, it's quite perfect
That's fabulous. The fit looks perfect.
Wow! This is so beautiful - I love the pattern! The buttons for owl eyes -chefs kiss-
Love the owls! Fun idea if you make another (and the buttons aren't already), if there are glow in the dark buttons you can use, maybe use some for the owl eyes!
Looks like a cozy sweater, great job!
OOT but as an indonesian i chuckled when i saw your username, op
I lived in Jakarta 2005-2006 and remember hearing about that show when I first moved there 😆...tapi, nggak berbicara Bahasa indonesia bagus, typical bule lol
Yang penting bisa dimengerti lmao
Hey, fellow Indo! I came here to say this!
Looks great!
Wow that's really awesome! When do you find time to knit?
Go away
This is a forum for knitting, not being a creep
I don't know what that guy said, but I love seeing your response!
Highly inappropriate comment in a knitting post.
Way to tell them they're being inappropriate... With a racial slur. Smh
Thanks for letting me know. I thought it was equivalent to “Neanderthal” but just looked it up. I won’t use it again.
Hell yeah. If it makes you feel better your not the only one to have incorrectly thought that.
What on earth was the word?
Detectives assemble! Something that could be confused as similar to Neanderthal, but isn't. I'm guessing mongoloid?
You guessed correctly. It is not always a slur, more a description in an anachronistic method of defining human ‘races’, but is apparently a slur used against autistic people and therefore has been deleted from my mental vocabulary.
I think it’s a slur against people with Down’s syndrome. It was originally used to refer to people from East Asia (mongoloid from either Mongols or Mongolia, not sure which), then later applied to people with Down’s syndrome due to similarities between some East Asian facial features and the facial features common among those living with the syndrome.
Looks like it was most commonly used in the 50s and 60s. Not sure if it wasn’t considered offensive then or if people just didn’t care as much.
Edit: also, props to you for using this as a chance to learn rather than getting defensive.
What was the word? Now I want to know so I don't accidentally use it.
Look a little lower in the thread at positiveWHAT's comment.
And I was about to comment I felt relieved to no langer have horny redditors around lmao
Some of us are horny, but don't write unnecessary horny comments.
Thank goodness we’re actually deleting this filth instead of with the other site that would be spammed full of “lol horni upvote
On topic, as a passerby from all, that is really fuckin impressive
The latter remark was very unnecessary, too.
Hey look! It really is reddit. We have horny dumbasses making insulting comments here too!
Stay on Reddit you perv.
So disheartening that even on a smaller community with a supposedly mature userbase there are still people that think it's normal to leave comments like this. The number of upvotes you received does not inspire confidence in the fediverse community to be any better than Reddit.
Humans are gonna human, unfortunately. It’s our downfall.
Nothing stops bad actors from joining a lemmy, his total votes is still negative which is a good tell it's not being tolerated.
Could be a female. Your making an assumption it is a dude.