via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Cm2FKZHv4mC/ Float gloat! 🦩 🎄 This is @tincanknits Compass Strange Brew with special charts from @craftykimiknits. MC is @SeismicYarn, CCs are @OnyxFiberArts, and the fuzzy sparkly yarn is Trendsetter Aura. 🦩🎄 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🦩🎄 #bipocknitters #knitting #knittersofinstagram #handdyedyarn #knitmoregirlspodcast #IndieDyers #IndieDyersofInstagram #Bespoke #knit #SeismicYarns #onyxfiberarts #TinCanKnits #ChristmasSweater #Flamingo #FairIsleKnitting #JacquardFloats #Colorwork 🦩🎄 [Image Description: the inside of the yoke of a cheerfully obnoxious Christmas sweater, showing off beautifully executed standard and jacquard floats. The main color is a bright turquoise, there is a holly green and red motif, and a flamingo pink.]
via Instagram Just a reminder that there are 12 days of Christmas, and that you can knit whatever makes you happy, whenever it makes you happy. ** 🦩 🎄 This is @tincanknits Compass Strange Brew with special charts from @craftykimiknits. MC is @SeismicYarn, CCs are @OnyxFiberArts, and the fuzzy sparkly yarn is Trendsetter Aura. 🦩🎄 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🦩🎄 #bipocknitters #knitting #knittersofinstagram #handdyedyarn #knitmoregirlspodcast #IndieDyers #IndieDyersofInstagram #Bespoke #knit #SeismicYarns #onyxfiberarts #TinCanKnits #ChristmasSweater #Flamingo 🦩🎄 **Some exclusions apply. 🦩🎄 [Image Description: the beginning of the yoke of a cheerfully obnoxious Christmas sweater. The main color is a bright turquoise, and a holly motif is visible, a flamingo pink peerie is visible, and the top of a Santa hat is in progress.] https://instagr.am/p/Cm072zKOcls/
via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Cms5wY6OEQX/ Warp today, shawl tomorrow. ⚡️ (Houndstooth wrap, @TessYarns Silk Chenille in grey and black, woven on a 20” @Schacht_Spindle_Company Flip Loom) ⚡️ #WeaversOfInstagram #Handwoven #BIPOCMaker #Weaving #handdyedyarn #knitmoregirlspodcast #IndieDyers #IndieDyersofInstagram #Bespoke #Silk #RigidHeddleLoom #Schacht ⚡️ You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. ⚡️ [Image Description: the beginnings of an elegant dark grey and black houndstooth wrap in silk chenille on a rigid heddle loom. ]
via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CmP_Olgpx2_/ Big pinup mood. Maybe it’s the sweater, maybe it’s the waist cincher. Either way, it’s super cute and festive. 🎄 #Grinchalong2022 🎄 (Pattern: Betty and Judy Lodge Sweater by @poisongrrls, Yarn: @littleskeinanne Harvest Sport, MC “Blue Christmas”, waist cincher by @honeylove.) 🎄 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🎄 #bipocknitters #knitting #knittersofinstagram #handdyedyarn #knitmoregirlspodcast #LittleSkein #LittleSkeinInTheBigWool #IndieDyers #IndieDyersofInstagram #Bespoke #knit #VintageKnits #PoisonGrrls #TodaysKnitOutfit #BAndJLodgeSweater 🎄 [image description: A striking, buxom, freckled and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a sharp, short, fresh haircut is wearing a vintage styled hand knit sweater featuring deep red holly berries with forest green leaves against a white background. The main color is an icy blue. She is wearing high-waisted, wide-legged jeans, and a festive red lipstick with a subtle red shimmer. She has her hand against her cheek, feigning surprise. ]
via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CmLTrYcO025/ Who said it wasn’t easy being green? 😉 💚🐸 [Pattern: Boob Window by @majestitch_designs, yarn: @oinkpigments Dapper worsted “Dill with It”] 💚🐸 #BIPOCKnitters #knitting #ravelry #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #OinkPigments #TodaysKnitOutfit 💚🐸 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💚🐸 [Image Description: A striking, freckled and fair-skinned Persian American woman with a short, grinch green haircut models an obscenely cheerful acid green sweater with a triangular cutout that shows off her décolletage. She is wearing matching eye makeup.]
via Instagram I like to keep a low profile. 🦄 [Pattern: Rainbowgan by @DrunkKnitter, Yarn: Lisa Frank kit by @FrostYarn, Buttons: @TheMagpiesEye, Makeup: @ColourPopCosmetics] 🦄 #knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #Knit #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #TestKnit #Rainbowgan #FrostYarns #ColourPop #Bespoke #ColourPopMe #TodaysKnitOutfit 🦄 [Image Description: a striking, freckled and fair-skinned Persian American woman with a sharp, short, grinch green haircut poses in a fiercely day-glo textured cardigan with rainbow glitter buttons and just a hint of the rainbow leopard grosgrain ribbon peeking out. She is wearing black framed glasses and a fuzzy, hot pink/orange hat with an ENORMOUS pompom.] https://instagr.am/p/CmKasJfy2cI/
via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Cl-WTqeOa-p/ I present, the Phoenix Jean Jacket! (Formerly known as Jasmin's Very Political Embroidery Project) ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 **Before you object to the language, please read on.** ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 When they say “fight hate with love”, it doesn’t mean embracing someone who means you and your loved ones harm. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 I go into more detail about all of this over on Substack, as well as sharing the embiggened photos of the finished project. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. You can read about this project over at Knitmoregirls.Substack.com . ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #BIPOCMaker #couture #Bespoke #AllArtIsPolitical #PoliticalArt #Embroidery #Handwork #Needlework #Stitching #LoveIsLove #Pride #BlackLabel #Sequins #Embellishment ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 [Image Description: a photo collage showing six different images of the same project.]
via Instagram Big Grinch Energy. 🎄 Shoes fit just right: ✅ Heart grown three sizes: ✅ 🎄 #KnitOutfitOfTheDay: Twist cardigan by @BonneMarieBurns in Malabrigo 🎄 #KnittersofInstagram #Knit #BIPOCKnitters #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #BIPOCMaker #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #Grinch #Grinchalong 🎄 [Image Description: A striking, freckled and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with short, floofy, acid green hair is wearing an antifreeze green cardigan with cable accents. She is wearing quite a lot of coordinating eye makeup, a bold red lip, and glitter on her face and in her hair. She is grinning broadly with dimples in full attendance.] https://instagr.am/p/Cl6qnNMvA2M/
Mine is made is one piece, and seamed up the center back, with a three stitch steek in the center front:
The plates on Godzilla are up the center back (as opposed to the sleeves), and applied using an afterthought i-cord style-ish attachment as follows:
Drop down to a US size 6/4.00mm needle for the plates
work to 1 st before the end, sl1, pick up 1 st from edge, pull slipped stitch over the last st, turn. (I omitted the YO in the final version.)
pick up 1 st from edge, purl that st together with first spike stitch.
Additionally, I added one bead on the edge of every RS row, and well as on all bound off stitches on top edge of the plates:
This is v1, which still included the YO. (Later omitted)
Tail:
Work 5-stitch plate in CC with 1 st MC.
Increase 1 st at plate edge in MC every 4 rows until the tail is a bit longer than you’d like.
Work mostly 5 stitch plates on the tail, until you’re nearly at the length you want the tail bit to be, then work a few 7 stitch plates.
Bind off all but 2 MC sts and begin working 10 stitch plates. Work in this style until the length of the bottom edge of the bind off and the top of the back plates match the length of the back of the sweater all the way up the back of the hood.
It looks a bit strange, and it’s a little hard to describe, so I’ve included a drawing of how I did it.
I attached the bound off edge of the tail to the center back of the cardigan, and then used a running stitch to sew the MC portion of the tail to one side of the back, all the way up to the hood. (The smaller five stitch plates end up staggered from the center 10 stitch plates; which is most excellent.)
Once that was joined, I used a tidy running stitch to attach the other side of the back, using the running stitch to go through all three layers (back, tail, back).
I sewed the steek in front, two rows of machine stitches on each side, cut the steek, placed the zipper with Wonder Clips, basted it in place with red thread, then sewed it into the sweater using a backstitch.
I attached half of the snap to the end of the tail, and the other half juuuuuuust inside the pocket, so that the tail would be safe from accidental toilet dipping.
Pockets:
Pick up 15 stitches, 4 stitches up from the edging and 4 rows in. Work 1” in st st, then do 1 full fashion decrease at open edge twice, then every RS row until 6 sts remain. BO, then pick up 3 sts for every 4 row along open edge. Work in 1x1 rib for 1”; bind off. Seam to sweater using a tidy mattress stitch.
We also tested the blacklight reactive beads:
Blacklight photography is hard
Rexzilla roars a mighty roar!
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via Instagram What dog? There are no dogs in this bed. 🐾 #RescueDogsOfInstagram #PitbullMix #GEPDARescue #AdoptDontShop #PitbullsOfInstagram #hannahjams #lifeinhanna #PitbullsInPajamas 🐾 [Image Description: An extremely handsome brown brindled pitbull/chihuahua/dachshund mix and a predominately white dog with brown and black brindled spots are wearing matching buffalo check pajamas with red trim. Both are on a California king bed with sheets that almost perfectly match their pajamas.] https://instagr.am/p/Clsed-fOa_R/
