There was a lot of talk on knitting Mastodon last week about how long it takes to knit a jumper. And I just happened to have this amazing green super chunky yarn lying around from a previously failed wedding project.
So naturally I took to Ravelry in the hopes of finding something that could be made quickly, but also look halfway decent and not weirdly bulky at all.
Enter, the Tea Rose Slip On by Retro Claude.
Cast on last…Thursday, I think? Spent maybe about 8 hours on it so far. The front and back are completely done and now it’s time for the sleeves already!
What’s everyone else been working on this week? If it’s a fingering-weight jumper project, you have my genuine sympathy 😂
That yarn is gorgeous. Where did you get it?
Also, as someone who’s never used Twitter but is aware that Mastodon has a bigger user base than Kbin and Lemmy combined, how “worth it” is Mastodon if you prefer Reddit-style discussion? I stayed away from Twitter because of all the drama I would hear about, and because I didn’t care about official announcements from celebrities or corporations. But I do want to support the Fediverse and right now Kbin and Lemmy don’t get much engagement (at least for communities for most of my interests). Since Mastodon is a Twitter replacement, I was wondering if it was worth it.
Thanks! The yarn is just Stylecraft Special XL, Stylecraft being one of the widely-available cheaper brands in the UK. I’m not sure how widespread it is in other countries, or where you are, but if you’re here it’s their Bottle colourway and it’s stunning.
As far as Mastodon goes. I never did Twitter either, partially like you because of the drama, partially just because I didn’t see the point and prefer longer discussions. But I’ve got two active accounts over there (this is my craft one) and honestly love both it and Lemmy very much. I tend to use Mastodon more for stream of consciousness stuff, Lemmy more for open-ended questions and discussion, and then cross-post my craft projects to both because it’s fun getting comments from both platforms in one thread and having my friends from each one interact with each other. This Lemmy post for example was actually a Mastodon toot, which is pretty neat.
Plus of course cross-posting like that gets more action for the less-busy platform, it’s weird because craft-wise knitting is waaaaay more popular on Mastodon. But cross stitch gets more interaction on Lemmy. So I just send posts to both to cover all my bases 🤷♀️
Mastodon discoverability runs on hashtags. To get an idea if there’s much action on there for your niche I would visit mastodon.social (it’s the biggest instance and therefore has most content federated) and search for likely tags, see what comes up. There’s a thriving craft community there, and also a big gamedev community, which are the focuses of my two accounts. But I have heard it’s not quite as good for certain topics, so really depends what you’re looking for.
If you do decide to give it a go, like all Fediverse things it’s picking an instance that tends to be the hard part. But unlike Lemmy you can migrate account every 30 days and all your followers come with you, so a bad choice at the start isn’t really a big deal.
Hope something in this wall of text was helpful! 😅