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A couple weeks ago I (37/F) landed my first job in a proper office setting (after being unemployed almost a year, so yay me!). I had worked only in the industrial field so far and my work attire was basically jeans and corporate shirts paired with very stylish safety shoes LOL.

I'm in the southern hemisphere and it's like 80°F outside but my social anxiety is already making me plan for colder weather (hoping I'll still be employed by then). So I was wondering if you could give me some insight on incorporating handknitted items into my office attire, whether it's specific patterns or just general recs.

I'd describe the style at work as business very casual because it's a tech company. Most of my coworkers wear sneakers (women tend to choose 'dressier' ones, but guys often wear Vans and Chuck Taylors).

I was thinking of knitting myself a Lulu Slipover to use over shirts and maybe a cardi.

I read somewhere that fingering and sport yarn weight were office appropiate and more bulky yarns were not, is that really so? Are cables ok? Lace?

TIA!

Edit: Thank you everyone for your insights! I've decided I'll try the Monlight Dancer cardi following @proudblond@lemmy.world's suggestion for a shawl collar cardi and the Fade of Beads tee maybe? (I'll be getting that pattern free with my ticket to an event, so I'll probably knit it anyway even if it's not to wear at the office lol).

Basic ranglan sweater. I used a cake of self-striping yarn for the body and finished off the sleeves with a spare skein in mustard. The pattern was very fun and easy to follow, I'm looking forward to knit more kid's projects because they're so quick xD

• Pattern: Sweater Sincronía from Revés Derecho (spanish)
• Yarn: Revés Derecho Sweet Love in 007 Rainbow and King in 0017 Mustard.
• Needles: 5,5mm/US 9 Knit Pro Trendz

I've been saving this one. It was my first attempt at knitting in the round and I totally twisted my stitches 😂

I read in the pattern about checking your stitches before joining for in the round knitting, but I didn't quite understood what it meant until I was several rows deep into my project and there was a big turn in the middle lol.

A friend told me that twisted cowls were actually a thing so I went ahead and finished it. I even wore it a few times and then I was made aware I also twisted my stitches from knitting into the back loop xD I could not unsee that so I threw it deep into my closet and forgot about it.

Triple fail:

• Twisted stitches in the round
• Twisted stitches from knitting through the back loop
• Taking the picture with the inside out hah!

But wait, there's a happy ending.

As I was getting my stuff ready to move I dug it out from my closet and decided to frog the darn thing. I re-knit it in the Free For All pattern and I'm much happier with it now. I'm looking forward to use this version when cold season finally hits.

(In hindsight I should have done this pattern in the first place, it's been in my favorites forever, but back then I didn't really know how to read patterns in English so I never realized it was knitted flat lol).

• Original pattern: Meila Cowl by Valerie Hobbs
• New pattern: Free For All Cowl by Jen Peck

• Pattern: Sweater Sincronía (in Spanish)
• Yarn: Sweet Love in 007 Rainbow from Revés Derecho

I got this cake for Christmas and looking for some way to use it I thought I'd try my first kid sweater. The pattern is a very simple raglan sweater, but the self-striping yarn makes it look way more interesting. I'm gonna need to get a matching yarn to finish off the sleeves, but I'm kinda getting why people love knitting for kids so much, it's so fast!

• Pattern: Sugar Maple by Carina Spencer
• Yarn: Katia Polynesia Gradient in 305.

This is my first knitted garment. Actually the third, but we'll get to that. I got this gradient yarn during my trip to Spain last September. Initially I had no plans on what I would do with it, I had mostly knit accesories and just dipped my toes into shawls, which is what I originally thought I'd make. But when I got back home I though I might try kniting my first piece of garment so off I went to Ravelry and found this lovely pattern from Carina Spencer.

I initially knitted this in my usual size (38) and with US 4 (3.5mm) needles... and it ended waaay too large. My mom said it was because it's a linen/viscose blend and it tends to "give" a lot. So I frogged it and re-knit it in a couple sizes down (same needle size). Still. Too. Large.

At this point I realized knitting willy-nilly wasn't going to work anymore so went ahead and knit a gauge sample, which ended up resulting that I needed to size down to US 2 1/2 (3.00mm) needles. On this third attempt I decided to knit with the colors reversed (teal to burgundy).

MUCH BETTER.

It is not 100% perfect fit, but it's good enough that I'm happy to actually wear this outside so I'm declaring it finished. Finally.

Hello knitters! I have setted myself the goal to learn a new technique every few months. Now that I'm comfortable knitting in the round I'm looking to dip my toes into colorwork and was wondering if you had any recomendations for patterns to introduce me to fair isle. Preferably a small project, as I'd like to work my way into a sweater.

Thanks in advance for any recs, I've already learnt so much from you guys here :)

Ok so I finally took the plunge and I'm knitting my first pair of socks. Ever. I'm doing fingering held double because less stitches 😂

Pattern: DK Weight Vanilla Socks Yarn: locally dyed mering sock fingering

I'm following the vanilla socks on magic loop video tutorial by Crazy Sock Lady and it's helped sooo much. I suck at understanding written instructions (probably because english is not my first lanuage) so seeing it done has made things much easier.

I can now totally understand why socks are such a big thing lol.

Pattern: Sugar Maple by Carina Spencer Thread: Katia Polynesia Gradient #305

This is my first time knitting a proper clothing item and I'm so happy! The pattern has been really easy to follow and for the first time all my stitch counts match the pattern 😅 (I usually end up with 1-2 stitches more -or less-).

I was thinking of getting a spare yarn in a color similar to the teal at the end to lengthen the tee into more of a mini-dress, but I've been having a hard time finding one locally lol. We'll see :)

What you been up to this week?

This was the project I took with me on vacation and it kept me busy during my 3 weeks in Spain. I started knitting it in Santiago, fittingly (however it was technically Spring and not Otoño/Fall lol). Though I 'finished' it mid-trip, I decided I did not liked how it turned out so I frogged it and started all over again. I did less repeats of the garter stitch section and added more repeats of the lace section.

Gratuitous image of me knitting on the train from Barcelona to Figueres:

Pattern (in Spanish): https://ravel.me/chal-santiago-en-otono

Yarn is locally dyed merino fingering.

As seen previously here and here.

Pattern (in Spanish): https://ravel.me/spring-shawl-24

Finally finished my Spring Shawl last week and blocked over the weekend. I thought I wouldn't have any chance to use it because it's technically Spring here, but it's been surprisingly cold so I've been able to wear it and LOVE IT. Everyone compliments it and I feel super proud, even though there are some mistakes here and there that probably only I can see xD

This week I've spent more time untangling this damn cake than actually crocheting. So I finally gave up and re-wound the leftover thread into a smaller ball. Much better.

I hope to be able to finish and block this weekend. Fingers crossed!

No doggo in this pic because I took it before leaving for work and she was still sleeping.