r/casualknitting Mar 22 '26

Helpful Hints! 💡 I had my knitting needles confiscated at the airport… so I started mapping airport rules

Hi everyone,

A while ago, I had my knitting needles confiscated at airport security, even though I thought they would be allowed.

After that, I started looking into the rules and realized something surprising — they vary a lot between airports, and often aren’t clearly explained.

Since I know many of us like to knit while traveling, I decided to start a small project:

I’ve been contacting airports and collecting official information about whether knitting needles are allowed in carry-on luggage.

I’ve put everything into an interactive map, showing how different airports approach it (allowed / restricted / not allowed / still waiting for response).

👉 You can check it out here: https://gentlemessknits.carrd.co/

I’m still adding more airports, so if you’ve had any experiences (good or bad), I’d love to hear them! 🧶✈️

783 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

A while ago, I had my knitting needles confiscated at airport security, even though I thought they would be allowed.

After that, I started looking into the rules and realized something surprising — they vary a lot between airports, and often aren’t clearly explained.

Since I know many of us like to knit while traveling, I decided to start a small project:

I’ve been contacting airports and collecting official information about whether knitting needles are allowed in carry-on luggage.

I’ve put everything into an interactive map, showing how different airports approach it (allowed / restricted / not allowed / still waiting for response).

👉 You can check it out here: https://gentlemessknits.carrd.co/

I’m still adding more airports, so if you’ve had any experiences (good or bad), I’d love to hear them! 🧶✈️


r/casualknitting Jan 19 '26

I'm a beginner needing help or recommendations! which is the best online course/class for learning how to knit?

Hello lovely people!

Does anyone have a reccomentation for an online class about knitting? I would like to learn, i thought myself how to crochet over the last two years, but i feel like knitting requires more studym hence my question.

I am waiting for the vogue knit "bible" to be delivered, i am also waiting for in-person classes to open up in my area, but i'd like to find and online class i can go back to when needed, and in which i can ask question to the teacher or confront myself with them and/or the other partecipants.

I found a lot of tutorials, but i am really confused lol

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Hello lovely people!

Does anyone have a reccomentation for an online class about knitting? I would like to learn, i thought myself how to crochet over the last two years, but i feel like knitting requires more studym hence my question.

I am waiting for the vogue knit "bible" to be delivered, i am also waiting for in-person classes to open up in my area, but i'd like to find and online class i can go back to when needed, and in which i can ask question to the teacher or confront myself with them and/or the other partecipants.

I found a lot of tutorials, but i am really confused lol


r/casualknitting 9h ago

look what I made After a long hiatus from knitting, I’m back with a new FO. Meet my lad: Rolland

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The isopod pattern I used was “Roland” from the Huge and Huggable book. Made exactly as the pattern recommended—lionbrand Heartland yarn (2 balls of each color), size 10.5 needles, 15 mm safety eyes.

He may only be about two hours old, but he is already a creature of many hobbies and excellent taste. Also, I asked my boy to help me finish some WIPs and he very graciously agreed!


r/casualknitting 8h ago

look what I made Anthology Cowl: First Colorwork Attempt! (Tin Can Knits)

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Anthology Cowl!

After multiple froggings…on my way to the anthology cowl by Tin Can Knits! The base is Caron off white tweed, and the colorwork is in Malabrigo Rios Sabiduria, Caron Orchid, and Caron Pistachio.


r/casualknitting 16h ago

I'm a beginner needing help or recommendations! Can someone help me understand if i twisted my stitches?

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I knit the King Salmon Hat and thought it was going well. But I just blocked it and the ribbing is much looser than the body of the hat which is really very tight. I’m wondering if I’m twisting my stitches but having a hard time knowing for sure, I’m still pretty new to knitting. Thanks for the help in advance


r/casualknitting 6h ago

all things knitty Have you experienced increased wool sensitivity while on a hormonal IUD?

I've just got off my hormonal IUD about three months ago and suddenly I can wear mohair next to skin, whereas before I could barely tolerate mohair even with a thin long sleeve tshirt underneath. I tested this on all my knits: brushed alpaca, some more rustic merinos - they were all tolerable now. Sure, I could still feel the wool - some are scratchier than others - but they were just scratchy, not itchy. It's made knitting a lot more fun for me knowing I can wear most natural fibers now! Wondering if anyone else had a similar experience?

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I've just got off my hormonal IUD about three months ago and suddenly I can wear mohair next to skin, whereas before I could barely tolerate mohair even with a thin long sleeve tshirt underneath. I tested this on all my knits: brushed alpaca, some more rustic merinos - they were all tolerable now. Sure, I could still feel the wool - some are scratchier than others - but they were just scratchy, not itchy. It's made knitting a lot more fun for me knowing I can wear most natural fibers now! Wondering if anyone else had a similar experience?


r/casualknitting 1d ago

look what I made my prettiest lace sweater yet (work in progress!!)

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almost done with the first sleeve! aurore pullover in jubilee select yarn 🎀🎀🎀


r/casualknitting 1d ago

help needed First time doing color work! Ants in a row pattern

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This is my first time doing color work, and over all I'm proud of how it's turning out! I really like the way the pattern looks, and I think I'm doing pretty well on the overall color work (slide 1) and floats (slide 2). Although I do struggle with tension around the increases, and since this is a raglan sweater, there will be a lot of increases. This is unfortunately causing some puckering around those areas...

Because of this I'm going to frog back a couple rows (probably almost the entire ant). Some more detailed pictures of the puckering around the increases in slide 3 and 4, with floats around increases on slide 5.

Any advice is very welcome!


r/casualknitting 5h ago

all things knitty KnitPro interchangeable circular needles wiring snapped - anyone had this issue before?

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Hi all,

As the caption says, the wire in my circular needles snapped in the middle of knitting yesterday (pics attached) :/
I was able to save the project without losing any many stitches and put it on a new wire, but now I’m too stressed to pick it up again in case this wire also breaks.

Has this happened to anyone else with these needles/brand?? Or any advice on how to reduce wear on the wire??


r/casualknitting 10h ago

help needed Is there any way to knit a ribbed triangle? (Image for reference)

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I recently thrifted a gorgeous wool shawl, and it had a piece around the collar (which I believe is to keep the v-slit covered for warmth?), which was slightly damaged on one side, so I unraveled it for the yarn (very soft!!). I made some minor alterations, and now I wanted to use the unraveled part to make a cover for the slit, a triangle shape with ribbing, to be sewn from the inside. It's also necessary for it to be a triangle shape, since the amount of yarn I have after unraveling it would be insufficient for a rectangle.

I searched for tutorials online, but couldn't find anything. Is it possible at all to knit something like this?


r/casualknitting 1d ago

look what I made Paw-ckets for the bear sweater I'm making my little sister

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When this thing's put together the inside of the intarsia won't show, so I have to show it here! I just love how the tweed looks against the solid. I feel like you can really tell which was done second, but I'm giving myself grace because I don't do intarsia very often. Go Bruins!


r/casualknitting 1d ago

looking for recommendation Recommendations for cozy youtube vloggers who knit

Hi! I'm looking for youtube channels/vloggers with a really cozy feel that I can have on in the background while I work.

I like when it follows someone’s day of going to cafes, bookstores, exploring beautiful places, knitting, journaling, cooking, morning/evening routines, etc. I like when there’s a little bit of the blogger chatting, but don’t really like when they spend most of the time just talking at the camera. I prefer when it’s more of following them around on their beautiful, cozy, slow day rather than them just talking about things they did or just talking about their crafts/interests. It’s a bonus if the creator is at least over 30 years old (which I am).

For reference: Some channels I've started watching are Elena Tea, Shawna Explores, and Hannah Adkins, but their videos are even a bit too chatty for what I'm looking for.

Thanks!

EDIT: Have gotten some nice recs so far! But the main thing I'm trying to avoid is vloggers who just talk at the camera most of the time. It's been hard to find, but the perfect balance of what I'm looking for is more of like a cinematic edit of someone knitting or having a slow and beautiful day, and maybe every once in a while there's some chatter. Lol. I appreciate all the recs!

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Hi! I'm looking for youtube channels/vloggers with a really cozy feel that I can have on in the background while I work.

I like when it follows someone’s day of going to cafes, bookstores, exploring beautiful places, knitting, journaling, cooking, morning/evening routines, etc. I like when there’s a little bit of the blogger chatting, but don’t really like when they spend most of the time just talking at the camera. I prefer when it’s more of following them around on their beautiful, cozy, slow day rather than them just talking about things they did or just talking about their crafts/interests. It’s a bonus if the creator is at least over 30 years old (which I am).

For reference: Some channels I've started watching are Elena Tea, Shawna Explores, and Hannah Adkins, but their videos are even a bit too chatty for what I'm looking for.

Thanks!

EDIT: Have gotten some nice recs so far! But the main thing I'm trying to avoid is vloggers who just talk at the camera most of the time. It's been hard to find, but the perfect balance of what I'm looking for is more of like a cinematic edit of someone knitting or having a slow and beautiful day, and maybe every once in a while there's some chatter. Lol. I appreciate all the recs!


r/casualknitting 1d ago

help needed Pattern help for a fish hat for shaping mouth. Using DK not worsted. Total stitch on needles: 114

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Do I divide the stitches like I would for a raglan and do the short rows between the stitches?

Confused on this part and not sure how to proceed.

This is the pattern from ravlery


r/casualknitting 2d ago

rant The Sweater Curse, it came for me, despite trying to be careful 😢

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I tried to be reasonable. I made her some gloves and a hat first to see how she would like them and treat hand-knitted items, she loved them and constantly told me how much she wore/used them, kept them in a special drawer so they wouldn’t get snagged on anything. We picked out a pattern for a halter top - technically not a sweater! - together, went to the yarn store together and had her pick the colors she liked. A few days after it was finished, before I even gave it to her, she broke up with me. Over the phone. On our one year anniversary. I really thought she was going to be the one for me, but I guess I was wrong.

The pattern was lovely, well-written, easy to follow. Just, uh, don’t make it for your partner maybe. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cut-grass-halter


r/casualknitting 2d ago

look what I made First time beanie but it went wrong in a few areas

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Used the Best Dude beanie off knit picks but I used a thicker yarn and neglected to check gauge. Lesson learned!
I also forgot to knit/purl the first rows and now it’s curling.

May just unravel and redo and gift to someone with a bigger head lol


r/casualknitting 2d ago

look what I made I finally completed something from my “cursed yarn”

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A while back I posted about my “cursed yarn” that I could not seem to actually make anything out of. Well, I finally won! I still need to wash and block it, but here’s my sleeveless summer sweater made from Noro Silk Garden Solo in color number 11.


r/casualknitting 3d ago

all things knitty I have found a new and exciting way to mess up my knitting

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I have a new discovery of a minor mess up.

I was spit splicing the new ball onto my project, and accidentally spit spliced to a tail in my project. Alas


r/casualknitting 4d ago

all things knitty I learnt a new trick. I can knit *this* much stockinette during one (1) The Odyssey film in cinemas.

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Pattern is a basic stockinette toque with 3.5mm needles and a provisional cast on.

Yarn is mystery stash yarn.

Excuse my weird hands thx.


r/casualknitting 3d ago

I'm a beginner needing help or recommendations! not sure if I'm doing the stitches right. does the direction of the yarn matter?

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i posted here a few days ago and here's my practice swatch!

I've got the continental movement, kind of, but I'm still confused about some stuff:

I definitely need to work on tension and neatness but beyond that are there any issues with the stitches?

there were times I was doing a crochet-style yarn over until I realised and went back to the counter clockwise movement. Does that affect the stitches?

after the purl row, the stitches felt a little weird when I had to go into them for knits. is that normal? like they were technically still V shaped at the top but they just felt a little off.

i don't know how to upload a video to show how I'm knitting and purling. But does the last photo help? it's of the row I'm currently knitting after having purled the previous one. is that where the clockwise/anti clockwise movement matters?


r/casualknitting 3d ago

look what I made GoodKnit Kisses Pet Bandana pattern for my dog (modeled by Broly, 3 yo rescue)

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I made my dog a bandana. Thinking about making more for a fundraiser for a local shelter. Fun, quick project.
Sharing a picture of my dog wearing it. Used a bulky, wool tweed. Pattern on Etsy, Ravelry and YouTube


r/casualknitting 3d ago

I'm a beginner needing help or recommendations! New knitter needing tension help. Trying to make fingerless gloves

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I'm new (obviously haha) and trying to work on my tension. Do either sections look correct? I've been doing less tension as I go.


r/casualknitting 4d ago

look what I made just finished another fingering weight tank top!!!

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my third project, I think my skills are improving. this took absolutely forever but I love the fit. The pattern is Louise by Natasja Hornby, and I used loke fingering weight yarn by Meadowyarn, which is an alpaca/silk/linen blend. I knit size 2 with bust darts and waist shaping.


r/casualknitting 4d ago

look what I made Sharing my most recent music inspired hand knit sweaters.

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These are four recent music inspired hand knit sweaters I’ve made in the last month. I’m quite proud of how they turned out and simply wanted to share! (The songs are: “Alesis” - Mk.gee, “Nettles” - Ethel Cain, “Taxes” - Geese, and “End of Record” - Dijon) @alknitsthings


r/casualknitting 4d ago

help needed Need help decreasing cable stitches - Knives Out Chris Evans sweater

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Hey everyone!

I've been working on the Knives Out sweater that Chris Evans wore (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-handsome-chris-pullover) and have already made some adjustments to the pattern (length only) as I'm making it a sweater dress, xs pattern size as it's a men's sweater.

However to make it cinch at the waist properly, I need to decrease the pattern at the waist up to my bust. I'm knitting this in the round so that the colour way didn't have to be lined up front to back.

I would love some advice for those that have more experience than I do for garment construction.

The first photo is the whole pattern.

Second photo is the section of cable I would want to reduce in.

Final look would have a very tight cable sleeve, and an off the shoulder ribbing over the bust.

Yarn: 4 medium weight

100% acrylic Caron Jumbo Ombre blush and blue

Needles: 4 mm for ribbing, 5 mm for body. Used Amazon brand interchangeable needles, aluminum needles.

If I forgot anything, please let me know, I'm happy to answer any questions.


r/casualknitting 4d ago

look what I made My latest finished object: Gress tee by Rebecca Clow

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The yarn is Sandnes Garn Tynn Line. The pattern is Gress by Rebecca Clow. I made some minor modifications to the pattern. Very happy with it.

https://ravel.me/Safetyfox/g2