09/13/2026
Am i obsessed with starstitch? Maybe! You'll find variations of it in many of my patterns. It can be tricky and frustrating at first. Ive snapped my share of needles and broken yarn.
A few tips from a lifelong starstitcher (honestly made my first when I was 10yrs old..it was not pretty)
1) Use a very slightly larger needle for the WS purl row. Or the knit row if you're knitting in the round. It gives a bit of extra wiggle room to k3tog.
2) use the tips of you're needles to youre advantage to create more room bring the working stitches to the very tip.
3) Use at least double stranded yarn. One of the most common comments I get in testing groups is that the single stranded yarn breaks
4) Have extra needles in case. Put on calm music 😉 Wooden needles will snap if you put too much pressure on them.
Most of all have fun with it. Practice makes the close to perfect. Knitting is supposed to be a calming process. Not a blood pressure spiking, nech and jaw clenching activity.
💬 Tell me if this stitch is all love or pure rage
This yarn is Madeline Tosh Pasmina 😍 I've forgotten which color, which may be interesting when I figure out what im making and run out of this skien.
