Danielle Baines

Parent to a non-binary teen, a kitten & a hedgehog. Senior Estimator for an architectural woodwork company. Knitter. Seamstress. Reluctant Housekeeper. She/Her

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@StolenStitches Stripes

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

100% agree.
I can knit toe up but I don’t like it and the fit is never as good (I’m talking about the fit on MY feet, which is all that’s really important in MY socks).
I can also (probably) reverse engineer for top down instead but that’s effort I may not want to give.

[Ros Coffey @RosMadeMe]

Can I just say as a sock knitter there is nothing more disappointing than opening a pattern and realising it is toe up. #knittingtwitter

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@StolenStitches *does. No dying. It’s just a swatch after all.

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@StolenStitches I swatch to check the fabric (do I like it and dies the pattern work with my yarn). Also to get an idea if I’ll be playing yarn chicken or not.

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@kateatherley Well, then it must be time for post-democracy-participation ice cream. 🍦

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@kateatherley I woke up this morning & the car was white. (Most days it’s black).

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@cefryber @wipinsanity I have some 100% BFL socks and they wear like iron. I agree that merino is not great for socks. I want durable socks that I don’t have to mend every time I turn around. Super soft socks are not super important to me. I also like 9ish stitches per inch for gauge.

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@kateatherley They look great but are hard to wear. Or, at least, they are harder for me to wear.

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

Senior Estimator for an Architectural Woodwork company.

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@cefryber @jennbeams Take it all. Better safe than sorry.

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@kateatherley Enjoy! You’ve worked hard!!

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@kateatherley We got ours today. I’m lucky … my boss’ son-in-law is a pharmacist. He comes to the office with a cooler & a sharps bin and jabs all who show up. (I even get to run home & fetch the kid for theirs.)

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@etcgirlthefirst @AustenGilliland If you mean me, we got lucky. Fiona changed course Friday afternoon just enough to miss us. Rain & sone wind but that’s all. Power stayed on and no damage done.

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@AustenGilliland Hooray!! So glad you have power again.

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@etcgirlthefirst @knittymag This is my favourite pattern in the anniversary edition. I can hear the national anthem playing in my head. 🎶🇨🇦📺 #BonusPointsForTheEarworm

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news @AustenGilliland

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

The provincial government has given itself a day off, screwed working parents with small children, and left the rest of us to find out via trial & error what is open. Thanks so much ⁦@TimHoustonNS⁩ https://t.co/vV6T3MFmY3

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@AustenGilliland It’s going to end up being a circus with some stuff open and other stuff not and no way to know who is doing what until the last minute.

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

Anyone know what Nova Scotia has decided? @TimHoustonNS

[Danielle Baines @DanielleDBaines]

@knittymag Making the best choice for them usually sucks for us. That’s how you know it’s the right thing.