outlikeatrout
@outlikeatrout.bsky.social
Knitter, reader, writer, mama to both small humans and cats. Biteyfish from Twitter and Ravelry.
Finally finished knitting my Old Friend Pullover. The pattern is wonderfully written and the finished sweater is so cute… and the way the funnel neck folds against my throat will drive me absolutely batshit if I actually try to wear it. (This is 100% a me issue, the sweater itself is great!)
October 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Finally finished knitting my Old Friend Pullover. The pattern is wonderfully written and the finished sweater is so cute… and the way the funnel neck folds against my throat will drive me absolutely batshit if I actually try to wear it. (This is 100% a me issue, the sweater itself is great!)
It’s 10:30am and still in the 50s, I am delighted that it finally feels properly like fall
October 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It’s 10:30am and still in the 50s, I am delighted that it finally feels properly like fall
Love when my two year old asks me to read to him and then he shouts “No!” at me because he thinks i got it wrong like buddy, only one of us here knows how to read. Also pretty sure my BA in English more than qualifies me to read you your Halloween Busy Book.
October 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Love when my two year old asks me to read to him and then he shouts “No!” at me because he thinks i got it wrong like buddy, only one of us here knows how to read. Also pretty sure my BA in English more than qualifies me to read you your Halloween Busy Book.
On the home stretch with this one, and just in time for fall weather. It needs about 4” of collar + seaming and we’re done!
October 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On the home stretch with this one, and just in time for fall weather. It needs about 4” of collar + seaming and we’re done!
Sometimes you force yourself to go on a mental health walk for your stupid mental health and the universe rewards you by crossing your path with baby deer 🥹
September 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Sometimes you force yourself to go on a mental health walk for your stupid mental health and the universe rewards you by crossing your path with baby deer 🥹
For #showmeyourknits I’ve finally picked up the stitches for the sleeves on this after a month and a half of procrastinating. Zipping right along and should be wearing it just in time for fall!
Yarn: Ex Libris Atwood in Iron Gall Ink
Pattern: Old Friend Pullover by Erika Knight
Yarn: Ex Libris Atwood in Iron Gall Ink
Pattern: Old Friend Pullover by Erika Knight
September 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
For #showmeyourknits I’ve finally picked up the stitches for the sleeves on this after a month and a half of procrastinating. Zipping right along and should be wearing it just in time for fall!
Yarn: Ex Libris Atwood in Iron Gall Ink
Pattern: Old Friend Pullover by Erika Knight
Yarn: Ex Libris Atwood in Iron Gall Ink
Pattern: Old Friend Pullover by Erika Knight
At the point in this pattern where I have to do a three needle bind off. And of course I forgot to bring a third needle with me so I don’t get my dance class waiting room knitting this week 😭
August 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
At the point in this pattern where I have to do a three needle bind off. And of course I forgot to bring a third needle with me so I don’t get my dance class waiting room knitting this week 😭
The Sisyphean task of trying to tidy the playroom with a toddler (very actively) involved
July 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Sisyphean task of trying to tidy the playroom with a toddler (very actively) involved
Just ripping out the sleeve on this sweater so I can knit it again for the fourth time 😩
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Just ripping out the sleeve on this sweater so I can knit it again for the fourth time 😩
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It is 1990. I am 5 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
It is 2003. I am 17 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
It is 2025. I am 40 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
It is 2003. I am 17 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
It is 2025. I am 40 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
June 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
It is 1990. I am 5 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
It is 2003. I am 17 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
It is 2025. I am 40 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
It is 2003. I am 17 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
It is 2025. I am 40 years old. The US is bombing the Middle East. A Republican is president.
I want to do something interesting with the pocket but am undecided. I could do the pocket in purple, or i could knit an intarsia square of purple onto the front of the sweater to put a black pocket over. Leaning toward option 2 but is the extra effort worth it?
June 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I want to do something interesting with the pocket but am undecided. I could do the pocket in purple, or i could knit an intarsia square of purple onto the front of the sweater to put a black pocket over. Leaning toward option 2 but is the extra effort worth it?
Dora the Explorer has been the real mvp (most valuable parent) here for the past couple of days, but with Covid in the house we do what we must
June 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Dora the Explorer has been the real mvp (most valuable parent) here for the past couple of days, but with Covid in the house we do what we must
In that stage of parenting where I say “give me a minute” and she immediately starts counting to 60
June 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In that stage of parenting where I say “give me a minute” and she immediately starts counting to 60
Nearly back up to where I was. Luckily this yarn is lovely to work with and the pattern is blissfully mindless with miles of plain stockinette so I don’t actually mind reknitting it at all
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nearly back up to where I was. Luckily this yarn is lovely to work with and the pattern is blissfully mindless with miles of plain stockinette so I don’t actually mind reknitting it at all
Pittsburgh scanner is fuckin wild today
May 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Pittsburgh scanner is fuckin wild today
Officially calling it on nap time. He’s happy now. I could scream.
May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Officially calling it on nap time. He’s happy now. I could scream.
It’s raining and unseasonably chilly and I am wearing cozy clothes and brewed up the very last of my pumpkin chai intending to do a little writing today. So far Buster has spent his entire nap time screaming for me through the baby monitor so, so much for that i guess 😩
May 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s raining and unseasonably chilly and I am wearing cozy clothes and brewed up the very last of my pumpkin chai intending to do a little writing today. So far Buster has spent his entire nap time screaming for me through the baby monitor so, so much for that i guess 😩
Unearthed this cardigan from the depths of the stash for #showmeyourknits this week. I started it sometime around 2012ish?? No idea what pattern it is, but it’s only missing half a sleeve and I can just copy the finished one. I’m like 90% sure the yarn is Lion Brand Wool-Ease
May 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Unearthed this cardigan from the depths of the stash for #showmeyourknits this week. I started it sometime around 2012ish?? No idea what pattern it is, but it’s only missing half a sleeve and I can just copy the finished one. I’m like 90% sure the yarn is Lion Brand Wool-Ease
I have nothing on the needles 😭
May 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I have nothing on the needles 😭
Ever have a project that just feels cursed? I’ve had socks on the needles since last July. We’ve had fit issues, gauge issues, multiple miscrossed cables, my complete inability to count. Now halfway through the second one I tried on the first…. And it’s somehow too short
May 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ever have a project that just feels cursed? I’ve had socks on the needles since last July. We’ve had fit issues, gauge issues, multiple miscrossed cables, my complete inability to count. Now halfway through the second one I tried on the first…. And it’s somehow too short
Disaster. The two skeins of yarn are noticeably different, so to the frog pond it goes. Was I aware that this is a danger of hand dyed yarn? Yes. Does the dyer include a warning to alternate skeins right on the label? Also yes. Did I listen? Clearly not. Should i have known better? ABSOLUTELY.
May 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Disaster. The two skeins of yarn are noticeably different, so to the frog pond it goes. Was I aware that this is a danger of hand dyed yarn? Yes. Does the dyer include a warning to alternate skeins right on the label? Also yes. Did I listen? Clearly not. Should i have known better? ABSOLUTELY.
Very grateful for the power being back on. Lucky to have a hobby that doesn’t require electricity, but it turns out that my current project in black yarn wasn’t ideal for knitting by flashlight 😩
May 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Very grateful for the power being back on. Lucky to have a hobby that doesn’t require electricity, but it turns out that my current project in black yarn wasn’t ideal for knitting by flashlight 😩
Earlier I was debating whether or not to make it an early night. Power is out so I guess that decision is made for me 😩
April 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Earlier I was debating whether or not to make it an early night. Power is out so I guess that decision is made for me 😩
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Trying to note over-spam with information. Mass power outages, trees down, active wires all over the place. Duquesne light estimates 20% of the county has no power. Will take days. Also a tiki boat flipped over on the Mon.
April 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Trying to note over-spam with information. Mass power outages, trees down, active wires all over the place. Duquesne light estimates 20% of the county has no power. Will take days. Also a tiki boat flipped over on the Mon.
Well it’s officially road work season 😩
April 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Well it’s officially road work season 😩