Pickles is 100% hand knit on circular needles from a nice fingering-weight merino yarn. The only sewing on Pickles is the yarn holding his eyes on, everything else was knit into his form. 18 inches long and about 9 tall, Pickles took about 230 hours to create. He is soft and friendly shaped

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    21 hours ago

    Wow! My mom was a knitter and would make beautiful cabled sweaters on needles connected by a “string”. Is that what you mean by circular needles? Very impressive. Good job!

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      19 hours ago

      Yes, the cabled needles allow me to hold the edges of the polygons in place while I knit inward and shink bigger shapes into tiny triangle points at their centers where they meet

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      21 hours ago

      Not OP but, yes. Circular needles are each connected on one end by a cable (or similar). They are typically used to make tubes without seams. Like how most socks are a continuous tube (except for the heel and toe). Most sweaters aren’t done on circular needles (although they can be). If you look at how most sweaters are constructed, you can see that the front and back are single blocks that are stitched together at the sides

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        19 hours ago

        Interesting! Most sweaters I do are circular cast on too. Though admittedly myself and my knitting circle seek out in-the-round patterns. Ive never been fond of stitch and flip classic needles

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        She also would knit socks and gloves on 4 double pointed needles. I went more towards weaving and now sewing, but I love the three dimensionality of knitting in the round.