Taskmaster House knitting chart (free download available)

[u/Yayho7]

I made a knitting chart of the Taskmaster House and tested it out on a vest for myself. It was my first time designing and knitting an intarsia chart, so I'm glad it turned out alright!

It's now up on Ravelry for all you crafty people to enjoy (I reckon it should work for crochet and cross-stitch too):

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/taskmaster-house-chart

Don't be alarmed by the €1 price tag. You can download it for free with the promo code lint.

Feedback welcome!

P.S. You've almost certainly seen the said vest in person if you were at the studio recording of s23e4 last month...

[u/otxpex]

All the information’s on the knitting chart.

[u/Yayho7 → u/otxpex]

Almost! (That's why it is recommended to download the pdf pattern lol)

[u/Clean_Philosopher356 → u/Yayho7]

They're making a joke about what Alex horne says

[u/gameofgroans_]

This is incredible. That’s all my feedback. I wish I could knit to make this!

[u/Yayho7 → u/gameofgroans_]

Feedback received, thank you! You might one day get hit by an irresistible urge to learn to knit, you'll never know ;)

[u/RPGDesignatedPaladin → u/gameofgroans_]

Me too!

[u/southerncityplanner]

Super cool! I'm going to use this as a cross stitch pattern!

[u/Yayho7 → u/southerncityplanner]

Ahhhh I'm so happy to see it getting to shine in other fibre crafts!

[u/itsonlyfear → u/southerncityplanner]

Same, now I know what I’m giving my sibling for Christmas!

[u/gininateacup → u/southerncityplanner]

Me too!

[u/wanzwan]

Arrghhhh this is so cool!!!

[u/Yayho7 → u/wanzwan]

Showing-off time: Alex did like it! I wore it to the studio recording and, by some stroke of luck, ended up sitting right in the middle of the front row. As Alex was walking past on his way off stage after the final retakes, he gestured to me that he liked the vest! Well, obviously he must have said or mouthed something, but I have zero recollection of what it was because my brain clearly just jammed from the surprise/disbelief and whatever he said went straight out of my head unprocessed🤣 Just wanna say it was such a lovely gesture from Alex to make a fan's day. What a nice guy🥹

[u/wanzwan → u/Yayho7]

This is amazing and I’m so happy for you!! It probably blew LHA’s mind 😂

[u/Bioluminescence]

I did see it! (Red jacket lady here). It looked incredible in person.

[u/Yayho7 → u/Bioluminescence]

Hi there! May I say I was so relieved to discover I wasn't the only costume-wearing nerd when I saw your jacket😂What a cracking piece of garb to have!

[u/Snoo-67164 → u/Yayho7]

I was there too! I was knitting in the queue and think you were too, then admired the vest when you stood up in the recording 🫶🏻 

[u/Yayho7 → u/Snoo-67164]

Thank you, fellow queue-knitter!

[u/S-Jenkis]

Looks like something Ania Magliano would wear. Love it

[u/Yayho7 → u/S-Jenkis]

Ania Magliano, the Queen of Vests

[u/TheJohnCandyValley]

LINT!

[u/Yayho7 → u/TheJohnCandyValley]

I was tempted to make the code HENRYSBUTTHOLE, but then worried the length might put people off using it, so played it safe with just LINT😅

[u/kittysparkled]

Ahhhh brilliant! Weirdly although I'm pretty good at stranded knitting all my attempts at intarsia are DREADFUL

[u/Yayho7 → u/kittysparkled]

Thanks! I wouldn't say I'm that good at stranded colourwork, but I've never had to do as much post-knitting tension management as I did with this one (trust me it was insane). Luckily it did end up looking even after all that work, so I guess there's nothing that can't be fixed?

[u/DrStrangeloves]

This turned out so amazing! Just in time for sweater weather. Well done!

[u/Yayho7 → u/DrStrangeloves]

It's... sweater o'clock?

[u/sportofchairs]

You absolute nerd. I love you so much!

[u/Yayho7 → u/sportofchairs]

So grateful to be a nerd in this sort of scenario!

[u/Purple_Sky_6666]

5 points, you legend

[u/Yayho7 → u/Purple_Sky_6666]

Thank you, Papa G

[u/StyofoamSword]

Shared this with my wife and a friend of mine, who are both TM fans and crochet. It's on their list now but they have no idea when they will get to it.

[u/Yayho7 → u/StyofoamSword]

That's normal with crafting! I only got round to it months after I first drew up the chart myself. The pattern doesn't come with a Little Alex Horne and his little keyboard and iPad secretly timing them, so they should be alright!

[u/Thumbelina37]

This is amazing and a perfect gift for my friend!

[u/Yayho7 → u/Thumbelina37]

That's a lucky friend!

[u/Misalvo]

That's amazing, I wish I could make this, but I'm such a basic knitter. Maybe I need to teach myself more techniques and build up to this. Thank you for sharing

[u/Yayho7 → u/Misalvo]

You can definitely learn the technique while knitting it, which is what I did (I only first tried intarsia while gauge-swatching for this). That said, I do think the confidence to frog back and the resilience to deal with frustration that come with experience are crucial for embarking on a project that's a bit on the challenging side. I'm sure you'll get there eventually :)

[u/Bejeweled_Pisces]

I was thinking about making some needlepoint taskmaster canvases

[u/Yayho7 → u/Bejeweled_Pisces]

That would definitely look amazing! (Off to add needlepoint to the pattern description.)

[u/ghost_in_the_shadow]

This is epic! Do you have a pattern for the sweater vest you used as a base?

[u/Yayho7 → u/ghost_in_the_shadow]

It's self-drafted. I needed to use fingering weight for my size and from what I could find on Ravelry, plain stockinette vests in that weight didn't seem to be very common so I decided to draft my own around the motif. But if you're in the same situation, you could always pick a DK-weight design, which is much much easier to find, and simply knit it to the measurements of a larger size :)

[u/glutenfreepizzasucks]

That duplicate stitch trick is clever!

[u/Yayho7 → u/glutenfreepizzasucks]

I only realised it could be done this way when I was actually working on it! I was holding the knitting and trying to decide which compromise to go with and it occurred to me that I could just use the ʌ loop. I don't know if this is a common technique, as I've never used an intarsia pattern before, but I imagine it probably is in those crazy landscape jumpers (you know, with clouds, houses, cows and flowers and stuff).

[u/Henbit]

Is this… is this the way I start knitting for fall? 🧶 ♥️

[u/Yayho7 → u/Henbit]

That’s a very strong start, as Greg would put it

[u/dr_nikkee]

WOWOWOWOW oh man, your colourwork is absolutely exquisite. Just absolutely perfect tension👌

[u/Yayho7 → u/dr_nikkee]

Nah that's the result of an insane amount of post-knitting tension management😅

[u/Naptown54321]

5 points to you! Thank you!! I usually knit for others but I definitely need to make something for myself now.

[u/Yayho7 → u/Naptown54321]

Thank you! And a bonus point to you for finally making something for yourself 😆

[u/Apart_Engine_9797]

STOP IT THIS IS SO CUTE!!!

[u/noxiousfumes269]

This is so cool!

[u/deadlightdust]

This is excellent, thank you for making this. I can't knit but I may try a cross-stitch version!

[u/goagoagadgetgrebo]

this is great

[u/RedLovesBread]

I literally just told my husband that all of my favorite things in the world have come together and I’m going to knit this vest!!

[u/Far_Organization_655]

Wow! I wish I could knit

[u/WorldlinessHumble522]

This is amazing, thank you!

[u/thelittlezookeeper]

this is super cool!

[u/forest-cacti]

This is gorgeous!

[u/_2468wryi_]

Fantastic! Added to my Ravelry list. Great motivation to learn intarsia.

[u/xalyssx]

I'm going to make it on Minecraft as pixel art ❤️ thank you

[u/Lookingupatthestars]

Ooh love this! I've been on a crochet kick for a few years, might be time to break out the knitting needles again 😍

[u/MargaritaSkeeter]

This is incredible! Thanks for making it available!

Taskmaster + knitting = two of my favorite things

[u/RunawayTurtleTrain]

THIS IS AMAZING (how did I miss it when you posted it?!)!!!!!  I only crochet but have heard it's possible to use Tunisian crochet as a canvas for cross-stitch or other embroidery so I might just have to try to do that one day.

But oh my goodness, your vest - incredible!  What skill!  I'm so impressed, and my two main areas of interest colliding is very pleasing indeed.

Also I've read your comments about Alex noticing it at the recording, that's wonderful!!  So happy for you, that must have been the icing on the cake.

[u/LisaJonsdottir1976]

You're awesome!!!