My work in progress this week... made up the pattern while watching Death in Paradise #showusyourknits #knitsky

The most Hampstead news story ever written.

Grey is the theme for #showmeyoutknits so here in a WIP lavender bag in grey and cream, some gloves and another lavender bag with hearts on...

Wool from Scotland and Norway bought Knitt in Totnes. First of a pair of fingerless gloves done. #KnitSky #showmeyourknits #WIP

What did ýou do on Hogmanay? I knitted of course... Happy new year folks and hope you get lots of knitting done in 2026... #KnitSky

Had fun at Magor Frost Fair yesterday. Next weekend we're at Taurus Crafts Christmas Market. #KnitSky #showusyourknits

Bought some great wool and have been knitting gloves with it in grey, cream, black green and red. Lovely. #KnitSky #showusyourknits

Top work from the boffins at Exeter University’s Department of the Bloody Obvious.

Brightening up a rainy November evening... #WIP #KnitSky

Two weeks hols has seen me updating the Etsy page with gloves and hats. Pop over and have a look... the link is in my bio #KnitSky #winterisalmosthere

Happy November. Bright and cheerful daisy hats to cheer you up. #KnitSky #showusyourknits

Hats theme. #showmeyourknits . Saw a character on Hey Duggee wearing a beanie with a big daisy on it so decided to see if I could knit one. Hopefully Once it's ironed it will look flatter. #KnitSky

First full day at work since December when I was diagnosed with a CRVO. Absolutely shattered and tomorrow I've got the delight of my third round of laser treatment to my eye. At least I can still knit... #knitsky

Gone fishing. Today's creation is a child's hat with a funky fish design. Time to keep cosy... #knitsky

Grey Hill walk was mushroomtastic this morning. Here are just some of them... #mushrooms #autumn #notsuretheyareedible

Tried knitting a beanie hat. Delighted with how it came out so I'm going to knit more for my Christmas craft Market stalls #knitsky #showusyourknits

Glove-tastic. Which is your favourite pair? #KnitSky

Stripes for this week's #showmyyourknits so jere is a collection of stripey Yellydos...

Having signed up for a few Christmas markets this year I've decided to branch out with some other products. Here's some designs for lavender bags. Which is your favourite? #knitsky

We're having another heatwave here, so I knitted a snowflake. I knitted it in the round and I'm going to stuff it with lavender to make a lavender bag. #KnitSky

This week's #Showmeyourknits theme is scraps. Here is the first Yellydo I knitted. The stripey bit is made up from the random ends of wool from other projects. This little chap was such fun to knit it has spawned a load more which are heading to Etsy when I get round to listing them. #KnitSky

Cat, wine ànd wool. What more could you want? #KnitSky

Slightly obsessed with this cross pattern. It looks great in soany colourways. Here are three of the ones I've tried... #knitsky #showusyourknits

Here's a pic for #throwbackThursday it's from about 40 years when me and the photographer from the Warminster Journal got to go to Longleat, which was on patch, and meet the new baby animals - and I got to feed some of them... just one of the fun things you get to do when you're a journo...

What do you do in a heatwave? Why, knit gloves of course... but in the garden with my feet in the paddling pool... #KnitSky

As well as knitting a lot this month I have also been doing a 10k Steps a day challenge to help raise awareness of CRVO. The pic.shows some of the tally so far - just a few more days to go! To find out why go to www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... . #KnitSky

A yellow Yellydo sitting at the top of the stairs playing a few tunes... I love knitting these. Each one makes me smile. #showusyourknits #yellow #knitsky

Over the sea to Orkney... beautiful view from the harbour at John O'Groats. #hasteyeback #Scotland #lovelyweather

Road trip knitting. A pint and some colour work. #KnitSky #grantownonspey #highlands ##scotland #knittersofinstagram #knittinginthepub

Something a bit different. Inspired by a fisherman's kep from Fairisle and knitted by a great grannie in her late 80s. Knitting keeps her brain active. No patterns are used. She knits what she feels like knitting. #knitsky #showusyourknits #mymumknittedthis

Same pattern, new colourway. #KnitSky

Work in progress theme... a new pair of gloves with colourwork band in pink, red, purple and pale blue. #showmeyourknits #knitsky

A FairIsle-inspired band - the cross pattern. #showmeyourknits .

How stunning is this flag iris in the front garden? Such a striking purple and almost 4ft high. #FlowerReport

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Just discovered #KnitSky... lots and lots of inspiration there...

My latest Yellydo. Love its socks. All natural yarn including wool, silk and even bamboo...

Keen to hear from anyone diagnosed with CRVO. I was 6 weeks ago and it has brought important parts of my life to a shuddering halt with no definite answers on what the future may hold. Feels quite lonely at the moment...

Central retinal vein occlusion has put a bit of a downer on 2025 for me so far. How's it going for you?