#TourDeFleece #handspinning - very ‘central Australia’ colours in this Ixchel batt club batt. Inspired by Charlene Carrington’s painting ‘Ngarrgarroon Country’. I was aiming for a thick-n-thin & went very ‘intuitive’ letting the fibre tell me what it wanted to do…

#showmeyourknits This week is about TEXTURE and I’m always amazed by how much we can do from simple combinations of knit & purl. Here is a variation of Mistake Rib and a neat Lattice pattern - both found in the Barbara Walker ‘Treasuries’. More in Alt Txt #knitsky #handknit

#tourdeFleece #handspinning - finished spinning this braid from #Ixchel fibres last nite. It will be plyed with some matching lace weight… and will be part of a shawl … photo is making it a bit too yellow - indoor lights

#showmeyourknits this week’s prompt - What is on your needles. This one is for me & my own design - it’ll be a top. The yarn is a delightful hand painted sock weight with lots of twinkle thread in it which doesn’t show in the photo. #knitsky #handknit

100 weeks of #ShowMeYourKnits 😁 To celebrate this BlueSky milestone we are showing off our Blue knitting - so here is a Blythe doll wearing her new blue suit with whale tail cable front & back. #knitsky #handknit #BlytheDoll

#FinishedObjectFriday 1st half of this year was busy with commissions - I was making an adult sized garment every 10days - working out the pattern & hand knitting (or crocheting) it. All costume pieces & not my designs so I can only show you glimpses but there’s also a teddy bear #knitsky #handknit

#showmeyourknits this week for the Solstice we are showing 2 pics, interpreting LIGHT 💡 and DARK 🕶️ Here are mine - a jacket for a baby adapted from a vintage pattern and some WiPs - a hat and a mitt - for an upcoming production of La Boheme. More in Alt Text #knitsky #handknit

It’s Stripes Week for #showmeyourknits 2 recent-ish ones - a jumper for my daughter and a cotton onesie for a nephew… more info in the Alt Txt #handknit #knitsky

Knitting 🧶 a Vera bear & thoroughly enjoying the colours in this sock yarn by Ixchel Fibres (yarn club May ‘25). Bear will be gifted to a babe with Dutch ancestry & the colours were inspired by Van Gogh’s Sunflowers 😊 🌻 Vera is on Ravelry, a clever pattern by Annita Wilschut #knitsky #handknit

#showmeyourknits theme this week is blankets. Here are the last 2 I made. An expanded Perugino Throw from Colinette and a baby’s cot blanket in cotton yarn. More in Alt Txt #handknit #knitsky

Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 22 May 2026 Reported cases in the last fortnight (4 May 2026 to 17 May 2026) 🔸COVID: 3,736 (+8.6%) 🔸Influenza: 1,642 (+0.9%) 🔸RSV: 6,300 (+17.0%) Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...

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#memadeMay - some theatrical millinery / headwear. Mostly made while I was doing a costume course at TAFE - and a commission. My current commission is going to take every spare minute to get done by deadline so this will probably be my last memadeMay post 😢 #millinery #costume

#memadeMay - today things that I have sewn for me, myself & I. Vintage fabrics, a vintage style … more info in Alt Txt #sewing 🪡

#memadeMay - Monday Millinery. Today it’s 4 fabric hats. Structured & unstructured - my own patterns. #millinery #sewing 🪡

It’s WiP Week for #showmeyourknits - I can’t show you much because this is a commission and I am not the designer but I’m happy that - on the 3rd attempt I got the frilly bit to look like the drawing that the designer gave me. Now for the thumb. #knitsky #handknit

#memadeMay Oops I’ve missed a few days but let’s have some fun with some toys that I’ve made over the years - seems that I’ve made quite a few 🐰 bunny rabbits … I guess they do multiply! #knitsky #crochet #handknit

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#memadeMay things sewn from vintage patterns today. A blouse with ‘pussy cat bow’ and 2 dresses for granddaughter when she was little. Also the pattern for one of them … #sewing 🪡 more in Alt Text

#memadeMay some #sewing today and I rather enjoy making shirts - especially when the fabric is unconventional and/or fun. Here a shirt from left overs (all light weight silk) for a friend - a shirt from vintage curtain fabric & 2 shirts I made my grandson when he was little. More in AltText 🪡

#memadeMay I did hats yesterday - let’s have lampshades today 😉 I’ve covered a few fancy shaped wire shades. The first 2 were commissions - restorations to their 1970s glory. The pink&green is my own & I set myself the constraint of using stuff I had already, in stash! #beading #handsewing 🪡

Many older adults who died of COVID weren’t close to death before infection, study suggests "About 28% of older people in England who died of COVID-19 in the first 2.5 years of the pandemic would likely, if uninfected, have lived at least another 5 years" Source: www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/man...

#memadeMay #Millinery 😊 I love making hats - love wearing them too. Here is an odd assortment of me-made hats - a Mad Top Hat made of video tape, an eggtravaganza of sinamay, a 1920s cloche and a wire frame supporting red chunky knitting 🧶 more in Alt Text #hatmaking #hat #knitsky #handknitting

#showmeyourknits weekly theme is Stocking Stitch / Stockinette. I knit commissions for costumes for stage & screen - the latest 3 garments have all been vintage style so thin yarn, thin needles & LOTS of stitches & mostly Stocking St. Not my designs so I can’t show you much. #knitsky #handknit 🧶

#memadeMay - an evening dress I made a client about 15yrs ago. Teal & burgundy silk. Strapless, boned bodice - asymmetrical skirt - draped by hand.

#memadeMay this costume is ‘theatrical’ - an interpretation of historical fashion (whereas the outfit I was showing off in previous posts was ‘as accurate as possible’). Thus one is 1760s ish. Boned bodice, cartridge pleating, frills, flounces, lots of braid, sequins - and butterflies 🦋 #sewing 🪡

#memadeMay - oops I missed yesterday but here is a last post 😉 on my major work from the Diploma of Costume that I did 20yrs ago - see previous posts for other pics. Here is the corset, hat, ‘Dickie front’ or Chemisette & a pic of the lace etc that went on the undies. #sewing 🪡 #fashionhistory

"Scientists find that human embryos are vulnerable to COVID" "This study gives us a clearer picture of how SARS-CoV-2 can interact with human cells at the earliest stages of life"

#memadeMay - yesterday I posted a photo of my major work from the Diploma of Costume that I did 20yrs ago - well here it is with the cape - and the fashion plate that was was inspo. #sewing 🪡 #fashionhistory

Discovered #memadeMay yesterday. Most of my posts here have been my knitting but I sew too & I like to make costumes. Here is the project that I made at the end of my Dip in Costume - 1893 as accurate as possible, I made almost everything my model & I (being her maid) are wearing #sewing 🪡

#showmeyourknits inspired by #memademay how your wear your knits! 🧶 I am not one for selfies - but this photo is over 20yrs old & I don’t look much like this no more. Was under a massive candelabra at The Hermitage, St Petersburg - wearing a rib&cable jumper I’d made myself … #knitsky #handknit

#showmeyourknits theme this week is Purple - my fav colour! And it’s autumn here, so this cozy shawl will be getting some more wearings soon…

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Researchers warn of severe long-term damage to the brain after Covid following new study January study of essential workers (with blood samples before & after COVID infection) found those with long-term neurological symptoms had higher phosphorylated tau—a protein linked to early brain degeneration

Canada: "Hospitalization rates for illnesses like COVID, flu have doubled since pre-pandemic, report finds" “People assume that COVID-19 is done … but what our data is showing is that it’s still having a big impact on our hospitals” Source: archive.md/jmZg5

Cables for this week in #showmeyourknits. A cardigan I made granddaughter - her design, a beanie hat I made hubby - from my handspun yarn & perhaps the knitting project I’ve had the most positive feedback on - Aran style jumper for a 12” tall wooden mannequin. #knitsky #handknit more in Alt Text

#showmeyourknits - this week the theme is colour-work. Here is a jumper I made my daughter way back in 1984 when she was only 4yrs old and I was a relatively beginner knitter without the budget for good yarn or patterns. She loved it and wore it a lot! #knitsky #handknit #ballerina

#showmeyourknits theme this week is Green 💚🐸 did a dive thru the photos for some I’ve not already shown off - a mostly green top adapted from a Noro pattern and a vest for grandson (when he was a toddler) adapted from a vintage pattern #handknit #knitsky

Maddow: How is Jared Kushner's role in the U.S. attacking Iran not more of a show-stopping scandal?

#showmeyourknits - it’s What’s on Your Needles #whatsonyourneedles this week. I’m working flat out on 2 costume commissions right now - tight deadlines! Not my designs & I can’t show you much but there’s quite a contrast ‘tween them … one is string - the other fine & luxurious #handknitting #knitsky

"The COVID-19 pandemic at 6 years: Mass death, debilitation and media silence" "The pandemic has killed over 30 million people worldwide, left more than 400 million suffering from Long COVID... It is one of the most catastrophic events in modern history—and it is not over."

"Leading vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris says there's not enough awareness of the impact of COVID-19 on overall health." "What many people don't realise is that getting COVID repeatedly is not like building immunity, it's more like accumulating damage," she says. Source: archive.md/Qsv13

#showmeyourknits Theme this week is Sweaters or what we call Jumpers. Here are 3 - all a bit brown - more info in Alt Text #knitsky #handknit

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#Showmeyourknits the theme this week is Lace. I love lace is all its many forms. Don’t get to knit enough lace shawls. Here are 4 recent(ish) lace knits with more info in the Alt Texts #knitsky #handknit #knitlace

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 26 Feb 2026 Week ending 21 February 2025: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.8% (+0.2%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 2 out of 4 🔹COVID: 890 (+26.8%) 🔹Influenza: 576 (-11.5%) 🔹RSV: 721 (+14.8%) Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

Australia: "Most flu deaths this century were recorded in 2025, ABS finds" Last Year (2025): 🔹COVID-19: ~2,161 deaths 🔹Influenza: ~1,701 deaths 🔹RSV: ~582 deaths