Replacement post for my recent post with a very unfortunate typo. 🙈 Here is a test knit pretty texture made w lots of cables. Halfway point. Decreasing now. Color is green in rl. #justknitting 🧶 #knitsky

#showmeyourknits cable week! I wear this cable knit hat all the time because I just love how it matches the fall aspens here in Colorado. #knitsky #knitcables

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I'm pretty sure this is what used to be called St Kilda laceweight. It's my absolutely favourite yarn for lace knitting- soft & drapey with character but none of the slipperiness that can make lace knitting challenging rather than enjoyable @blackeryarns www.blackeryarns.co.uk/british-bree...

Here's a free knitting chart. Note that the squares are flattened the way knit stitches are shaped. If you use this chart to cross stitch, the motif will be stretched taller. I like it for a scarf. 🧶 #knit #knitting #thistlechart #knitsky #knitted #freechart #freepattern #thistle #colorchart #flower

Gifted Harris Tweed wool, reclaimed from an old sweater. Plaited twill. I am adoring the texture. #weaving

Combing wool 🧶🐑

Handspun Cheviot wool singles. Hand dyed with madder root. Handwoven and sewn into a cute skirt to match my handknit pullover sweater. #februarty #orange #weaving #spinning #fiberarts #yarn

When a tangle of sheep's wool catches your eye 👀 #Macro #Nature #Photography

A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of felted sheep’s wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Västerbottens Museum in Sweden.

Latest knitting make - Aurora Cabin shawl by Stephen West

🧶💾 Punch cards aren’t just relics of computing—they’re still powering knitting machines today! Discover how hobbyists & archivists are preserving this blend of tech + textile. ⁠ 🔗 https://blog.archive.org/2025/02/12/vanishing-culture-punch-card-knitting/ ⁠ 🕳️ #VanishingCulture⁠

Now is the time to get yourself a yarn holder, if you don’t already have one! It will make knitting while protesting much easier. I want one from Lemonwood Fiber Tools www.etsy.com/shop/Lemonwo... Here is a picture of two that I already have. #preparingtoprotest #madamdefarge #knitting #knitsky

Mail is in & Highland Knits, Knitwear Inspired by the Outlander Series book by a group of designers from Interweave (used) is here. It looks good. More knitting inspo. 🧶 #knit #knitsky #knitted #knitting #highlandknits #outlander #claireoutlander #outlanderknits #rusticknits #outlanderfashion #book

Lundy Wrap (Ravelry) A fave pattern which I’ve made many times 🧶 #knit

Current WIP - 'Jingle' by Isabelle Kraemer in Sandnes Tynn Peer Gynt 😁 #knitting #SweaterWeather #showmeyourknits

I can’t tell you how good this makes me feel to look at the textures on this piece 🧶 #knit

Anyone who enjoyed reading The Lost Flock may be interested in this in-person & on-line lecture by Professor Andrew Fleming FSA at @antiquaries.bsky.social I mentioned his research in the book. I anticipate this will be a very informative & enjoyable event www.sal.org.uk/event/st-kil...

It was a pleasure to write this review of 'The Lost Flock' by Jane Cooper @orkneyboreray.bsky.social for @thescottishfarmer.bsky.social This is a book for anyone who likes a detective story with a bit of lambing and a bucket of sheep nuts #GoNative #OrkneyBoreray #ScottishDunface

We were delighted to welcome people to a wool skills workshop at #ORFC25 this morning. The session highlighted the wonders of wool and why it needs to be considered as more than just a byproduct.

When the fine thread that connects you to life is literally a "fine thread" 🧶🧦 "Knitting calms me down when I'm stressed, gets me excited when it feels like there's no point living. gives me something to think about that is outside myself, a reason to get up in the morning." #pwme #mecfs

Well, that was fun! Woke up to 10cm more snow on top of the 20cm+ we had Sat-Sun, and then the power went out at 7am! Took 4 hours for the power to come back on, so I spent it cosily curled up on the sofa knitting a mitten (details in alt text) 🧶😍❄️

Christmas knitting eventually cast on yesterday - a Trillian scarf from yarn brought back from Iceland by a friend. A nice, easy pattern for doing while watching tv or chatting with friends.

My favorite make of this year, Eldfell pullover. This was my first Lopapeysa sweater. I got to wear it on my trip to Iceland this past September. 🧶 #knitting #showmeyourknitting

Every one needs a good wool blanket to sleep with

Starting a new knitting project from my stash of handspun. I never feel so centered, my mind is never so quieted as when I'm knitting or spinning. Knitting, spinning, crochet, hand sewing: these are your foremothers' stims.

And ANOTHER amazing new knitting book comes by post. I have every book by Susan Crawford. This latest is the third volume in her "A Stitch in Time" series, devoted to colo(u)rwork. Vintage patterns updated for modern knitters, preserving the interesting details that make them so special...

Friction is the defining force of knit/crochet/woven fabric. I think we as fiber artists intuitively know this via drape, but it's cool to see the science.

Cast on NUMBER FOUR for my “relaxing” Christmas knit. 1st was fiddly small stitches, 2nd was tension on colour change side, 3rd was being clever & catching yarn & created weird loop. If ur like, these all look fine, u r correct. If ur like, I would have started over, u r also correct. #knitting 🧶

Just crocheted Snowflake 14: Sikussak - a flower-centred flake that takes its name from a Greenlandic word for old sea ice trapped in fjords.

Hope for the future of New Lanark spinning mill www.heraldscotland.com/news/2469215...

A bit late for #ShowMeYourKnits week 21, because, well, gift knitting (obvs)💨 🧶 🥵!! Let’s do a round of ‘what’s on your needles?’ We do this occasionally anyway, but I can’t be the only one in the final sprint?!? 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️ Hermione’s Everyday Socks in Malabrigo Ultimate sock 🧦. 1/3 to be finished 😵‍💫.

Knitting is cool! Ingrid Bergman knits prolifically. Alfred Hitchcock holds her yarn as she winds it up. Brilliant. 🧶 #knittingiscool #cool #ingridbergman #alfredhitchcock #knit #knitting #knitted #icon #iconic #actor #actress #star #moviestar #director #academyaward #vintage #thriller #photograph

It’s done, I’m very pleased. #knitting #Lettlopi

One of my faves 🧶 #knit

Landworkers' Alliance UK are selling British Wool socks and hats - so if you're behind in your Christmas present knitting (like me!) you've an option here :-) shop.landworkersalliance.org.uk/product-cate...

A crocheted woodland blanket for a blustery cold day 🧶

Gathering for my next #knitting project at the Handknitting Association of Iceland shop - I love Lopi-yarn!!

Knitting is Cool! Bette Davis is the coolest knitter ever. Here she is knitting for the war effort in the 40's. 🧶 #cool #knittingiscool #bettedavis #knit #knitting #icon #actor #actress #moviestar #movies #knittingonset #wareffort #fashion #style

More of my knitting, with yarns I dyed. #ArtAdventCalendar #knitting #colorwork #stranded #textileart

Finished my third knitting project and second successful hat! #beginnerknitter #knitsky #knitting

I’m knitting a Christmas present for my partner … I haven’t said which Christmas though! #knitting #wool

My favourite Aran jumper - made around 2015 and still like new 🧶 #knit #aran #cables

This was texted to us, I don't know the source, but I like it:

I like crocheting little useful baskets. I just make up the pattern, starting with a flat circle and crocheting the sides tall enough to fold over the rim. I really am a total beginner. I've got to learn the stitches and to read a pattern. This one is cotton. 🧶 #crochet #crocheted #basket #cotton

Freelace knitting is very hard to find online. It's an abstract sort of knitted lace that often has no repeats. Here's an interesting blog post about it with a free pattern: www.gannetdesigns.com/2016/10/01/s... 🧶 #knit #knitting #knitted #freelace #knittingpattern #free #abstractlace

Lola Johnson is the Dyer and Designer behind Third Vault Yarns 🧶 (bsky.app/profile/thir...). Their knitting patterns often take inspiration from geeky things as well as playing with different techniques and construction.

Almost done with this entrelac cowl or scarf (haven’t decided if I’ll close the loop). I’m teaching entrelac with my Minerva pattern at Vogue Knitting Live in NYC in January, and in person at Hook and Needle Fiber in Vancouver WA in March. Bicoastal! #knitting #pdxknitterati

Lovely textured cables 🧶 #knit #cables #handknit