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Leslie
@50000stitches.bsky.social
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Mostly knitting and sci-fi, but also cats, science, data science, mountains, crochet, and tea.
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Today’s #fiberuaryChallenge is to tag a black maker for Black History Month. My choice is @jadawoodesigns.bsky.social, an indie yarn dyer in Tacoma (semi local for me). Her beautiful yarn is on my to buy when I’m next in town.

www.jadawoodesigns.com

🧶 #knitting #knitSly
Indie Dyed Yarn | Jadawoo Designs
You will find a variety of hand dyed yarns that have been created by Jadawoo Designs, using a variety of dye techniques
www.jadawoodesigns.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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For #fiberuaryChallenge "Outside", here are some photos of my Na Craga sweater on two different beaches in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. I'm so happy I finally have some hand made sweaters that work well to take with me traveling.
🧶 #knitting #knitSky
A photo of me standing in the sun on a rocky shore with waves crashing agains some larger rocks behind me. I'm wearing quite the travel get up, with cargo pants, a purple bucket style sun hat tied under my chin, large sunglasses, and a big navy blue drop shoulder all over cabled sweater with a short funnel neck, and an interchangeable lens camera hanging from a crossbody strap on top of it all. A photo of me on a sandy beach looking off into the pastel blue and pink sunset to the right. I'm a white woman with long, wavy to curly brown hair, and I'm wearing the same blue cabled sweater and you can see a panel of honeycomb cables running from the saddle shoulder all the way to the cuff of my right arm, which is facing the camera.
February 6, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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For #fiberuaryChallenge today it’s “work in progress”, so here’s my current plain sock out in the world with me. I’m on the second sock of this par and you can scroll back in my posts to see the beautiful stripes in the first one.
🧶 #knitting #knitSky
Photo of a partially knit toe-up sock on DPNs sitting on a public bench next to a bag that is spilling open.
February 5, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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For the #showMeYourKnits GREYS theme, I’m wearing the pi shawl I finished in 2018, Lucca by Jared Flood. Yarn is Chatham Lace from This is Knit in Dublin (a precious souvenir from a 2014 trip).
🧶 #knitting
A selfie I took of the outfit I’m wearing today, featuring a pale gray intricate stockinette lace shawl with a garter lace edging. The shawl is a complete circle and is folded in half and wrapped artfully around my neck over a paler gray cardigan.
February 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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For #fiberuaryChallenge "Mood", I've been in a spinning mood lately. I'm working on making my first skein of yarn. I've done some practicing before and now I'm working my way through 3 oz of Ashford corriedale.
🧶 #knitting #knitSky
Photo of a large top whorl drop spindle with some bright turquoise singles wound onto the spindle shaft and several inches of pre-drafted bright turquoise fiber attached. Nearby are two cardboard tubes with previously-spun singles wound onto them for plying later. Photo of prompts for the Fiberuary challenge from @creativececi: 1. Hello, it's me 2. New Beginnings 3. Mood 4. Work in Progress 5. Outside 6. Tag a Black Maker (Black History Month) 7. Self-Care 8. Reading or Watching 9. Motivation 10. Texture 11. Wear It Wednesday 12. Favorite Place 13. Fiber Friends 14. Love 15. Cozy 16. Matching 17. Project bag contents 18. Wear it Wednesday 19. Color Crush 20. Finished it 21. Sip & Knit 22. Giving back 23. Memories 24. Sweater Weather 25. Style 26. Where in the World 27. Looking Forward 28. Gratitude
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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For #fiberuaryChallenge "New Beginnings", here's a project I made in 2024 from reused yarn. I'd made the tank top in 2011 but never wore it (wool + silk is a bad idea for a tank top). I like it much better in the Kuutar sweater.
🧶 #knitting #knitSky
A photo of me from the back wearing a 3/4 sweater remade from the baby pink yarn. The sweater has an intricate lace yoke pattern and is otherwise stockinette. An old photo of me wearing a hand knit baby pink crewneck tank top with a center panel of 2x2 ribbing down the center. Photo of prompts for the Fiberuary challenge from @creativececi: 1. Hello, it's me 2. New Beginnings 3. Mood 4. Work in Progress 5. Outside 6. Tag a Black Maker (Black History Month) 7. Self-Care 8. Reading or Watching 9. Motivation 10. Texture 11. Wear It Wednesday 12. Favorite Place 13. Fiber Friends 14. Love 15. Cozy 16. Matching 17. Project bag contents 18. Wear it Wednesday 19. Color Crush 20. Finished it 21. Sip & Knit 22. Giving back 23. Memories 24. Sweater Weather 25. Style 26. Where in the World 27. Looking Forward 28. Gratitude
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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For #fiberuaryChallenge, Hello, it's me! I'm a knitter and sometimes spinner, crocheter, and weaver in the Seattle area. Here's a photo of me in one of my favorite sweaters (Jemima's Jumper) with my cat Wallace.
🧶 #knitting #knitSky
Photo of me, a white woman with curly brown hair. My face is partially obscured by a magnificent lounging across my shoulder. The cat is a long haired grey/brown tabby with a white ruff, lower face, and front paws. Underneath the cat, you can see parts of a stranded colorwork sweater in grey and dark teal. Photo of prompts for the Fiberuary challenge from @creativececi: 1. Hello, it's me 2. New Beginnings 3. Mood 4. Work in Progress 5. Outside 6. Tag a Black Maker (Black History Month) 7. Self-Care 8. Reading or Watching 9. Motivation 10. Texture 11. Wear It Wednesday 12. Favorite Place 13. Fiber Friends 14. Love 15. Cozy 16. Matching 17. Project bag contents 18. Wear it Wednesday 19. Color Crush 20. Finished it 21. Sip & Knit 22. Giving back 23. Memories 24. Sweater Weather 25. Style 26. Where in the World 27. Looking Forward 28. Gratitude
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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For #WIPwednesday, here are my current on-the-go socks. My custom vanilla sock pattern in Twin Sock from Timber Yarns. I bought the yarn at Tracy's Rolling Yarn shop, a yarn truck that travels around Cape Breton island.
🧶 #knitting #knitSky
A pair of handknit socks in progress. The first sock is completed and has repeating stripes in 6 shades of blue with deep navy blue contrast heels and toes. The second sock is just a few rows of the toe started on very thin double pointed needles. Two balls of matching self-striping yarn and a mini ball of the contrast yarn sit nearby, in front of a project bag with print of blue hydrangeas.
January 29, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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For the last few hours of this week’s #showMeYourKnits hands prompt, here are my Soccer mitts in Hedgehog Fibers sock (color Juniper) being put to good use in Bryce Canyon National Park. Plus a bonus picture of the park.

🧶 #knitSky
My hands, wearing handknit fingerless mitts, are folded on top of a weathered wooden railing with the rocky landscape of the Bryce Canyon behind me. The mitts are light gray with speckles of blue, purple, orange, and yellow. They are plain stockinette with a short 1x1 rib edge Landscape of Bryce Canyon National Park. A tan plateau in the upper left transitions to red rocky slopes and hoodoos extending off to the right. A light dusting of snow brings out the textures and colors.
January 24, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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I got on the bus home wearing my #crochet cardigan and the woman I sat next to was crocheting for the entire ride.

I didn’t say anything to her, because this is Seattle and over ear headphones are a line I cannot cross. It made me smile though.
🧶
January 23, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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On my needles: I just frogged sock 2 again. I’ve got one perfectly fitting sock that I finished a few months ago, but now I’m struggling to get the same gauge for sock 2. I’m determined to get these right.

🧶 #knitSky #showMeYourKnits
One perfect handknit stranded colorwork sock with deep blue starbursts on a white background and vertical color stripes on the arch-shaped sole. The cuff of a second sock on the knitting needles. Two bowls containing crinkly frogged yarn, one blue and one white.
January 10, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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laworldcon.bsky.social
Did you know that ANYONE can vote in the Hugo Awards? Read on to find out how:
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Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor
You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!
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January 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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For the #ShowMeYourKnits WHITES & BRIGHTS theme, I dug out a photo of the only white project I've ever knit, my first pair of socks. They were just practice socks, since I learned sock knitting, magic loop, and two-at-a-time knitting all at once, using acrylic sport weight.

🧶 #knitting #knitSky
A pair of white lace handknit socks displayed on blue sock blockers in poor lighting with the low quality of a digital camera in 2011. They don't look great, but they do look definitively like socks.
December 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
humblebundle.com Humble @humblebundle.com · Dec 10
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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So excited for the next Knitting History Forum! I just bought my ticket, so I’ll have access to the recordings even though it will happen while I’m asleep (it’s UK time and I’m in the Pacific Northwest).
🧶 #knitting #knitSky

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Knitting History Forum 2026 Conference
Join the Knitting History Forum annual online conference for an interesting range of presentations on knitting techniques and traditions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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danietreg.bsky.social
Today is International Day of People with Disability so again I beg that you use Alt Text for all your photos, videos, and GIFs.

Not only does it make social media more accessible for folks who use screen readers, it also provides added context to your posts.

❤️
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Researching how to keep carpet beetles out of my yarn and hand knits, and this is from the WSU extension service:

“Try not to accumulate and store large amounts of woolens or articles made of animal by-products.”

Excuse me???

🧶 #knitting #wool
November 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild

Grizzly bear (from a safe distance)
Orca
Sea otter
Chamois
Pika
doctorscience.bsky.social Doctor Science ❌👑 @doctorscience.bsky.social · Nov 29
introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild

White-tailed deer
Humpback Whale
Goshawk
Bluefish
Black-capped/Carolina Chickadee hybrids
nicomaramckay.com Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · Nov 29
introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild

raccoon
beaver
loon
moose
squirrel
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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For #WIPwednesday, here’s the #crossStitch project I’ve been working on since August 2024.
A partially completed cross stitch project next to the kit photo. The finished project will be a river running between evergreen trees with mountains in the background and a starry sky. In my project, the river is complete and the trees are just started.
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Preparing for my next knitting project, the Eye Dazzler sweater by Jennifer Berg.

* Unblocked swatch
* Measuring the blocked swatch
* Hanging the swatch with binder clips to simulate the weight of the sweater (per Amy Snell)
* Checking for color fastness

🧶 #knitSky #knitting
A tall knitted swatch in hot pink with stockinette at the bottom and a stranded colorwork design of blue zigzag lines at the top. The unblocked swatch is a bit lumpy. The same swatch, now blocked and smoothed out, on a counter with rulers and an iPad showing notes on the measured gauge. The same pink and blue colorwork swatch hanging from two clips on a hanger with 3 black binder clips clipped at the bottom. A short length of the blue yarn and the hot pink yarn, each soaking in a small white bowl. It looks like that the pink yarn has bled a bit, but it’s just the reflection in the shiny white porcelain. Both yarns are color fast.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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kateatherley.bsky.social
I really don't think "change needle to change sizes" is best practice for grading. You're asking the knitter to potentially compromise the quality of the fabric by knitting too loose and/or create issues with it by working it too tight. It is 100% possible to grade colourwork mitts & socks. 🧶
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Text reads: Fed up with your world? Visit ours. Clarkesworldmagazine.com The Clarkesworld robot (center) looks to the right at the cover of Clarkesworld #230, which is in yellow, orange, and brown and features a futuristic cityscape with a small craft approaching. Cover art is "Neo Mars" by Guy Warley.
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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emilyknits.bsky.social
Also please stop asking knitters how long it took to knit that
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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My current active knitting projects:
* plain socks in Regia Arne&Carlos yarn
* Starry starry night socks by Suzanne Byran in Polka Dot Sheep yarn
* Secession shawl by Kristina Vilimaite in Magliamaina Bellini yarn
* Deschain top by Leila Raven in Quince&Co Kestrel

🧶 #knitting #knitSky #WIPwednesday
A photo of 3 knitting projects in progress including 2 pairs of socks and a shawl. Plain toe-up heel flap socks made of purple/white/lavender self patterning yarn, 1.5 socks completed. Stranded colorwork cuff down socks in white with blue starbursts and an arch-shaped sole, 1.1 socks completed. A dark teal green triangular shaw starting from one point with a leafy border and a line of beads down the horizontal center. Photo of the front and back panels of a shirt knit flat. The front panel has a large feather-and-fan lace motif down the center and is spread out fully.
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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A knitting horror story for this week’s #showMeYourKnits: in August 2011 I knit these self-designed cabled gloves. Then I lost them 2 months later on Halloween night. The fell out of my coat pocket and I couldn’t find them the next day. I made them from the fingers up, so I lost 10 magic cast ons!
Navy blue cabled wool gloves. Looking down at the back of the hands to see intertwined knots on the hands and cables running down each finger. Navy blue cabled wool gloves from the side in a casual pose. Navy blue cabled wool gloves. Hands clasped together to show cables running down each thumb.
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM