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Amanda
@ajgrundmann.bsky.social
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Knitter, baker, reader in the PNW
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I shared a hat last week but I can share another! Here’s “Braineater” by Vi Caughran. I ran out of the blue yarn so it ended up as a bunch of disembodied tentacles. #ShowMeYourKnits #knitsky #knitting 🧶
A woman, looking away from the camera, wears a colorwork knit beanie with a variegated cream/green/brown background and blue tentacles. Yarn is Yarnarchy Highland Wool Worsted.
October 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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I don’t have any spooky knits for #ShowMeYourKnits, but I do have this hat in orange and black, which seems Halloween-y.
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A knitted beanie in orange variegated and black yarn. Pattern is Follow Your Path by Stephen West. Yarn is Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock (black) held double and Malabrigo Rios (Orange).
October 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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I hear it’s #socktober for #ShowMeYourKnits this week. Here is a very early stage toe. Pattern is Palindrome from @knitty.com
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A toe of an in-progress knitted sock attached to a set of circular needles and a ball of yarn rests on a beige carpet. The yarn is striped in shades of brown, black, and blue. It is Blue Hands Fibers Merino Sock in the color “Codemonkey.”
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Autumn knits is this week’s theme for #ShowMeYourKnits. I have shared this before but I think it’s my most autumnal knit. Pattern is Cushman by Amy Herzog, and yarn is Rowan RYC Extra Fine Merino DK.
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A woman stands outside in front of a tree with red leaves. She is wearing an open orange cardigan with a black tee and jeans.
September 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Scarf week for #ShowMeYourKnits. I took out a few scarf-y things and noticed my Bigger on the Inside scarf has a moth hole (😢). Into the mending bag it goes.
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A blue hand-knit scarf on a beige carpet. Pattern: Bigger on the Inside by Kate Atherley. Yarn: Cascade Heritage Silk. A yellow, gold, grey, and black striped scarf on a beige carpet. Pattern: Lacy Baktus by Terhi Montonen. Yarn: White Birch Fiber Arts 80/20 SW Merino Nylon. A multicolored striped triangular scarf on a beige carpet. Pattern: Hitchhiker by Martina Behm
September 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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WIPs for #ShowMeYourKnits this week. I am mostly working on my Extra Lite Bright tee from @woolandpine.bsky.social
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A partially-made knitted raglan tee in yarn speckled with shades of teal.
September 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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It’s sweater week for #ShowMeYourKnits, so here’s one I don’t think I’ve shared before. This is Nydia by Vanessa Smith knit in Rowan Cashsoft DK. The color is actually more of a sage green in person. The lighting makes it look tan here.
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A woman wearing a tan-looking hand-knit pullover sweater and jeans stands at the water’s edge on a rocky beach.
September 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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#ShowMeYourKnits this week is baby knits. I made this pair of knitted pants that look like jeans for my niece when she was a baby. Pattern is Blu from @knittymag.bsky.social
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A pair of knitted baby pants knit to look like blue jeans in dark blue cotton with light blue cuffs and yellow contrast stitching. The back of a pair of knitted baby pants knit to look like blue jeans in dark blue cotton with light blue cuffs and yellow contrast stitching.
August 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Stripes for #ShowMeYourKnits. A pair of socks using Knit Picks Felici. I only had one 50g skein so I didn’t try to make the stripes match up, in order to use every bit of yarn. This is a basic toe-up sock pattern that I modified with tiny cables.
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Close up of my feet wearing a pair of striped hand-knit socks in shades of blue-green and brown. There are small cables along the top of the foot and the leg.
August 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Shawls week for #showmeyourknits. I knit a lot of shawls but I’ll just feature one today: this was a Stephen West MKAL several years ago. Pattern is Shawlography and it’s knit in Tosh Merino Light.
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A multicolored knit shawl is draped along the back of a cream-colored sofa. The shawl is knit in shades of blue, green, red, and gold.
August 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Happy #ShowMeYourKnits anniversary to @livrunsfast.bsky.social ! I wasn’t here for the beginning, so I’m not sure if it’s been done before, but I’m choosing to show MKAL projects this week. Details in alt text.
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A woman with a knitted shawl wrapped around her stands in a forest. Pattern is Westknits 2023 MKAL Geogradient. Yarn is from Dragonfly Fibers, Teton Yarn Co and Cascade. A woman stands in a forest with a dark blue and white lace shawl wrapped around her shoulders. Pattern is Romi Hill Designs 2024 MKAL Way Leads On To Way and yarn is from Barnyard Knits.
July 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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I prefer knitting with wool, so most of my summer knits are not very summery. Luckily I live somewhere without super hot summers! Here’s my Summer Sorrel Tee by @woolandpine.bsky.social. Yarn is Tosh Merino Light in a fade of three shades.
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A woman faces the camera, wearing a knitted tee in a faded gradient from light purple to copper.
July 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Garter stitch for #ShowMeYourKnits?
I’ve got garter stitch! Here’s one example, the Lintilla scarf/shawlette from Martina Behm, knit in Knit Picks Stroll Gradient.
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Close up of a scarf with ruffled edges, knit in garter stitch, in a teal gradient yarn. The scarf is wrapped around a woman’s neck, her face off screen. There are trees in the background.
June 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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I don’t knit frequently with yellow, and apparently even when I do I don’t usually bother to get a good FO photo. I did find one! Pattern info in alt text. #ShowMeYourKnits #knitsky #knitting 🧶
A child stands in a yard with his back to the camera, holding out a pink and yellow lace shawl. Pattern is Time Heals by Romi Hill. Yarn is Hazel Knits Artisan Sock.
June 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I’ve been knitting in public all week but I don’t have any photos for #showmeyourknits !My profile photo is me knitting in public, at Deception Pass State Park. This week I knit at a cafe, my kid’s orchestra concert, swimming lessons, and the mall. #knitsky
June 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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I keep forgetting to share a cowl for #ShowMeYourKnits this week, but I wanted to sneak one in before the next prompt! Here’s my Bertha’s Mad, Mysterious Möbius cowl.
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A tan-colored möbius cowl in a lace pattern on a beige carpet. Yarn is Malabrigo Sock.
June 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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This week’s prompt for #ShowMeYourKnits is blankets. I’m not a huge fan of knitting blankets, but I have made a couple of baby blankets. Here’s an OpArt I made for my son (10 years ago!)
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A green and white striped baby blanket on a beige carpet. Pattern is OpArt from Knitty, yarn is Swish DK from KnitPicks.
May 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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WIPs this week! I’m knitting a stuffed owl. It’s purple, so I guess it would have worked last week too. This is for my niece and it’s the fourth owl I’ve made! I’ve knit the body and one wing so far.
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Parts of a purple and blue knitted owl toy in progress against a beige couch. Pattern is Lucy’s Owl, yarn is Caron Simply Soft.
May 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Finished socks! I’m trying out different sock knitting techniques to see which I like best. These are my first two-at-a-time toe-up socks using magic loop. I used a free knit picks pattern for basic instructions and added 4x2 ribbing with a single cable.
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Close up of my feet wearing grey and blue striped hand-knit socks against a beige carpet. Yarn is Patons Kroy.
May 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Purple week for #ShowMeYourKnits! Here’s an early MKAL project from @romidesigns.bsky.social : Cactus Flower. I made it out of two purple shades of Fibre Company Canopy Fingering.
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A two-color knitted lacy shawl in shades of purple is hanging against a white wall.
May 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Cardigans for #ShowMeYourKnits this week! I’m working on a cardigan right now: the Sea Glass Cardigan by @woolandpine.bsky.social
I’ll also share a cardigan I knit a few years ago, Cushman by Amy Herzog.
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A 1x1 colorwork cardigan in progress is laid out on a beige carpet. Pattern is Sea Glass Cardigan by Wool & Pine. Yarn is various scraps of mostly blue, grey, and bronze. A woman wearing an orange cardigan, standing outside and facing the camera. The cardigan pattern is Cushman by Amy Herzog and the yarn is Rowan RYC Extra Fine Merino DK.
May 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Shout out to The Nifty Knitter in Issaquah, WA for #ShowMeYourKnits! I don’t have a picture of the store and I couldn’t find them on Bluesky, but here’s a baby sweater I made with yarn I bought there!
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A baby sweater in pink and teal yarn is laid out on blocking mats. Yarn is Polka Dot Sheep Stumptown DK, pattern is Snowflake by Tin Can Knits.
April 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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This week’s theme for #ShowMeYourKnits is gifts. I’m about to cast on for a stuffed owl for my niece, so here’s the one I made for her sister. Pattern is Lucy’s Owl. Yarn is mostly Caron simply soft with some mystery bits from stash.
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A knitted stuffed owl sits in a tree. It has a teal body with yellow legs and red feet.
April 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I don’t knit much in grey, maybe because I live in the PNW and it’s grey outside all the time? The first socks I knit were grey. Here’s a picture of them and one of a grey shawl for #showmeyourknits. Info in alt text.
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Grey variegated socks are shown modeled on my feet with soles together, against a beige rug. Pattern is Baby Cable Rib by Charlene Schurch and yarn is from Regia. A woman wearing a grey knit shawl with a lace border stands outside with her back to the camera, looking back over her shoulder and smiling. Pattern is Louise by Kate Whiting and yarn is Honey Girl Farms Alpaca Baby Fingering.
April 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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May as well share my WIPs for #ShowMeYourKnits before the new prompt comes out tomorrow.
Pattern info in alt text.
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4 knitting projects in progress, clockwise from top left: Tan cowl is Bertha’s Mad, Mysterious Mobius by Erica Hernandez, Orange lace shawl is Blackjack by Romi Hill, 1x1 colorwork sweater is Sea Glass Cardigan by Wool & Pine, blue and grey variegated socks are a free patten for two-at-a-time socks from Knit Picks.
April 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM