JoansGarden
@joansgarden.bsky.social
Unique knitting patterns, hand knits. Love to garden (US zone 5). A rural southern Oregon blue dot in a red sea. Born and raised in Adelaide, came to the US for 2 years, 50 years ago. Life happens.
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JoansGarden
@joansgarden.bsky.social
· Dec 3
Find my knitting patterns at www.ravelry.com/designers/jo...
Find finished knitted items at www.etsy.com/shop/JoansGa... or artisans.coop/pages/seller...
Some good gifts there.
Also happy to take custom orders if you have something else you'd like knitted.
Reach me at joansgarden1 on gmail
#BSNM
Find finished knitted items at www.etsy.com/shop/JoansGa... or artisans.coop/pages/seller...
Some good gifts there.
Also happy to take custom orders if you have something else you'd like knitted.
Reach me at joansgarden1 on gmail
#BSNM
I picked up a little Gollum jade in a 2" pot a few years back, and it is flowering now too. This was from last year.
February 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I picked up a little Gollum jade in a 2" pot a few years back, and it is flowering now too. This was from last year.
Some people are not physically able to go out on patrol, but they can stay at home and knit, or post on social media.
February 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Some people are not physically able to go out on patrol, but they can stay at home and knit, or post on social media.
Mine has only bloomed for me the last couple of years. It had to get quite big before it started, and it's in a greenhouse because it's too cold (or used to be) outside.
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Mine has only bloomed for me the last couple of years. It had to get quite big before it started, and it's in a greenhouse because it's too cold (or used to be) outside.
It makes little ridges, which is what I was after, but it's a pain (in the fingers) to knit because it's all done on dpns in the round.
February 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It makes little ridges, which is what I was after, but it's a pain (in the fingers) to knit because it's all done on dpns in the round.
The head needs to be a bit longer, the eyes need a bit of repositioning, the legs need to be a bit bigger, the intercostal grooves should not reach all the way to the dorsal fin, the underside needs a few short rows to fatten it up.
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The head needs to be a bit longer, the eyes need a bit of repositioning, the legs need to be a bit bigger, the intercostal grooves should not reach all the way to the dorsal fin, the underside needs a few short rows to fatten it up.
It's the same here in south central Oregon. We've been in the 50s for weeks. Should be in the 30s. Lowest night time temp was 13. Used to be -26.
February 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
It's the same here in south central Oregon. We've been in the 50s for weeks. Should be in the 30s. Lowest night time temp was 13. Used to be -26.
I started designing an axolotl stuffie back in 2021, shelved it for a few years, then picked it up again last month. Now I have a prototype finished. It still needs a lot of tweaking. For such a simple looking creature it's not a simple pattern! Oh, & my jade plant is flowering. 🌱
🧶🐸🐡 #inverts #BSNM
🧶🐸🐡 #inverts #BSNM
February 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Here's a little gal
February 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Here's a little gal
Am I on this list? I thought there was no need to be added, but that this feed just picked up anything with the 🐡emoji.
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Am I on this list? I thought there was no need to be added, but that this feed just picked up anything with the 🐡emoji.
I just finished another Bigfoot Beanie. This one I only knitted because I needed something to do with my hands, so I'll put it in my Etsy store. The pattern is on Ravelry if you want to make one. 🧶 #bigfoot #sasquatch #yeti
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
February 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I just finished another Bigfoot Beanie. This one I only knitted because I needed something to do with my hands, so I'll put it in my Etsy store. The pattern is on Ravelry if you want to make one. 🧶 #bigfoot #sasquatch #yeti
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
It actually gets easier the more you do it, and I can knit almost as fast with 2 colors as I do with one. I took a class on it about 30 years ago, when classes meant going to the yarn store and sitting with other knitters.
February 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
It actually gets easier the more you do it, and I can knit almost as fast with 2 colors as I do with one. I took a class on it about 30 years ago, when classes meant going to the yarn store and sitting with other knitters.
Just to make things more complicated, when I do stranded colorwork (as in the axolotl beanie), I knit with 2 or 3 colors at once, with the color in the left hand knitting Continental style, & the color in the right hand knitting English style.
I grew up on English style so it's still my go-to method
I grew up on English style so it's still my go-to method
February 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Just to make things more complicated, when I do stranded colorwork (as in the axolotl beanie), I knit with 2 or 3 colors at once, with the color in the left hand knitting Continental style, & the color in the right hand knitting English style.
I grew up on English style so it's still my go-to method
I grew up on English style so it's still my go-to method
Just what i needed after reading the morning news! 😅
February 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Just what i needed after reading the morning news! 😅
Easily fixed - take a knitting class. You'll like it.
February 2, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Easily fixed - take a knitting class. You'll like it.
No, not at all. It's a completely different technique.
February 2, 2026 at 12:21 AM
No, not at all. It's a completely different technique.
And here is my version....
February 1, 2026 at 6:55 PM
And here is my version....
My Axolotl beanie for #NationalAxolotlDay. I actually didn't know it was axolotl day until today, but it's a good day to be publishing this pattern. 🧶🐸
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
February 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
My Axolotl beanie for #NationalAxolotlDay. I actually didn't know it was axolotl day until today, but it's a good day to be publishing this pattern. 🧶🐸
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Your scones look perfect. They were my mothers 'go to' when unexpected guests arrived (and they often did). She could have them in the oven while they were still getting to the front door, and we always had a huge selection of homemade jam to go with them.
January 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Your scones look perfect. They were my mothers 'go to' when unexpected guests arrived (and they often did). She could have them in the oven while they were still getting to the front door, and we always had a huge selection of homemade jam to go with them.
I've been concerned about climate change since the 1970s and now I am resigned to the idea that nowhere near enough will be done to mitigate it. In fact, the US is now heading in the opposite direction.
In the meantime I enjoy my garden, though it's hard to enjoy anything in this political climate
In the meantime I enjoy my garden, though it's hard to enjoy anything in this political climate
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I've been concerned about climate change since the 1970s and now I am resigned to the idea that nowhere near enough will be done to mitigate it. In fact, the US is now heading in the opposite direction.
In the meantime I enjoy my garden, though it's hard to enjoy anything in this political climate
In the meantime I enjoy my garden, though it's hard to enjoy anything in this political climate
And going to get stranger, I'd bet.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
And going to get stranger, I'd bet.
I used to be zone 5 but have been upgraded to zone 6 after the last few years of warmer winters. Still, in January it should be below freezing outdoors. At this rate we'll have to go to zone 7 soon.
January 20, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I used to be zone 5 but have been upgraded to zone 6 after the last few years of warmer winters. Still, in January it should be below freezing outdoors. At this rate we'll have to go to zone 7 soon.