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Jurassic Knits
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I'm an avid knitter, crocheter, and general crafter, and I like to share my various projects and assorted interests with others. 🇨🇦
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NEXT WEEK!

We are excited to be a part of the Holiday Market at The Branches next Saturday. Fingers crossed for good weather, and we hope you'll come by to visit!

#holidaymarket #kitchenerON
Advertisement for the Holiday Market at The Branches on Saturday, November 22. Includes small photos of vendor items and large banner with event info. Image of a turquoise and coral yarn crochet dragon with a banner about Jurassic Knits products available at the market.
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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#WIPWednesday for #showmeyourknits! Just an ankle and heel turn for now, but these will eventually be socks for a friend. I was told to pick any colour, so I hope she likes these stripes.

#knitsky #knitsocks
The ankle and heel of a handknit sock on double pointed needles. The yarn is self-striping in green, yellow, purple, pink, and grey.
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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This little griffin in school colours is a #fundraising donation supporting United Way. I hope it gets many raffle tickets!

Cute Critters Griffin by Megan Lapp of #CraftyIntentions. Eyes by Chateau Bornais Crochet. Yarn is stolen bits of worsted acrylic from my partner's stash.

#amigurumi #crochet
Crochet plush griffin with a red head and wings, yellow beak and claws, and black body. It sits on its haunches on a buttercup squash. Crochet plush griffin with a red head and wings, yellow beak and claws, and black body. It sits on its haunches on a buttercup squash. Slightly different angle showing the gold glitter eyes
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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🦖 “Caw caw CAW!” --Raptors, probably. 😆
This little one is made from the Microraptor Crochet Pattern!

🌐:
shop.craftyintentions.com/b/XUoip
🧶:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
🛍️:
www.etsy.com/listing/1066...

#craftyintentions #crochetcommunity #crochetpattern #amigurumi #microdinosaur #crochetraptor
A crocheted microraptor in pastel purple, lavender, and pink yarn stands on a rocky beach.
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Sorry to drop the C-bomb, but are you looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the dinosaur fan who has everything? How about a commission gift certificate? Stock of these is VERY limited, so if you want one, you know what to do! 🙂

dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/4393...
A promotional picture of my Palaeoart Portrait Gift Certificate: a gift certificate that entitles the bearer to a hand-drawn pencil portrait of their chosen prehistoric animal. A promotional picture of my Palaeoart Portrait Gift Certificate: a gift certificate that entitles the bearer to a hand-drawn pencil portrait of their chosen prehistoric animal. A promotional picture of my Palaeoart Portrait Gift Certificate: a gift certificate that entitles the bearer to a hand-drawn pencil portrait of their chosen prehistoric animal.
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I also am late for #crochetaway PINK week!

This Ophthalmosaurus #ichthyosaurus was a test crochet for designer Jenn Starbird. I had this magenta yarn in my stash - Patons Classic Wool? - and I actually love how it turned out.

#amigurumi #crochet
A magenta crochet ichthyosaurus plushie with bright green belly and ring around a black glitter eye. Showing off the bright green velly piece of the magenta ichthyosaurus crochet amigurumi.
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Cutting it close this week, but here are my #cables for #showmeyourknits. So. Many. Cables.

Shawl is Equivocation from Curls 2 book by Hunter Hammersen. Yarn is a glorious local hand dye that I've lost the label from.

Model is the always beautiful @grace-is-reading.bsky.social.

#knitsky
A woman in a black dress, facing away, holds up a bright green shawl across her back. The shawl "curls" from a tiny corner to a wide edge and has multiple vertical twisting cables in the design. Close up of the bright green knit shawl to show the extensive cables.
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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This precious fluff turned 14 today (maybe - she's a rescue and dates are uncertain).

She LOVES "her" new lap quilt.

#catsky #tuxedocat #catsofbluesky
A black and white tuxedo cat curled into a ball sleeping on a red print quilt.
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Happy Halloween! It's time for a reveal!

This is Gnumpkin from the October gnome MKAL by Sarah Schira. (pattern also includes witchy Gnettle!)

Yarn is bits from my stash, all leftovers from shawls I knit in the past.

This was my first (of many?) gnome!

#knitsky #amigurumi #gnome #mkal
A knit gnome shaped like a pumpkin sits on a white pumpkin hand painted with flowers and berries between two edible squashes.
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Giveaway time! Halloween special 🎃✶⋆.˚

Win a spooky commission of your pet in a teacup! 1 winner hehe.

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Digital illustration of 2 cats inside teacups, Halloween themed. Text: Your pet in a teacup, commissions by cupofmin.
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Join our guild, for one meeting (guest) or for the year (membership).

Extra incentive: my partner and I are doing a CAL next month!
kwknittersguild.bsky.social Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters' Guild @kwknittersguild.bsky.social · 19d
🧶 NOVEMBER MEETING DETAILS! 🧶
🌟 FEATURED SPEAKER: Xandy Peters
📅 When: Tuesday November 11 at 7:00 PM ET
📍 Where: Zoom
ALL WELCOME! 🤗 ✅
Members: Free access to all meetings 🎫
Not a member? Join as a guest for $5 - this payment applies to membership if you decide to join! 💝
#Knitting #Crochet
A photo of multi-coloured knit swatches.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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The socks are done! With a day to spare!

Yarn is Lang Super Soxx 4ply. Pattern is my own garter ribbing using Galt Socks by Galt House of Yarn for the sizing.

#knitsky #knitsocks
Red handknit socks with garter ribbing on a picnic table.
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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This sounds like an excellent reason to visit the ROM again, though probably after the hype of the holidays.
romtoronto.bsky.social Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social · 21d
Expanded by 3,500 square feet, the gallery will reopen to the public on December 5 and feature new interactives and displays – including the permanent return of Zuul, one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever found.

www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/gal...
The Age of Dinosaurs
When dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
www.rom.on.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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#crochetaway wants to see most recently finished projects, but I've been knitting lately, so here is my partner's recently finished project!

Heavily modified blob monster from the book Crochet Monsters by Megan Lapp @craftyintentions.bsky.social. Yes, it has 6 mouths.

#amigurumi #craftyintentions
One side of the crocheted blob monster stuffie showing four mouths with different teeth and two different eyes. The base colour is multiple grey yarns. One side of the crocheted blob monster stuffie showing four mouths with different teeth and three different eyes. The base colour is multiple grey yarns. One side of the crocheted blob monster stuffie showing three mouths with different teeth and two different eyes. The base colour is multiple grey yarns.
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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This week's theme for #showmeyourknits is knitting horror stories, especially lost knits.

I knit this #StarWars hat for my partner who left it at the mall. He did go back to check lost and found with no luck. I hope whoever found it loved it.
A knit touque with a colourwork pattern of Star Wars motifs including a row of tie fighters at the bottom and crossed light sabers and storm trooper helmets closer to the top. It is dark grey with red and white details.
October 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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I finished my #mkal #gnome!

Photos will wait until November, but trust me, it is CUTE!

Gnumpkin and Gnettle (I made a Gnumpkin) pattern by Sarah Schira if you're looking for a last-minute October project. Available on #Ravelry.

#amigurumi #knitsky #nospoilers
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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#crochetaway wants to see #wip, so here is my crochet project that was put on hold this month while I try to finish a couple knitting projects.

Eventually, it will be a beautiful snail!
An in-progress amigurumi snail that is just the body. Eye stalks and feelers are made but not attached. The majority is made from a mossy green yarn with a white, dark green, and green yarn edge around the snail.
October 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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On this #Caturday, Lillie wishes you a warm sunbeam to roll in.

#catsky #tuxedocat #catsofBlueSky
A black and white cat lays on her side in a sunbeam on a wood floor.
October 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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This is almost as good as hippos chomping pumpkins.
ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · Oct 16
Ever seen a 750-pound muskox face off with a 210-pound pumpkin? 💥 Hudson did, and won! 🏆 Catch more pumpkin-smashing, leaf-crunching, fall fun during #ZooBoo, October 18 & 19. 🎃🐾
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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One done, and one started!

#wip #knitsky #knitsocks
One completed knit sock and the start of a sock ankle on double pointed needles. Both are made with red yarn and have garter ribbed stripes
October 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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#HappyThanksgiving from the wild #turkey we saw on our paddle today. 🙂 🦃

#canoe #autumnleaves #GrandRiver
The Grand River and the autumn foliage along the bank. A wild turkey hen stands on the bank of the river.
October 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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✨ SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT ✨
We're thrilled to welcome Anna Hunter to our meeting next Tuesday, October14!

When: 7: PM ET (Anna starts at 7:30 PM)
Where: Online
Members: See you there!
Come as a guest for $5 - if you love it and join, that fee goes toward your membership!

#Knit #Crochet
A woman with long, sandy coloured hair, and wearing a navy top and glasses, is holding a book entitled The True Cost of Wool.
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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#showmeyourknits is celebrating #socktober this week with lots of fancy 🧶 socks!

My socks tend to be gifts, but these are ones I knit for myself. I wore the latest pair for the first time today. 🙂 Now to finish the ones for my partner...

#knitsky #knitsocks
Four pairs of hand knit socks laid out on a blue blanket, and a fifth pair on my feet. 1 pair is self-striping yarn in autumn colors of yellow, orange, burgundy, blue, and teal 2 is self-striping yarn to look like a watermelon in pink, white, and green, 3 is tomato red yarn, and 4 is neon stripes of pink, orange, turquoise, and yellow. I am wearing blue, turquoise, and grey self-patterning socks.
October 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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This week is #creepycute for #crochetaway, & I have already shared many of my monsters, but not these!

Pattern is Ponysaur by Megan Lapp/Crafty Intentions. These are 2 of the 3 included leg options, and they are wired through the body to be poseable.

#amigurumi #crochetsky
Crochet monster called a Ponysaur has a long body with pointed tail, four pointy legs, and a single large eyeball for a head. Body is a turquoise/blue/white speckle yarn, and the eye is a turquoise safety eye. Crochet monster called a Ponysaur has a long body with pointed tail, four pillar legs, and a single large eyeball for a head. Body is turquoise and teal striped yarn, legs are magenta with turquoise stripes, and it has a turquoise safety eye. In front of the ponysaur are the leftover bits of yarn from failed attempts at yarn chicken.
October 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM