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Here's 3 mins of escape, which I'm sure many of us could use. This gorgeously made short film from Uist Wool always reminds me of the many, wider reasons I love working with such a wonderful material.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Lk...

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Process: The Making of Uist Wool
YouTube video by Measured Lines
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November 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Super excited to start with these Novita yarns! Still looking for a scarf pattern... Luscious wine colour. Bought recently together with Lettlopi yarn at knitting fair in Nijkerk in the Netherlands. #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶
Photo makes colour more purple, but is actually a mulberry/ wine colour. One skein of Laine X Novita 4 ply super fine and one ball of Novita Edith super kid mohair & silk.
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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My 'inbetween projects' WIP, which sprouts an extra leaf every now & then! Will finish it eventually 😊 Scarf pattern by Dee Hardwicke: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
#ShowMeYourKnits #knitsky 🎂🧶
Hand-knitted scarf in Rowan Kidsilk Haze and Drops Kid-Silk. Clematis flower and leaf pattern made in duplicate stitch in blues and dark moss green.
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Onto the sleeves with this WIP for my daughter. Knitted in Icelandic Lettlopi yarn - it's going to be so warm esp as yoke is with 3 strands! Pattern: saskie.co/nocturnal/
#ShowMeYourKnits #knitsky 🧶
Hand-knitted jumper in progress. In 100% Icelandic wool. Main colour in oat, stranded colour work in charcoal and moss green. Yoke pattern includes row of black cats in green circles.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Not a WIP anymore! Have finished my #showmeyourknits scarf from a couple of weeks ago. Not rusts and browns but Autumnal dusky mauve with flecks of mustard and pomegranate. Pattern: susiehaumann.dk/produkt/upto... #WIPWednesday 🧶
Triangular hand-knitted shawl in merino and silk mohair, incl mohair i-cord BO. Laid out flat on a grey sofa. About 170 cms/ 66 inches long. Merino and silk mohair triangular shawl in pale mauves thru to purples. Worn wrapped around the neck of a plum coloured jumper.
September 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Haven't posted for a while 🙀 but I do have a WIP #showmeyourknits Triangular shawl knitted alternately with La Bien Aimée merino in Rose Quartz and CaMaRose Midnatssol in Aubergine. To be finished with an i cord border in Kidsilk Haze in Majestic. Pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/uptown
Triangular shawl on circular needles, knitting in progress. Ball of super soft merino in a speckled dusky lavender, another ball of super fine purple yarn and a third in a dusky grey lavender in silk mohair.
September 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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9 mins of film from 1964 on Shetland shawl knitters, courtesy of the BBC Archives. Absolute works of art! And I don't think I've ever seen anyone knit so fast!
Apologies if this is only available in the UK. #knitsky #knitting 🧶
www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c9e5g...
Shetland shawl knitters, 1964
With less than half a dozen spinners of the material left, and perhaps as few as a dozen women capable of knitting the garments, they're probably only going to get more valuable.
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July 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Oh Percy! It's such hard work being a knitting buddy... #caturday #knitting #knitsky 🧶
Black and white cat asleep on its back, lying on a grey sofa with dark blue cushions. Close up of a sleeping back and white cat next to a ball of lime coloured wool.
June 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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I don't think I've ever knitted with yellow 🙀, apart from just last week when I made this lace sample in pale lemon! Not yet blocked. I must have known! #showmeyourknits 🧶
Sample square of knitting in a lace stitch called Cate Diamonds. Yarn is we are knitters The Cotton in a pale lemon yellow.
June 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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For #WIPWednesday here's an update on my Clematis scarf - it's sprouted some leaves and a flower!
#knitsky #knitting 🧶
Close up for a silk mohair hand-knitted scarf with mossy green leaves and a clematis flower in blues stitched on with Swiss darning.
June 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Last time I was knitting outside was in a car - if that counts! #showmeyourknits On my needles, a summery jumper in DMC Natura cotton 🧶 Pattern: www.dmc.com/NL/en-GB/pro... #knitsky
Knitting on needles in a peachy pink cotton yarn. Knitting laying on lap with sun shining on it.
June 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Me: Percy, you're lying on my silk mohair knitting.
Percy: What?! You expect me to know the difference with DK?
#knitsky #knitting #cats
Black & white cat staring at camera whilst lying on a silk mohair scarf being worked.
June 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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#showmeyourknits this week reminded me of this little cowl I made for my daughter about 8 yrs ago in some handspun yarn I bought at a spinning demonstration near Faversham in Kent. 🧶 #knitsky
Pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Dusky pink hand knitted cowl with scalloped edging on a grey cushion. Handspun yarn.
June 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Cuppa & cake time... A square of the raspberry & blueberry limoncello drizzle cake I made yesterday.
Square of cake with blueberries and raspberries on a white cake plate with cake fork.
June 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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My peonies this morning - happy #bloomscrolling today! 🌺
2 pink peonies in full bloom, a couple in bud and their foliage. Close up of a pale pink peony bud beginning to open. Pale peach peony with blackcurrant coloured markings. Close up photo. Half a dozen pink peony heads in full bloom. Foliage surround.
June 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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On my needles for #showmeyourknits WIP week 🚧 is Clematis, a light-as-air scarf in Rowan Kidsilk Haze & Drops kidsilk. 25 more rows before I start the flowers in duplicate stitch. Pattern is in Dee Hardwicke/ Jonna Helin's book Cultivate, Xmas prezzie from my brother! 🧶 #knitting #knitsky
Hand knitted scarf in progress in a mohair & silk yarn. Open book showing finished scarf. 6 additional balls of wool in brown, blues, mustard & green.
May 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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I'm in love with these shawlettes! Knitted in La Bien Aimée cashmerino with tiny tassels 🩷 Pattern is available as a free download at the gorgeous Loop yarn shop in London...
loopknitting.com/collections/...

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Two little hand-knitted shawls wrapped around white blouses on coat hangers. Speckled pastel yarn and borders made of tiny cotton tassels.
May 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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My fave scarf is purple! #showmeyourknits 🧶 In Malabrigo Rios plomo yarn and pattern by Andrea Mowry www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Woman wearing a plum coloured triangular scarf with black border and tassles. Plum coloured triangular scarf with black border and tassles, laid out flat on a wooden floor.
May 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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The UK Knitting & Crochet Guild is selling vintage yarn on Etsy. The stash was donated by a member and proceeds will go to the Guild and its Collection. If there's a particular yarn you're looking for, you can also contact them as they may have it.
www.etsy.com/shop/Knittin...
#knitting #knitsky 🧶
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May 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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For anyone interested in chronic illness or disability together with living a creative life this is a wonderful read. Thank you @katedaviesdesigns.com for telling your story. katedaviesdesigns.com
#knitsky #knitting 🧶 #booksky
Front cover of the book Handywoman by Kate Davies, showing a drawing of a human head in profile with the brain/ nerves embroidered in blue and red. Back cover of the book Handywoman by Kate Davies.
May 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Breathtaking work. Any plans for this exhibition to tour in Europe? @brooklynbotanic.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social #knitsky
#womensart #flowerknitting
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Knit, Purl, Sow, an exhibition at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden that featured botanically-accurate knitted sculptures of flowers, vegetables, and plants, including work by artist Tatyana Yanishevsky #womensart
Photo of a large yellow blossom created with various textile art techniques hanging downwards against a white background
May 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright.

Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
May 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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For #showmeyourknits the first cardi I knitted for my daughter (age 3 mths), in Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino - so soft! I found the buttons in an old jar at my Mum's.
Hand knitted baby cardigan in cream and pale green stripes, baby cashmerino yarn. Matching pale green buttons.
May 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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I visited the beautiful @wolverhalen.bsky.social store in the Netherlands on Sat. Gorgeous yarns, many dyed by the friendly owner - sadly those will be for another time as I was after these CaMaRose beauties. Snefnug (can't stop saying it!) apparently means snowflake in English. #knitting #knitsky
Selection of CaMaRose balls of wool in pink, purples, rust and greens.
May 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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For #showmeyourknits this week, a very wearable cardi in DROPS Lima DK. Knitted seamlessly, top down it was a lovely knit too. Pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
May 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM