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Today is #NationalSweaterDay so let's enjoy 'The Fair-Isle Jumper' painted by #Orkney-born artist Stanley Cursiter in 1923.

Stanley Cursiter (1887-1976) was Keeper of the National Galleries of Scotland from 1930-1948 and was appointed the King's Painter and Limner in Scotland.
A painting of a woman wearing a Fair Isle knitted jumper, with a knitted hat, scarf and white gloves. She is looking towards the viewer.
February 4, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Anyone else loving the Norwegian team sweater at the Winter Olympics? It's gorgeous! Made from 100% fine Norwegian wool with 100% soft merino lining. Made by Dale of Norway which made the first team sweater in 1956 🧶💕🏔️❄️
#knitsky #knitting #winterolympics
www.daleofnorway.com
Photo from the Dale of Norway website showing a blond woman model outside in sunshine with blurred Mountains in the background . She's wearing a red and white wool sweater of a traditional Norwegian pattern.
February 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Quote this post with a knit that starts with the next letter in the alphabet. #showmeyourknits 🧶

Z is for Zopf by Midori Hirose.
Dropped shoulder handknit jumper with seamless plait cables running down neck, shoulders and sleeves. Yarn is Isager Eco Soft in light grey. Hanging on a wooden coat hanger.
February 8, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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Quote this post with a knit that starts with the next letter of the alphabet. #showmeyourknits

Nocturnal by saskie.co
Handknit jumper with stranded colourwork yoke including a row of black cats in moss green circles. Main colour is a dark oatmeal. Jumper on a wooden hanger, hanging from a door handle on a white door.
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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My grey #showmeyourknits is also also a current WIP - the beginnings of a simple cable blanket for my son in Katia Gentile Merino yarn on 8mm needles.
Pattern is 'Comfort' by Kim Hargreaves from an old Rowan magazine (no.34).

#knitsky #knitting
About a foot of chunky hand knitted blanket on a long circular needle. Thick charcoal grey Italian merino yarn. Simple rows of cable on a 14 row repeat. Knitting and attached ball of wool are laying on a pale grey woollen rug with a basket and table leg just visible.
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Knitted botanic art by artist Tatyana Yanishevsky #WomensArt
Photo of knitted round leaves on stems and red blossoms against a cream background
February 4, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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A friend just sent me this wonderful post from Audacious Ewe that popped up on her FB feed.

Take care of yourselves everyone - keep calm and keep knitting 🧶💕
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A long Facebook message describing ways to regulate your nervous system during difficult times, including the repetitive and predictable rhythm of knitting.
January 27, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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I have a garter stitch project ready to start, so a deconstructed contribution for #showmeyourknits this week! Some luscious La Bien Aimée cashmerino arrived yesterday to make this shawlette, with Laine X Novita 4 ply for the tiny tassels.
Free pattern: loopknitting.com/products/tin...

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2 hanks of yarn still labelled. Left, La Bien Aimée hand dyed cashmerino (75% sw merino, 15% cashmere & 10% nylon) in greys, dark brown, amber, wine and grass green colours. Right, Laine X Novita 4 ply wool (70% Falkland wool, 15% Bluefaced Leicester & 15% Bluefaced Kerry Hill) in a deep wine colour. Both lying of grey cushions. Webpage screenshot of Tiny Tassels Shawlette from the Loop knitting webshop.
January 25, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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All finished! One felted project bag whipped up this week and now filled with 15 balls of Katia Gentile Merino, Italian wool from Puglia, ready to knit a blanket. Knitted on 8mm needles, it was a v satisfying speedy knit.

Bag pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

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Handmade knitted and then felted project bag with knitted-in handles. Yarns used: Drops Snow, Phildar Polaire & Snefnug. Knitted with irregular stripes in muted greens, pinks and browns. Bag is on a grey sofa with a dark blue shop bought cushion to its side. Inside the bag, just visible, are balls of grey wool and wooden knitting needles.
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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After too much news scrolling, I've prescribed myself some sanity today by knitting round and round and round in chunky, super soft, pure wool! Bliss. 🧶💕
It's going to be a project bag, which I'll felt. Details in alt text.

#wipWednesday #knitsky #knitting
Yarns: Drops Snow, Phildar Phil Polaire & Can arise Snefnug (last 2 geld double). 8 mm circular needles. Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pol-bag Half of a hand-knitted large bag. Oblong in shape, still on circular needles. Knitted in stocking stitch with stripes in dark red, pale pink, pale blue, fresh green, light beige, navy & chalk white. A few balls of the wool can be seen behind. All on grey sofa cushions with a shop bought grey blanket just visible.
January 21, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Visited the 'Titanic & Fashion - The Last Dance' exhibition today at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague. What a treat! Dress from the era 1908-1918 and from the 1997 film "Titanic". Details in the alt text.
#FashionHistory
Detail of a Maison Freyling evening dress, on an exhibition mannequin, in green silk satin and voile embroidered with gold-coloured glass beads and green chenille, Brussels, c.1912-13. Detail of a Liberty & Co. Reform dress, on an exhibition mannequin, bought at Metz & Co. Amsterdam, beige silk with smocking and embroidery, c.1910, presumed to have been worn by Henrietta Catarina Elisabeth Volkiera van Tejilingen - baronesse Bentinck van Schoonheten (1871 - 1947).
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Oh dear! Here are the beginnings of a blanket - Rowan Midwinter by Martin Storey. I started it in the Autumn of '24... and stopped a few weeks later! Perhaps I could complete 12 or 16 squares and make a cushion?
#showmeyourknits 🧶
A hand-knitted square of stranded colourwork in a snowflake motif, and a second one half finished on wooden knitting needles. Also a couple of balls of Rowan Felted Tweed shown in the Mulled Wine colourway. All in a hand crocheted rope basket in a teal colour.
January 10, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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My Varde shawl is *almost* finished - it's off the needles and just needs blocking. It measures about 82"/ 210 cm long. First time knitting with Gilliatt and it is officially gorgeous! Pattern from 52 Weeks of Scarves by Laine Publishing.
#showmeyourknits #knitsky 🧶
Long mossy green hand knitted shawl laying lengthwise over a grey sofa with a couple of dark blue cushions just visible.
January 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Lovikka mittens washed & felted a little. Just wondering whether or not to add some embroidery to the cuffs to finish them off. Including a photo of pink scrap yarn temporarily knitted in, ready to be removed and stitches picked up for the thumb. Knitting is magic ✨🧶
#wipWednesday #knitsky #Knitting
Almost finished ash heather coloured, hand knitted mittens in Plotulopi yarn. Pattern by Kristin Drysdale. Pictured on a grey bobbly wool rug. Close up photo of back of a hand knitted mitten showing a single strand of pink yarn knitted into 7 stitches. Scrap yarn was about to be removed so that the 7 stitches below and above it could be picked up with 2 dons ready to start knitting the thumb.
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Update on my Varde scarf, or rather shawl - it's going to be big! 28 more rows to go... It's a gift for an old school friend who I'll be seeing in Feb. Lovely meditative knit with all the repeats.
#wipWednesday
#knitsky #knitting 🧶
Handknit moss green woollen shawl on circular needles in a repeated moss stitch and knot3 pattern, in a plump merino yarn in Forest colourway. Ball of new ball of yarn with Gilliatt label and open pattern book also shown. Book is 52 Weeks of Scarves by Laine Publishing.
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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This 🧶 conference looks very promising! Wide range of speakers on history, craft & identity in hand-knitting... From Shetland fine lace and Fair Isle, to the Faroe Islands, Appalachia and even to a 17th c. Swedish warship!

#knitsky #knitting 🧶

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Knitting History Forum Conference 2026
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December 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Me: Percy, where's my merino, stranded colourwork cowl that I've just carefully blocked and laid out on the ironing board?
Percy: Hmm?
#caturday #knitsky
Black and white cat nonchalantly laying on an ironing board with a pink and blue hand-knitted cowl just visible underneath him.
December 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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#Showmeyourknits has prompted me to dig out this little cardi I made for my daughter when she was about 3. It was well worn, going from hip length to bolero style in a couple of years!
I can't put my hands on the pattern - it was by Hayfields - I'll post it when I find it.
#knitsky #Knitting 🧶
Hand-knitted cable, short-sleeved cardigan with a single round wooden button in the centre. Ribbed folded-back collar. Knitted in Aran weight yarn (wool synthetic mix) in a flecked heather colour. Hanging from a wooden coat hanger. Photo has a filter on to enhance the heather colour, which was too pale and not representative of the original.
December 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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The beginnings of a mitten for #wipwednesday, knit with 2 strands of Plötulopi - a pure, unspun roving Icelandic wool in Ash heather colour.
The yarn is v fragile as a single strand but knits well double.
Pattern is Lovikka Mittens by Kristin Drysdale.
#knitsky #Knitting 🧶
Work in progress of a hand-knitted mitten on 4 wooden double pointed needles, next to a cake of unspun roving yarn in an ash heather colour. Both on a grey cushion.
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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I've cracked open my 52 Weeks of Scarves book and started pattern no. 50 'Varde'. Yarn is Gilliatt by De Rerum Natura in Forêt colourway, which comes from Arles merino sheep raised in Provence and is gorgeously plump and squidgy.
#wipwednesday #knitting #lainepublishing 🧶
Hand-knitted scarf lying on a grey bobble rug, currently in a crescent shape, on a long circular needle attached to a ball of merino wool in a forest green colour.
December 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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For any lover of textiles/ fibre arts, this podcast is wonderful! I've just binged-listened the first series whilst knitting today - fascinating tales from around the world and from throughout history to today. Available here: hapticandhue.com/listen/ or on Spotify.

#knitsky 🧶 #textiles
Listen - Haptic&Hue
Haptic & Hue creates podcasts looking at how textiles change our lives and work and how they change the course of history.
hapticandhue.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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My recent WIP is finished! Wet blocked and now ready to wear. It was a fun knit. Yarn is Icelandic Lettlopi & pattern saskie.co/nocturnal/

#knitsky #showmeyourknits
Hand knitted jumper on a coat hanger. Knitted in pure Icelandic wool. Main colour is oat. Yoke pattern uses stranded colourwork in charcoal and moss colours. Striped K1 P1 rib and cuffs.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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I've bought my diary for 2026! 😊🧶💕

#knitting #knitsky #lainepublishing
Front cover of a large paperback book with an image of a shawl in moss stripe stitch and title: 52 Weeks of Scarves.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Frost on car windscreen yesterday... I think Nature is telling me to buy yarn 🧶💕 #knitsky
Feather (or maybe Christmas tree branch) patterns of frost on a car windscreen - silvery white.
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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More FLOOF! A jumper with no sleeves and a deep V neck. It looks good thrown over a white shirt. Knitted in Concept by Katia Eden yarn (a merino, viscose, mohair & alpaca mix). Pattern no. 28 in Concept pattern book No.10.
#showmeyourknits #knitsky
Hand knitted jumper hanging on a wooden coat hanger. Knitted in a merino/ mohair/ alpaca mix yarn in gradient black and grey colours creating a striped effect. Photo showing the armhole of a striped fluffy jumper. Deep V neck of a hand knitted stripey jumper in black through to grey gradient yarn.
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM