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Loulou
@louloucan.bsky.social
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I mostly post about vintage knitting and vintage yarn. I am chronically ill, currently housebound with ME and many other things, politically left, Dalmatian owner, Australian
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My horror for #showmeyourknits is a 60+ yo baby blanket I was asked to fix. The more I looked at it the more holes I found. I’m still learning to mend and, while I think I’m pretty good at mending stocking stitch, garter stitch and ribbing still do my head in! Please excuse the wonky bits 🤭🧶
A stained and moth eaten baby blanket is laid out on the floor. The colour is a dark bone with darker brown blemishes and there are at least 10 large moth holes visible. The same baby blanket but it has now been soaked multiple times, the colour is more cream than bone now. The darker brown spots have also faded but are still present. Most of the holes have now been mended, some invisibly and some are noticeable (although they were meant to be invisible too!) One hole remains and it has lose yarn attached to it, ready to be grafted.
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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#showmeyourknits #socktober I made these @susancrawfordvint.bsky.social socks for my lovely sister. She loves rust and mustard tones so I knew I had to make her something with this lovely vintage mustard sock yarn I found 🧶
A pair of hand knitted mustard, bone and rust coloured fair isle socks are laid out on a green and blue hand woven scarf
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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#showmeyourknits this week is care and joy so I’d like to shout out ‘Knit for a unique fit’ who match up people who have limb differences with knitters who then make them tailored gloves. I made these gloves for a very cute toddler who loves pink and rainbows. 🧶
A pair of hand knitted pink child’s gloves with pink and red cord tied in bows and rainbow pom-poms at the wrist. The right glove is smaller than the left and the fingers are all different lengths because the gloves were tailor made for a child with limb differences.
September 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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I made this DK Distance scarf and matching gloves a year ago for a colleague who was moving to Europe to study. As she was going to be travelling around a fair bit I thought a mini scarf would keep her warm and be easy to pack #showmeyourknits #knitsky 🧶
A small forest green cabled scarf and matching cabled gloves lie on a red formica tabletop
September 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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My pet also wanted to be a part of my Gaskell photo shoot, @louloucan.bsky.social! I’m just starting the first sleeve, so I’m hopeful I might still get it done for Rhinebeck! Pattern by @susancrawfordvint.bsky.social; yarn by @yarnnouveau.bsky.social (it’s a bit darker in real life)
The front of a cable knit sweater in a rust-colored yarn The front of a cable knit sweater in a rust-colored yarn The front of a cable knit sweater in a rust-colored yarn, with a black rabbit inspecting it The back of a cable knit sweater in a rust-colored yarn
September 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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She’s already had a nibble on the pattern cover & now she’s eyeing up my WIP for chewability 🐶
#showmeyourknits #WIP cable cardigan in 1960s #vintageyarn I’m making this a little longer than the pattern & will probably add a belt. #dalmatian #knitsky
Pieces of an unfinished, dark green, cable cardigan lie on an aged and mossy concrete path. The cardigan has multiple coloured stitch markers, pins and stitch holders attached to it. On top of the cardigan is a pattern book titled Echoes with a picture of pattern designer Susan Crawford, there is also a ball of vintage 1960s yarn in the same dark green, the label reads “zodiac 8 ply”. In the top left corner a young Dalmatian wearing a read collar is sniffing the cardigan, only her head and front right paw are visible
September 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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I’ve previously shared the WIP of this 1960s jumper that I made my sister, so I thought I’d share a pic of the FO for sweater week #showmeyourknits Luckily I got it finished well before the cold weather ended and it’s been keeping her toasty warm for weeks #vintageyarn #skyknits 🧶 #1960s
A dark blue oversized jumper with copper coloured stylised floral pattern and copper ribbing at the hip, cuffs and large roll neck collar. The jumper is on a wooden coat hanger and is hanging on the door of a plain, 1920s, antique oak cupboard made.
September 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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#showmeyourknits baby knits week - I made this one for a toddler who loves the water. It's his mum's favourite jumper and she's already sent it back once for repairs when he spilled curry down the front. I always include a lifetime guarantee when I give someone a knitted present 😄
#knitsky 🧶
A turquoise, long sleeved baby jumper with thin royal blue stripes and one thick royal blue stripe across the chest and upper arm. This thicker stripe forms the background for a repeat pattern of stylised waves and yellow sailboats with white sails.
August 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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I've just opened a very exciting package - 6 oz of Patons Netta. This yarn was only produced between 1939 & 1951, so I'm assuming that it is 1940s #vintageyarn #vintageknitting #patonsaustralia #1940s
Six skeins of lavender coloured vintage yarn with art deco styled buff, black and white labels. The labels state the brand as Patons Netta, made in Australia by Patons and Baldwins Ltd, it is pure wool and each skein weighs 1 ounce. The yarn is fingering weight and has a very unusual crinkled texture
August 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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rrhiza.bsky.social
I like prompt games like #showmeyourknits and #crochetaway,
but I'm missing one for #sewing. So I'm starting my own game.
Let's #sewandtell 🧵
For the first week, we start with something first.
Can be your very frist sewing or maybe the first time you mastered a difficult technic ...

#sewsky
1/3
A white top on a tailor's dummy. The top is in a light woven cotton with subtle white on white embroidery (maschine embroidery). It has a loose and boxy fit
August 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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meownersclub.bsky.social
Lots of illnesses leave people feeling as though they’re suffocating inside a failing body but I think the worst aspect of #ME is to be suffering so much+THEN to be given disabling advice that can also kill you
Discovering care+support have vanished +been replaced with abuse+neglect is terrifying
There is an image is of a ghostly woman reaching towards us through the darkness. Title says - Our wasted qualifications, skills, opportunities and lives are tragic, but the REAL HORROR lies in dying from medical ignorance. The caption says - #ME #LongCovid There is no mercy in the BPS model of post-infectious illness. The cartoon is made by #FanningTheFlames
January 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
louloucan.bsky.social
Its stripes week for #showmeyourknits - this is the Joanie Sweater by Poinson Grrls made mostly in Susan Crawford Vintage yarn. It's a very cute pattern with a boat neck and a cable that runs along the raglan, under the arm and down the sleeve and body #knitsky 🧶
A long sleeved, fitted, boatneck jumper in uneven stripes of red, pale pink, navy and blue hangs on the back of an antique glass panel door
August 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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I love using up every last bit of yarn so #showmeyourknits scraps week feels like it was made for me! Here is a Boardwalk Blouse&a pair of Doris Lee Mitts that I made from scraps of Wollmeise yarn left over from 2 cardigans #knitsky 🧶 They are a little crumpled from storage as we are mid winter here
Two cardigans and a pair of fingerless gloves are laid out on a crumpled linen sheet. The cardigan on the left is bright pink and also crumpled. It has short sleeves a high neckline, no buttons and lace detailing at the waist. It lies on top of the right hand cardigan which is long sleeved and v-necked, made from a dark cherry yarn with mother of pearl buttons. The gloves lie on top of both, they are colourwork with a traditional snowflake pattern in bright pink and cherry using the leftover yarn from the cardigans A cap sleeved dark cherry top with thin bright pink stripes, ribbing and shoulder detail hangs against a wall with floral chinoiserie wallpaper featuring cherry blossoms and birds. The top has been made using left over yarn from the two cardigans in the previous picture
August 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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It was hard to choose for #showmeyourknits this week - I have made so many blue things lately! This is Susan Crawford’s Bobby jumper made in a mix of #vintageyarn and SCV yarn. The main colour is a 1950s Patons Australia ‘Highland Sports Tweed’ which is heathered with flecks of yellow and red. 🧶
A short sleeved patterned jumper lies on green grass which is littered with yellowing leaves and bark. The jumper is in dappled sunlight. It is a mid greyish-blue and has stripes of yellow, purple, green and burgundy pattern work in the fairisle style.
July 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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For #showmeyourknits #WIP week, I'm still working on the 1960s jumper for my sister. I've just started the second sleeve, this one should go much faster now that I'm familiar with the pattern. Then I have to tackle that giant ribbed roll collar! #vintageknitting #vintageyarn 🧶
An unfinished, bright orange and blue patterned jumper lies on a white towel. The jumper is oversized and has orange ribbing at the hip and sleeve cuffs. The body has a dark blue background with an abstract floral pattern repeat in orange. The start of the second sleeve and 2 half used balls of blue and orange wool lie on top of the jumper. A black and white 1960s knitting pattern picture featuring the jumper that I'm knitting. It has a dark background with a lighter coloured cuff, all over abstract floral pattern and a huge ribbed roll collar. The picture has been cropped at the waist so you cannot see the bottom of the jumper
July 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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I had to rack my brain for #showmeyourknits #garterstitch week! It took me while to think of something, then I realised I had a jumper I made this year that qualified. 1980s #vintagepattern for a child’s jumper made from 70s #vintageyarn with a stocking stitch shoulder saddle #skyknits 🧶
A blue child’s jumper lies on a cream painted table. The jumper is knit from vintage 1970s, blue variegated yarn which makes a random pattern of several shades of blue and white. The ribbing at the waist, cuffs and neckline are all a darker blue as is a stocking stitch detail across the shoulder
June 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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I don’t knit with yellow a lot, but I really did love making this cute Entrechat cardi for my new little neighbour. She looked so cute in it too! #showmeyourknits #knitsky 🧶
A short sleeved, butter yellow, toddler’s cardigan with one red button, lies on a box covered in green marbled paper. The cardigan is constructed so that it has one button at the neckline and then it falls open to the waist. The front of the cardigan is knitted on the diagonal to accentuate the shape, and has a mixture of garter stitch, moss stitch and stocking stitch.
June 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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bhanlon15.bsky.social
The Conversation: 'It’s not just ‘chronic fatigue’: ME/CFS is much more than being tired'

'...with the emergence of long COVID. Studies indicate more than half of those affected meet stringent clinical criteria for ME/CFS.'

theconversation.com/its-not-just...
It’s not just ‘chronic fatigue’: ME/CFS is much more than being tired
A growing body of scientific evidence shows myalgic encephalomyelitis chronic fatigue syndrome – or ME/CFS – is a biological illness, not a psychological one.
theconversation.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
louloucan.bsky.social
A few days late for #wkip2025 but I really dont get out much 🤭 Today I had a medical visit planned & while we were out my SO drove me to Summer Hill where there are lots of choices for great coffee. I pulled out my 🧶 while I waited in the car for him to grab me a coffee & cake #showmeyourknits ☕️ 🍰
A picture taken from the passenger seat of a car in Sydney, Australia. In the foreground is a large ball of blue yarn and a couple of inches of a work in progress featuring copper ribbing and blue and copper colourwork. In the righthand side of the background you can see that it is a beautiful sunny winter's day, the sky is blue and clear. The left hand side of the background is dominated by a 2 storey, brick and sandstone Edwardian building. You can also see a large tree in the far background, a sign with parking allowances on the footpath next to the car, and a pedestrian crossing sign and a telegraph pole about 10 meters ahead of the car.
June 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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maosbot.bsky.social
Learning about myalgic encephalomyelitis really changed me. The full depth of suffering associated with this horrific illness is right out in the open for anyone to read about and/or to develop themselves, and our society seems to have decided to address the problem solely by stigmatising patients
June 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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It's cowl week for #showmeyourknits
This self drafted cowl is a few years old, but it's still a favourite. I originally made one as a gift for a colleague who was moving to 🥶 Canberra, but i liked so much I made another for myself. Its designed to be full enough to double as a hood 🧶 #knitsky
A middle aged woman with a red wavy bob and red lipstick is wearing a brown sleeveless corduroy dress with a cherry pattern and a large, golden brown, draped, cabled cowl.
June 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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It’s #WIP week for #showmeyourknits This week I’m working on a jumper for my M-I-L’s birthday. The clock is ticking and I only have a week to finish it. Wish me luck! The pattern is by Vetus Stercore & I’m making it in a 4ply #vintageyarn from the 60s Patons Nylette, an 80/20 wool & nylon blend 🧶
An unfinished knitted jumper lies on rumpled, palest pink, linen sheets. The jumper is sky blue and has an all over cable pattern that almost looks like stylised scales. The body of the jumper is almost complete, it has stitch savers at the neckline waiting to be picked up. Only one sleeve has been knit so far and it is almost finished, it is bracelet length, with a fitted rib cuff that flares into a full sleeve. A ball of vintage sky blue yarn with a red and yellow label sits on the jumper.
May 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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fascinatorfun.bsky.social
Does anyone on here make their own granola?

I used to make a lovely nutty one with dried cherries & stem ginger but can no longer find the recipe!

Any good, nutty recipes out there?
May 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Fable Knits ‘Alley Jumper’ in La Bien Aimee Corrie Worsted, the colour is Madeleine, a vibrant violet that I struggled to capture in my dark old house. I got this yarn in London in 2023 during my last trip before I became housebound so it has lovely memories attached 🧶 #showmeyourknits #knitsky
A dark violet, purple jumper hangs against a green, orange and lilac wallpaper. The jumper has long sleeves, a high funnel neck and puffed shoulders.
May 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Its cardigan week! Who doesn’t love a nice cardi? Seeing it’s Mothers Day today as well, I thought I’d post this one that I made last year for my mum. It’s 90s yarn, a 50s pattern and vintage buttons and braid #showmeyourknits #skyknits #vintageknit #vintageyarn 🧶
A bright, cobalt blue, seed stitch cardigan hangs against a wall that is wallpapered with a cherry blossom pattern. The cardigan has 3 pearly buttons and a shawl collar and the seams have been covered with vintage braid featuring cobalt, white and orange flowers
May 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM