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morwynskya
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Manic Pixie Dream Grandma
Introducing myself will never not feel weird. I like making stuff, and making stuff up. I'm old and "salty," whatever the fuck that means.
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Drawing a line under my earlier bullshit, here's the finished, Pinterest inspired, bit of knit & crochet in 1/6 scale - accessorized with an able assist from DarcyHorn/BeadWork. 🧶

#knittingforbarbie
#crochetforbarbie
#pinterestinspired
#knitsky
#crochetsky
#dollsky
A split screen image of the Pinterest inspiration, a knitted cardigan with granny square crocheted pockets on the left, and a 1/6 scale version modeled on a fashion doll on the right.
February 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Something simple for February's second offering to The Kitchen Gods: pizza dough buns. Basic pizza dough shaped into sandwich-sized buns - light, fluffy, perfect for toasting.
🍜 🍽️ 🍞

#bakesky
#pizzadoughbuns
#homebakedbread
Image of eight individual pizza dough bread buns on a cooling rack
February 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Just finished another long-term project - the Versa Cowl (free pattern on Ravelry - www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...). I say "long term." as I'm a slow knitter. Love the end result. Deets in the alt text.
🧶
#knitsky
#versacowl
#caronblossomcakeyarn
#redheartbrushedyarn
Image of a finished cowl, unblocked, knitted with Red Heart Brushed yarn in the Biscuit colorway (off-white), and Caron Blossom Cake yarn in the Bark colorway (variegated soft shades of pale pink, tan, medium brown, light and dark gray). Image of a smug elderly woman encased in a handknit cowl, which can be worn multiple ways - in this instance as a hood.
February 11, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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BobbiDoll has a new pair of pants. 🧶🩳

#crochetsky
#amigurumi
Image of a pink amigurumi crocheted doll wearing a a dark navy blue beanie, bright blue scarf, powder blue turtleneck shirt, and a pair of grass green trousers.
February 8, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Two "Melt the Ice" hats on the blocking board, ready to ship to family in MN - such a project should be celebrated with a new monster - say, a Resistance Monster! 🧶
#knitsky
#crochetsky
#melttheice
#amigurumi
#onedayhewillbegone
Two red knitted hats in the Norwegian Resistance mode, created from the pattern available on Ravelry by Paul Neary (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/melt-the-ice-hat) An amigurumi pocket monster in cherry red yarn with bright blue eyes, holding examples of the signs of the resistance.
February 7, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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Was recently gifted a huge stash of wool skeins, one an unlabeled ball of golden yellow thick & thin. I don't get to play that often, so this was Big Fun. 🧶🦁

#handknit
#knitsky
#woolyarn
#vincent4ever
How it started. Image of a large ball of golden yellow thick & thin yarn of unknown composition or source being knitted on a pair of very large (US 17, or 12 3/4 mm) knitting needles. I had no idea if this would end up as a scarflet or a wall hanging. How it ended: Scarflet won. Image of an elderly woman being choked by a piece of art to wear, secured with a button from her "Beauty & the Beast" fandom days.
February 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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The Granny Sunflower Scarf - I saw something like it on Pinterest and made up my own pattern, combining knit and crochet. Took 3 months.
In contrast, I made a slouchy hat to go with it yesterday. Lion Brand "Jeans" yarn in the "Topstitch" colorway. 🧶
#crochet
#knitting
#fiberarts
The scarf. Started 11/19/2025 and finished 1/25/2026. Still needs blocking, but you get the idea. Image of a knitted and crocheted scarf in a marled golden brown yarn, photographed on a pale blue bedspread. Measures about 6 feet long and a foot wide. Or so. Image of a startled elderly woman wearing a slouch style crocheted beanie, worked in marled golden brown yarn, posed in front of two Japanese prints.
January 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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The bullshit persists! My first pair of 1/6 scale knitted trousers! Next up, a 1/6 scale recreation of a cardigan I found on Pinterest. I'm surprising myself with how much fun this is to do. Deets in the alt text, as usual. 🧶
#knitsky
#knittingforbarbie
#fashiondollcouture
#boyaremyhandstired
Image of a tall Barbie doll wearing a silver tank top and a pair of light brown hand knit trousers. I made a few adjustments to the pattern, in order to fit the Tall Babs, give them stovepipe legs, and a back closure. I used Delightfully Fine lace weight yarn in the colorway "Coffee Lover", held double, and knit on 2mm needles. The pattern can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20211224010505/http://stickatillbarbie.se/
January 19, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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That's right, I'm back on my bullshit. This time it's 1/6 scale knitting with 2mm needles and lace weight yarn. Found an online trove of free fashion doll knitting patterns and couldn't be more chuffed with my initial results - the fit is amazing! 🧶
#knitsky
#dollsky
#boyaremyfingerstired
Photo of a fashion doll sporting an ash gray hand knit top that fits perfectly. Made with Delightfully Fine lace weight yarn (Jubilee Yarns in Minnesota), held double and worked on 2mm needles.
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Today's offering to The Kitchen Gods: Vanilla Pomegranate muffins. Basic muffins with a hint of vanilla and crowned with tart little pomegranate arils. Not enough pom flavor for my liking - next time I'll blend them into the batter. Delicious all the same. 🍜🍽️👩‍🍳
#bakesky
#muffins
#pomegranatearils
Image of a single muffin, centered on a small, cute plate surrounded by mandarin orange sections. The muffin is golden brown, crowned with ruby red pomegranate arils.
January 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Current WIP: Early days with the Versa Cowl (free pattern on Ravelry - www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... ). Deets in the Alt Text. 🧶
#knitsky
#continentalknitting
#knittingWIP
#showmeyourknits
Image of a knitting work in progress. Two cakes of yarn in separate bowls (Caron Cake 'Bark' colorway on the left, and Red Heart Brushed 'Biscuit' colorway). I'm practicing the Continental Knit method, and this is a perfect project for it.
January 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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December's first offering to The Kitchen Gods: Orange Cake Drop Cookies. Slightly tart little bites of yum, adapted from an old Duncan Hines recipe. Deets in the alt text.
🍪 🍜🍽️
#homemadecookies
#cakedropcookies
#bakesky
Ingredients include a boxed orange cake mix, orange juice, dried cranberries, chopped pecans, butter, dash of vanilla and a dollop of Greek yogurt, then iced with a lemon glaze. The image shows a quartered mandarin orange and a pair of orange cake drop cookies, posed on a cute plate which rests on a wooden cutting board.
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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#WIPWednesday : The current state of my worktable - too many WIPs, if I'm honest. A mix of crochet and knit projects. Deets in the alt text. 🧶
#knitting
#knitsky
#crochet
#crochetsky
Image of multiple crochet and knit projects in various stages of progress. Doll cardi: Delightfully Fine Lace weight from Jubilee Yarn MN. Granny Mesh Afghan: Half a dozen different yarns, all worsted weight. Sunflower scarf: Jeans Topstitch worsted from Lion Brand. Gummi Bear Amigurumi: Scrap DK weight from Lion Brand. Beanie: BioBimbo Cotton fingering weight from Sesia. Container sleeves: The yarn of my own invention (multiple strands of polyester serger thread, spun together on my little $9 yarn winder. I'd say it was lace weight.
December 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Recent offerings to The Kitchen Gods:
Apple pecan coffee cake, and bun-sized panini.
Haven't made a coffee cake in YONKS - turned out pretty great. Also, misjudged the bake time on the buns - could have used another 5 min. Toasting takes care of that.
🍜🍽️🍞🍎

#bakesky
#panini
#coffeecake
#homebaking
Overhead shot of an apple pecan coffee cake, fresh out of the oven in its 8 by 8 class baking pan. Image of 5 bun-sized panini in a cloth napkin lined bowl. I got 16 of them out of my usual recipe. I was hoping for more uniformity in size, but The Kitchen Gods just laughed and laughed at my efforts.
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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The Pocket Monsters of November.
🧶👾
#crochetsky
#amigurumi
#crochetedtoys
#crochet
Amigurumi monster doll, crocheted with scrap DK weight tweed yarn in blues and grays, with bright red novelty yarn scraps for hair, bearing an obligatory cocktail sword. Stuffed responsibly with bits of scrap yarn. Amigurumi pocket monster, crocheted from bright yellow DK weight yarn and topped with eyelash yarn scraps, bearing the obligatory cocktail sword. Stuffed responsibly with shredded plastic grocery bags.
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Just finished making A Thing. From the Wild Oleander Hooded Scarf pattern on Ravelry (www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...), using Sirdar's Jewelspun yarn in the Quartz colorway. Soft & snuggly. 🧶
Image of a crocheted, hooded scarf modeled on a googly-eyed mannikin head, and displayed with my junky kitchen corner in the background. The scarf is in shades of gray, beige, and white.
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I'm not saying I believe in or practice sympathetic magic or anything like that, but isn't it interesting that I crocheted this Little Blue Warrior on Election Day, and gosh. Just look at the result.
💙🧶💙👾
Image of an amigurumi pocket monster, crocheted in royal blue cotton yarn, with hair of predominantly yellow novelty yarns and wielding the twin swords of justice and freedom. Or cocktail picks, whatever.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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I made a hat. A bucket hat. Sometimes, when working on several projects (feel like they take forEver), I'll stop, take a day, and just make a hat. For that dopamine hit, you know? Deets in the alt text, as usual. 🧶
#crochet
#crochetsky
#crochetedhat
#krissysoverthemountaincrochet
#bonfirebuckethat
Pattern is "Bonfire Bucket Hat," available on Etsy from KrissyOTMCrochet, and I made mine from a bunch of Wool-Ease Thick & Quick yarns I found in my stash. I'd like to make another, maybe next time with some of that Mandala Impressions yarn.
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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October offerings to The Kitchen Gods: 3 bakes in 3 days:
No-knead 5 ingredient panini bread, almond flour muffins, and oatmeal scotchies. 🍞🍪 🍜🍽️

#bakesky
#homemadepanini
#homemademuffin
#homemadecookies
Image of 8 homemade panini on a cooling rack Image of six oversized almond flour muffins full of dark chocolate chips and topped with pecan halves, on a cooling rack Image of three oatmeal scotchie cookies on a cute plate, made with self-rising flour, baker's sugar, and butter powder.
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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My (late to the party) attempt at the #loveyourselfmandala.
Deets in the alt text, as per usual. Now, this heart ain't perfect, but it is Just Right.
🧶💗
#freeformcrochet
#ravelrypattern
#crochet
#butisitart
Image of a crocheted heart motif on a black leather surface. The heart is in three colors of yarn; pale pink, rose pink, and steel gray. All respect to freeform fiber artists. There's engineering going on there, to a level I can only aspire to. So I'm working myself up to actual freeform crochet with baby steps - trying things out with a project that utilizes some freeform techniques. The pattern, #loveyourselfmandala, is from Louisa Sheward (available for purchase on Ravelry); the three colors used are all size #1 Rainbow 8/4 100% cotton yarn from Hobbii. Turned out bigger than I thought it would, being about 7.5" across at its widest point.
October 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I went to Yarn Harbor in Duluth, where many treasures were found - like this skein of Berroco Ultra Alpaca (Tiger Eye Mix). All it took was one skein, & using my favorite Clover Amour hook, I had this hat - a sort of granny circle beret - done in a day. 🧶

#crochetsky
#crochet
#yarnharborduluth
Image of a google-eyed mannikin head wearing a granny circle based beret, crocheted from a worsted weight wool & alpaca blend yarn in autumn colors of rust, gold, pumpkin, and terra-cotta.
October 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Finished my crocheted short row ripple scarf just in time for my vacation to MN's North Shore to visit my daughter! WOOT! Ain't it purty? Deets in the alt text - 🧶 🧣 👩‍👧
Image of a long scarf crocheted in graduated shades of cream to dark brown. Adapted from Vashti Braha's free Ravelry pattern (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/slip-stitch-short-row-tutorial), with the following adjustments: I used Lion Brand's Ferris Wheel yarn in the Morning Java colorway, used a 5.5 mm hook, and worked up from a starting chain of 40 in single crochet rather than slip stitch. Finished dimensions: approximately 7 feet long by 7 inches wide. Closeup image of the single crochet short row stitch pattern.
September 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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The September offering to The Kitchen Gods: Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, streaked with chocolate ganache. Tip o' the cookie scoop to the GBBS. My QCB gave it a number of thumbs up. 👍👍👍👍🍪 🍽️🍜
#homebaking #homemadecookies #peanutbuttercookies
Photo of two large peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, streaked with chocolate ganache, artistically arranged on a very cute small plate, resting on a wooden cutting board.
September 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Just finished 1 of 6 current works in progress - a granny stripe scarf, using Lion Brand Mandala String, "Jazz" colorway. I was going to use this yarn for fashion doll clothes, but decided I deserve it more than Barbie. 🧶🧣

#lionbrandyarn
#grannystripescarf
#crochetwearables
#lionbrandmandala
Image of a long multicolored pastel scarf, crocheted in the granny stripe pattern. Colors include orange, salmon pink, lavender, pale blue, pale mint,light yellow-green, pale yellow, peach, and bright pink. The scarf, 6 feet by 7 inches, is displayed on a pale gold comforter.
August 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM