Julie
@rljulie.bsky.social
Art, books, travel, museums, dollhouses, knitting, fashion history, smashing the patriarchy, cats.
Finally finished another in my series of #iconicknitsinminiature: this time a 1/12 scale rendition of a sweater from the Gap, popular in the late 1990’s. The “crazy stripes” sweater! Knit in silk thread from Au ver a soie, on size .8mm needles. 🧶 #knitting #microknitting
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Finally finished another in my series of #iconicknitsinminiature: this time a 1/12 scale rendition of a sweater from the Gap, popular in the late 1990’s. The “crazy stripes” sweater! Knit in silk thread from Au ver a soie, on size .8mm needles. 🧶 #knitting #microknitting
The next Iconic Knit in miniature: this jacket, from an upcycled Hudson Bay point blanket, inspired by a variety of jackets in historical tradition but especially the modern iteration by @kittybadhands. Silk/mohair, 0.8 needles, this version is one I’ve been working on for months, off and on.
June 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The next Iconic Knit in miniature: this jacket, from an upcycled Hudson Bay point blanket, inspired by a variety of jackets in historical tradition but especially the modern iteration by @kittybadhands. Silk/mohair, 0.8 needles, this version is one I’ve been working on for months, off and on.
No, Barbie scale is 1/6, so twice as large.
March 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
No, Barbie scale is 1/6, so twice as large.
Somewhat: you have to go really slowly and carefully. The hardest part is fixing mistakes, so the trick is not making any. 😆
March 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Somewhat: you have to go really slowly and carefully. The hardest part is fixing mistakes, so the trick is not making any. 😆
#ShowMeYourKnits baby stuff! Tiny baby sweaters in 1/12 scale (shown in front of a miniature yarn shop roombox, handy for showing off the tiny knitting in general.) #miniatures #dollhouses #knitting 🧶
March 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM
#ShowMeYourKnits baby stuff! Tiny baby sweaters in 1/12 scale (shown in front of a miniature yarn shop roombox, handy for showing off the tiny knitting in general.) #miniatures #dollhouses #knitting 🧶
It’s thread, knit on very fine needles. (I can’t remember which I used for this but probably about 0.8mm.)
February 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It’s thread, knit on very fine needles. (I can’t remember which I used for this but probably about 0.8mm.)
For anyone needing a little emotional support…there’s a little Emotional Support Chicken. Made using an adapted version of Annette Corsino’s wonderful knitting pattern, adjusted for miniaturization. 🧶🐓♥️
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
For anyone needing a little emotional support…there’s a little Emotional Support Chicken. Made using an adapted version of Annette Corsino’s wonderful knitting pattern, adjusted for miniaturization. 🧶🐓♥️
What a gorgeous motif. Lovely!
January 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
What a gorgeous motif. Lovely!
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Some things never change!
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
![The photo shows a Roman iron stylus pen used to write on wax-filled wooden writing tablets. It has an inscription which runs along its length on four sides. The image shows the four lines of inscribed text which read:
‘ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi
gratum adf(e)ro
acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m)
rogo si fortuna dar[e]t quo possem
largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus’
‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift
with a sharp point that you may remember me.
I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give)
as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’
Excavated in London by MOLA. Photo by Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreidl4tnhxi3qbq6bveq65le2cbfbjty36jsqyncoquqvvgqk42e7ze@jpeg)
January 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Some things never change!
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
Gorgeous! Brioche and colorwork? Be still, my heart. 😍
January 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Gorgeous! Brioche and colorwork? Be still, my heart. 😍
Cable day on #showmeyourknits and I just so happen to be revising the cable pattern I wrote for the Taylor Swift “folklore” sweater. Doing the “1989” one next. 🧶
January 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Cable day on #showmeyourknits and I just so happen to be revising the cable pattern I wrote for the Taylor Swift “folklore” sweater. Doing the “1989” one next. 🧶
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Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
April 19, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
Thank you, it’s a pleasure! I hope you are able to make it to Castine—it’s such a privilege to be able to nurture our creativity that way.
January 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Thank you, it’s a pleasure! I hope you are able to make it to Castine—it’s such a privilege to be able to nurture our creativity that way.
I love this profile, especially since it highlights the process pictures…and the process, the messy fragmented part of the whole, is where I personally spend the most time with each piece. 🧶
Miniature Knitter Julie Steiner Reimagines Iconic Sweaters in Itty Bitty Form – PRINT Magazine
We chat with Julie Steiner about her beloved niche art form, why miniatures are so compelling, and her unending urge to knit mini sweaters.
www.printmag.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I love this profile, especially since it highlights the process pictures…and the process, the messy fragmented part of the whole, is where I personally spend the most time with each piece. 🧶
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This is just to say
I have eaten
the democracy
that was your
America
and which
you were probably
saving
for your children
Forget it
it was delicate
it was
for sale
so it sold
I have eaten
the democracy
that was your
America
and which
you were probably
saving
for your children
Forget it
it was delicate
it was
for sale
so it sold
January 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is just to say
I have eaten
the democracy
that was your
America
and which
you were probably
saving
for your children
Forget it
it was delicate
it was
for sale
so it sold
I have eaten
the democracy
that was your
America
and which
you were probably
saving
for your children
Forget it
it was delicate
it was
for sale
so it sold
As I creak and wobble around the house following gallbladder surgery, taking an arsenal of medication, I am reminded that Andy Warhol died from complications of this same surgery. Sorry about that, Andy: here’s to you. #arthistory
January 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
As I creak and wobble around the house following gallbladder surgery, taking an arsenal of medication, I am reminded that Andy Warhol died from complications of this same surgery. Sorry about that, Andy: here’s to you. #arthistory
Um, YES! Be careful, tho…it doesn’t stop at one. 😉
January 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Um, YES! Be careful, tho…it doesn’t stop at one. 😉
True “chaotic neutral”!! 😂
January 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
True “chaotic neutral”!! 😂
Yes: and that, too is worthy. 💗
January 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Yes: and that, too is worthy. 💗
I am old enough to remember a time when we had to know someone who knew how and was willing to show us. Thankfully, we now have the internet, where one can google “learn to crochet” and watch endless free videos, and order the supplies and have them delivered literally overnight. It’s amazing!
January 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I am old enough to remember a time when we had to know someone who knew how and was willing to show us. Thankfully, we now have the internet, where one can google “learn to crochet” and watch endless free videos, and order the supplies and have them delivered literally overnight. It’s amazing!
“Possibly one of the most impactful art losses ever in America.” www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
‘One of the Most Impactful Art Losses Ever’: Insurers Start to Assess LA Wildfire Damage
As fires raged across Los Angeles this week, numerous artists, collectors, and arts professionals have reported losing their art collections.
www.artnews.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Possibly one of the most impactful art losses ever in America.” www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Thinking about the @gettymuseum.bsky.social today and all the staff and planning it takes to keep an art collection safe from wildfires. Preserving cultural patrimony isn’t for sissies. (Here, Gustave Caillebotte’s “Young Man at a Window.”)
January 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thinking about the @gettymuseum.bsky.social today and all the staff and planning it takes to keep an art collection safe from wildfires. Preserving cultural patrimony isn’t for sissies. (Here, Gustave Caillebotte’s “Young Man at a Window.”)