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Amber BK
@aklarabk.bsky.social
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Primary Care Doc. Activist. Researcher focused on improving the lives of people with serious mental illness. 📚🤓💪 Avid knitter, reader, gardener, and home chef.
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#showmeyourknits 🧶
Two active wips on my needles.
Purple and pink variegated yarn in cable and lace being knit into small shawl on circular needles. Needles are stuck in wound skein sitting in a black skull yarn bowl perched upon a stack of books. Boneyard shawl on circular needles using purl soho nine notes in mulberry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Peaceful start to my day. 🧶🫖☕️
Hand knit ombré purple shawl in foreground. Wooden yarn bowl on left side of leather ottoman. Wooden tray with fresh pot of tea, milky tea in cup, honey jar on the right side.
October 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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#showmeyourknits #wipwednesday
Making progress on my first sock.
Westknits Simple Socks in Adriafil sock yarn #153 🧶😁
Beginning of hand knit sock starting at the cuff with k2p2 ribbing in a multicolored yarn on circular needles perched on human lap covered in a fuzzy blue and white blanket.
October 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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#showmeyourknits Knitting multicolored rainbow yarn into socks with my ancient cat snuggled up close after a very long exhausting day brings me joy. 🧶🧶🧘
Multicolored skein of yarn and beginning sock cuff on circular needles in a human lap covered in dark blue textured blanket in bed. Black cat snuggled closely. Bright neon green and pink crocheted blanket at the foot of the bed.
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Swatch complete! Original pic is more true to color. 🧶🎉🙌🏻
Stockinette stitch square swatch with garter stitch border. Pink worsted yarn variegated with multiple shades of the base color. Background of lap covered in a blue and white fuzzy blanket.
September 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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I would rather be knitting… ready to cast on a sweater vest in a happy pink color. Unfortunately, work comes first 😒🧶🩺
Dark pink caked yarn placed on a desk with black computer keyboard and hand sanitizer in the background.
September 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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#showmeyourknits My only scarf since picking up knitting in January. I apparently skipped the scarf stage and jumped in to shawls, hats and other garments. Simple garter stitch scarf gifted to my niece. I was really pleased with the fringe and beads. Unlabeled yarn from my stash in my own pattern. 🧶
Hand knit rectangular scarf in garter stitch with fringe and multicolored wooden beads. Teal acrylic yarn for main body, and fringe yarn dappled with pink, blue, and green.
September 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#wipwednesday
Musselburgh by Ysolda
Universal Yarn, Deluxe DK Tweed Superwash in steel cut oats.

Boneyard by Stephen West
Purl Soho 9 Notes in Mulberry
Beginning of hand knit hat on circular needles with wooden multicolored tips. Yarn is grey speckled tweed. Background of orange stripe textured pants. Hand knit shawl in pale purple with increasing darkness in shade. Diagonal sections of stockinette separated by a row of garter stitch. Lying in lap of person on to of fuzzy blue and white speckled blanket.
September 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Realizing that all the small moments of joy are synergistic…..The color and feel of yarn while I knit. Unsolicited hugs from my kids. Short walks through my garden. Cold glass of hibiscus tea. Starting a new book.
Sunflower on a fuzzy stem with brown center and petals that are orange with transition to yellow toward the tips. Surrounded by green foliage with cloudless blue sky above.
July 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Took a walk barefoot through my garden this morning before leaving for work. May become my new morning ritual.
A bright yellow dwarf sunflower with a green center surrounded by lush green leaves situated in raised bed garden.
July 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Tonight’s wip. Incredibly soothing to get me through “Not So Independent Day.”

Pattern: Imaging Shawl by Aud Bergo
Yarn: Brown Sheep Company - Prairie Spun DK in Painted Desert, Swallowtail Butterfly, and Mediterranean Olive

Lots of repeat garter stitch sections. 🧶 #showmeyourknits
Triangular shawl in progress on wooden circular needles. Alternating rusty orange and sunny yellow stripes in garter stitch alternating with sections of dark green in stockinette and lace. Resting on a fuzzy blue and white lap blanket.
July 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Knitting during breaks at work. Not only keeps me calm but helps me plan resistance action items. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

Pattern: Weekend Tote from Purl Soho
Yarn: Lily Sugar’N Cream in Overcast (100% cotton)

Base with garter stitch.
Knitted bag in progress on circular needles tipped with one pink and one blue needle protector. Gray yarn with body in stockinette stitch and base in garter stitch. Pink stethoscope overlaying the corner of the bag. Computer keyboard in the background.
July 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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I will just stick to my knitting feed… it’s my happy place. Particularly while on vacation. Beach knitting is unbelievably relaxing. 🧶🧶
Beach scene with clear blue sky, turquoise water, white sand with feet/knees/flip flops at the bottom of the picture.
June 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Car knitting!!!! 🧶
Triangle shawl/scarf with one sided increases in garter stitch, then seed chevron, then garter. Multiple stitch markers in yellow, pink, and turquoise along the wire of circular needles with interchangeable rainbow wooden tips. Scout yarn 100% wool in charcoal heather. So fuzzy and soft!
June 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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#showmeyourknits one of my WIP 🧶

Pattern: Sophorine by Audrey Borrego
Yarn: Bamboo Pop in Jubilee
Knitted front left panel with pearled stripes of Sophorine in pinkish purple fingering weight yarn on bamboo circular needles sitting on binder with printed patterns. Accompanied by white skull yarn bowl to the left with yarn nestled in the cranial base.
May 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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WIP 🧶 1. Lace Shawl for a challenge- Slip Slidin’ Away by Melissa Kemmerer. Love this yarn! 2. Simple scarf/shawl for meditation - Peak Serenity Knit Shawl by MarlyBird.
Beginning of top down shawl with light beige, pale golden yellow, and dusky rose mohair and slub. Beehive pattern taking shape. Delicate and slightly fuzzy. Yarn is Emma’s yarn Mo’Slub in golden hour. Beginning of end to end knit garter stitch shawl with nicely forming triangle shape in charcoal grey yarn on circular needles below caked yarn. Yarn is Scout 100% wool in charcoal heather.
April 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM