Ann Kingstone
@annkingstone.bsky.social
Knitter, designer, author, tutor, and Labour councillor sharing Yorkshire warmth. She/her.
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I love knitting hearts, so I’ll have a few things to show you for this weeks #showmeyourknits prompt. First up are my “Lovely Socks”!
February 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I love knitting hearts, so I’ll have a few things to show you for this weeks #showmeyourknits prompt. First up are my “Lovely Socks”!
Opening the new costume drama exhibition at Bankfield Museum (Halifax, Yorkshire) in my new me-made gown! (I’m currently Mayor of Calderdale) #sewing #dressmaking
February 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Opening the new costume drama exhibition at Bankfield Museum (Halifax, Yorkshire) in my new me-made gown! (I’m currently Mayor of Calderdale) #sewing #dressmaking
It’s not perfect, and it’s good enough for me. I learned lots designing and making this from my own self-drafted pattern, and I’m very pleased with it. #sewing #dressmaking
February 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It’s not perfect, and it’s good enough for me. I learned lots designing and making this from my own self-drafted pattern, and I’m very pleased with it. #sewing #dressmaking
My first ever insertion of an invisible zip. Of course, I went in at the deep end with an underarm side zip in a lined dress. No tutorials on YouTube for this situation, and I was doing it on a treadle machine with an ordinary zipper foot. Intensely fiddly and difficult! #sewing #dressmaking
February 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
My first ever insertion of an invisible zip. Of course, I went in at the deep end with an underarm side zip in a lined dress. No tutorials on YouTube for this situation, and I was doing it on a treadle machine with an ordinary zipper foot. Intensely fiddly and difficult! #sewing #dressmaking
Not done much knitting in plain stripes. I do like to jazz things up though, so here are some wavy stripes from the mystery shawl knitalong I ran a few years back with fellow designer, Sarah Alderson. #showmeyourknits
February 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Not done much knitting in plain stripes. I do like to jazz things up though, so here are some wavy stripes from the mystery shawl knitalong I ran a few years back with fellow designer, Sarah Alderson. #showmeyourknits
Continuing with this week’s cables theme in #showmeyourknits, I’m particularly proud to show you the Rosedale socks from my book, Cabled Knits.
January 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Continuing with this week’s cables theme in #showmeyourknits, I’m particularly proud to show you the Rosedale socks from my book, Cabled Knits.
And my 3rd cabled offering for #showmeyourknits. 3: Esholt
January 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
And my 3rd cabled offering for #showmeyourknits. 3: Esholt
My 2nd cabled offering for #showmeyourknits. 2: Rievaulx
January 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My 2nd cabled offering for #showmeyourknits. 2: Rievaulx
And now, one at a time for #showmeyourknits, so you don’t have to squint. 1. Woodkirk:
January 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
And now, one at a time for #showmeyourknits, so you don’t have to squint. 1. Woodkirk:
This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is cables. The third technique-themed book I wrote was Cabled Knits. It includes these 3 designs, 2 of which use a method I developed for starting the loops in Celtic Knot cables (see my YouTube channel for a tutorial). I give you Woodkirk, Rievaulx and Esholt.
January 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is cables. The third technique-themed book I wrote was Cabled Knits. It includes these 3 designs, 2 of which use a method I developed for starting the loops in Celtic Knot cables (see my YouTube channel for a tutorial). I give you Woodkirk, Rievaulx and Esholt.
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January 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Very useful!
Self-indulgent purchase has arrived. This is beautiful silk satin from Liberty of London. I’m planning to use it for some vintage style cami-knickers drafted from one of Grace Haslam’s lingerie books from the 1930s. #sewing
January 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Self-indulgent purchase has arrived. This is beautiful silk satin from Liberty of London. I’m planning to use it for some vintage style cami-knickers drafted from one of Grace Haslam’s lingerie books from the 1930s. #sewing
Seam binding is not going well. Hopefully this does not prefigure the emergency council meeting that I have to chair this evening!
January 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Seam binding is not going well. Hopefully this does not prefigure the emergency council meeting that I have to chair this evening!
In Yorkshire we call them jumpers, not sweaters. Here’s my latest, modelled by yours truly. I named it Clavver, which is the Yorkshire dialect word for clover. #showmeyourknits
January 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In Yorkshire we call them jumpers, not sweaters. Here’s my latest, modelled by yours truly. I named it Clavver, which is the Yorkshire dialect word for clover. #showmeyourknits
January 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Lithophane lamp at Lotherton Hall near Leeds. Incredibly these images are not created by paint, but by light shining through relief carvings. Beautiful!
January 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Lithophane lamp at Lotherton Hall near Leeds. Incredibly these images are not created by paint, but by light shining through relief carvings. Beautiful!
Oops! Apparently #showmeyourknits is themed on shawls this week. So here’s Wessenden from my book “Lace Knits”.
January 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Oops! Apparently #showmeyourknits is themed on shawls this week. So here’s Wessenden from my book “Lace Knits”.
Lace curtain finished January last year and still needs blocking! Designed by yours truly featuring a Victorian knitted lace motif (bottom of curtain) that I fell in love with. #showmeyourknits
January 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Lace curtain finished January last year and still needs blocking! Designed by yours truly featuring a Victorian knitted lace motif (bottom of curtain) that I fell in love with. #showmeyourknits
Very slow fashion!
I don’t have, nor do I want a serger. My antique sewing machine only does straight stitch. So I’m finishing the seams on my silk dress by hand.
I don’t have, nor do I want a serger. My antique sewing machine only does straight stitch. So I’m finishing the seams on my silk dress by hand.
January 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Very slow fashion!
I don’t have, nor do I want a serger. My antique sewing machine only does straight stitch. So I’m finishing the seams on my silk dress by hand.
I don’t have, nor do I want a serger. My antique sewing machine only does straight stitch. So I’m finishing the seams on my silk dress by hand.
My next dressmaking adventure will be making a silk evening gown to wear this December to a festive ball hosted by the Lord Mayor of Leeds.
November 14, 2024 at 4:17 PM
My next dressmaking adventure will be making a silk evening gown to wear this December to a festive ball hosted by the Lord Mayor of Leeds.
I needed a classic black dress for Remembrance events (I’m currently Mayor of Calderdale), so I made this. I finished it last week and I love it. Self-drafted, and following many toiles it’s a perfect fit. Wonderfully comfortable! Wool crepe lined with silk habotai. Vintage side placket fastening.
November 14, 2024 at 4:15 PM
I needed a classic black dress for Remembrance events (I’m currently Mayor of Calderdale), so I made this. I finished it last week and I love it. Self-drafted, and following many toiles it’s a perfect fit. Wonderfully comfortable! Wool crepe lined with silk habotai. Vintage side placket fastening.
Recovering from Covid, today I finished knitting my second Victorian style lace pillowcase edging.
August 16, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Recovering from Covid, today I finished knitting my second Victorian style lace pillowcase edging.