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Floof for #showmeyourknits this week. Just in time for the cold weather. Oversized cosy jumper made with Filatura Di Crosa Kinair I inherited. No pattern. And cowl from yarn my mum brought me back from New Zealand. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
Pink/navy (strand of each) knitted jumper on hanger. Cowl wrapped round neck knitted in Pink grey purple and green hairy yarn
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Busy Christmas pressie knitting, always leave it too late, and usual sock on needles (basic sock pattern, wool from middle aisle of supermarket)
#showmeyourknits WIPs this week
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Pieces of child’s knitted jumper, pale lilac with blue orange yellow green and purple striped motif with dark navy stars at bottom left and top right. Sirdar snuggly pattern book and pair of bamboo needles with one row of knitting on them plus ball of lilac yarn. Wooden table background. Knitted sock and one in progress with cuff on needles. Dark navy. Wooden background
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Hats for #showmeyourknits this week.
Tend to knit them more than wear them. Has to be really cold. #knitting 🧶
Purple knitted hat with ribbed edge and lace design Dusky Pink knitted hat with single ribbed edge and patterned rib design Knitted woollen hat long ribbed cuff grey with thin orange and black stripes. Main design is a grey background with black fairisle type design and orange stripes through it. Knitted woollen hat in grey, mustard and green flecked shades. Herringbone type design
October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Joy and care theme. Hats for the seaman’s mission and socks for anyone who wants a pair. Always makes you feel good if someone actually wants to wear something you’ve made. 🧶 #knitsky
3 knitted wool hats , one cream, one green one brown, on beige carpet background 3 pairs of hand knitted wool socks- striped, grey blue and pink variegated and blue variegated
October 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Echoing others feelings about scarf knitting. Shorter or chunky scarfs are better. #showmeyourknits
First one is an old favourite, knitted with noro yarn, fun to knit. The second one is with a silk yarn, fiddly to knit and it’s too small. One day I’ll find a use for it 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
Multi coloured ( green, grey, red, purple and peach colours) scarf with fringes down each side placed in a spiral on beige carpet Teal green narrow scarf with lace and cable details and tapered pointed ends folded in half on beige carpet
September 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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knitting more clothes for baby. 4 year olds are hard task masters. #showmeyourknits hoodie on my needles at the moment. Sirdar pattern, yarn was charity shop find #knitting #knitsky 🧶
From left to right Knitting pattern showing doll clothes, vest, shorts, trousers, hoodie and booties in blue and yellow. Then baby doll wearing knitted vest and shorts in pink flecked yarn, then a few rows of knitting on needles in blue flecked yarn and individual pieces to sow together in blue and pink.
September 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Made this for my niece #showmeyourknits baby knits
Sirdar nursery knits book 3
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Knitted soft toy, dog with a white fluffy muzzle and black felt nose and eyes, yarn is self patterning in brown and beige shades.
August 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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This weeks #showmeyourknits is stripes which is good timing as my current WIP is Summer scrap yarns Top (Beta knits)
Using up cotton/ linen from stash. Maybe be finished for next summer
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Knitted work in progress on needles. Cream stripes in between grey, pink and multi coloured stripes. On wood background
August 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Some well worn scrappy socks (who cares when you are wearing boots) and some wrist warmers using up left over yarn. #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knitting 🧶
Row of 3 pairs of knitted socks , knitted from lots of bits of different yarns in a variety of colours. Below are 2 pairs of wrist warmers. One black with orange scandi type pattern. The other is blue cable style. On beige carpet background.
August 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Those terrible life threatening unsightly windmills off the east coast of Scotland.
Photo looking out to sea with water and posts sticking out in foreground. In distance are the very faint wind turbines. Sky is light grey cloud.
July 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Happy birthday to #showmeyourknits
Knitters choice - Always the socks, so many knitted for myself and as gifts. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
A row of 12 pairs of knitted socks in a variety of colours and designs
July 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Summer knits theme for #Showmeyour knits this week.
Not something I’ve done a lot of but with changing climate, think I need to do more. Knitted this years ago so pattern long forgotten. Didn’t like it but it has grown on me. Yarn Bergere Bigarelle. #knitsky #knitting 🧶
Back of Knitted tee on wooden hanger with cream background. Grey blue flecked cotton linen yarn. Horizontal dropped stitch row at armpit level and 4 at bottom. Front of knitted tee hanging on wooden hanger with cream background. Grey blue flecked cotton linen yarn. Knitted so that seam runs down middle
July 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Unusually, I have nothing on needles.
Have been doing crochet granny squares to stash bust while enjoying tennis and euros. I do have some lace weight and mohair yarn looking for a project, which is exciting #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knitting
Various balls of yarn with beige carpet background Bottom is 7 balks of emerald green mohair. Above is 2 balls of grey, 2 navy , one purple and 2 small turquoise green
July 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Garter stitch for #showmeyourknits this week
Shawl and go to pattern for babies. Details in alt text
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Nix shawl by Brandy Velten. Garter stitch in Lang yarns sock yarn variegated shades in purple, maroon, blue and gold. Lace section in gold. Photo is folded shawl Approx 4’’ stripes of garter stitch and then lace. On carpet background Torso of baby wearing grey garter stitch cardigan with top 2 buttons fastened and bottom 2 not. Small bit of black gingham trousers visible. Sleeves rolled up. Sirdar nursery knits book 3 pattern 11.
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Finished Camino Bubbles by Kieran Foley. Blocking in the sun.
Quite pleased with it. Worst bit was making sure the dropped stitches dropped properly. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
Shawl blocking on purple yoga mat on grass. Blue, purple, green and pink shades gradually changing. Pattern is bubbles of dropped stitches Same as previous photo but close up of pattern
June 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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#showmeyourknits is yellow this week. Not a colour I use unless for babies. Managed to find a couple of pairs of socks with yellow and toddler jumper. No record of yarn used. Jumper is Rico baby cotton soft no 992
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Torso of toddler wearing yellow sweater with side fastening on left shoulder with 3 brown buttons. Rolled neck and rolled up sleeves. Top of legs with spotty leggings on, sitting on wooden table 2 pairs of striped socks. Left one is red, yellow, white, dark blue and green varying width of stripes. Right one is blue red, grey, yellow and orange , fairly equal width stripes. With wooden floor background
June 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Finally finished the pink sparkly jumper, Ice Lolly by Ewelina Murach. First time doing I-cord bind off. Quite liked doing it and the way it finishes it off. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
Photo shows torso of small child wearing pale pink knitted sweater with a button fastening, eyelet yoke and bottom edge
June 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Himalayan poppy surviving the rain. Menocopsis baileyi
🌱 #ukgardening 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
June 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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For this weeks #showmeyourknits blanket week.
1st using leftover sock yarn, no pattern, just started knitting. Favourite for curling up on sofa. Other one is Dino Mania by Nicky Epstein in Aran weight. Made to welcome 2 younger members of the family. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
Knitted blanket made from a variety of colours of variegated sock yarn. 4 panels sewn together. Each panel is log cabin design with each section in different yarn. Knitted Blanket with 5 panels with turquoise edging and navy blue background. Each panel detailing a dinosaur - top left is turquoise pterodactyl, bottom left is pink diplodocus with pale pink spots and palm tree, top right is an orange stegosaurus, middle right is purple tyrannosaurus with pale lilac spots, bottom right is a yellow stegosaurus with beige horns.
June 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Purple week in #showmeyourknits
The bag is Celtic Tote by Jennifer Tallapaneni
As usual, have not kept a record of other patterns. Or yarn used.
Note to younger self- keep a better record 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
Purple knitted tote with 2 vertical Celtic style cables and a toggle button. Has a white button badge on it. Hanging on 2 wooden door handles on cream doors Knitted scarf in fan style lace pattern with holes. In purple pink and black sparkly yarn on wooden background Feet wearing pair of socks that are different variegated shades of purple in a lace wave style pattern on beige carpet background Purple knitted beanie hat with ribbed bottom and a lacy pattern. Background is wooden
May 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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#showmeyourknits cardigans this week. Love a cardigan. Have knitted a few especially for wee ones but not many photos. This one for myself is so easy to wear. Design is Hummelo v3 by Martha Wissing Designs , cotton yarn from hobbycraft uk 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
Spring green cotton cardigan with textured stitch pattern, curled angled fronts and longer backhanging on wooden hanger. Cream door in background
May 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Colour grey for #showmeyourknits this week
I knitted this as a wedding present for my brother many years ago. He still has it. And hat and mitts. Sampler Afghan by Melissa Leapman
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Picture shows corner of knitted grey Afghan using tweedy grey yarn. Using different squares with cable design and ribbed edging. Nearest corner upturned with label sewn on, blanked out names and 2 orange flowers embroidered on it Picture shows knitted hat with light grey furry pompom and pair of mitts lying across the hat. Both in dark grey tweedy yarn and cable design. Mitts show light grey inserts showing at wrists. Background is beige carpet
April 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I made this to hang on back of door, stops them getting too curly
April 13, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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WIPs for #showmeyourknits this week
Sparkly pink always goes down well with 4yr old wannabe princess 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
Ball of pale pink sparkly yarn with white label . Sitting on top is a circular needle with about 3 inches of yoke knitted with eyelet design in same yarn Wooden background
April 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Wild garlic time of year 🌱🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Wonderful smell
Wild garlic plants and leaves - thick green rosette of leaves
April 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM