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Karen Droms
@kdroms-knitter.bsky.social
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Retired educator who still teaches one course a semester. And I knit a little.

I also garden in zone 6a/6b, both flowers in the ground and veggies in raised planters.
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A new #WIPWednesday offering for #knitsky, a turtleneck circular yoke pullover. No particular pattern; just sort of winging it. Gauge swatched a couple of simple lace patterns; decided on the one with the YOs every 2nd row rather than every 4th row. Deets in alt text. 🧶

#knitting
#ShowMeYourKnits
Photograph of knitting project. Knit on small circular needles in dark blue yarn, the photo shows about an inch is a turtleneck knit. Green stitch markers are used along with a dangling charm with a black cat on it to mark the beginning of a row. Yarn is Blue Heron Yarns beaded rayon in the Deep Space colorway. Knitted gauge swatch showing two different lace patterns, one with YOs every other row and one with them every 4th row. Swatch is bordered by garter stitch. Yarn is Blue Heron Yarns beaded rayon in the Deep Space colorway.
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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This is what was in the package! I would have been royally pissed if it never showed up! (Sweater, socks, AND leggings for my then new grandnephew. I was afraid he’d out grow them by the time they got there.)
Photograph of a hand knit baby sweater, leggings, and socks, knit in dark blue Berroco Ultra Wool fingering weight yarn. The set is lying on USPS flat rate box.
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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I haven’t done a #ShowMeYourKnits post in a while, but here’s my offering for Christmas knits. I knit the sweaters for a grandniece and grandnephew seven years ago, and then last year used the leftovers to knit the gnomes and the ornaments. All with Berroco Ultra Wool. 🧶

#Knitting
#KnitSky
Photo of two hand knit baby, sweaters with hoods, one green and white and one dark red and white. Both have a band of a white poinsettia like floral design at the bottom of the torso and around the edge of the hood. They’re photographed on a white crocheted lace background. Photograph of two knitted gnomes. The head of the gnome is knit in white around a round Styrofoam ball. The noses are small round balls knit with pink yarn. Both have knitted stocking caps in a cable pattern with tassels at the end and scarves wrapped around the bottom of the ball, allowing the gnomes to sit freely. One gnome is knit with dark red yarn, and the other with green yarn. Both are sitting on a dark wood table in front of a set of books with bookings with the words, knit and purl. Photograph of two Christmas ornaments hanging on a lit Christmas tree. One ornament is dark green, dark red and white stripes. The other ornament is white lace. Both use round Christmas ornaments as the base.
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#FOFriday
#Knitting
#KnitSky
#ShowMeYourKnits

Finished up my white Russian pullover designed by Thea Coleman, (@babycocktails.bsky.social) knit with Queensland collections BB Cote soy. And I’m wearing it today as I work on my new WIP. 🧶
Image of a gray hand knit pullover with a lace design on the front and plain stockinette stitch sleeves, draped over an olive green couch. Image of a black cotton knitting project on circular needles with purple and green stitch markers, photographed on a white and black print skirt, with the hem of a gray hand knit sweater showing at the bottom, the same sweater in the prior photo.
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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I was going to retake the picture of my new WIP after removing the hair on the left, but then I thought if anybody would understand the joys of knitting with long hair it’s my BlueSky people.

New project on the needles, deets in the alt text. 🧶

#Knitting
#KnitSky
#WIPWednesday
#ShowMeYourKnits
Photo of a black cotton yarn, knitting project on circular needles with stitch markers, shown on a background of a knitted blanket. This will be a top down Raglan sleeve pull over based on the Autumn League pullover by Two of Wands. I will be adding a floral design motif, along with some striping, in order to use up some stash yarn. Photo of a container of left over cotton yarn in various colors, including black, light pink, dark pink, white, and yellow. Some yarn is in balls while other yarn is in cakes. Photo of a hand drawn, knitted floral design motif on graph paper in four colors, including dark pink, light peach, white, and yellow. Boxes indicating stitches are outlined in pencil. Numbers indicating rose and columns are included on the left side and on the right side. The motif is 15 x 15 stitches
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Here is my #ShowMeYourKnits knitting nightmare. Not because of lacework, not because of beadwork, but because of the damn single ply silk yarn that turned into a twisted mess every time I turned my back. Spent more time untwisting than knitting.

But my mom really liked it.

#Knitting
#KnitSky
Close-up photo of knitted tank top in a pale green showing details of lace work and beading in the front. Very close-up photo of knitted tank top in a pale green showing details of lace work and beading Photo of silk yarn in a twisted pile. 
October 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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In case anyone was wondering where the Epstein files were kept.
Satellite photos of the White House, showing the demolition of the east wing
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Destroying history because he’s a petty little bitch.
Photo of Barack Obama running down East Wing hallway with dog Bo
October 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I’m not saying the photo on the left has anything to do with what’s happening in the photo in the right…

Fuck it. That’s exactly what I’m saying. Because that’s how petty Trump is. I
Photo of Barack Obama running down East Wing hallway with dog Bo. Photo of East Wing Galway being demolished for “ballroom.”
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I don’t know if Doctor Who or chickens count as scary, but these could be used in a Halloween costume?

#Knitting
#KnitSky
#ShowMeYourKnits
Knitted cap in the shape of a Doctor Who police box. Knitted hat resembling a chicken with ear flaps as leg legs
October 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Homemade pepper jam time! Used the remaining hot peppers from the garden, store-bought bell peppers, used just apple cider with no added water, and the low sugar pectin. And just before this week’s freeze warnings! 🌱🫑🌶️

Tart and spicy, just like me!

#vegetablegardening
#gardening
#zone6a
#zone6b
Small jars of homemade hot pepper jam stacked on a white crocheted table runner in front of sunlit French doors. One opened jar lies on its side in the front left of the others. Photo of a hand holding a Triscuit cracker topped with some cheese and some hit pepper jam.
October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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October 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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It’s harvest time! Used veggies fresh from the garden for a while, time to harvest and preserve. Bags of tomatoes in the freezer for sauce and jalapeño jam from the peppers. I’ll need to buy bell peppers since critters ate those plants. 🌱

#vegetablegardening
#gardening
#gardensky
#zone6a
#zone6b
Photos of hot peppers (jalapeño and cayenne), sage hanging to dry, and onions (including red, yellow, and white).
October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Been saying that for weeks!
October 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Your mentioning water levels made me check my little pond (which used to be the house septic tank - long story), and it’s reaching the top for the first time all summer. It’s been down a few inches showing the top of liner most of that time.
Photo of a small pond surrounded by large rocks and flat stones with a bowl, water fountain and plants, including lily pads and water irises.
September 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Asters are such a pretty flower, it almost makes up for them being the signal for the end of the gardening season. 🌱

#BloomScrolling
#Gardening
#GardenFeed
#Zone6A
#Zone6B
Photo of light purple aster flowers with other greenery against a stacked stone wall.
September 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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It’s nice to know that no matter what is going on in the world, Pillsbury toaster strudel will always have just the right amount of icing to squeeze on it.
Photo of a hand holding a iced Pillsbury toaster strudel against a blurry background.
September 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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September 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Not the best picture, but…

This is the wrong side. I slipped a purl stitch from the left. When I pull the working yarn over the top of the needle to the back, that that the slipped stitch forms the top part of the X, and the stitch from the row below pulls up to form the bottom half of the X.
September 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Beautiful! I love to porch knit.
September 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I have 3 needle rolls in the bag, 1 each for 14” single points, 10” single points, and DPNs, pouches for notions, leftover yarn, and old labels. I store 50+ circulars in a box from Purl Soho with separate pouches for each size. Yarn is stored in plastic bins (15ish large and 30ish small).
September 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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You just know Trump got pantsed one too many times in grade school.
Photo of the pentagon with the words nothing says small dick energy like department of war.
September 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Thought I’d snap a quick photo wearing the shawl/kerchief. Came out better than I thought! (Shawls are great for hiding all sorts of things going on below the chin… ) 🧶
Selfie showing a 66 year old, gray haired woman wearing a dark purple shawl kerchief style. She wears glasses with red rims and has long gray and white hair.
September 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Another #FOFriday offering just one week after the last! Used a couple of leftover skeins of Berroco Ultra Pima in Lavender knitting Orange Flower Yarn’s The Age of Brass and Steam shawl. Added an extra 1.5ish repeats to use up all the yarn. 🧶

#Knitting
#KnitSky
#ShowMeYourKnits
Close-up photo of a hand knit shawl with sections of stockinette stitch, separated by a purl row and eyelet section. The yarn is a worsted weight cotton in a dark purple.
September 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM