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Alison
@knitattheridge.bsky.social
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Knitter 🧶 sometimes sewist 🪡 reader 📖 backyard homesteader 🍅 nature lover 🪴homeschool mom of a teen 🌎 and a grad 🎓
governerd 🦅 ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Colorado 🌄
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#wipwednesday #knitsky
It’s Xmas gift season, so I’m working on some Aeshna mitts for my 19yo. Last time I made these with neon pink for my niece, so I’m enjoying the more muted colors in this one.
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Finished my Bookshelf Socks using a sock set from Hue Loco! They’re like a cross between socks and leg warmers with their length. 🩷 Looking forward to wearing these soon with leggings. #knitsky #knitting
Handknit socks with an extra long textured leg. The cuff and toe are pink, while the rest of the sock is white with pink and purple speckles. A pair of handknit socks with an extra long textured leg, bunched up like leg warmers. The cuffs and toes are pink, while the rest of the socks are white with pink and purple speckles.
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Getting ready to cast on some Xmas gifts. These Hue Loco minis will become a striped hat for my 16yo. #knitsky
An array of mini skeins in muted colors, from purples to greens to peaches.
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Release day for the Hearthside Cardigan by @woolandpine.bsky.social which I got to test knit! #knitsky 🧶
Woman standing by a fence and plants showing the back of a fade brioche cardigan including muted pinks, purples, and greens. Woman standing by a fence and plants showing the front of a fade brioche cardigan including muted pinks, purples, and greens.
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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WIP Wednesday, I’m working on a new pair of socks with a much longer leg than I usually knit. I’m liking it! #knitting #knitsky Yarn by Hue Loco
In-progress socks with a pink cuff and a long leg in a textural pattern knit with white yarn that has pink and purple speckles. One leg is completely knit and waiting to work the heel, while the other sock is only a few inches in.
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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#showmeyourknits Spooky season knitting horror stories! I made up this pattern and loved this hat. Such a great color! And I lost it before I even got a picture of it finished. 😭 #knitsky
A mostly finished hat with a double-thick brim and a simple texture pattern in a deep purple color.
October 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Finished these awhile ago but finally wove in the ends and blocked them. These are the Botanic Socks by West Knits from his Year of Socks 2025. I knit them using Footsie by @voolenvine.bsky.social
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Socks on feet held up in the air in front of red fall bushes. The socks have grey cuffs, toes, and heels. The soles are a pink with yellow speckles. The tops and leg portion are pink with grey stripes going both horizontally and vertically. Close up of socks on feet sitting on a flagstaff paver. The socks have grey cuffs, toes, and heels. The soles are a pink with yellow speckles. The tops and leg portion are pink with grey stripes going both horizontally and vertically.
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I’m working on my ooey gooey cowl but having a problem. I wound up my two skeins of suri together to make it easier, but the two strands aren’t pulling out of the cake at the same rate. So I think I’m going to have to pause and figure out a way to separate them into 2 balls. #knitsky #knitting
A partially knit cowl made of fuzzy grey yarn and color changing pink & purple yarn, sitting on a windowsill next to a plant with white leaves.
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Went on my birthday hike today to see the fall colors. ♥️
Yellow-leafed aspens and a blue sky viewed from inside a car.
October 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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I’m loving so much how this fabric is knitting up, so squishy and cozy!
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A multi-color fabric including garter stitch and brioche that slowly fades from color to color.
September 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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These colors are everything 👌🏻

#testknit @woolandpine.bsky.social #woolandpine #cozycottagecardigan
September 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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New pattern release by @knitgraffiti.bsky.social - the Pixie Cardi. Love this honeycomb brioche stitch!
June 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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#showmeyourknits Baby Knits!
To be honest, I didn’t knit much when my kids were babies because, well, they were exhausting. I was up to knitting baby hats though. Candy cane hats for my firstborn and their cousin, and a Wooly Wormhead hat for my second born. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
Two babies of similar age wearing candy cane striped rompers with candy cane striped hats to match. The baby on the right is grumpy about it. A baby being held, with a a blue shirt, blue eyes, blue textured hat and an amber teething necklace.
March 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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#showmeyourknits colorwork! These are some mitts that I knit for my niece. She likes bright colors, not my usual color choice. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
A pair of mitts knit with hot pink and black, the back of one shows a design including a dragonfly, the palm of the other shows a chevron pattern.
March 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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This week’s #showmeyourknits is Spring Green ☘️
I think these socks fit the vibe since the perennials have started peeking up but we will most likely still get some more snow. Happy Spring Break to those who celebrate 😉 #knitsky 🧶
A pair of green socks with a white snowflake pattern
March 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Working this week on a test knit for @knitgraffiti.bsky.social
I’ve never knit honeycomb brioche before, but I think I’ve got the rhythm of it now. Loving how it’s coming out! #pixiecardi #knitsky 🧶
The beginnings of a cardigan knit from the bottom up, starting with a 2-color garter band in teal and pale pink, and then transitioning into honeycomb brioche with the teal in front of the pink.
March 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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I’m working on my Take Your Time cardigan and noticing something concerning. The brioche rows that include the white yarn are slanting. The middle brioche section that doesn’t include the white is straight. Is this because of the spin on the yarn? Will it block out and stay blocked out? 😬 🧶 #knitsky
The start of a cardigan with stripes of alternating brioche and garter stitch in three colors, white, light teal, and dark teal. The brioche rows including the white are slanting.
March 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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A sampling of the lace knitting I’ve done over the years for this week’s #showmeyourknits LACE! Deschain by Leila Raven, Stac Shoaigh by Ysolda Teague, and Sprite’s Fen by Helen Stewart. #knitsky #knitting 🧶
Person modeling a cropped blue knit tee with a lace panel down the front. Person wearing a coral lace shawl and holding it up to show the detail. Person wearing an airy lacy blue shawl wrapped around shoulders and neck.
February 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Needed a new brioche project - it’s my favorite way to de-stress. So I cast on the new sweater by Joji Locatelli, the Take Your Time cardigan, using my favorite yarn by Hue Loco. It’s doing its job well. #showmeyourknits #knitsky #skykal 🧶
The beginnings of off-white and pale blue brioche on top of images of the finished cardigan from the printed pattern.
February 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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This week’s #showmeyourknits is WIPs, and I have a lot of them. I need variety in my knitting or I get bored. 🥱 The WIP I’m working on the most currently is Seablush by @andrearangelknits.bsky.social which I started in 2020. Size 2 needles on a sweater!! But it’s pretty 😍 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
A half-knit muted green sweater being tried on, which has delicate cables in the yoke.
February 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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This week’s #showmeyourknits theme is LOVE. I knit these fraternal mitts in 2017. The kit I got didn’t come with enough yarn and someone who knit the same pattern sent me her leftovers. I love the knitting community, always willing to help out! #knitsky #knitting 🧶
Two mitts with stripes of rainbow hearts on them, with little balls of leftover colored yarn surrounding them.
February 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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I finished my #stripestepsocks by Stephen West! I LOVE how they came out, and I’m picking out yarn for the February socks now. #showmeyourknits 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
Two socks on feet in the air in front of a wall of plants. The socks are striped pale pink and a dark blue. A close up of the side of a striped pale pink and dark blue sock, showing how the stripes on the top of the foot are misaligned with the stripes on the bottom of the foot.
February 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Another stand out stripes project I have for this week’s #showmeyourknits is my Shawlography (pattern by Stephen West). I love how this one came out! So many different kinds of stripes! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting
A very stripey shawl made with unique knitting techniques in purples, greens, and dark blues.
February 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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It’s #showmeyourknits stripes week, and I have a lot of striped socks. Here are some of my favorites. 🧶 #knitting #knitsky
Four different pairs of striped socks on feet - 1) with mauves and greys, 2) golden, white speckles, and mauve, 3) green and speckled white, 4) purples, oranges, and pale blue.
February 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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I started this sweater in 2018 but set it aside when the sleeve was too snug. I’m finally picking it up again for #skykal and will rip back the sleeve to start the decreases later (or not at all). 🧶 #knitsky
January 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM