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knitterjen.bsky.social
@knitterjen.bsky.social
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Knitter, sometimes crocheter, and sewist who tries to make sense of this bananas world by listening to too many podcasts, learning Welsh, and doing a little yoga. (Honestly, I don't actually knit all that much.) LGBTQ ally. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🧶🧵🪡
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Made a hand-rolled hem handkerchief from lovely handkerchief linen. I'm satisfied with my embroidery. I may make these as little Christmas gifts. (I'll machine stitch the hem on any others--hand rolled is beautiful but labor intensive! #sewing
A folded, linen handkerchief with and hand-embroidered "J" in lower right corner. The fabric is a pale mossy green (looks brown here) and it rests on a darker green cushion.
August 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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So happy that @erwhatdidyousay.bsky.social shared #criswoodssewsenvelope I had fabric perfect for it. I'll be making this one again!
Image of white woman with light brown hair wearing a black dress with small white dots (creates the illusion of a grey dress) and black sandals. The dress is The Envelope by Cris Woods Sews. It is a kaftan-like pattern, but this one is hemmed to her knee.
July 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Another hole in another cheap cotton sock covered using my loom. Had no idea Houndstooth was so simple! #visiblemending
Hand holding a white sock to display that it has been visibly-mended with a square patch of houndstooth pattern weaving. Weaving done on a loom using dark purple and bright yellow embroidery thread. The pattern looks like yellow pinwheels on a purple field. Very cheerful!
July 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Look at that! First time using my loom from @worthmending.com and I had these wonderful results. Thanks to the recommendation from @yarnharlot.bsky.social #visiblemending
close up of visible mending in pink yarn on a plain white sock. The square of woven mending was done with a (perfectly imperfect) Swift Darning Loom from Worth Mending. The weave is nice and neat and snug.
June 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Rain did not keep me from what I see as my duty. I do this for me, and my family, and for those who can't. #nokings
Photo of a group of people from behind. They are carrying signs with various slogans voicing their opinions about the current administration. Ahead of them you can see a long, long parade of people walking along 5th Avenue in Manhattan in the rain. The photo is from the No Kings protest.
June 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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#showmeyourknits Two baby blankets. Even small blankets are a lot of work! These were for people well worth the effort. 😊 Details in alt text.
Image of a knit baby blanket laying on a living room floor. The blanket is in the log cabin method of building blocks of garter stitch in different colors. This blanket is in charcoal grey, medium grey, butterscotch, and off-white (Knit Picks "Swish worsted"). The pattern is "baby moderne" by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne. The knitter wanted something chic and modern for her world traveling cousin and her baby. Photo of a knit baby blanket draped over furniture to display the "feather and fan" pattern. The yarn is an off-white acrylic with a touch of sparkle (Yarn Bee Fetching). (The knitter did not choose the yarn--it was requested.) The pattern is Feathered Baby Blanket by Kaye Smith.
May 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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#memademay The Singlet from Zero Waste Patterns by Birgitta Helmersson. This was fun! It's really neat to make all the pieces from one rectangle without any leftover. I had previously made a lot of bias tape with the fabric; it's worth making that for this. #garmentsewing
Tight shot of a white woman standing in her home. She's wearing khaki trousers and a home-sewn red linen top. The top is a simple swing shape with square neck and bias straps (no sleeves).
May 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Yesterday, I made *another* Boxy Top from How to Sew Clothes. When something works for you, you stick with it. I seamed the back to reduce waste. And I made my own bias tape. #memademay
Photo of a short sleeve red linen top on a red dress form displaying the back. The top has a seam up the back, which means the maker could waste less fabric than if the back was placed on the fold. Photo of a short sleeve red linen top on a red dress form--from the front. The top has cap sleeves and a scoop neck.
May 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Today, my #memademay was taking a mending class from Kate Sekules. Feeling a little more confident.
Close up photo of a scrap of green and black knit fabric with a patch of woven mending done in light blue yarn. The mending covers a hole.
May 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Today, I wore my Merchant & Mills Bucket Hat to pick up my purchase of "Zero Waste Patterns" by Birgitta Helmersson. The hat (see my avatar) is a free pattern. Of three bucket hat patterns I've tried, I like it best. Rainy day here in NYC--see bikers in 5-Boro Bike Tour. #memademay #garmentsewing
Photo of a highway through chain link from an overpass. The scene shows cyclists participating in the NYC 5 Boro Bike Tour as they approach the Verrezzano Narrows Bridge. They have about two miles left in their journey--but one can see that it is raining. They will finish soaked in rain.
May 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Thanks to this video from @cadencev7bvi.bsky.social I successfully placed heels on my toe-up socks. youtu.be/oNWpZrZrV1M
Photo of finished toe-up, afterthought-heel socks on the knitters feet. The knit socks were done with vibrant black, cyan blue, yellow and magenta yarn that sriped in a wild way. The colorway is Disco. The yarn is knitpicks Stroll.
May 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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The Boxy Top (with sleeves) from How to Sew Clothes in fabric from the remnant store near my house. I also altered the waist of the thrifted jeans. #memademay #garmentsewing
Full-length self-portrait of a white woman with light brown hair (worn up in a clip) standing in a restroom. She's wearing a hand-made, long-sleeved top made from black fabric with light brown and light blue flower print. She's also wearing denim jeans and gold leather flats.
May 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I have my own version of "Find that lizard!" Spotted what apparently is a green anole in Green-Wood Cemetery. Not native, but established. They are fast, but it paused long enough for a photo. Can you spot it? 🦎
Photo of grasses--green and brown--and some faded daffodils. Hidden in the photo is a small, approximately eight inch lizard called a green anole.
April 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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My niece is surpassing me in sewing skills! Those are all working pockets on her vest. She made it for a theme party and worked it all out on her own (with some YT assistance). #garmentsewing
Photo of a white woman standing in a dining room wearing a white shirt and black tie under a hand-made white vest/waistcoat. The double-breasted vest has two columns of dark buttons and three small pockets. The woman is also wearing a long, navy pleated skirt.
April 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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This is The Gift by kiddiwinksknits. A free pattern that I did indeed "gift" to a friend's new baby. When she grew into it, a photo was generously shared--love a gift being used! #showmeyourknits 🧶
Tightly cropped photo of a baby wearing a mossy green cardigan with simple lacy details at the yoke and cuffs. The pattern is The Gift by kiddiwinksknits
April 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I don't like myself in grey unless it's charcoal! This is one of my Jen Steingass designs. Single strand of unspun Icelandic wool. It's so light and yet so cozy. Not my best work, but that stuff is challenging! 🧶 #knitting
Photo of white woman wearing a dark grey round-yoke knit sweater with off-white colorwork around the yoke. The colorwork is a repeat of feathers and zigzag and dots. The sweater is a design from Jen Steingass and the yarn is unspun Icelandic wool.
April 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Mine I made in a terracotta linen. A little wrinkly here.
image of a white woman with light brown hair wearing a short-sleeve orange linen top with a deep ruffle and buttoned closure. Her back is to the camera to show the back of the top. The top was made from the Merchant & Mills pattern called "Florence."
April 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Today, I shortened two thrifted dress shirts thanks to this video youtu.be/wPw8t6_1K90?... and made a double-pointed needle keeper from scrap fabric and elastic (which i cobbled together based on a photo I saw). #thrifty #nowaste #reuse #mending
A partly knit, colorful sock on silver double pointed needles. The stitches are staying on the needles, held in place by a handmade needle minder. Two tabs at either end with elastic in between. The yarn being knit is stripy black, blue, yellow, and pink ('Disco' by knit picks)
April 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Practice. The cut-out bit I find really pleasing. #visiblemending
Looking down on leg of blue jeans that has been mended with visible mending stitches. An oval hole framed with orange thread and other inexpert sashiko stitches in white, yellow, and green. Some wash away marker lines can be seen.
March 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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So, this happened. What a mess in my fridge!
Saving graces:
1. The door was closed.
2. We heard it as it happened and could clean up immediately.
3. It is sugar free soda.
Image of an empty can of coke zero laying on its side--you can see inside the can. This is because the entire top of the can I missing. The round top is resting next to the empty can. The top blew off the can because the contents froze.
March 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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On the needles a sock in CMYK! I work in print production and was surprised to see the colorway on KnitPicks. Probably going to continue to pool in weird ways, but I'm OK with that.
Photo of the toe of a knit sock. It's on the lap of the knitter. The sock is on double pointed needles and the yarn is an odd four-color stripey colorway of black, cyan, yellow and magenta. Knitpicks Stroll fingering in "Disco."
March 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I hacked this sewing-machine cover very quickly. It's not something anyone needs to inspect closely! #stashbust #sewing #stash The fabric is Laura Ashley and I received it from my Aunt (who also gave me the Brother machine underneath the cover).
Photo of a small desk upon which a covered sewing machine sits. The cover was machine-sewn from off-white Laura Ashley fabric that has a small repeating print that resembles green-grey arrowheads.
March 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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My #Camber set (dress) from #MerchantAndMills in corduroy that my mom had stashed away. No mods, but I may want to add pockets at the seams. #garmentsewing
Woman standing in workplace restroom wearing home-machine-sewn blue corduroy short-sleeve dress. She's wearing black tights and short black boots and a silver heart pendant. She is cropped so her face is not shown.
March 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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On the needles this week: #musselburgh by #Ysolda. Using some lovely Madeline Tosh merino I had in my stash. I'm knitting in a little Morse code just for me.
Image of a partially knit hat on knitting needles, resting in the lap of a knitter. Half done in a light brown (colorway is unknown), and the rest to be finished in a bright red-orange (colorway is "tomato"). The yarn is Tosh Merino DK.
March 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Practicing darning on a cheap cotton-blend sock. Followed the direction of #BernadetteBanner as found in her book.

#visibleMending #mending
My practice darning in blue yarn on the bottom of a white sock.
March 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM