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Lollydollops
@lollydollops.bsky.social
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(She/Her) I’m a mid-40s Star Trek fan who likes knitting, sewing, walking, and baking.

“Please remain in the relaxation grotto. Have crueler words ever been spoken?” - Frasier Crane
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Just started my fourth Campus Cardigan (by Alexandra Tavel) this year. Yarn is Hobbii Amigo Chunky in Cast Iron. What’s on your needles? #showmeyourknits
The beginning of a back piece for a cardigan sweater lays on a tile floor. About a foot of the piece has been knitted so far in a chunky dark gray yarn.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I put some whipped cream in them.
A cream horn filled with whipped cream sits on a blue dessert plate.
November 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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First time making rough puff pastry, and I’m pretty tickled with my layers! I used the recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction Baking 101 cookbook.

#baking
Three cones made out of rough puff pastry are on a piece of parchment paper. Each one has many visible layers of pastry.
November 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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She looks a little serious here, but she loves a morning walk.

#dog #dogsofbluesky
A copper-colored dog stands at the end of a green leash looking off into the distance.
November 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
A screenshot from Star Trek Voyager. Seven of Nine is looking at Tuvok who is looking offscreen. The caption says, “I share your discomfort with social gatherings.”
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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I’m trying to learn watercolor. I did some a few years back, but I haven’t had my paints out since. It’s kind of nice getting back into it.
August 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The #showmeyourknits theme this week is Blue! This Diggory Tee in Araucania Yarn Huasco Sock Prism Paints in Iris is one of my favorite tops.

#knitting 🧶
Me posing in my mom’s hallway to show off my hand knit Diggory Tee, which was made from yarn that is bright blue with yellow, pink, and blue zig-zagging lines running through it.
July 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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I’m mid-Ranunculus, but I left my yarn at home, so I had to make an emergency trip to the yarn store yesterday, and now I’m doing this Stormy Sky Shawl while traveling. Yarn info in alt text.

#showmeyourknits #knitting #wip 🧶
A Ranunculus sweater in progress. The yoke is completed and the body has been worked past where the arms go. One arm has also been completed. The yarn is a worsted Madeline Tosh yarn that is variegated with purples, browns, and greens. A Stormy Sky Shawl in progress. Just under 100 rows have been worked. The shawl alternates between garter sections, drop stitch sections, and yarn over sections. The yarn is mostly dark blue with patches of purple, light blue, and yellow. It is Sh*t My Grandma Used to Say from Whimsical Wood Yarn Co.
July 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Everything is terrible but here are some sea lions hanging out on a buoy.
A group of stellar sea lions hanging out on a bright red and green buoy in the water in Alaska. There are trees in the background, and behind those, there are snow covered mountains.
June 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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This is one of the only things I have knitted with any significant yellow and the only thing I have knitted on this loom. It was a blanket for my niece, and I apparently didn’t take any pictures of the finished blanket.

🧶 #showmeyourknits #knitting
A striped blanket with light blue, yellow, and gray stripes of varying sizes.
June 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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It’s cowl week on #showmeyourknits. I wish I had a better picture, but for Christmas 2020, I knitted five of these Autopilots. They were so fun to knit. Now that I’m thinking about it, I might have to knit some more of them.

#knitting 🧶
Five knitted Autopilot cowls. Top left is peachy/pink; bottom left is black with bright yellow, red, and blue; middle is blue; top right is black with green and purple; bottom right is variegated yellow, purple, blue and more.
June 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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The #showmeyourknits theme is blankets this week! I loved this Chevron Garter Baby Blanket that I made for my cousin last year. I think the yarn was a Cascade Yarns, but I couldn’t swear to that. This blanket was an absolute joy to knit and turned out super soft and squishy.

#knitting #knitsky 🧶
A baby blanket is on the floor. It is hand knit in a chevron pattern with small white stripes between bigger blue, beige, and mauve stripes.
May 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Omar says hello
A 15-year-old white Rat Terrier looks a little concerned. He probably just wanted some food.
May 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I had cast on a sock when I saw someone’s Stormy Sky Shawl here on Bluesky and decided to pivot. The yarn is Oil Slick from @oldrustedchair.bsky.social. I’m about to go back and fix that stitch I dropped right now.

#showmeyourknits #knitting
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The beginning of a Stormy Sky Shawl in the colorway Oil Slick from Old Rusted Chair. The shawl is triangular with drop stitch rows and yarn over rows between garter stitch rows. The yarn is gray with blue and pink spots. The yarn ball is in a plain white bowl.
May 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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I’m a couple of days late for cardigan week, but I have to share! I’m notoriously bad at finishing projects that people have asked for, so he didn’t believe I was really going to do this, but here it is! This was my first time seaming pieces, and I’m really proud of it.

#showmeyourknits 🧶
Photo shows a man’s torso. He is wearing a hand knit cardigan in a brownish color. Pattern is the Campus Cardigan by Alexandra Tavel. Yarn is Vintage Berroco.
May 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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This is the Simple Sweater from Tin Can Knits in yarn from Jody Long, but I don’t remember what the yarn was specifically.

#showmeyourknits #purple #knitting 🧶
I am standing in front of my backyard in a hand knit sweater. It is purple at the top and bottom. There are two small gray stripes above and below a pink stripe in the middle. The cuffs and bottom ribbing are gray.
May 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Hopefully, this stack of pieces will become a cardigan in the next few days. I’ve never seamed pieces together before, so I’m a little nervous about it, but it’ll never get done if I don’t try!

#showmeyourknits #knitting
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Pieces for a Campus Cardigan are stacked on a wood table. The yarn is Vintage Berroco Chunky in the color Chana Dal.
May 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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I’ve been wanting to try some simple colorwork for a while, and when I saw the April Black Label yarn from @lolabeanyarnco.com, I knew it was time. This hat was so fun to knit, and this yarn is perfection! (Pattern info in alt text)

#knitting 🧶
A close up of me wearing a hand knit beanie. The pattern is the 2023 September Stashdown hat by Pico Designs.
May 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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I don’t love garter stitch most of the time, but I didn’t want to do stockinette because that sounded like more purling than I wanted to do. I really liked the way it came out, though. It was nice and squishy! This is the one I did. It was a baby blanket, so not very big.
A baby blanket done in a garter stitch chevron pattern. There are smaller white chevron stripes between thicker light blue, tan, and dark mauve chevron strips.
May 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I’m currently working on my second cardigan. This was my first, the Harvest Cardigan from Tin Can Knits. I’m pretty sure the yarn was a Malabrigo, but I couldn’t swear to that.

#showmeyourknits
#knitting 🧶
I am in my sewing room wearing a hand knit cardigan sweater that is dark blue and purple.
May 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I mostly finished this weeks ago, but I finally wove in my last few ends. My best lace work to date! Pattern is the Love Note from Tin Can Knits. Yarn is Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash sport weight in Lake Chelan Heather.

#knitting 🧶
I am standing in of my front door wearing a green hand knit sweater with lace work at the top.
May 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I also picked up some DKs from The Hook and Needle. I want to make a top out of these, also undecided which one though.
Four skeins of grey Berocco Vintage DK and two skeins of Emma’s Yarn in the LYS Day color, which is variegated with pinks, grays, bright blues, and yellows.
May 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Finally got around to taking some pictures of my LYS day purchases. First up are these lovely skeins I picked up at The Bee’s Knits. I know I want to make a big shawl or wrap with these, but I’m not sure what yet.

#showmeyourknits #knitting 🧶
Four skeins of Four Crows Fibers yarns. Three are dark purple with some variegation called Beggar’s Tomb. The fourth is a more variegated skein with light pink, purple, and green.
May 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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I’m going shopping later, so I’ll add a couple of posts for my favorite LYSs, but in the meantime, to highlight one of my favorite indie dyers, I recently finished my Sockhead Slouch hat in the March Black Label yarn from @lolabeanyarnco.com

#showmeyourknits #knitting 🧶
A close up picture showing a Sockhead Slouch hat made from a variegated yarn with pinks, blues, greens, and other colors.
April 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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This week is gift knits! A couple of years ago, my mom and I knitted market bags for my aunts and cousins for Christmas. I tried to find the pattern, but I don’t remember what the name of it was. The yarn was Cairns by Queensland.
#showmeyourknits #knitting 🧶
Three hand knit market bags lay flat on a table. Each was knitted in a stripey yarn. From left to right, they are green, blue, and pink/purple.
April 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM