Phina Borgeson
@phinaborgeson.bsky.social
Advocate for a just and resilient food system. Teacher, mentor. Retired Episcopal deacon. Gardener, cook, knitter, reader. Companion to two cats.
For hands week. My last two attempts at mittens haven't been my best work. Feeling a bit jinxed. Time to try again? #ShowMeYourKnits
January 18, 2026 at 8:14 PM
For hands week. My last two attempts at mittens haven't been my best work. Feeling a bit jinxed. Time to try again? #ShowMeYourKnits
What's on your needles? Last Word by Baby cocktails. Started a few days after Christmas, but on hold for a week while I mess with some little projects. It's an easy sweater vest.
January 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
What's on your needles? Last Word by Baby cocktails. Started a few days after Christmas, but on hold for a week while I mess with some little projects. It's an easy sweater vest.
For first, the very first. My eccentric adolescent self wanted a stocking cap, so I taught myself to knit 65 years ago. #ShowMeYourKnits
January 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
For first, the very first. My eccentric adolescent self wanted a stocking cap, so I taught myself to knit 65 years ago. #ShowMeYourKnits
Searching for a favorite from 2025 I realized how many knits got away before I photographed them. This was inspired by a post here on #showmeyourknits, quickly cast on and knit with yarn on hand
January 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Searching for a favorite from 2025 I realized how many knits got away before I photographed them. This was inspired by a post here on #showmeyourknits, quickly cast on and knit with yarn on hand
I do Advent mostly in church, and have decades of scraps and odd balls, even with periodic weeding. A few years ago I made two gradients of fingering oddments and then marled away. #ShowMeYourKnits
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I do Advent mostly in church, and have decades of scraps and odd balls, even with periodic weeding. A few years ago I made two gradients of fingering oddments and then marled away. #ShowMeYourKnits
I'm knitting a lot of berets - different patterns, yarns, and sizes - for church and guild holiday sales. Current WIP is from a Drops pattern. I love berets! #ShowMeYourKnits
September 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm knitting a lot of berets - different patterns, yarns, and sizes - for church and guild holiday sales. Current WIP is from a Drops pattern. I love berets! #ShowMeYourKnits
I don't have many opportunities to knit for little ones, but now that I have made one of these beloved bonnets from tin can knits, I know what my go to is. #ShowMeYourKnits baby week.
August 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I don't have many opportunities to knit for little ones, but now that I have made one of these beloved bonnets from tin can knits, I know what my go to is. #ShowMeYourKnits baby week.
A close up of a simple cotton vest using many colors and various stitch patterns. Least boring easy knit ever. Stripes week at #ShowMeYourKnits
August 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A close up of a simple cotton vest using many colors and various stitch patterns. Least boring easy knit ever. Stripes week at #ShowMeYourKnits
Harvested by my community garden neighbor for the food pantry today. When the world weighs me down this productive polyglot community cheers me.
August 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Harvested by my community garden neighbor for the food pantry today. When the world weighs me down this productive polyglot community cheers me.
Happy World Cat Day from all of us.
August 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Happy World Cat Day from all of us.
For shawl week, a useful one for summer. Alpaca blend yarn, Melanie Berg pattern, Perhaps, Perhaps. #ShowMeYourKnits.
August 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
For shawl week, a useful one for summer. Alpaca blend yarn, Melanie Berg pattern, Perhaps, Perhaps. #ShowMeYourKnits.
Knits in progress this week. Morinne short pattern by Rosemary Hill. Interesting construction so it doesn't look like much yet. #ShowMeYourKnits
July 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Knits in progress this week. Morinne short pattern by Rosemary Hill. Interesting construction so it doesn't look like much yet. #ShowMeYourKnits
Bridging last week's cardigans and this week's purple theme. Some cool evening this summer I will begin next winter's cardy with this stash collection. #ShowMeYourKnits
May 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Bridging last week's cardigans and this week's purple theme. Some cool evening this summer I will begin next winter's cardy with this stash collection. #ShowMeYourKnits
For grey week a 20 year old staple, many-buttoned vest from Cheryl Oberle. The yarn was from Bemidji Woolen Mill. #ShowMeYourKnits
April 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For grey week a 20 year old staple, many-buttoned vest from Cheryl Oberle. The yarn was from Bemidji Woolen Mill. #ShowMeYourKnits
We don't do the best job caring for our apple trees at the community garden, but the bees don't mind.
April 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We don't do the best job caring for our apple trees at the community garden, but the bees don't mind.
All moved from little cells to pots. Twenty plants. Tomatoes for the community garden, cherry tomatoes for the children's garden at church, and Fresno peppers.
April 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
All moved from little cells to pots. Twenty plants. Tomatoes for the community garden, cherry tomatoes for the children's garden at church, and Fresno peppers.
All the colors are now in play and just two more rounds til the first yoke decrease. Strange Brew with yarn on hand. #ShowMeYourKnits in progress.
April 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
All the colors are now in play and just two more rounds til the first yoke decrease. Strange Brew with yarn on hand. #ShowMeYourKnits in progress.
I haven't done any challenging color work lately. I just keep making this Sunshine hat from tincanknits using dk odd balls and scraps. #ShowMeYourKnits
March 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I haven't done any challenging color work lately. I just keep making this Sunshine hat from tincanknits using dk odd balls and scraps. #ShowMeYourKnits
For green week. Current favorite cardigan. Stash yarns, discontinued Cascade and Valley, 50/50 wool alpaca. No pattern knitting-from-the-top. #showmeyourknits
March 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
For green week. Current favorite cardigan. Stash yarns, discontinued Cascade and Valley, 50/50 wool alpaca. No pattern knitting-from-the-top. #showmeyourknits
Lace? I haven't done much lately. This is a half pi own design. Brown Sheep Nature Spun sport. #ShowMeYourKnits
February 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Lace? I haven't done much lately. This is a half pi own design. Brown Sheep Nature Spun sport. #ShowMeYourKnits
We spent an hour of the sunny afternoon gleaning Meyer lemons. 75# or more.
February 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We spent an hour of the sunny afternoon gleaning Meyer lemons. 75# or more.
Work-in-progress. Sleeves and 2/3 lower body. Boredom reigns until I get to the multicolor yoke ala #tincanknits. #ShowMeYourKnits
February 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Work-in-progress. Sleeves and 2/3 lower body. Boredom reigns until I get to the multicolor yoke ala #tincanknits. #ShowMeYourKnits
My knitting is heartless, but here's a scrappy cardigan in pink which I finished 4 years ago. #ShowMeYourKnits for Valentine's.
February 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
My knitting is heartless, but here's a scrappy cardigan in pink which I finished 4 years ago. #ShowMeYourKnits for Valentine's.
Cables? I haven't been cabling much lately. Here are some pre-pandemic mitts which have gone astray. Webs kit. Time to dig out the pattern and make a new pair.
January 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Cables? I haven't been cabling much lately. Here are some pre-pandemic mitts which have gone astray. Webs kit. Time to dig out the pattern and make a new pair.