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rlstar.bsky.social
Aster Hesperus
@rlstar.bsky.social
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Hyper-local journalist. Unbutterable. May behave in a weedy manner.
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My favourite fluffy knits right now are the Garden Cardigan I made this spring and the Sophie Hood. The cardigan gets daily wear in the current weather; I love the granny vibe the colour gives it, and it feels super fluffy, even if the fluff doesn't show so much in the pic. #ShowMeYourKnits
A pinky-purple cardigan with a simple vertical motif of lace eyelets all over. The yarn is a combination of pale purple Biche et Buch lambswool and a bubblegum pink mohair but it doesn't look stripey. The arms of the cardigan are holding a folded hood which is garter stitch in a greyish purple Isager Soft. You can see a bit of a fluffy halo on both garments.
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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This is Max, not the smartest of cats, but definitely the sweetest. He was the most loveable doofus. He loved butter, and was not very good at judging his jumps, which led to a number of "maxidents" often involving knocking breakable objects off surfaces.
A close up of a grey cat's face. His pink tongue is sticking out, but he doesn't seem to be aware. He has green eyes and a bit of a vacant expression
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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This is just inexcusable. No one on the production team looked at this graphic illustrating "Knitting uses 2 needles" and had a momentary thought "maybe we could use a better graphic and not use AI"? #GameofWool
A graphic showing Knit vs Crochet. The line drawing on Knit shows 4 needles, 2 o which are attached to some knitting and 2 of which are attached to some string that has a very odd shadow. The Crochet picture depicts some kind of mattock with a series of non-connected loops hanging down from it, and a string at the back, which does not appear to be connected either.
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Yay, WIP week! I am creeping along with the colourwork sleeve for my Snow Sweater. #ShowMeYourKnits
A section of a knit sleeve of a sweater showing a repeating colourwork pattern of fir trees in sage green, and scattered single white stitches that look like snow on a dark blue/black background. The yarns include some mohair so the pattern is not vey crisp, but the fuzziness is satisfying.
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Current horror story: 3 colour colourwork on sleeves on a knit using 2 strands of yarn for every colour. That's 6 balls! What was I thinking?
Previous horror story: left my fave mitts in the pockets of a coat I donated.
#ShowMeYourKnits
2 balls of seafoam yarn, 2 balls of charcoal yarn and 2 balls of white yarn attached to a small circumference circular needle which has just enough knitting on it to look like a hot mess. The inside of the sleeve cuff is visible with a lot of floats.
October 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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I don't wear socks, so the only ones I ever knit are gifts. These ones are in a really nice mohair sock yarn from Whistlebare, and they were for my lovely sister-in-law who had very kindly received my inkle loom and shipped it to me from the US. #ShowMeYourKnits
A dusty pink knitted sock with a loop motif running up the side from the toe and in the middle. The sock is being blocked on a wooden blocker so it is very flat and there's a mysterious black paw touching the cuff.
October 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The project top of mind for me this week for care in knitting is the Emotional Support Chicken I knit for work. I had a couple students last week who were super nervous before a big event and trying to hold it together, and they both took advantage of the offer to hug the chicken. #ShowMeYourKnits
A knitted chicken in primarily pale brown and white marled yarns. She has purple stripes on her neck and tail, and she is sitting in a window box with some red and orange flowers. She looks super kind and friendly, and her name is Eglantine Beckett.
September 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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I just finished my blanket yesterday, so my WIP is just a tiny wee starting triangle of a Sophie hood in the new colour of Isager Soft. it's really hard to get the actual colour to photograph - it's lavender, but it does tone quite grey, which I actually love. #ShowMeYourKnits
A thin triangle of garter stitch knitting with i-cord edges. It is next to a ball of yarn. The yarn is fuzzy, with glimpses of the cotton core showing. The colour is a very soft grey-purple. The knitting is on a desk covered with other bits of knitting in the background, some random balls of yarn, a cushion and a cat toy that looks like a wee sausage roll. No cat in evidence.
September 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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For Sweater week I picked Mayu by Espace Tricot because it's the most successful and loved sweater I made for my kid. I first made one in 2017, and he loved and wore it so much I had to make a new one a couple years ago after it wore out. This is version 2. #ShowMeYourKnits
A person standing outside on a patio holding a branch of cherry blossom. The image is cropped to feature their torso and they are wearing an oversized sweater with very wide sleeves and a rolled neck. The sweater is dark grey and it has a fuzzy mohair halo.
August 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Okay, look. If I am honest, this is my favourite striped sweater, but there's a reason it's called "Unphotogenic Boxy" in my projects. #ShowMeYourKnits
A rectangular, boxy sweater, shown sideways lying flat. It has stripes of varying thickness in 2 shades of black. One of them is mohair, not that you can tell by looking.
August 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Perfect pool afternoon.
Kits pool in the foreground looking across English Bay to Stanley park, and the mountains in the background. The pool is a bright turquoise, the water in the bay is greenish blue and it's very clear so the mountains look particularly pointy.
August 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Scrap projects, you say? This one is on my needles right now! Sweet Shop Blanket by Laura Penrose, and perfect for making a dent in the massive pile of minis and leftovers. #showmeyourknits
A knitted blanket made up of squares. Each square is made of 2 triangles, one in off-white, one in either green or purple. The greens and purples range from lime to forest and lilac to grape.
August 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Happy Birthday #ShowMeYourKnits! Love the inspiration and the vibe here so much. This is absolutely the moment to post one of my faves from the last year which is Human Expression of Fairy Bread. Pattern is Calliope from Espace Tricot, and the yarn is Bubble Wand from Sweet Georgia.
A person's torso showing a knit sweater in a cream yarn with flecks of colour and a lot of multi-coloured glass beads sprinkled on it like the sprinkles on the Aussie party fave fairy bread.
July 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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The Merry Maidens in Cornwall earlier this month. Gorgeous day, no one there but me and my 2 friends, and we just sat with them and enjoyed feeling their place in the landscape. #StandingStoneSunday
5 standing stones curving away from the first stone, which is seen close up. They are all about the same height and roughly rectangular, but different shapes and widths.
July 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I don't do a lot of summer knits, but I have been getting a lot of wear out of this Lillesol I finished on holiday. #ShowMeYourKnits
Close-up of a matcha green sweater a person is wearing, showing a faux cable detail down the middle of the sweater. It has a shallow v-nect and 9 rows of faux cables that look like chains of little circles.
July 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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This is definitely my favourite cowl, although I hardly ever wear it now I live in a warmer city. #ShowMeYourKnits. Yarn is Cashmere Silk by Tanis and so warm!
A tube of knitting that is looped into a circle, like a flat donut. There are 4 sections of stripes: taupe and dark green, white and navy, beige and pale brown and dark and light grey.
June 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Love a good blanket! #ShowMeYourKnits. The Stornaway Throw in Noro is Mr Knightley's favourite, and I enjoyed the colours of the Library blanket I made as a housewarming gift for @foddy.net.
A medium-sized blanket in a grey/brown/purple colour. It has a checkerboard pattern of knits and purls in the main body, and then a complex cable border. there is a black cat in the middle of it. He loves the blanket A blanket in marled purples, blacks and pinks with a few pops of green and white. It has sections of vertical stripes with sections of horizontal stripes, and the combination kind of looks like the geometry of books on a bookshelf
May 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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What’s on my needles is the second sleeve of my Garden cardigan. I am trying really hard to get it off! #ShowMeYourKnits
A quite short part of a sleeve on a circular knitting needle. There are 2 balls if yarn and a piled up cardigan. The yarn is a pink mohair and a mauve wool being knitted into a simple lace design
May 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The real question is, do we ever knit anything that isn't at least a little bit purple? #ShowMeYourKnits
A pale lilac cardigan with large wooden buttons with flowers on them. A blanket in pinks and purples made up of horizontal and vertical stripes A tiny purple sweater with beads on it. There are embroidery scissors for scale. The sweater and the scissors are the same width A cardigan with a vertical lace pattern. It is mostly done but there is a knitting needle still around the bottom.
May 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Making substantial progress on my Garden Cardigan for Old Lady Spring. Just about to start the ribbing, with little help from Mr Knightley. #ShowMeYourKnits
A pinky-purple cardigan with a vertical lace motif. It has a knitting needle still attached to the bottom where the hem is about to be added. The same cardigan with a black cat lying in a curved shape on it with his feet stretched out and a slightly disapproving look on his face.
May 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Miss Babs' DK Yowza was the perfect yarn for this Classic sweater by Espace Tricot. #ShowMeYourKnits
A person's torso, showing a sweater which is knit from a variegated yarn in mainly yellows, caramel, pale brown with some dark and medium green highlights
May 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Human Expression of Fairy Bread is a beaded sweater I made that celebrates the artisan wizards of Sweet Georgia Yarn, which is arguably both my LYS and local indie dyer. BFL+Silk DK in Bubble Wand. #ShowMeYourKnits. Necklace by @peculiarityshop.bsky.social.
A close up of a person's torso to showcase the sweater. The yarn is cream with streaks and flecks of colour: pinks and purples are prominent. the sweater is scattered with seed beads in a variety of colours. The person is also wearing a necklace with a guillotine design and red beads.
April 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I actually do a lot of gift knitting because I feel like making people things is a way to show them love, and that you are thinking about them. I made this blanket for a dear friend who was far away and needed a hug. #ShowMeYourKnits
A lap-sized blanket with stripes of purple and green in gradient shades. The stripes run vertically, and the shades of green and purple are a bit random. There is a black cat curled up touching the top corner.
April 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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I love how these tulips get pinker as they open. #BloomScrolling #FlowerFriday
Six tulips in a pot. Five of them are various shades of pink, and one is a bright purple. The larger pink tulips are darker and more open, while the less open one is still a creamy pale pink
April 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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One of my favourite grey knits is this version of the Alaska hat I made with yarns from a Colourmart set. I like that it has a feel of a foggy morning. #Showmeyourknits
A knit hat in medium and pale grey. It has a colourwork design of pine trees, with the paler grey as the background. It has a small pompom on top. Next to the hat is a black cat curled into a ball.
April 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM