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Sharondblk
@sharondblk.bsky.social
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I knit, I spin, I read, I run, I hike, I camp, I bake, I make earrings, i review things on the internet. I write about the things I do (mainly reading and knitting) at https://sharondoubleknit.blogspot.com/
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I love a tie with elephants. I love a tie with Paisley. This tie combines both and is perfection.
#badtiemonday #fashion #why
A woman wears a tie with checks. The red checks contain elephants, the blue have single tear drop shaped Paisley arranged around the outside.
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Halfway through the third bobbin of this Gotland fibre. It's spinning up nicely.
#handspinning #majacraft #sundaysareforspinning
A woman's legs. In front of a majacraft spinning wheel. She is spinning natural coloured fibre from a fauxlag.
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
sharondblk.bsky.social
Sometimes classic Paisley in slightly off colours is just what Monday demands.
#badtiemonday #workwear
A woman in a cardigan wears a Paisley time, which has a dark grey background. Red pattern and odd white bits.
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I'm excited it is Scorpio season. Scorpios are passionate and assertive people with determination and focus, and this tie really reflects that.
#badtiemonday #astrology #fashion
A woman wears a navy tie with small gold scorpions in a repeating pattern. The label on a navy tie with small gold scorpions. It reads 'scorpio by Ernax of London .
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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It's interesting how many of our public holidays are commemorating/ celebrating cruelty, death or exploitation. Anyway, here's a tie with some horses on it, happy Cup Day.
#badtiemonday #horseracing #publicholiday
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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I've got a new boss, so I was trying to be normal. But not too normal.
#badtiemonday #birds 👔
A woman wears a blue tie, printed with a pattern of tiny yellow birds sitting on complex vines.
October 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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When I look at the Book of Kells my first thought is "I wish someone would put that on a tie".
#badtiemonday #womeninties 👔
The back of the tie reads "inspired by the book of Kells" A woman wears a tie printed with mediaeval writting
October 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I call this one "a family of ducks with the Melbourne skyline".
a family of ducks with the Melbourne skyline behind a lake.
October 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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I love reading about the music scene of the 70s and 80s eg Daisy Jones or The Songbook of Benny Lament. This is told from the point of view of someone who was there at the beginning and thinks she should get more credit than she does. So good

www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
#netgalley #booksky
Multi-coloured book cover, showing mirror balls and a woman with a cigarette in her mouth.
October 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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It's like the designer did a rough draft to tidy up later, but that ended up being the final design. #badtiemonday #workwear #crimesagainstfashion
A woman wears a cardigan pink collared shirt and a very wide tie with uneven stripes and checks in brown, red, yellow and pink.
October 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Elephants!
#badtiemonday
A woman in a pink shirt wears a tie printed with a repeating pattern of tiny yellow elephants on a burgandy background.
September 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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I wanted something bright and happy to cheer up this Monday. I think this tie was homemade, it's quite a light fabric and no interfacing was used. I feel like it looks a bit like something a clown would wear. 👔

#badtiemonday #workwear #bright
A white woman wears a very bright, wide tie made of a light cotton material.
September 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Finished a jumper spin. Washed, dried and ready to go. 🧶
#handspinning #craftsky #yarn
5 skeins of oatmeal coloured yarn are piled on a wooden trunk.
August 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Pretty flowers that look they were left in the sun too long. 👔
#badtiemonday #ties #flowers
August 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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As a follow up to last week's small diseased Paisley, I have some large Paisley, possibly also diseased. I love Paisley.
#badtiemonday #fashion #ties 👔
A woman wears a tie, patterned with a diamond of single Paisley tears and another kind of Celtic pattern. it's in various shades of brown.
August 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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I live in St Kilda, a very urban area and it makes me so happy that sulphur crested cockatoos sometimes come and play on my balcony and power lines. 🕊️
#birds #citylife #australia
Five cockatoos hang out on an electric wire. One is upside down. A cockatoo sits on a white balcony rail. In the background in a brick building.
August 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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As a follow up to yesterday's post about Willow helping me with my finished spinning project here she is, continuing to be the most helpful cat while helping me block a knitted top.
🧶 #handmade #knitsky #craftsky
A very pretty champagne coloured cat stands on a knitted summer top staring at the camera
August 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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I put all my freshly skeined yarns into this bag prior to washing. One of them seems underplyed.
🧶 #cat #handspinning #handpun
A champagne cat sits in a pink leather bag atop a pile of parchment coloured yarn skeins.
August 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Today's tie is what happens when Paisley meets diseased.
👔 #badtiemonday
A woman in a colourful knitted vest wears a blue tie with a small Paisley print. Half the Paisley pattern has weird ruffles around the edges.
August 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Sometimes I want #badtiemonday to be pretty, but I don't always get what I want!

#workwear #monday #tie
A woman in a light purple shirt and cardigan wears an aggressively floral patterned turquoise red and navy tie.
August 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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One of my favourite kinds of bad ties are the type that looks fine from a distance, and then you take a closer look and think "what is that?". In this case, are those tiny teeth?
#badtiemonday #womeninties #workwear
A woman wears a green cardigan and a navy tie with a small gold repeating pattern A close up of the tie. It appears to have tiny gold teeth and sunbursts on it.
July 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Last weekend I had a great time at the Australian Sheep and Wool show, and now I'm back and wearing a tie made of silk, but woven with sheep
#badtiemonday 🧶
A woman wears a dark coloured tie with a small repeating pattern of sheep.
July 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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I like the way the little canoe things seem to move when you look at this from different angles.
#badtiemonday 👔
A woman wears a blue tie with a repeating pattern.
July 14, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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This week's tie looks ok, until you realise the fabric is sideways. As a bonus, here's a tie that's not so bad, but why is it so wrinkled?
#badtiemonday 👔
A woman in a pink shirt wears a tie with a geometric pattern. Behind her is a man wearing a wrinkled tie with diagonal stripes. You cannot see either of their faces.
July 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Stripes, but in two directions and also fading boxes. #badtiemonday 👔
A woman wears a wide brown tie with a bright blue diagonal stripe and then stripes made of faded boxes. The other direction has a satin stripe too.
June 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM