Katherine C. 🇨🇦
@stringandbeans.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Knit, coffee, garden, repeat...
This space is for slowing down for health & well-being.
Test-knitting, sample knitting, handknit repairs
This space is for slowing down for health & well-being.
Test-knitting, sample knitting, handknit repairs
Gray/grey - shall we start with our family’s hand knit socks for #showmeyourknits theme this week? TBH I did pretend gray was silver in December 🧶
April 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Gray/grey - shall we start with our family’s hand knit socks for #showmeyourknits theme this week? TBH I did pretend gray was silver in December 🧶
My March ☘️ hula-hoop is out on the porch - perfect green 🧶 knit for #showmeyourknits theme this week
Pattern is Luck of the Irish a Hula Hoop Design by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social
Pattern is Luck of the Irish a Hula Hoop Design by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My March ☘️ hula-hoop is out on the porch - perfect green 🧶 knit for #showmeyourknits theme this week
Pattern is Luck of the Irish a Hula Hoop Design by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social
Pattern is Luck of the Irish a Hula Hoop Design by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social
Todays hand knit socks I’m wearing use self-striping 🧶 yarn by Turtle Purl yarns from New Brunswick - pattern is Outras Meias #showmeyourknits
March 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Todays hand knit socks I’m wearing use self-striping 🧶 yarn by Turtle Purl yarns from New Brunswick - pattern is Outras Meias #showmeyourknits
Today I’m wearing these handknit 🧶socks - “Sandwich on my Floor” by Allison Janocha
#showmeyourknits 🧦
Yes I was happy to have them be a fraternal pair but you can knit them matching if you want
#showmeyourknits 🧦
Yes I was happy to have them be a fraternal pair but you can knit them matching if you want
March 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Today I’m wearing these handknit 🧶socks - “Sandwich on my Floor” by Allison Janocha
#showmeyourknits 🧦
Yes I was happy to have them be a fraternal pair but you can knit them matching if you want
#showmeyourknits 🧦
Yes I was happy to have them be a fraternal pair but you can knit them matching if you want
🧦 I got em... #showmeyourknits is SOCK WEEK!!! so I'll start with the most recent 🧶 knits - my 2024 Christmas Eve gift socks in 'silver and gold' theme
Patterns (L to R): Waiting for Twilight, Arrow Cable DK socks and Alegria
Patterns (L to R): Waiting for Twilight, Arrow Cable DK socks and Alegria
March 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🧦 I got em... #showmeyourknits is SOCK WEEK!!! so I'll start with the most recent 🧶 knits - my 2024 Christmas Eve gift socks in 'silver and gold' theme
Patterns (L to R): Waiting for Twilight, Arrow Cable DK socks and Alegria
Patterns (L to R): Waiting for Twilight, Arrow Cable DK socks and Alegria
I quit X but my son showed me this lol
February 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I quit X but my son showed me this lol
🤦🏼♀️ forgot to add photo
February 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
🤦🏼♀️ forgot to add photo
Currently on the needles is a test knit for @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social - I have nicknamed it “hockey hood”
It’s one of many wips I could share for this weeks #showmeyourknits 🧶
It’s one of many wips I could share for this weeks #showmeyourknits 🧶
February 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Currently on the needles is a test knit for @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social - I have nicknamed it “hockey hood”
It’s one of many wips I could share for this weeks #showmeyourknits 🧶
It’s one of many wips I could share for this weeks #showmeyourknits 🧶
My Seedy Saturday haul! Along w wanting a metal compost bin and more wool pellets
#vegetablegardening #backyardgarden #growfood
#vegetablegardening #backyardgarden #growfood
February 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My Seedy Saturday haul! Along w wanting a metal compost bin and more wool pellets
#vegetablegardening #backyardgarden #growfood
#vegetablegardening #backyardgarden #growfood
Happy 🧶❤️ Friday - Pattern is "My Whole Heart" by Halifax Charity Knitters - I knit 3 of these in March 2020
halifaxcharityknitters.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/m...
#showmeyourknits
halifaxcharityknitters.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/m...
#showmeyourknits
February 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Happy 🧶❤️ Friday - Pattern is "My Whole Heart" by Halifax Charity Knitters - I knit 3 of these in March 2020
halifaxcharityknitters.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/m...
#showmeyourknits
halifaxcharityknitters.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/m...
#showmeyourknits
Finally had a chance to take a photo without me freezing (brrrr)
Another sideways 🧶 knit hat - Dancette by @woollywormhead.bsky.social
Another sideways 🧶 knit hat - Dancette by @woollywormhead.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Finally had a chance to take a photo without me freezing (brrrr)
Another sideways 🧶 knit hat - Dancette by @woollywormhead.bsky.social
Another sideways 🧶 knit hat - Dancette by @woollywormhead.bsky.social
I missed #showmeyourknits last week (I had many 🧶 stripes), but surprised this week, I have a few Hearts!
First up - "Love Is" by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social - this hangs on my front porch year-round, along with 2 other hoop patterns of hers, neighbours asked if I could knit them one!
First up - "Love Is" by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social - this hangs on my front porch year-round, along with 2 other hoop patterns of hers, neighbours asked if I could knit them one!
February 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I missed #showmeyourknits last week (I had many 🧶 stripes), but surprised this week, I have a few Hearts!
First up - "Love Is" by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social - this hangs on my front porch year-round, along with 2 other hoop patterns of hers, neighbours asked if I could knit them one!
First up - "Love Is" by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social - this hangs on my front porch year-round, along with 2 other hoop patterns of hers, neighbours asked if I could knit them one!
More from my adventures in crochet - I misunderstood pattern - it WAS meant to be rounds and not rows (loop to be seamed vs what I thought: folded flat piece seamed) - ripped back 9 rows to restart - on the bright side, it’s all practice and my row gauge was spot on
#knittertryingcrochet 🧶
#knittertryingcrochet 🧶
January 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
More from my adventures in crochet - I misunderstood pattern - it WAS meant to be rounds and not rows (loop to be seamed vs what I thought: folded flat piece seamed) - ripped back 9 rows to restart - on the bright side, it’s all practice and my row gauge was spot on
#knittertryingcrochet 🧶
#knittertryingcrochet 🧶
I used the advanced search feature on Ravelry Patterns: In my Projects, Fabric characteristics, cables RESULTS: 49 projects with this week's #showmeyourknits 🧶 theme! 19 hats, 15 socks, 5 cowls, 4 mitts, 3 blankets, 1 poncho, 1 scarf, 1 sweater, 1 vest
January 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I used the advanced search feature on Ravelry Patterns: In my Projects, Fabric characteristics, cables RESULTS: 49 projects with this week's #showmeyourknits 🧶 theme! 19 hats, 15 socks, 5 cowls, 4 mitts, 3 blankets, 1 poncho, 1 scarf, 1 sweater, 1 vest
Did someone say CABLES?!? This weeks #showmeyourknits theme will have me posting a lot #knitsky #knit 🧶
First my most worn, favourite socks, the Celtic Song Socks by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
First my most worn, favourite socks, the Celtic Song Socks by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
January 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Did someone say CABLES?!? This weeks #showmeyourknits theme will have me posting a lot #knitsky #knit 🧶
First my most worn, favourite socks, the Celtic Song Socks by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
First my most worn, favourite socks, the Celtic Song Socks by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
First finished object of 2025 - the Leclerc Cowl by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social - now I can pull off reciting pi without anyone knowing why I’m staring at my cowl 🧶 #knitsky #knit www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
January 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
First finished object of 2025 - the Leclerc Cowl by @maryerosedesigns.bsky.social - now I can pull off reciting pi without anyone knowing why I’m staring at my cowl 🧶 #knitsky #knit www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
January 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
You can "pin" a feed on a topic you want to follow and just watch that timeline - for example the "Just Knitting" feed which I've "pinned" (blue pin top right when you are on a feed) bsky.app/profile/snow...
January 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
You can "pin" a feed on a topic you want to follow and just watch that timeline - for example the "Just Knitting" feed which I've "pinned" (blue pin top right when you are on a feed) bsky.app/profile/snow...
Jan 20th #patternwordoftheday is "Resist" as I intend to resist temptation to doom scroll. DYK there are 36 🧶 patterns on Rav with the #PWOTD in the name? #knittingforstressmanagement
January 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Jan 20th #patternwordoftheday is "Resist" as I intend to resist temptation to doom scroll. DYK there are 36 🧶 patterns on Rav with the #PWOTD in the name? #knittingforstressmanagement
Soooooo many 🤪
January 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Soooooo many 🤪
Saturday's comfy sweater is the Fernwood Cardigan by Jane Richmond. #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knit 🧶 (I live in this sweater in gardening season)...
January 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Saturday's comfy sweater is the Fernwood Cardigan by Jane Richmond. #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knit 🧶 (I live in this sweater in gardening season)...
Shall I recite pi for you? 3.1415 92653 58979 323 and partway through 8 with 13 digits to go…
The Leclerc cowl is a secret code wearable for pi day - when this blocks out I’m set! 🧶 #knitcode
The Leclerc cowl is a secret code wearable for pi day - when this blocks out I’m set! 🧶 #knitcode
January 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Shall I recite pi for you? 3.1415 92653 58979 323 and partway through 8 with 13 digits to go…
The Leclerc cowl is a secret code wearable for pi day - when this blocks out I’m set! 🧶 #knitcode
The Leclerc cowl is a secret code wearable for pi day - when this blocks out I’m set! 🧶 #knitcode