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Sybil Ra
@sybilra2.bsky.social
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Knitwear designer, accessories with a twist
My blog: https://knitting-and-so-on.blogspot.com
My designs on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/sybil-r

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Lazy sunday afternoon: #knitting a few more flowers and reading the new whodunnit by Leonie Kramer 🧶
"Fadenkreuz" by Leonie Kramer plus three complete and one half-finished knitted dark pink flower on a white marble background.
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Here°s my latest #knitting pattern: Windrädchen Fingerless Gloves - knitted around the thumb to show off your self-striping yarn. Knitting pattern available via Ravelry and Payhip - get 25% off with coupon code "WIND" (discount ends Dec 5, 2025) 🧶:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/AXl03
Woman's hands wearing fingerless gloves lying palms up on a wooden table - holding dark magenta coloured dahlias. The fingerless gloves are knitted in a self-striping yarn - the colours are light green, sky blue, dark magenta, dark blue, red and white - with triangular garter stitch panels arranged around the thumb.
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Here is my latest #knitting pattern - it is a hat knitted flat and in garter stitch with a flower pattern around the crown - done with short rows and intarsia.
You can get a 25% discount with coupon code "FLOWER" - discount ends Nov 8, 2025 🧶
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/pknEd
A woman's head and shoulders seen from behind wearing a hand-knitted hat in front of a high hedge. The hat is black with a purple flower - outlined in white - on the crown and a pompom in the middle.
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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My new knitted cowl is blocking. I am quite happy how it turned out 🧶
Hand-knitted cowl knitted on the bias pinned on a blocking board. The cowl is made up of very light blue garter stitch short row diamond within dark red contour rows.
October 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Re-knitting my flower appliqués - while correcting the pattern and taking photos.
Hand-knitted flower with 5 petals lying on top of a heavily corrected print-out of the knitting pattern. The yarn used to knit the flower is a 6-ply self-striping sock yarn in colours ranging from sky-blue over green to red.
October 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I have just published a new #knitting pattern for fingerless gloves on Ravelry and Payhip called "Mitred Ribbing Mitts" 🧶.
You can get a 25% discount with coupon code "MITRED"- discount ends October 10, 2025.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/VRlBJ
Human hands palms up wearing fingerless gloves holding a pink carnation in front of a dark red background. The fingerless gloves are hand knitted in a self-striping yarn in colours that range from orange to bright red.
September 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Another version of my soon to come new fingerless gloves design. This time made with beautiful hand-dyed yarn that I recently bought in Amsterdam. 🧶 #knitting
Hand-knitted fingerless gloves - one finished one nearly finished layed out flat on a black surface. The gloves are knitted in a hand-dyed, self-striping yarn in bright yellow, orange and red. The gloves are constructed in eight panels - arranged in a pinwheel pattern - around the thumb.
September 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The second pair of my new knitting design for fingerless gloves is nearly finished - I really like the pinwheel pattern.
#knitting 🧶
Hand-knitted fingerless gloves - one finished one nearly finished layed out flat on a wooden surface. The gloves are. dark blue with light blue and white stripes arranged in a pinwheel pattern around the thumb.
September 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Finally finished my new summer top with flower side panels 🧶.
The #knittingpattern for a square version of the flowers on the side panel (called Hana coasters) is available via Ravelry and Payhip:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/rIuPn
Half sideways view of a white dressmakers dummy wearing handknitted summer top in front of a white background. The top is dark sky blue and knitted sideways in garter stitch. It has sidepanels with a pattern of white flowers.
August 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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It really feels like autumn today, i.e. so baking an apple cake is a good idea. Here it is with my Pear Potholders.
The free #knitting pattern is available on my blog 🧶
knitting-and-so-on.blogspot.com/2018/09/when...
Apple cake in a round tin with two hand-knitted pear-shaped potholders in different shades of green on a wooden kitchen counter.
August 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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My first ever piece of #embroidery (after something I did ages ago in primary school). Could it be neater? Of course!
Am I proud that I finished it? Yes!
Will I do embroidery again? Absolutely!
Design by get.stitch.done (on Instagram and etsy)
Piece of creme coloured embroidered fabric in an embroidery hoop on a brown wooden surface. The design spells "Welcome to the shitshow" in a sweet flower design in pastel colours.
August 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Finished the main parts of a second cotton summer top with flower side panels. Now only very short sleeves are missing 🧶.
The knittingpattern for a square version of the flowers on the side panel (Hana coasters) is available via Ravelry and Payhip:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/rIuPn
White dressmakers dummy wearing an unfinished handknitted summer top in front of a white background. The top is dark dky blue and knitted sideways. It has sidepanels with a pattern of white flowers.
August 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Knitting a second summer top with side panels based on my Hana flower motifs. Currently, I am #knitting the back piece. 🧶
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The pattern for the square flower motifs is available via Ravelry and Payhip:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/rIuPn
Unfinished hand-knitted top lying on a wooden floor. The main part of the piece is dark sky blue. The side panel is the same blue with three white flowers.
July 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Knitted flowers 🧶
18 knitted flowers (knitted sideways and in garter stitch), each with 5 petals, in various colours (pink, orange, white etc.) on a sage green background.
July 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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#throwbackthursday
Bitilasana Yoga socks - free knitting pattern on my blog:
knitting-and-so-on.blogspot.com/2016/08/biti...
Human feet wearing socks without heel and toes on a grey concrete floor. The socks have sideways pattern in wavy stripes of black and two shades of pink.
July 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I am trying to knit a summer top with my Hana flower motifs as side panels - currently I am grafting the second side panel to the top's back. #knitting 🧶
Back part of a cotton summer top in dark green with two side panels. Each side panel consist of three knitted flower motifs (pink flower on dark green background).
June 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I have just published a new knitting pattern for square shaped flower motifs. They can be used as coasters or be embedded in bigger projects🧶- available via Ravelry and Payhip:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/rIuPn
Until June 15th, 2025 there is a 25% discount with coupon code "HANA".
Six handknitted square shaped flower motifs - dark green with pink flower in front of a light background.
June 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Happy Glorious 25th of May! GNU Sir Terry Pratchett. How do they rise up?
#Glorious25th #Discworld #TruthJusticeFreedomReasonablyPricedLove #Speakhisname
A mug of tea with a lilac blossom pattern on it, alongside lilac and Terry Pratchett pin badges.
May 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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#knitting some flower motifs 🌼🧶
Two and a half dark green handknitted squares with a pink flower motif.
May 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Kann das Landleben glücklich machen? Martina Behm stellt sich in NDR Kultur à la carte unerschrocken und unsentimental dieser Frage, beschreibt ihren Alltag in einem Dorf in Schleswig-Holstein und erzählt, wie sie über ihre Liebe zum Stricken zum Schreiben gefunden hat.👇
www.ndr.de/kultur/sendu...
"Hier draußen" - das Debüt von Martina Behm
Martina Behm strickt und schreibt. "Hier draußen" ist ihr erster Roman, der unsentimental vom Landleben erzählt.
www.ndr.de
April 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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My knitting mojo is still really low. But at least I managed to finish one sock that I started ages ago. A bit more sock knitting and a nice mystery ... and my weekend is set.
A book (The Twyford Code by Janice Haller) together with one hand knitted sock and the tip of a sock still in progess flat on a white marbled surface. The sock yarn is a dark red.
April 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Mathematician Uses Knitting & Crochet To Help Solve A 40-Year-Old Math Problem: 👉 phys.org/news/2025-03... #knitting #crochet #math 🧮🧶
Mathematicians crack 40-year-old problem on quasiregularly elliptic manifolds
A mathematical problem solved by Susanna Heikkilä relates to the classification of quasiregularly elliptic 4-manifolds, asking what four-dimensional shapes can be obtained by deforming four-dimensiona...
phys.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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March 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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A lovely version of my new #knitted Neon Shawl in more muted colors - without the zigzag edge 🧶.
The #knittingpattern is available via Ravelry and Payhip:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/t6iNd
You can get a 25% introduction discount with code "NEON". Discount ends March 7, 2025.
Knitted semi circular scarf in black, grey and violet spreaded out on a park bench.
March 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I have published a new #knittingpattern: a colourful shawl, in bold neon colours reminiscend of the 1980s.
The pattern is available via Ravelry and Payhip:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/t6iNd
You can get a 25% introduction discount with coupon code "NEON" until March 7, 2025. 🧶
Hand-knitted, semi-circular shawl in black and neon colors (pink, green and orange) hanging in front of a white wall.
February 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM