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Tastefully Freckled
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Web developer by day; amateur artist, crocheter, knitter, and writer by night.🇨🇦🇳🇱
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Hey Bluesy, long time no see. At long last, here's my June square. 🧶 #knit #knitsky
A yellow and salmon coloured square of knit fabric featuring a cabled pattern
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Finally finished, just in time for the weather to take a turn for the worse. It was 7 degrees above freezing this morning, so it came in handy. 🧶 #knitting #knitsky
"True Celt Cowl", pattern by Hana Paimen, knit in a red-and-white marled yarn
May 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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50% complete my first knit wearable! "True Celt Cowl" in Tailor Yarns Soft Twist - burgundy. 🧶 #knitting #knitting
A partially completed cowl on a circular knitting needle featuring a celtic knotwork cable design.
May 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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I took my son to the park yesterday afternoon, and the trees were at peak blossom. I might try and paint this sometime. #photography #landscape
In a park surrounded by green trees and bushes, a path winds past 3 blossoming trees.
May 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Finally finished the May square of my year-old KAL! I haven't forgotten the yarn crafts, I swear. 🧶 #knitting #knitsky
A square of knit fabric featuring a textured diamond motif
May 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Last of the sprite exercise. This is enlarged to 400%. I stumbled on a basic body plan I really liked and spent most of the time iterating on that. I'm now caught up on what I did for the class, so it might be a while before I get more pixel art done. #pixelart #pixel #art #ドット絵
Selfie, generic teen hero, princess, granny wielding a frying pan, schoolgirl, elf with torch, drow with staff, baby in a swaddle, dual-wielding tiefling, martial artist.
May 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Here's the next set of sprites, also enlarged to 600%. #pixelart #pixel #art #ドット絵
10 pixel art sprites: Superman, woman with a staff, ninja, spellsword, orc, man walking, fairy, monk, mermaid, man with practice sword.
May 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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This week's pixel art assignment was 3 sets of 10 sprites, in increasing sizes from 8x8, 16x16, and 32x32.

Here are the first ones, 8px x 8px enlarged 600%.
Description of what they're supposed to be in the alt text.

#pixelart #pixel #art #ドット絵
A grid of pixel art spites, 8px x 8px. From the top down, left to right: A guy, A woman in a dress, a knight, a wizard, an ogre, a ghost, a zombie, another knight in helm, a barbarian, a girl with pigtails.
May 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Quick sidequest: used some leftover baby blanket yarn to make a headband. It may or may not have been during work meetings while WFH. 🧶 #crochet #tunisiancrochet #crochetsky
A headband made of braided strips of yellow, lilac, and mint coloured crocheted fabric.
April 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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More #pixelart practice, based on a photo I took on vacation years ago. #pixelsky #art #ドット絵
Pixel art landscape depicting a view over pine trees, seen from the top of a butte. Rocks and dry grass make up the foreground.
April 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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More #pixelart today, featuring dirt, grass, and water tiles done for my course. #pixel #art
A top-down landscape done in pixel art, featuring a seaside dirt path.
April 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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For sweater week on #crochetaway, I have this cardigan, completed April 2024. Lately my toddler has taken to claiming it whenever he sees me wearing it.🧶 #crochet
It's Shawl Good Cardigan, pattern by Ashlea Schumaker. Done in Lion Brand Mandala in colourway "Genie"
April 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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For a change of pace from all the knitting lately, here's some #pixelart I did for a class I'm working my way through. Although I admit, one goal is to use what I learn to design graphghans. #art
A 3-by-5 grid of textured geometric shapes done in pixel art. Top row (cubes): metal, water, brick 2nd row(spheres): leaves, yarn, rock 3rd row (cylinders): log, grass, candle 4th row (cones): carrot, banana, dirt Bottom row (pyramids): coloured glass, clay roof tiles, thatch
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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This square took me way too long, was a great crash-course in tinking, and it's still not perfect. At least there's noticeable improvement from bottom to top. 🧶 #knitting #newknitter
April square from the "2024 sampler blanket KAL"
April 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Hope I managed to make it in on time for #CrochetAway green week. A "Tanner the Triceratops" for my son. Haven't gotten a picture until yesterday as it lives on the carseat.🧶 #amigurumi
Amigurumi triceratops, done in green and grey yarn, sitting in the corner of a toddler's carseat.
March 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Hot off the needles, it's the March square of my year-old KAL. First time doing colourwork 🧶 #knitting #knitsky #newknitter
A square of knit fabric featuring a zigzag pattern in alternating rows of yellow and blue
March 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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February square of my year-old KAL done! First time doing cables, too. Now I'm only 12 months behind, instead of 14.🧶 #knitting #knitsky #newknitter
A light blue and pink square of knit fabric featuring cablework reminiscent of waves in a lake
March 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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For this week's #CrochetAway, I have these granny Christmas stockings I did in November 2023. I got all 3 done over an afternoon while my little dude was napping. Great for scraps.🧶 #crochet
Three crocheted miniature stocking Christmas tree ornaments
March 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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For this week's #CrochetAway, two of my earliest projects from late 2023, when I had only been crocheting for 6 months. 🧶 #amigurumi
Amigurumi of the pokémon Charmander, on a white table in front of a grey wall. Amigurumi of a gnome. His hat is shaped like a saiboat and features a mast, flag and anchor appliqué. He is holding a ship's wheel in his left hand.
March 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Just finished sewing the buttons on these: massage oil hip holsters for an RMT friend of mine (yarn supplied by her), with bonus gift kitty-coasters 🧶 #crochet
Crocheted massage lotion hip holster, done in rainbow variegated yarn in a v-stitch pattern Crocheted massage lotion hip holster, done in rainbow variegated yarn in a star-stitjch pattern Two crocheted coasters, circular with cat ears and tail, and cute embroidered face.
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Finished the first square from the year-old KAL I'm following. 🧶 #knitting #knitsky #newknitter
A vaguely square-shaped piece of knit fabric done in self-striping yarn, featuring a basketweave texture.
February 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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So, I decided the best thing to do to build up my #knitting skills is to follow along to a KAL one year behind. Square 1, half-done. 🧶
A piece of knitted fabric in a basket-weave texture still on one needle, with the other resting on top.
February 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I swear, I own more yarn than just mint-coloured cotton. Practicing new decreases with this one. 🧶 #knitting #knitsky #handmade #newknitter
A hand-knit washcloth featuring a lace tulip motif in the centre
February 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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So, it turns out I scanned in my #crochet pattern to My Row Counter just in time. #toddlers #momlife
A printed crochet pattern for a baby blanket, torn into three large pieces
February 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Fresh off the needles, here's my second FO, a coaster for my work-from-home desk. 🧶 #knitting #knitsky #handmade
A grey mug full of coffee with cream sitting on a hand knit coaster made of mint green cotton yarn.
January 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM