Velvet
@velvetpurrs.bsky.social
Hedgehogs (wild)🦔, knitting/spinning 🧶, Iceland🇮🇸 & volcanoes🌋, eternally curious hermit, trying to navigate my way through life without any clue how. Will always say oh hai to a cat🐈⬛🐈.
Live in the UK 🇬🇧.
She/her or they/them is fine too.
Live in the UK 🇬🇧.
She/her or they/them is fine too.
It’s pancake day in the UK so I made some. They were from an Icelandic recipe and also delicious.
March 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s pancake day in the UK so I made some. They were from an Icelandic recipe and also delicious.
How I’m doing with the Icelandic 🇮🇸 lopi sweater. The yoke pattern is done, most of the body knit 🧶 (a bit more to go and the ribbing) but I switched to the arms before I go back to the body. Had concerns about yarn amounts remaining but these seem to have been unfounded I think.
February 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How I’m doing with the Icelandic 🇮🇸 lopi sweater. The yoke pattern is done, most of the body knit 🧶 (a bit more to go and the ribbing) but I switched to the arms before I go back to the body. Had concerns about yarn amounts remaining but these seem to have been unfounded I think.
Not what you expect from a reputable plant company. Wasn’t damaged in transit, the cellophane ‘gift wrapping’ had trapped many of the leaves, cutting them off on the rim of the pot, and looked like it had something dropped n the centre that crushed all the rest except that one part.
December 17, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Not what you expect from a reputable plant company. Wasn’t damaged in transit, the cellophane ‘gift wrapping’ had trapped many of the leaves, cutting them off on the rim of the pot, and looked like it had something dropped n the centre that crushed all the rest except that one part.
Socks 🧦 got ripped back to before the heels and re-knit with a gusset to help with the fit. I am NOT starting the ribbing as insanely early as last time. It is fast knitting and hopefully be done by Christmas and then it is ICELANDIC SWEATER CAST-ON TIME 🧶🇮🇸 and yes I *am* excited about this 😂
December 16, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Socks 🧦 got ripped back to before the heels and re-knit with a gusset to help with the fit. I am NOT starting the ribbing as insanely early as last time. It is fast knitting and hopefully be done by Christmas and then it is ICELANDIC SWEATER CAST-ON TIME 🧶🇮🇸 and yes I *am* excited about this 😂
Still not cast on any of the Icelandic yarn because of these. It’s a pair of socks (just in case you’re a non-knitter) and the yarn is lovely, as are German short-rows.
I started the cuff sooner than I should & 2x2 ribbing is SO SLOW - but I knit too much of it to rip back and re-knit. Ugh.
I started the cuff sooner than I should & 2x2 ribbing is SO SLOW - but I knit too much of it to rip back and re-knit. Ugh.
December 9, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Still not cast on any of the Icelandic yarn because of these. It’s a pair of socks (just in case you’re a non-knitter) and the yarn is lovely, as are German short-rows.
I started the cuff sooner than I should & 2x2 ribbing is SO SLOW - but I knit too much of it to rip back and re-knit. Ugh.
I started the cuff sooner than I should & 2x2 ribbing is SO SLOW - but I knit too much of it to rip back and re-knit. Ugh.
More knitting 🧶 content
This is the other sweater yarn (also Icelandic🇮🇸!) - Ístex Fjallalopi for a very beautiful sweater design called Góa. The ball of green is the one from the other shipment now with these. Love the colours and yes that’s black for the main part of the sweater!
This is the other sweater yarn (also Icelandic🇮🇸!) - Ístex Fjallalopi for a very beautiful sweater design called Góa. The ball of green is the one from the other shipment now with these. Love the colours and yes that’s black for the main part of the sweater!
December 4, 2024 at 6:22 PM
More knitting 🧶 content
This is the other sweater yarn (also Icelandic🇮🇸!) - Ístex Fjallalopi for a very beautiful sweater design called Góa. The ball of green is the one from the other shipment now with these. Love the colours and yes that’s black for the main part of the sweater!
This is the other sweater yarn (also Icelandic🇮🇸!) - Ístex Fjallalopi for a very beautiful sweater design called Góa. The ball of green is the one from the other shipment now with these. Love the colours and yes that’s black for the main part of the sweater!
And this is the reveal… Icelandic yarn 🧶, from Iceland 🇮🇸
I had to sniff it as I unpacked and it smells slightly of sheep, but much more of crisp snowy winter air from a mountain 🏔️ or glacier - just amazing!
Also had a lovely email exchange with the shop using my rudimentary Icelandic (am learning).
I had to sniff it as I unpacked and it smells slightly of sheep, but much more of crisp snowy winter air from a mountain 🏔️ or glacier - just amazing!
Also had a lovely email exchange with the shop using my rudimentary Icelandic (am learning).
November 29, 2024 at 11:58 AM
And this is the reveal… Icelandic yarn 🧶, from Iceland 🇮🇸
I had to sniff it as I unpacked and it smells slightly of sheep, but much more of crisp snowy winter air from a mountain 🏔️ or glacier - just amazing!
Also had a lovely email exchange with the shop using my rudimentary Icelandic (am learning).
I had to sniff it as I unpacked and it smells slightly of sheep, but much more of crisp snowy winter air from a mountain 🏔️ or glacier - just amazing!
Also had a lovely email exchange with the shop using my rudimentary Icelandic (am learning).
A sneak peek of a very exciting parcel that came yesterday from Iceland 🇮🇸
I’ve already opened it but will reveal more later, these might hold a clue though… 🧶🏔️🐏❄️💨
I’ve already opened it but will reveal more later, these might hold a clue though… 🧶🏔️🐏❄️💨
November 29, 2024 at 8:41 AM
A sneak peek of a very exciting parcel that came yesterday from Iceland 🇮🇸
I’ve already opened it but will reveal more later, these might hold a clue though… 🧶🏔️🐏❄️💨
I’ve already opened it but will reveal more later, these might hold a clue though… 🧶🏔️🐏❄️💨
Oh! Started snowing about an hour and a half ago. Am surprised it’s actually not just melting on contact with the ground and stuff. Winter is coming? I think it’s here… can’t remember the last time we had snow in November.
November 19, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Oh! Started snowing about an hour and a half ago. Am surprised it’s actually not just melting on contact with the ground and stuff. Winter is coming? I think it’s here… can’t remember the last time we had snow in November.
Current knitting project - pair of socks for me, two at a time, toe up, on circulars. I’m trying a German short row heel and after an initial ‘halp I am lost and don’t know where I am’ halfway through the first heel, I’m liking this method a lot. Much easier than wrap and turn short rows.
November 14, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Current knitting project - pair of socks for me, two at a time, toe up, on circulars. I’m trying a German short row heel and after an initial ‘halp I am lost and don’t know where I am’ halfway through the first heel, I’m liking this method a lot. Much easier than wrap and turn short rows.
And the itty bitty notmykitty committee are making sure I still have fur in my life
November 14, 2024 at 10:04 AM
And the itty bitty notmykitty committee are making sure I still have fur in my life
Thanks lovely. He was absolutely the best cat ever out of all the best cats. I have all the photos and memories though.
November 14, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Thanks lovely. He was absolutely the best cat ever out of all the best cats. I have all the photos and memories though.
If my life was less unpredictable I would have my own cats but aging family members at a distance make that impossible. #notmycat, #notmycateither and #alsonotmycat are making the loss of the best cat ever earlier this year (and me catless) less awful.
November 13, 2024 at 8:45 AM
If my life was less unpredictable I would have my own cats but aging family members at a distance make that impossible. #notmycat, #notmycateither and #alsonotmycat are making the loss of the best cat ever earlier this year (and me catless) less awful.
This is the chief home invader. She only has 3 legs, 1 disappeared earlier this year (a bad break I assume). It doesn’t stop her doing anything. And that is my bed that she occupies every single day I’m here. She wants to live with me but she has a home elsewhere so she doesn’t get fed here.
November 13, 2024 at 8:45 AM
This is the chief home invader. She only has 3 legs, 1 disappeared earlier this year (a bad break I assume). It doesn’t stop her doing anything. And that is my bed that she occupies every single day I’m here. She wants to live with me but she has a home elsewhere so she doesn’t get fed here.
The face of my old man cat who - after almost 2 weeks of unbelievable stress, expense, and desperation - has been diagnosed hyperthyroid & now on twice daily meds for the rest of his life :-/ He is finally gaining weight back - after becoming painfully & dangerously thin.
February 15, 2024 at 8:59 PM
The face of my old man cat who - after almost 2 weeks of unbelievable stress, expense, and desperation - has been diagnosed hyperthyroid & now on twice daily meds for the rest of his life :-/ He is finally gaining weight back - after becoming painfully & dangerously thin.
I made some Icelandic rúgbrauð. It is delicious! Very easy to make, though it makes at a very low temperature for many many hours.
February 3, 2024 at 10:06 AM
I made some Icelandic rúgbrauð. It is delicious! Very easy to make, though it makes at a very low temperature for many many hours.
From this (underweight, out in the day, sick) to this (healthy, plump, and waiting for the right weather to release). I’m closed as a rescue but when one turns up in a shocking state at your back door, how can you not take them in and use the last of the meds on them to save their life.
January 10, 2024 at 7:44 AM
From this (underweight, out in the day, sick) to this (healthy, plump, and waiting for the right weather to release). I’m closed as a rescue but when one turns up in a shocking state at your back door, how can you not take them in and use the last of the meds on them to save their life.
When you’re reading the signs waiting for another intrusion/eruption and your phone pops up the photo you took the last time… first time I’ve ever watched the beginning of an eruption live via cameras & followed data being streamed too. youtube.com/@liveiceland... has great cams & facts not hype.
December 30, 2023 at 11:10 AM
When you’re reading the signs waiting for another intrusion/eruption and your phone pops up the photo you took the last time… first time I’ve ever watched the beginning of an eruption live via cameras & followed data being streamed too. youtube.com/@liveiceland... has great cams & facts not hype.
Found my way here at last. Very much hoping it’ll be less awful than the place that used to have a bird. Merry Wintermas all.
December 25, 2023 at 11:50 AM
Found my way here at last. Very much hoping it’ll be less awful than the place that used to have a bird. Merry Wintermas all.