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Wyrd Knitting
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Knitter, cat owner, Brit, space nerd. Archaeology, folklore, spooky stories, witchcraft.

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Hurray! I've tried it on, and it fits, but it needs blocking. Now, on to the sleeves. #knitting #knitsky
A knitted sweater in progress. The body is complete and is knit from top down in shades of purple, dark pink, light pink, orange, bright green and dark green.
May 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Extra Lite Bright sweater progress. Last colour has been faded in, and I'm on to the hem. #knitting ##knitsky
A hand knitted sweater in progress. It is knit from the top down and features bands of colour knit in a fade stitch pattern. It starts with purple and moves through dark pink, light pink, orange, bright green, and dark green.
May 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Lite Bright sweater progress. Eight rounds to go in the bright green, before I start fading in the dark green, which is the final colour. #knitsky
A knitted sweater in progress. It is being knit from the top down in a fade pattern that transitions from purple to pink, orange and green.
May 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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My current WIP is the Extra Lite Bright sweater from Wool And Pine. I'm loving the yarn transitions so far. This is 4 shades of 4ply sock yarn. I have two more to go. #Knitsky #Knitting
A hand knitted raglan sweater in progress. It is knit from the top down. The colour transitions from purple at the top, through to pink and then orange.
May 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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#showmeyourknits this week is all things grey. I don't often knit with grey yarn, but here's a couple of sweaters I've knit in the past. #knitsky #knitting
April 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Oooh, stash dive! Stash dive! The Nouveau Cardigan by Lucy Hague was published as part of Glasgow University Knits in 2022, but is now available as an individual pattern. It is 4ply, but I'm willing to try and make a DK version. #Knitsky #Knitting www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
A hand knit cardigan on a dressmaker's dummy. The cardigan is a-line and in pale grey, with deep ribbed hems. The lower body features columns of art nouveau style cables in a flower motif.
April 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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🐑🐑🐑This has gone straight into my queue. The Sheep Sweater by Rosa Pomar. Bottom up and steeked. Fingering weight yarn. Sizes up to 61 inches. #Knitsky #Knitting www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Photo shows a woman in a hand knit sweater and jeans, standing in front of a large pot plant. The sweater is knit and dark grey and features rows of grazing sheep and lambs, knit in cream.
April 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Another one of my stash busting projects is the Sprig Slipover by Sarah Opie. It only has 18 projects on Ravelry and I don't know why. It looks amazing and it's only garter slip stitch. This is a perfect project for an ambitious beginner. #Knitsky www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
A knitted vest in progress. The vest is being knitted from the back neck down in alternating shades of blue, brown and white. The knitting is lying on a copy of the pattern, showing a model wearing the vest over a shirt and a pair of jeans.
April 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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#showmeyourknits is WIPs this week. I'm currently stash busting some of my 4ply yarns. This is going to be a cardigan in plain grey. I've added colour to the sleeves, with some self striping sock yarn.
April 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Incredibly, I managed to lose my old sock blockers (again). So, I bought some new ones. 😊 ##knitsky #knitting
A set of sock blockers on a wooden table. The blockers are made of wood and decorated with line drawings of leaves. On the right sock blockers is a green sock in progress. The sock has a mustard coloured heel flap. A ball of mustard yarn and two balls of green yarn are at the top right of the image.
March 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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This pattern is from way back in 2019, but I've never seen it before. Pirate Danger ☠️ socks by Jeannie Cartmel features tiny skull and crossbones motifs. Sock is knit toe up with a gusset and heel flap. I will be stash diving my box of socks yarns later. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #Knitsky
March 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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I decided to cast on the Book Club sweater from Sari Nordland today. I tried a couple of different yarns from my stash, and this one looked the best. It's King Cole Fashion Aran in Forest. The sweater is knit top down from the back neck. ##knitsky #knitting
A piece of knitted fabric, forming the back neck and shoulders of a sweater. It features a central panel of diamond cables with columns of stag horn cables on either side. It is knitted in an olive green yarn.
March 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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I was just getting into my #knitting stride this morning when one of these put in an appearance 😭
A knot in a length of brown yarn, joining two pieces together.
February 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Saw this on Threads yesterday. Worth keeping a note of the URL I think.
A Threads post with the following text: Ok. I saw a post from someone at NASA whose bio was erased bc some fragile male egos are threatened by women in STEM. So I bought the domain womeninstem.us. Who’d like to help crowdsource a website where we can house all the stories of women in STEM being censored? fuckthepatriarchy
February 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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My latest FO has stripes. 😊 #showmeyourknits
February 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Long Stripes socks are new from Maria Sampo-Janhu and they're making my eyes go crossed, but they're still very cool! They must be super cosy too, as they're knit in a worsted weight yarn. Pattern is available on Ravelry. #Knitting #knitsky 🧶www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
A picture of a person in a black skirt, wearing a pair of hand knit knee length socks. The toes and cuffs are in plain black and the feet and legs are knit in black and white stripes that wind around the leg in wide zig zags.
February 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Well, hello there! Mary P Hunt has a new cowl design out. Guardian features an intricate design of intertwined #dragons, inspired by Celtic myth and the motifs of medieval decoration. Pattern is on Ravelry and there is a #crochet version as well. #Knitting #knitsky 🧶 www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Image shows two versions of the Guardian cowl. The design features pairs on intertwined dragons with top and bottom borders in a Celtic braid style design. The hems of the cowl are cabled. The top cowl is knit in a pale yellow on a background of sage green. The bottom cowl is knit in red on a background of dark grey.
January 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Any knitting pattern by Unwind Knitwear. Her patterns are incredibly well written and detailed. Here's my Primavera, which I knit a few years ago
A hand knit jumper on a dressmakers dummy. The jumper is knit in a dark, heathered grey and features a filigree pattern around the yoke and hems, which is knit in a variegated yarn in reds and orange.
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Asking people to pay a fair price for your labour is now 'gatekeeping hobbies behind a wallet'. WTAF? If you wouldn't walk into a LYS and steal a bunch of hand dyed yarns, because that's theft, don't steal f***ing patterns. #knitsky
January 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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This week's #showmeyourknits is #cables One of my favourite techniques. My latest FO is the Emily cardigan by Emile Greene, but two years ago I finished the Awen sweater from Meghan Babin. Emily is in Yarnsmiths Create Aran in Silver and the Awen is in King Cole Fashion Aran in Redcurrant. #knitting
Photo shows the back of a hand knit cardigan in progress. The bottom hem is in plain rib and the body is in diagonal ribs that start at the centre and radiate towards the edges. The yarn is light grey. Photo shows a complete aran sweater on a dressmaker's dummy. The body and sleeves of the sweater are heavily cabled. The hems are in plain rib and it has a crew neck collar. The yarn is deep red.
January 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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I have the last few ends to weave in and the buttons to sew back on, but otherwise, my Crocodile Line cardigan is done! #knitting ##knitbsky 🥳🥳🥳
Photo shows a hand knitted cardigan. Panels of cables in brown are separated by bands of fairisle in blue and white. The fairisle features a diamond motif. The cardigan is lying on a wooden table.
January 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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One pattern repeat and a cuff left to go, and it's off the needles! #knitting #knitbsky 🧶
A hand knit cardigan in brown panels of cables separated by bands of fairisle in blue and white. The fairisle features a diamond motif. The cardigan is complete except for half of one sleeve.
January 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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I use a fidget popper as a row counter. It allows me to pre-pop the rows I need to do decreases or increases on. Here's mine, all set up for sleeve decreases. #knitting #knitbsky 🧶
Photo shows a rainbow striped fidget popper with ten rows of ten pops. Every sixth pop is already popped to mark the sleeve decrease rows for a hand knit cardigan.
January 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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I still have one sleeve to go on my current WIP, but I'm wondering what to cast on next. I'm giving serious thought to the Bergen cardigan by Evelyn Siatra. I'm just struggling to decide what yarn to do it in. #knitting #knitbsky #yarn
Photo shows the back of a fairisle cardigan. The pattern features bands of traditional snowflake and diamond motifs. The background colour is cream and the motifs are knitted in a combination of reds, oranges and blues.
January 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Sleeve number one done! The stitches for sleeve two are on the needles, so I am officially on the home stretch. #knitting #knitbsky 🧶
A hand knitted cardigan in bands of brown and bands of blue and white fairisle in a diamond motif. The body and one sleeve are complete. The second sleeve is to be started.
January 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM