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@zumocrafty.bsky.social
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(Mostly) selfish knitter 🧶🇨🇦
Podcast: "Sometimes I Make Things" on YouTube 🎥✨️
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BOOM! 💥 I have made yarn!
Second wheel spin, malabrigo nube in petrichor on my Ashford Traditional. I love it!! 🧶
#spinning #tourdefleece #spinster
A mostly bulky, somewhat lumpy, skein of handspun yarn in autumnal shades of purple, orange, red, yellow, and green
July 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Still knitting away on my basket weave mod schemer slipover 🍊 I'm hoping to really lock in on my knitting this week, lets get some things done! 🧶

P.s. are handknit socks enough to quakify for #MeMadeMay ? 😜
POV shot of a bright orange knit slipover work in progress on my lap. I am wearing hot pink handknit socks
May 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Star Scarf by Tori Yu Test Knit! Very funny little design that uses garter stitch and short rows, perfect for minis and scraps 😊🫶🧶
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Star Scarf styled by tying it around the base of a ponytail hair style Star Scarf tied in a bow around a woman's neck, she is smiling upwards :) A skinny scarf worn crossed once around the neck. The star scarf has a bias colour scheme so that 2 colours can be used
May 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Knit a sock a month challenge update:
Jan/Feb/March have all worked out! The rainbow pair is my Jan/March, in Feb I finished the second pink sock, meaning 2 finished pairs already for 2025. Really good for me based on historic knitting trends! 🧦🧶✨️
My January and February socks. January is a rainbow self striping vanilla sock, February is a hot pink rendition of Cookie A's Monkey socks from Knitty Mag My rainbow handknit socks ready for their first wear day! I like how the blue stripes pair with my Levis :) Hot pink Monkey socks by designer Cookie A from Knitty Magazine. These were very fun to make and fit great!
April 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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April knitting goals:
🍊 Finish my Schemer slipover (pictured)
🌈 Finish my March sock (oops!)
🧦Start and finish my April sock
🧶 Finish my second spinning wheel spin
A bright orange knit vest in progress. It has a basket weave textured pattern.
April 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I've been thinking about this cast on since October, at least 🍊 I held off on casting on to try and get some WIPs done, but if I want to wear this before summer, I need to start knitting now! 🧶
Pattern is Schemer by @apellaknits.bsky.social
Yarn is Aloft and Swish worsted from Knitpicks 🧡
#knitsky
The beginnings of a twisted rib hem of the Schemer Slipover pattern by Apella Knits. The yarn is Aloft and Swish Worsted in the colourway Solar Flare Heather from Knitpicks, which is a bright orange.
March 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Socks! Wonderful socks! Small and portable and guaranteed to take me 7 months to finish 😂🧶🧦

#showmeyourknits #sockknitting
Two handknit shortie socks on a woven table runner. The socks are made using the Heel Tab pattern from the Purl Bug Blog, a heel flap, and a self patterned colourwork section on the arch. The yarn is 2 colours of jawoll, a marled black/white and a neon yellow.
March 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Dinosaur :)
#knitsky #knitting #clairegarland
Work in progress pic of the Triceratops knitting pattern by Claire Garland/ Dots Pebbles Knits. I think it looks like a proper triceratops now, even if it's missing 2 feet, a jaw, and eyes!
February 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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One more pattern repeat, then I'm ready to knit the toe! These are Monkey Socks by Cookie A, pattern from @knitty.com (a must follow!) Yarn is Cascade Heritage in the bestest brightest pink your retinas can handle 💝🧦

#showmeyourknits #knitsky #sockknitting
Monkey Socks pattern by Cookie A. One finished and one in progress hand knit socks lay on a blanket. They are hot pink and feature a simple lace pattern.
February 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Hi Knitsky! I have a new knitting podcast episode up on my YouTube, Sometimes I Make Things! This one is all about Finish It February, and my plans for the month 🧶🧦 #knitting #showmeyourknits

youtu.be/ivLRvQQUjgw
A youtube thumbnail with a half knit red scarf on one side (the turtle dove shawl by sari nordlund) and the words "FIN *knit* FEB Ep. 25!" In big colourful bubble letters on the other side. Some leaf motifs surround the picture and words.
February 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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How many knits can you get in the 'fit? 😂🧶 I think 4 is pretty good!
Wearing Purl Soho's Classic Ribbed Hat, Espace Tricot's Cooler side of Warm Cowl and Gingerbread Sweater, and Floret Socks 🧦
#knitsky #knitting #knitfit
Full body mirror selfie of a woman wearing a handknit hat, cowl, sweater, and socks with green pants
February 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Finally, I got around to making a crafting/knitting bingo card for 2025! I don't have any prizes in mind for myself for completing it, I'm just a gal who loves a gimmick 😂 🧶
#knitting #crochet #needlefelting #knitsky #handspinning
A bingo card with 24 prompts pertaining to fibre arts and hobbies
February 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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What has worked for me is putting my starting slipknot between a colour change and taking a pic to remember. Makes it easier to replicate :)
February 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Stripes! I dont knit much in stripes, but I do love a self striping sock 🧦 Getting the pattern to match up perfectly is sooooo satisfying 😩🧶 #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knitting
Socked feet photographed from above with soles touching. The socks are striped with blue, pink, yellow, purple, and bands of black and white. The yarn is Lang Yarns Super Soxx if youre wondering!
February 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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2025 is for vests!
This year, the schemer slipover by @apellaknits.bsky.social is the top of my queue. I'm being daring and knitting in a new colour for me and my wardrobe- bright orange! 🍊 🧶
First though, gotta get through Finish It February 🥲
#knitsky #knitpicks
White woman with brown hair and large glasses holds two skeins of bright orange yarn near her face.
January 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I don't think a "Year of Socks" is realistic for me, but I may be able to pull off knitting 12 single socks/6 pairs in 2025? Stay tuned 🧶#knitsky
January 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Teeny tiny cables on my modified apis dorsata shawl (free pattern available from @knitty.com )
Of course, I gifted it before taking proper pictures of the whole thing! 😂🧶
#showmeyourknits #knitsky #knittymag
January 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Another current WIP for #showmeyourknits cable week: my Turtledove Shawl by Sari Nordlund! This was supposed to be my 2024 Christmas knit... here's to 2025! 😂🎄🧶
#knitsky
Slightly more than half of a red knit shawl. It has cables and bobbles running horizontally across the work. It is a bright christmas-y red. It sits on a table with various bee and wood themed home decor and candle pieces
January 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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For cable week of #Showmeyourknits here are the completed sleeves of my Honeycomb Aran! I posted what I have of the body yesterday. I love how you can compare the blocked (left) to unblocked (right!)
Two knitted sleeves on a table. A cat sleeps in the background. The sleeve on the right is unblocked, the left sleeve is blocked. The stitches are more relaxed and open on this sleeve and the yarn looks brighter
January 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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First yarn purchase of 2025 🧶 I did the math, I need two more skeins to finish this 2023 WIP - The Honeycomb Aran by Gayle Bunn.
The bottom portion of a cabled aran sweater and 2 skeins of white tweed yarn on a round wooden side table
January 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Heres a fun sweater for your consideration: Look At My Holes! It looks like crochet, but it's actually knit ☺️ I've made 2 in softee cotton yarn. This is my long sleeve mod. (Peep my first pair of knit socks in the second photo 👀) #showmeyourknits #knitsky 🧶
Close up view of the knit stitch pattern for the Look At My Holes sweater Me in my Look At My Holes sweater, i am standing next to a large window, holding my cat Milo. The sweater is a pale beige grey and I am wearing green pants and handknit socks. Dearly departed Trill is laying on a chair in the foreground.
January 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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This is my first handknit sweater! It's knit in a local farm wool, using Strangebrew by Tin Can Knits as a base (size 2XL). The charts I either made up or found on pinterest! #Showmeyourknits #knitsky
Close view of a woman wearing a teal sweater with grey and yellow colourwork details. It is snowing Woman wearing a teal sweater with grey and yellow colourwork details. It is snowing, she is looking upward and smiling
January 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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This is my ✨️prettiest✨️ handknit sweater 💜🧶 #showmeyourknits #knitsky #craftiverse
Close up of the front of my Sheer V Sweater by Jessie Mae Designs. It is a pale shade of lavender with a sheer inverted triangular panel on the chest. It is knit in Knitpicks Palette in the colour Hyacinth and KP Aloft in Pennyroyal 3/4 back view of my Sheer V Sweater by Jessie Mae Designs. The ribbed detail and halo from the yarn are shown. The sweater is a pale shade of lavender. It is knit in Knitpicks Palette in the colour Hyacinth and KP Aloft in Pennyroyal. I am looking over my shoulder at the camera and smiling
January 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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This is probably the coolest sweater I will ever knit 🧶🎃🕸💀 #showmeyourknits #halloween
Me in my Halloween Sweater! Motifs of skulls, pumpkins, bats, spider webs, leaves, and moon phases are included in black white and orange colourwork. The sweater is cropped and has short sleeves. Me in my Halloween Sweater! Back view. Motifs of skulls, pumpkins, bats, spider webs, leaves, and moon phases are included in black white and orange colourwork. The sweater is cropped and has short sleeves.
January 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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I have a lot to share for this week's #showmeyourknits ! This is my Slóðir by Védís Jónsdóttir. She designed it for lopi yarn, but I used knit picks Wonderfluff and found it to be excellent substitution. The pattern is free, but you will probably need google translate 🧶 #sweaterknitting
A woman wearing a handknit sweater in the fair isle style. The motifs are different animal footprints. Close up view of the slóðir sweater yoke. It is made up of different animal footprints
January 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM