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Elizabeth Nee
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Life-long Midwesterner who's a knitting, fiber arts, science, and sci-fi geek.
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Time for my annual review of my yarn and fiber stash. It’s a good time to take stock of what I have, make sure I don’t see any signs of pests, make plans for the coming year, and set aside anything I no longer want to trade, sell, or donate. #Knitsky
January 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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#FOFriday : I finally finished my Biscuit Slipover (by Bridget Zhou), which I started for a makealong with a 31 Oct deadline. Yarn is from a brown Cormo named Hershey who I met a few months ago. #Knitting #KnitSky🧶
A white woman standing outside in the snow, wearing a plaid shirt and a brown knit slipover. The patten is called Biscuit Slipover and is by Bridget Zhou. It has a crew neck and short sleeves. It uses brioche stitch and the columns of knits and purls switch every eight rows. It’s knit using a naturally brown Cormo. A white woman in overalls and a hat standing next to a brown Cormo sheep named Hershey. He’s wearing a jacket and lives on Holly Ridge farm in Wisconsin.
January 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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#WIPWednesday : I finished the stockinette body of the sweater (still need to do ribbing), started a DK weight sock that was supposed to be a gift for my husband last year (I gave him the yarn), and after calculations started a project for me. Details in the alt text. #Knitting #Knitsky 🧶
Flat lay of 3 knitting projects in progress. The most complete is a child sweater (Compass by Tin Can Knits) with a color work yoke being knit with a dark red (super old Louet Gems Sportweight) and white (undyed KnitPicks High Desert Sport). The stockinette body is complete and one of the sleeves has just started. There’s also the start of a DK weight ribbed sock (Slow Morning DK by Camille Heng) knit out of a variegated yarn in shades of grey and dark red (West Yorkshire Spinners ColourLab Sock DK). Lastly is a rolled up bit of green. It is the very start of the Hitofude cardigan by Hiroko Fukatsu knit with Rohrspatz & Wolmeise Lace in colorway Versuchkaninchen.
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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#SundaysAreForSpinning : yesterday I washed all the plied skeins from the @mellyknits.bsky.social Delightful fiber advent, and I’ve been spinning a project dyeing #DashelThroughTheSnow . #Handspinning 🧶
6 skeins of handspun yarn, all from the Melly Knits Delightful advent. All are 2-ply fingering, with skein weights around 50g and yardages ranging from 208-261 yards. The format of the advent was one day with a fine wool, and the second the fine wool blended with 20% of a specialty fiber. From left to right: 1: a cool brown Cormo, specialty fiber of bison down 2: champagne colored Corriedale, specialty fiber angora (as in rabbit) 3: dark almost black Haunui, specialty fiber Nubora goat (a cross-breed of a Nubian goat and an angora goat) 4: caramel colored Merino, specialty fiber golden muga silk 5: light cool grey Jacob, specialty fiber fox fur (shed fur from a sanctuary) 6: reddish brown Bond, specialty fiber paco-vicuña An electronic spinning wheel with some spun singles. The fiber is dude very dark, almost black, with some bits of dark burgundy and dark blue recognizable An electric spinning wheel with spun singles. These were Sticklebatts from Inglenook Fibers. The fiber was black wool with streaks of dyed wool and dyed silk carded in.
December 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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The dog has learned I’m the clumsy cook. I used leftover Christmas ham to make šunkofleky. It’s a baked Czech dish with noodles, egg, and ham that my grandmother made. I grew up just calling it fleky (and pronouncing it “fleech-kee”), but I’ve learned that’s just the name of the noodles.
December 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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#FOFriday : i finished the knitting a while ago but dragged my feet on weaving in ends, washing, and blocking. I didn’t feel like doing a photoshoot, being firmly in goblin mode on Boxing Day. Yarn and pattern details in the alt text. #Knitting #Knitsky 🧶
A flat lay of an asymmetric shawl. It’s knit in two different yarns (a smooth sock yarn and a fuzzy suri silk) dyed in the same soft green colorway with speckles of darker green. It has stripes of garter stitch and a simple la e pattern. Pattern: Birds of a Feather by Andrea Mowry Yarn: both dyed by Clockwork Fiber Co (back when they had the former Beachy Breeze Fibers branding) in the same colorway, “April Showers.” One skein of BoardwalkSock and one skein of Suri Silk lace. Modifications: I had less yarn than specified by the pattern, so I followed some other modifications from project notes on Ravelry for a smaller size.
December 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I took the photo yesterday, but didn’t get around to posting it g for #WIPWednesday . The dark brown slipover was drying after being washed, so I brought the other projects to it. The stocking was finished in time to be used last night (though I intend to add a lining). #Knitting #Knitsky 🧶
Three hand knitting projects in progress, but the lighting is bad and the brown background isn’t really identifiable as a slipover drying after blocking (and before sewing the side seams). There’s also a dark red child sweater with a white colorwork yoke (Compass by TinCan Knits) and a huge colorwork stocking. It is knit in two shade of blue and a light grey heather. It features some geometric motifs, a giant snowflake, some pine trees, and some snowflakes with diamonds.
December 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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#SundaysAreForSpinning . I have days 7/8 and 9/10 of the @mellyknits.bsky.social Delightful Advent plied, and yesterday I combed and blended the @fossilfibers.bsky.social Quiet Sip blending club from October. #Handspinng #FiberPrep 🧶
Two 3D printed spinning wheel bobbins with 2-ply yarn. On the left is a caramel colored yarn. One ply is from 100% merino, and the other ply is the same merino blended with 20% muga silk. On the right is a pale grey yarn. One ply is 100% Jacob, and the other ply is the same Jacob blended with 20% shed fox fur. The Fossil Fibers October 2025 fibers blending club. The inspiration picture was vintage painted teacups. At the top are locks of undyed Texel wool and a bit of silky looking white rose fiber. On the bottom are dyed locks of Shetland wool in pale blue, pink, and green. There’s also a bit of orangey gold eri silk. The same fiber after combing and being lashed onto a hackle. The white Texel provides fluffiness, and the silk fiber and eri silk have just been layered on top. Three nests of hand-combed fiber. The rose fiber and eri silk stand out the most against the background of the white Texel, but bits of the dyed Shetland are noticeable, too.
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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#FOFriday : I bound this off in August, wove in ends in September, blocked in October, and dragged my feet on taking photos, so these crappy ones are what you get. Pattern is The Crown Wools by Casapinka. Yarn is Tanis Fiber Arts Purewash Sock from last year’s 12 days of minis. #Knitting #Knitsky 🧶
A rectangular shawl knit on the bias and folded into fourths. The design is wide stripes, each in a different stitch pattern and color. Shown from bottom to top are a hot pink stripe with a “cluster stitch pattern,” a stripe of variegated pink and orange with panels of cables and lace, another variegated stipe with pink, orange, and a beige in a waffle pattern, and then a bit of beige with lace panels. A rectangular shawl knit on the bias and folded into fourths. The design is wide stripes, each in a different stitch pattern and color. Shown from bottom to top are a bit of variegated pink/orange beige in. Waffle pattern, beige stripe with lace panels, a mostly yellow (with bits of white and green) stripe in mostly stockinette with some repeating textured stitches, a speckled green stripe with columns of slipped stitches, and a bit of a more peacock speckled green with a textured stitches pattern. A rectangular shawl knit on the bias and folded into fourths. The design is wide stripes, each in a different stitch pattern and color. Shown from bottom to top are a bit of a light green speckled stripe with columns of slipped stitches, a more peacock colored speckled green stripe that’s mostly stockinette with textured stitches, a more solid green-blue with alternating bands of garter and texture, a blue-green with alternating bands of stockinette and lace, and a bit of a darker blue green with staggered columns of stockinette and garter. A rectangular shawl knit on the bias and folded into fourths. The design is wide stripes, each in a different stitch pattern and color. Shown from bottom to top are a bit of a light blue-green stripe with alternating bands of stockinette and lace, a darker blue-green stripe with staggered columns of garter and stockinette, a more tonal greenish blue stripe with bits of lace, and a very dark green (almost black) tonal stripe in mostly stockinette with a bit of texture.
December 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
mcopelov.bsky.social Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21d
Name this band. Wrong answers only.
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Today’s advents. I think the yarn is continuing to love into green, while the fiber is an 80/20 blend of merino and muga silk.
Day 15 of the Artemis Yarns Nereids Advent with a pale mini skein with green speckles and yellow streaks. Day 8 of the Melly Knits Delightful Advent. It’s the same merino from day 7 blended with 20% muga silk.
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Getting caught up on posting my Advent calendars. Days 12-14 from Artemis yarns, days 6 and 7 from Haunui Wools, and day 7 of the Melly Knits Delightful advent.
Day 12 of the Artemis Yarns Nereids Advent (a yellowish orange mini skein of yarn) and day 6 of the Haunui Wools 100% wool advent. There are bits of green, orange, pink, and purple dyed on the oatmeal base. Day 13 of the Artemis Yarns Nereids Advent. This is a yellowish orange mini mini skein of yarn. Also the fiber for day 7 of the Melly Knits Delightful Advent. It is a light caramel color and is pictured next to a washed lock and the day’s treasure (a piece of dark chocolate from Truffle Pig). Day 14 of the Artemis Yarns Nereids Advent. It looks like the yellow is starting to transition to a pale green in this mini skein. Also pictured is some combed top from Day 7 of the Haunui Wools 100% wool advent. This is the Pewter base, which perfect rly describes the color.
December 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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#SundaysAreForSpinning : I have the first 6 days of the Melly Knits Delightful Advent spun and plied (each skein is 2 days). I spun day 7, which may be my favorite so far (a merino from Apple Creek Merinos).
3 skeins of 2 ply yarn, and from the Melly Knits Delightful Advent. From left to right: 1: a chocolate brown yarn. One ply is 100% Cormo, and the other is the same Cormo blended with 20% bison down. 2: a beige yarn. One ply is 100% Corriedale, and the other is the same wool blended with 20% angora. 3: a near-black yarn. One ply is 100% Haunui, and the other is the same wool blended with 20% nubora kid goat. Nubora is a cross between a Nubian sheep (a milk breed) and an angora goat (where mohair comes from). An antique spinning wheel with spun singles. The fiber is a tan (light caramel) merino.
December 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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I haven’t had an #FOFriday post in a while. A hat for my son, using leftover @blueskyfibers.bsky.social Woolstok Worsted along with some minis from a Woolstok Worsted bundle. Base stitch counts and crown shaping from those in the DK version of the Barley Hat by Tin Can Knits. #KnitSky #Knitting 🧶
A handknit stocking cap knit out of Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted. There’s a broad brim in 2x2 ribbing (so it can fold up as a second layer over the ears) knit mostly in a pale blue (colorway Thermal Spring). Still in the ribbing is a stripe in a slightly darker blue (colorway Spring Ice), about 7 rounds wide. Then the hat transitions to stockinette, with stripes about 6 rounds wide. The following colorways are used: Grey Harbor (light grey), Highland Fleece (off-white), October Sky (navy blue), Thermal Spring, Cast Iron (charcoal grey), and Drift Wood (taupe). The stripe sequence completes one time and finishes Highland Fleece before starting the crown decreases. The hat ends with Cast Iron.
December 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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The Artemis Yarns advent calendar is still in the Orange family. Delightful day 6 from Melly Knits was the same dark Haunui from day 5 blended with 20% kid nubora, which I’m guessing is a cross between Nubian goats (a milk breed) with angora (the source of mohair) I haven’t watched today’s Lore yet.
Day 11 of the Artemis Yarns Nereids advent, which is an orange mini skein of yarn Day 6 of the Melly Knits Delightful, which is 80% Haunui wool and 20% kid nubora goat An antique spinning wheel with spun singles. With the kid nubora blended in, the fiber is more grey and has a hairier appearance than the Haunui alone
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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The contents of today’s advent calendars, plus I plied days 3 and 4 of the Melly Knits Delightful advent.
Day 10 of the Artemis Yarns Nereids advent, a mini skein in a peachy color, plus day 5 of the Haunui advent, which is the undyed “Oatmeal” colorway. A Lendrum spinning wheel with a 3D printed bobbin with 2-ply yarn. It is a champagne color with 1 ply being 100% Corriedale and the other the same Corriedale blended with 20% angora
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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#WIPWednesday : I made more progress in the sweater and stocking, but then got derailed when I ready son didn’t have a hat that fully covers his ears. Details in the alt text. #Knitsky #Knitting 🧶
Three knitting projects in progress. On the top left is child sweater (Compass by Tin Can Knits) with a colorwork yoke being knit with a dark red (super old Louet Gems Sportweight) and white (undyed KnitPicks High Desert Sport). To the right is the start of a Christmas stocking knit in two shade of blue and light grey. I’m winging the pattern as I go, using colorwork patterns from other patterns and stitch dictionaries. Yarn is Plymouth Yarns Encore. On the lower left is a hat in stripes of Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Worsted. Another pattern I am winging a bit. It has a wide 2x2 ribbing brim and the rest is stockinette.
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Getting caught up on my advent calendars, and I spun the fiber I opened today (day 5 of the Melly Knits Delightful advent).
Yesterday’s (December 8) advent items. A light pink mini skein of yarn from Artemis Yarns, and naturally pale grey (the color is called “Fog) Haunui rip dyed in shades of orange, pink, and purple. It’s another colorway reminiscent of a sunset. December 9 advent items. The mini skein from Artemis Yarns is mostly a light pink shot through with some orange. The fiber is dark dark Haunui. About as black as you can get in naturally colored wool. There’s also a small dark ceramic slug. An antique spinning wheel partially filled with spun singles. The fiber was a dark (about as black as you can get with wool) Haunui.
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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All I can think about is the @ellecordova.bsky.social video about Times New Roman no longer being the default in Microsoft products
December 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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I’ve been using “Regards” on all work emails for nearly 20 years, since somebody chastised me for not using salutations (I now default to “Hi” or “Hello if I need to be more formal) or sign offs on emails. Have people been thinking I’ve been pissed off this whole time? Best seems too casual to me.
phdhurtbrain.bsky.social Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 28d
To review:

Sincerely : formal

Best : neutral

All the best : positive

All the very best : can we be friends???

Regards : from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee
December 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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#SundaysAreForSpinnung overlaps with another day of Advent Calendars. Day 4 of the Melly Knits Delughtdul was 80% Corriedale/20% angora. I spun it up and transferred days 3 and 4 to storage bobbins for plying. I also skeined up the yarn from plying Days 1 and 2. #Handspinning
Day 7 of the Artemis Nereids advent, which is a mini skein of yarn that’s a mixture of light purple and pink. Day 4 of the Melly Knits Delightful advent was Corriedale blended with 20% angora. The fiber is the same champagne color as the pure Corriedale from day 3z An antique spinning wheel with a spin single of 80% Corriedale/20% angora. The yarn is a champagne color with a noticeable halo from the angora. From right to left: A plastic storage bobbin with the remnants of the Melly Knits Delightful advent day 2 (8% Cormo/20% bison down), the skeined yarn from plying days 1 and 2 together (a greyish brown yarn), a plastic storage bobbin with Day 3 singles (a champagne Corriedale), and a mastic storage bobbin with the Day 4 singles (the same Corriedale from Day 3 blended with 20% angora).
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I opened day 6 of the Artemis Yarns Nereids Advent Calendar, Day 3 of the Haunui 100% wool, and spun up Day 3 of Delightful from Melly Knits.
A lavender mini skein of yarn from Artemis Yarns (along with the bag it was packed in) and 40g of naturally light grey top (aptly named “Fog”) from Haunui Wools, along with the bag it was packed in. A moody shot of an antique spinning wheel about half full with a singles spun from a champagne colored Corriedale
December 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Today I opened Day 5 of the Artemis Yarns Nereids Advent Calendar and Day 3 of the Melly Knits Delightful. But I wasn’t really in a spinning mood tonight.
At the top is a tonal purple yarn (Day 5 of the Artemis Yarns Nereids advent calendar). Below are the contents of Day 3 from the Melly Knits Delightful advent. The fiber is a champagne colored Corriedale (an example lock is also shown) and a cardboard tube of lip balm.
December 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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That’s a dinosaur. I mean, I know all birds are, but this really emphasizes it.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Did the cat write the sign?
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM