Thomas H
@aalborgbear.bsky.social
Nerd, Geek, Scientist, Crafter, Teacher
Voracious reader, mostly fantasy and sci-fi.
Voracious reader, mostly fantasy and sci-fi.
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There was a lot of yarn in that gansey.
Now starting that lace shawl. ‘Beginner’s Triangle’ by Amy Detjens, pattern is in ‘A Gathering of Lace’ by Meg Swansen, XRX books.
Quite forgiving pattern that can be used on many different yarns and needle sizes.
There was a lot of yarn in that gansey.
Now starting that lace shawl. ‘Beginner’s Triangle’ by Amy Detjens, pattern is in ‘A Gathering of Lace’ by Meg Swansen, XRX books.
Quite forgiving pattern that can be used on many different yarns and needle sizes.
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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There was a lot of yarn in that gansey.
Now starting that lace shawl. ‘Beginner’s Triangle’ by Amy Detjens, pattern is in ‘A Gathering of Lace’ by Meg Swansen, XRX books.
Quite forgiving pattern that can be used on many different yarns and needle sizes.
There was a lot of yarn in that gansey.
Now starting that lace shawl. ‘Beginner’s Triangle’ by Amy Detjens, pattern is in ‘A Gathering of Lace’ by Meg Swansen, XRX books.
Quite forgiving pattern that can be used on many different yarns and needle sizes.
#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits
Finally finished the 1st sleeve on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth-Reinsel’s book ‘knitting ganseys’
I intensely dislike it. So it will be frogged this evening.
It will become Amy Detjen’s ‘A Beginner’s Triangle’ instead.
You all got any recent knitting failures?
Finally finished the 1st sleeve on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth-Reinsel’s book ‘knitting ganseys’
I intensely dislike it. So it will be frogged this evening.
It will become Amy Detjen’s ‘A Beginner’s Triangle’ instead.
You all got any recent knitting failures?
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits
Finally finished the 1st sleeve on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth-Reinsel’s book ‘knitting ganseys’
I intensely dislike it. So it will be frogged this evening.
It will become Amy Detjen’s ‘A Beginner’s Triangle’ instead.
You all got any recent knitting failures?
Finally finished the 1st sleeve on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth-Reinsel’s book ‘knitting ganseys’
I intensely dislike it. So it will be frogged this evening.
It will become Amy Detjen’s ‘A Beginner’s Triangle’ instead.
You all got any recent knitting failures?
#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits #Gansey
Still working on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from ‘knitting ganseys’.
Neck done. It fits ok. But the yarn still has the spinning oil in it so it needs to be washed first before it loses its stiffness and blooms.
Now for the sleeves. Even more 2/2-rib …
Still working on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from ‘knitting ganseys’.
Neck done. It fits ok. But the yarn still has the spinning oil in it so it needs to be washed first before it loses its stiffness and blooms.
Now for the sleeves. Even more 2/2-rib …
August 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Still working on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from ‘knitting ganseys’.
Neck done. It fits ok. But the yarn still has the spinning oil in it so it needs to be washed first before it loses its stiffness and blooms.
Now for the sleeves. Even more 2/2-rib …
Still working on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from ‘knitting ganseys’.
Neck done. It fits ok. But the yarn still has the spinning oil in it so it needs to be washed first before it loses its stiffness and blooms.
Now for the sleeves. Even more 2/2-rib …
#knitsky #ShowMeYourKnits #gansey
Progress on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsel’s ‘knitting ganseys’.
Front and back down, shoulder seams closed. Yes, I can get my head through the neck. Yes, it fits.
Now to pick up stitches for the neck.
Starting to hate 2/2-rib though.
Progress on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsel’s ‘knitting ganseys’.
Front and back down, shoulder seams closed. Yes, I can get my head through the neck. Yes, it fits.
Now to pick up stitches for the neck.
Starting to hate 2/2-rib though.
August 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Progress on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsel’s ‘knitting ganseys’.
Front and back down, shoulder seams closed. Yes, I can get my head through the neck. Yes, it fits.
Now to pick up stitches for the neck.
Starting to hate 2/2-rib though.
Progress on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsel’s ‘knitting ganseys’.
Front and back down, shoulder seams closed. Yes, I can get my head through the neck. Yes, it fits.
Now to pick up stitches for the neck.
Starting to hate 2/2-rib though.
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #Gansey
‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsels ‘knitting ganseys’. Two-ply lambswool.
Back done. A simple test fit is OK. The wool still has spinning oil in it and I hope it will bloom, soften, and thicken when it is getting its soak.
‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsels ‘knitting ganseys’. Two-ply lambswool.
Back done. A simple test fit is OK. The wool still has spinning oil in it and I hope it will bloom, soften, and thicken when it is getting its soak.
July 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsels ‘knitting ganseys’. Two-ply lambswool.
Back done. A simple test fit is OK. The wool still has spinning oil in it and I hope it will bloom, soften, and thicken when it is getting its soak.
‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsels ‘knitting ganseys’. Two-ply lambswool.
Back done. A simple test fit is OK. The wool still has spinning oil in it and I hope it will bloom, soften, and thicken when it is getting its soak.
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #Gansey Working away on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Brown-Reinsel’s ‘knitting ganseys’ Made it to the top of the gusset, which is one of the defining features of a gansey. Now to do the back.
June 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #Gansey Working away on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Brown-Reinsel’s ‘knitting ganseys’ Made it to the top of the gusset, which is one of the defining features of a gansey. Now to do the back.
#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits #Gansey
‘Jorn’s Gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsel’s book ‘knitting ganseys - revised and updated’. Knitting it in a two-ply wool from wadils.dk. A gansey of course can have your initials on the front near the left seam. TH for me then. 2025 on the back.
‘Jorn’s Gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsel’s book ‘knitting ganseys - revised and updated’. Knitting it in a two-ply wool from wadils.dk. A gansey of course can have your initials on the front near the left seam. TH for me then. 2025 on the back.
June 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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‘Jorn’s Gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsel’s book ‘knitting ganseys - revised and updated’. Knitting it in a two-ply wool from wadils.dk. A gansey of course can have your initials on the front near the left seam. TH for me then. 2025 on the back.
‘Jorn’s Gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsel’s book ‘knitting ganseys - revised and updated’. Knitting it in a two-ply wool from wadils.dk. A gansey of course can have your initials on the front near the left seam. TH for me then. 2025 on the back.
Did I mention that I occasionally also dye wool? This is white and grey lambswool 7/2 100 g on each cone. It was dyed using six variants of the Berliner Blau/Turnbull’s blue/Prussian blue process.
There are more of the first two variants as I was unsure about the method.
#dyeing #yarn #knitsky
There are more of the first two variants as I was unsure about the method.
#dyeing #yarn #knitsky
June 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
@debbietknits.bsky.social DebbieTKnits makes some great cable work. Go look at her posts here. Inspired by that a simple 10 stitch wide strip for a strip-blanket. Edge stitch, k, 2p, 2x2 cable, 2p k, edge stitch. Now, how should I do this? 50” strips width-wise or 60” strips length-wise? #KnitSky
May 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
@debbietknits.bsky.social DebbieTKnits makes some great cable work. Go look at her posts here. Inspired by that a simple 10 stitch wide strip for a strip-blanket. Edge stitch, k, 2p, 2x2 cable, 2p k, edge stitch. Now, how should I do this? 50” strips width-wise or 60” strips length-wise? #KnitSky
Yes! I got permission by the recipient to post a redacted image of her wrapped in the shawl (thus the black spots).
She is my Dad’s polish house keeper/live-in nurse/companion.
She absolutely was over the moon getting it. ‘Polish winters are cold’.
#KnitSky #ShetlandShawl
She is my Dad’s polish house keeper/live-in nurse/companion.
She absolutely was over the moon getting it. ‘Polish winters are cold’.
#KnitSky #ShetlandShawl
May 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yes! I got permission by the recipient to post a redacted image of her wrapped in the shawl (thus the black spots).
She is my Dad’s polish house keeper/live-in nurse/companion.
She absolutely was over the moon getting it. ‘Polish winters are cold’.
#KnitSky #ShetlandShawl
She is my Dad’s polish house keeper/live-in nurse/companion.
She absolutely was over the moon getting it. ‘Polish winters are cold’.
#KnitSky #ShetlandShawl
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #ShetlandShawl
And it is done. The final glamour shot here on my office couch. Now to pack it down to take it to the recipient tomorrow.
I think I’ll be knitting more shawls again.
And it is done. The final glamour shot here on my office couch. Now to pack it down to take it to the recipient tomorrow.
I think I’ll be knitting more shawls again.
May 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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And it is done. The final glamour shot here on my office couch. Now to pack it down to take it to the recipient tomorrow.
I think I’ll be knitting more shawls again.
And it is done. The final glamour shot here on my office couch. Now to pack it down to take it to the recipient tomorrow.
I think I’ll be knitting more shawls again.
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitShy #ShetlandLace #Laceknitting
160+ cm or 60+” square! Too large to fit on my guest bed. Which is the largest flat area I currently have for blocking. Good I bought those blocking wires. They save me a lot of pin work. Now the fan to dry it and then sewing ends in tomorrow.
160+ cm or 60+” square! Too large to fit on my guest bed. Which is the largest flat area I currently have for blocking. Good I bought those blocking wires. They save me a lot of pin work. Now the fan to dry it and then sewing ends in tomorrow.
May 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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160+ cm or 60+” square! Too large to fit on my guest bed. Which is the largest flat area I currently have for blocking. Good I bought those blocking wires. They save me a lot of pin work. Now the fan to dry it and then sewing ends in tomorrow.
160+ cm or 60+” square! Too large to fit on my guest bed. Which is the largest flat area I currently have for blocking. Good I bought those blocking wires. They save me a lot of pin work. Now the fan to dry it and then sewing ends in tomorrow.
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #ShetlandShawl #ShetlandLace
The edging is grafted. The slits are sewn. A dropped stitch sewn back in. Ready for its soak and its stretch tomorrow afternoon.
Then it will get to shine and really show off its pattern.
The edging is grafted. The slits are sewn. A dropped stitch sewn back in. Ready for its soak and its stretch tomorrow afternoon.
Then it will get to shine and really show off its pattern.
May 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #ShetlandShawl #ShetlandLace
The edging is grafted. The slits are sewn. A dropped stitch sewn back in. Ready for its soak and its stretch tomorrow afternoon.
Then it will get to shine and really show off its pattern.
The edging is grafted. The slits are sewn. A dropped stitch sewn back in. Ready for its soak and its stretch tomorrow afternoon.
Then it will get to shine and really show off its pattern.
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #ShetlandLace #Shawl
The knitting on the Shetland Hap Shawl is done. Now to graft the edging, sew the slits, wash it and block it. I should be able to get that done before deadline.
It got bigger and heavier than originally thought … good thing shawls aren’t fitted.
The knitting on the Shetland Hap Shawl is done. Now to graft the edging, sew the slits, wash it and block it. I should be able to get that done before deadline.
It got bigger and heavier than originally thought … good thing shawls aren’t fitted.
May 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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The knitting on the Shetland Hap Shawl is done. Now to graft the edging, sew the slits, wash it and block it. I should be able to get that done before deadline.
It got bigger and heavier than originally thought … good thing shawls aren’t fitted.
The knitting on the Shetland Hap Shawl is done. Now to graft the edging, sew the slits, wash it and block it. I should be able to get that done before deadline.
It got bigger and heavier than originally thought … good thing shawls aren’t fitted.
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #Lace #ShetlandLace
7/8ths done, 14 more repeats of the edging pattern, then the finishing starts. Nine days until deadline. I think I’m good.
7/8ths done, 14 more repeats of the edging pattern, then the finishing starts. Nine days until deadline. I think I’m good.
May 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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7/8ths done, 14 more repeats of the edging pattern, then the finishing starts. Nine days until deadline. I think I’m good.
7/8ths done, 14 more repeats of the edging pattern, then the finishing starts. Nine days until deadline. I think I’m good.
I always do one repeat of the edging outside the shawl so I can get a feel of its flow, how the decreases and increases shape the pattern. Also the last return/even-numbered row in a different coloured yarn, so I can see how to graft it together once I’m all the way around. #knitsky #knit #lace
April 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fourth border done on my Shetland Hap. Amazing how a deadline will speed up one’s knitting. Now to pick up all those stitches all around (over 1000) and knit the edging on.
Pattern: Cobweb Crepe Shawl from Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’. Yarn: lamb’s wool from Wadils.com
#knit #knitsky
Pattern: Cobweb Crepe Shawl from Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’. Yarn: lamb’s wool from Wadils.com
#knit #knitsky
April 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Fourth border done on my Shetland Hap. Amazing how a deadline will speed up one’s knitting. Now to pick up all those stitches all around (over 1000) and knit the edging on.
Pattern: Cobweb Crepe Shawl from Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’. Yarn: lamb’s wool from Wadils.com
#knit #knitsky
Pattern: Cobweb Crepe Shawl from Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’. Yarn: lamb’s wool from Wadils.com
#knit #knitsky
#GreyWeek on #ShowMeYourKnits The third border on the Shetland Hap Shawl knit. Fourth one started. Pattern is ‘Cobweb Crepe Shawl’ from Sharon Miller’s book ‘Heirloom Knitting’, but using grey lambswool from Wadils.com. #knitsky #knitting #laceknitting #HeirloomKnitting
April 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#GreyWeek on #ShowMeYourKnits The third border on the Shetland Hap Shawl knit. Fourth one started. Pattern is ‘Cobweb Crepe Shawl’ from Sharon Miller’s book ‘Heirloom Knitting’, but using grey lambswool from Wadils.com. #knitsky #knitting #laceknitting #HeirloomKnitting
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Still working on that ‘Shetland Hap’ third border almost done. Deadline is 41 days from now until recipient’s birthday.
#menwhoknit #lace #shawl
Still working on that ‘Shetland Hap’ third border almost done. Deadline is 41 days from now until recipient’s birthday.
#menwhoknit #lace #shawl
April 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Still working on that ‘Shetland Hap’ third border almost done. Deadline is 41 days from now until recipient’s birthday.
#menwhoknit #lace #shawl
Still working on that ‘Shetland Hap’ third border almost done. Deadline is 41 days from now until recipient’s birthday.
#menwhoknit #lace #shawl
The second of four borders knit on the Shetland Hap shawl.
It will be quite big, minimum 1.8 m /6 ft. square.
But big shawls give warmth and drama.
Pattern: Cobweb Crepe Shawl in Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’
Yarn: Wadil lambswool 7/2 grey
#knitting #shawl #lace #shetland
It will be quite big, minimum 1.8 m /6 ft. square.
But big shawls give warmth and drama.
Pattern: Cobweb Crepe Shawl in Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’
Yarn: Wadil lambswool 7/2 grey
#knitting #shawl #lace #shetland
March 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ribbit, Ribbit!
Sometimes knitting doesn’t work out, time to rip it back, a.k.a frog 🐸 it.
Nice lace yarn from World of Wool, BFL/silk/stellina. Lovely hand.
Nice pattern, too.
But I knit it way too tight on 4 mm needles. It needs 4.5 mm and a more relaxed hand.
So, I rip it and start over.
Sometimes knitting doesn’t work out, time to rip it back, a.k.a frog 🐸 it.
Nice lace yarn from World of Wool, BFL/silk/stellina. Lovely hand.
Nice pattern, too.
But I knit it way too tight on 4 mm needles. It needs 4.5 mm and a more relaxed hand.
So, I rip it and start over.
March 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Ribbit, Ribbit!
Sometimes knitting doesn’t work out, time to rip it back, a.k.a frog 🐸 it.
Nice lace yarn from World of Wool, BFL/silk/stellina. Lovely hand.
Nice pattern, too.
But I knit it way too tight on 4 mm needles. It needs 4.5 mm and a more relaxed hand.
So, I rip it and start over.
Sometimes knitting doesn’t work out, time to rip it back, a.k.a frog 🐸 it.
Nice lace yarn from World of Wool, BFL/silk/stellina. Lovely hand.
Nice pattern, too.
But I knit it way too tight on 4 mm needles. It needs 4.5 mm and a more relaxed hand.
So, I rip it and start over.
My 1st shawl of 2025, a Shetland Hap. Sofar centre and 1st of 4 borders. 7/2 lambs wool, 3.5 mm needles. Pattern ‘Cobweb Crepe Shawl’ in Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’. #knitting #shawl #shetlandhap #laceknitting
February 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
My 1st shawl of 2025, a Shetland Hap. Sofar centre and 1st of 4 borders. 7/2 lambs wool, 3.5 mm needles. Pattern ‘Cobweb Crepe Shawl’ in Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’. #knitting #shawl #shetlandhap #laceknitting