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Vicki Davis
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Tofu-eating London dweller - usually knitting, sewing, reading or making something or other
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Vicki Davis @chigster.bsky.social · Jan 18
This week’s
#ShowMeYourKnits prompt is sweaters, so here’s my favourite, the Fine Sweater that I made a couple of years ago - a fantastic pattern by Yu Jie 🧶
Close up of the Fine Sweater showing the dog enjoying his coffee Front of the hand knitted Fine Sweater, showing the flames on the sleeves better Back of the Fine Sweater, with flames that continue around the sleeves
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My current work in progress for #ShowMeYourKnits - sleeve number one for Emu Aran jumper pattern 4791 (front and back done already) 🧶
Grey Aran wool jumper sleeve with central cables, diamond patterns and seed stitches at the edges
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙

Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!

📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows four hippo statuettes made of Egytian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Their bright-blue shiny bodies are decorated in black with depictions of Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts their marsh habitat as well as having various layers of symbolism associated with regeneration. For example lotus flowers open in the morning and close at night, symbolising rebirth. Blue faience hippos have been found in Middle Kingdom tombs of high ranking officials. It’s thought they were placed in the tombs to aid the rebirth of the deceased. Hippo top left - Walking hippo shown in profile facing right. Height 11.5 cm, Length 21 cm. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Top right - Roaring hippo (looks like the hippo is smiling), seated, with head at left and turned inwards to front. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Bottom left - Standing hippo in profile facing right. This hippo is part of the Met Museum’s collections and is popularly known as ‘William’. Height 11.2 cm, Length 20 cm Bottom Right - Reclining hippo with head on the right, facing front, and tilted down. Egyptian Museum, Cairo
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Playing around with ideas for Christmas craft session for work #fiberarts
Yellow felt tree decoration with red ribbon, safety eyes and blanket stitch edging
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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This week’s #SewAndTell prompt is projects made from scraps - here are a few things I made during my unemployed stashbusting period
Tote bag made from green patterned wool fabric and silver lining left over from jacket, black wool left over from skirt A couple of grey wool zebra print tote bags, with silver lining again - wool fabric was panels interspersed with the moth patterned fabric I used to make my duffel coat Fabric pouch made of canvas with a 60’s print and random French wording and a navy zip (now a home for many zips) My first attempt at a quilt - pretty basic but a way of using up lots of squares of cotton left over from other projects
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Here’s a cable knit that should have been part of last week’s #ShowMeYourKnits scary theme - lovely wool but obviously not a good choice for this horror story baby cardi - this one did not progress! 🧶
Baby cardi in progress - variegated wool that looked great before knitting does not translate well to a garment - the colours are all over the place and do not work well with cables
November 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Also for #ShowMeYourKnits the most cabled cable knit ever (a Marie Wallin pattern) which took up a lot of lockdown time 🧶
Marie Wallin cardigan with horizontal cables around the bottom, vertical cables on the body and sleeves and neckband of very tiny cables, in navy blue 4-ply wool Close-up of the bottom section of the cardi, taken in bright sunlight, so the colour is a bit lighter than in the other photo
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is cables, so here are a few cabled baby knits 🧶
Blue Sirdar cabled baby jumper made for my lovely manager, who went on mat leave yesterday Aran cabled baby jacket in yolky yellow, with shawl collar and wooden buttons Turquoise knitted baby jacket with ribbed collar and cables down front and sleeves Green knitted baby cardi with shawl collar and cables
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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#SewAndTell is sewing horror stories. There are makes I’ve snipped into by accident, one I cut with the overlocker, but the worst is where I fall in love with a pattern that doesn’t work at all for me. Here’s an unfinished pinafore where the bodice is just too short and the gathers do not sit well!
Middle aged woman in black denim pinafore with high waistband and gathers that are also high and not at all comfortable (fabric is too stiff and bodice about 2 inches too short!). Another #garmentsewing disaster that I may try to rescue at some point
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Amazing and very inspiring work 🧶
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The work of hand knitting fiber artist Kendal Ross #WomensArt
Four images showing vividly coloured knitwear with texts and cartoon like scenes with figures and objects
October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Yet another #ShowMeYourKnits knitting horror story (I seem to have a lot of these!). This cardi in Kidsilk Haze has been attacked by moths (holes on the front and the right sleeve). I’m thinking I might knit some tiny patches, rather than try to darn it. Also, less heavy buttons needed!
Bright red knitted cardigan (a bit crumpled) with moth holes clearly visible on front left (and also slightly visible on right sleeve)
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Collage of designs: framed prints, phone case, cushion, mug, slip mat, and t-shirt all featuring vintage inspired graphics.
October 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Another knitting horror story for #ShowMeYourKnits - Fred Perry pattern released for a wool week promo but very odd pattern (no needle sizes, for a start). Obviously I guessed a size that I thought would work and ended up with a ginormous cardi!!
Middle aged woman wearing oversized cardigan with colourwork pattens (and very long arms!)
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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#ShowMeYourKnits this week is Knitting Horror Stories - this was a jumper I made in Rowan Felted Tweed that went in a hot wash and became VERY felted - I now have some very fancy felt (see leaves randomly attached to this bag I sewed!) 🧶
Middle aged woman wearing a grey jumper with blue and grey bodice with leaf motif from one of the Andrea Rangel books Three felted leaves attached to a black wool tote bag
October 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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This week’s #SewAndTell theme is purple - here’s a stripy Fibre Mood Crystal skirt (which always photographs badly but looks much better on) and a purple needlecord Tilly & The Buttons Indigo dress, which gets a lot of wear every winter #garmentsewing
Two purple home sewn garments hanging up - a purple and black striped skirt on the left, with panels of stripes heading in different directions and a purple dress on the right in Liberty patterned needlecord, with 3/4 length sleeves and a high gathered waist
October 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is HATS - here’s my favourite, knitted from scraps 3 years ago and intentionally large but still my go-to hat when it gets a bit chilly 🧶
Knitted tam o shanter hat in shades of blue, grey and purple - pattern from Misa Hay’s Shetland Wool Adventures Journal Vol 1 Middle aged white woman with shoulder length brown hair wearing knitted hat
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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#wipwednesday I’m in the raglan armhole shaping section of the Aran jumper back #knitting 🧶 #knitsky
Grey Aran cabled jumper in progress knit
October 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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This week’s #SewAndTell prompt is unfinished objects, so here is my winter coat in progress. The outer is mainly done, although the collar is only tacked on at the minute, I haven’t started sewing the lining yet (hope to do more this week). Sorry for bad photos! #garmentsewing 🪡
Coat with large shawl collar in raspberry coloured Shetland wool Coat lining pinned to facing - silky fabric with white and red geometric patterns on a blue background
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Have finished the plant #embroidery project - great pattern from The Steady Thread on yellow canvas
Lots of green houseplants in grey pots, embroidered onto yellow canvas, blackwork embroidery pattern from The Steady Thread
October 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is SPOOKY - I don’t have anything very obvious for this, but I do think My Neighbour Totoro is quite spooky in places, so here is a Totoro knitting trial 🧶
Knitted Totoro motif in purple and white
October 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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#SewAndTell week 7 is Scary week! Why is this Sew Over It top in Liberty fabric so scary?! I will spare you the photo of me wearing it, but let’s just say the pattern placement is very unfortunate! It’s now part of my quilted jacket #garmentsewing
V necked vest style top in Liberty print fabric with motif sitting in a very inappropriate position across the chest area!
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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For this week’s #ShowMeYourKnits it’s sock time! I really don’t enjoy knitting socks, but I made these tiny Christmas stockings for my work team 🧶
8 knitted Christmas tree decorations - green mini stockings with white toes and heels and Fair Isle patterns
October 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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#wipwednesday guess who volunteered to run a crafting session on the Mental Health Awareness event at work?! Today I will be making Mind Bee kits for the event next week (trial runs made yesterday below) #fiberarts
Felt bee with stitched eyes Felt bee in pieces with black safety eyes A pair of bees - one blue, pink and white, the other yellow, black and white
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Of course if I spelt #SewAndTell correctly that might help!
chigster.bsky.social Vicki Davis @chigster.bsky.social · Sep 29
This week’s #SewAmdTell theme is animals, so here’s my very loud tiger dress (free pattern from one of the sewing magazines) #sewsky
Middle aged woman in a black dress with different layers to the skirt and slightly puffed sleeves - print is of tiger heads
September 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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This week’s #SewAmdTell theme is animals, so here’s my very loud tiger dress (free pattern from one of the sewing magazines) #sewsky
Middle aged woman in a black dress with different layers to the skirt and slightly puffed sleeves - print is of tiger heads
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Just remembered that I have a very literal knit for the #ShowMeYourKnits joy theme - this is one of the Christmas tree decorations I made for my work team a couple of years ago 🧶
Tiny Christmas jumper tree decoration- navy blue with the word Joy knitted in grey - free pattern from Lovecrafts
September 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM