Vicki Davis
@chigster.bsky.social
Tofu-eating London dweller - usually knitting, sewing, reading or making something or other
#knitting #sewing #walking #travelling #reading #sci-fi
#knitting #sewing #walking #travelling #reading #sci-fi
Why yes, I did spend some of yesterday evening embroidering felt for a work thing where a poster would have been perfectly acceptable
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Why yes, I did spend some of yesterday evening embroidering felt for a work thing where a poster would have been perfectly acceptable
#SewAndTell this week is knit fabrics - here’s a sweatshirt I made, which is a mash-up of a couple of patterns from the Tilly & The Buttons Stretch book #garmentsewing
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#SewAndTell this week is knit fabrics - here’s a sweatshirt I made, which is a mash-up of a couple of patterns from the Tilly & The Buttons Stretch book #garmentsewing
My current work in progress for #ShowMeYourKnits - sleeve number one for Emu Aran jumper pattern 4791 (front and back done already) 🧶
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My current work in progress for #ShowMeYourKnits - sleeve number one for Emu Aran jumper pattern 4791 (front and back done already) 🧶
Another day, another Christmas craft experiment. Thanks to @debbietknits.bsky.social for sharing the chart
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Another day, another Christmas craft experiment. Thanks to @debbietknits.bsky.social for sharing the chart
Playing around with ideas for Christmas craft session for work #fiberarts
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Playing around with ideas for Christmas craft session for work #fiberarts
This week’s #SewAndTell prompt is projects made from scraps - here are a few things I made during my unemployed stashbusting period
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This week’s #SewAndTell prompt is projects made from scraps - here are a few things I made during my unemployed stashbusting period
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! 🧶
November 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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! 🧶
Also for #ShowMeYourKnits the most cabled cable knit ever (a Marie Wallin pattern) which took up a lot of lockdown time 🧶
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Also for #ShowMeYourKnits the most cabled cable knit ever (a Marie Wallin pattern) which took up a lot of lockdown time 🧶
This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is cables, so here are a few cabled baby knits 🧶
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is cables, so here are a few cabled baby knits 🧶
#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!
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#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!
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!
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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!
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!!
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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!!
#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!) 🧶
October 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#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!) 🧶
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
October 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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
This was a shirt I made for work using fabric printed by Prinfab - obviously extremely bright!
October 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This was a shirt I made for work using fabric printed by Prinfab - obviously extremely bright!
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 🧶
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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 🧶
#wipwednesday I’m in the raglan armhole shaping section of the Aran jumper back #knitting 🧶 #knitsky
October 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#wipwednesday I’m in the raglan armhole shaping section of the Aran jumper back #knitting 🧶 #knitsky
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 🪡
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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 🪡
Have finished the plant #embroidery project - great pattern from The Steady Thread on yellow canvas
October 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Have finished the plant #embroidery project - great pattern from The Steady Thread on yellow canvas
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 🧶
October 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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 🧶
Closet Core Sienna Maker jacket or Sew Over It Sorrento jacket?
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Closet Core Sienna Maker jacket or Sew Over It Sorrento jacket?
I went down a bit of a typographic knitting rabbit hole! This is a baby jumper made for a work colleague
October 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I went down a bit of a typographic knitting rabbit hole! This is a baby jumper made for a work colleague
#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
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#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
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 🧶
October 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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 🧶
#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
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
#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