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knitter, spinner, weaver, crocheter and otherwise super confused human being.
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just a bunch of bees cozying up on the same plant in my garden. 🐝❤️ love my wild card plants, they have officially reached 2.8m height and are attracting so many insects it‘s truly heartwarming. amazing how they all just get along and share. #dipsacusfullonum #wildekarde #hummelliebe
two fluffy bumblebees seemingly hold hands on the flowery section of a wild card plant‘s thistle head.
July 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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forgot to add a photo of the yak floof pre spinning. also, it‘s giving me ideas about spinning my cat‘s eagerly discarded hair in this heat 🙈🧶 #handspinningyak #whatnow
yak floof in my left palm with a short handrolled 2-ply yarn sample.
July 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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my first attempt at spinning #yak has gone well so far. i plied three high-twist singles together for a rounded and insanely soft yarn of 74m/30g. How does one go about finishing the skein, though? warm soapy soak? what does yak want? #handspinning #phang (by Regenbogenwolle) #supportedspindles
three supported spindles (from left to right: phang-style, Russian, Tibetan-style) with some dark brown singles spun onto them are placed atop an old-school, quite romantic, flowery bit of wrapping paper. a rolled up and felted ball of cat hair is placed in the upper right section awaiting its turn to become a plying ball. while the spindles are now almost naked, the plying ball is proudly taking up more space in the picture. Only the Russian spindle is completely yarn-free, showing off its beautiful design. a dark brown niddy noddy atop a white sheep fleece holds the now plied strands of yarn, the background is dominated by the foliage of an hibiscus plant.
July 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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love it when my travel knitting matches my outfit 🧶❤️ #knitting #fingerlessmittens #vermdalsskalethalfmitts I’m using regional-to-me Wolle von der Scholle #Leineschaf yarn and Finkhof leftovers on 3mm needles. Note to self: size down! this is size M.
A small cuff of a mitten-to-be-knitting WIP with a first nordic star motif forming is placed in a person’s lap. The light petrol of the trousers and light grey of the knitted sweater match the slightly darker yarn colors. Both balls of yarn are next to the project and can also be see in the photo.
June 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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too early for work, so time to knit and sample our coffee. barista perks :) 🧶 #showmeyourknits #selbusamples #annebardsgard knitting selbu log cabin samples on 1.5mm needles to figure out which patterns i like best (the answer is all of them of course).
a cozy scene inside a corner of a small café: colorful selbu pattern strips that are knitted together log cabin style are placed on a stone table. a coffee mug with a so-so tulip latte art attempt keeps the project flat. anne bardsgard’s book selbu mittens as well as a knitted project bag with a selbu style design can be seen in the background, an electronic table lamp offers a bit of warm light.
May 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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oh no!! 🤣 while i appreciate the shared love for all things yarn in this household (and warmed up knitting is rather soothing tyvm), no one tell Louie about the magic of frogging please. for general peace keeping she is presented with an occasional woolly sacrifice, though.
baby Louie demonstrates her love of yarn by bunny kicking and chewing the sh…fibers out of it. (sacrificed yarn didn’t make it; she was supervised)
May 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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First time following the #ShowMeYourKnits prompt after a month of silence 🙈🧶 So here’s my current #WorkinProgress, the #nightbook sweater by unwind knitwear (Rachel Illsley), in progress knit with #LopiEinband on 3mm n. and finished underneath in #jamieson&smith2ply. highly recommend the pattern :)
two similar colorwork knitting projects lie atop one another, both feature the same geometric linework design by Rachel Illsley, one is knit in cool teal and grey tones the other features warm black and grey yarns. the yarn balls from the WIP are stuffed into the project. a fluffy white tabby maine coon mix cat is looking straight at the camera and is now sprawled across both projects. she’s daring you to touch her belly (bunny kick trap) or the projects (instant death).
May 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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thank you, he‘s a very pretty fool indeed :)
a black cat snuggling a white blanket with a dark flower print gazes into the camera. this cat wants scritches.
April 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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it is #catsnoirfriday (as I learnt all of 2 minutes ago), so here‘s my shadow cat attempting photosynthesis. do boop the beans, he wants you to! #bellyisnotatrap #catsofbluesky #catsky #bestboi
a black and white photograph of my black cat, TheOdor, basking belly-and-paw-up in a small patch of light.
April 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Current hyperfocus: To improve my drafting technique & because they look fancy, I bought a ring distaff from Drechslerei Mewes in Leipzig last weekend. Bit of a learning curve but i think i have overcome the awkwardness in holding the distaff 🤓🧶. #handspinning #claspedspindle #distaff #Bergschaf
On a beige canvas bag featuring a print of a black cat‘s face 5 wooden objects are laid out: to the left of the cat‘s face 3 full bulgarian spindles with either purple or salmon colored singles are placed, and to the right the salmon colored fibers are bound to a ring distaff and partly spun onto a more vintage bulgarian spindle. It looks like the cat is marvelling at the objects. A bulgarian spindle with purple yarn on it lies next to a ring distaff laden with purple fibers on on a beige lace sweater (Thea Colman‘s White Russian to be exact). The fibers have been tied onto the distaff with a narrow handwoven band.
April 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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… and Summer Lee’s CCC august pattern joins the sock chat just in time for flowering season. I think I like Bluesky for keeping track of project updates this way; and for doomscrolling. #copeknitting #sockknitting 🧶
A pair of short blue socks with light green tips and a minimalist floral design on the cuff are spread out on a bed of blossoming violets.
March 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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a little project update: We are rather pleased with the finished skein (63g/150m; so somewhere in DK range). 🧶 #2plyhandspun #handspinning #coping
a lose skein of light purple handspun with lots of specks of different colors is lying in front of a light brown tabby maine-coon-mix cat which disappears into the bokeh of the image. some houseplants make up the background of the image.
March 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Spring is springing and it’s high time for short socks, i guess. This is Summer Lee’s Colorwork Cuff Club pattern for March. I wouldn’t normally knit with 3 colors at the same time, but here we are. Happy with these! #sockknitting #CCCMarch #knitsky 🧶 #Regiasockyarn
POV shot with a middle-aged woman’s hands holding up a pair of short, light greenish socks with a white and yellow margerite colorwork motif on the cuff. There are light pink blossoms on a bush visible in the background section of the shot.
March 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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caturday = spin break ❤️🧶

#catsaysno #handspinning #cardedfibers #fiberart #packdeckenfarbe #spinnersofbluesky #linkespinnerin
a small brown tabby-coloured maine-coon-mix cat rests her head on a middle-aged woman’s hand. the hand holds a large rolag of a light purple, speckled blend of wool fibers. no spinning is happening in this photo.
March 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Finished this pair of socks a while ago and just love these little neon hearts 💕🧶 This is “Woodruff” by General Hogbuffer (free on ravelry and a joy to knit) #sockknitting #handknitting #knitsky #knittersofbluesky
two sock-clad feet rest against an old outdoor woodstove to show off a pair of neon pink and grey handknit socks with a delicate pattern of hearts and stripes.
March 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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careful spinning before work against all the rage that has been building up. this portuguese spindle really tells me to slow down, to focus. the fiber is a home-carded blend of yellow and orange merino leftovers and white shetland fleece. #claspedspinning #inhandspinning #handspinning 🧶 #fiberart
a notched portuguese hand spindle with a thin single ply yarn wound onto it and a longer top whorl drop spindle with two-plied yarn on it lie atop the peach-colored carded batt of fibers used for spinning the yarns. an old wooden military box is used as a backdrop for the image.
March 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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the finished band closes my little linen bag for backstrap weaving supplies now :) 🧶 #fiberarts #snowdrops #bandweaving
a grey linen bag lies in front of a little snow drop patch on the grass. the bag is tied with a short, handwoven yellow and white band that features a vine-like design resembling the snow drop heads.
March 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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birthday boy turned 10 today. he’s a gift :D
a black cat is adorned with a turquoise velvet ribbon to celebrate the gift he is to my sanity.
February 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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finally suppressed my startitis & finished a tablet woven band with a twisted dragon head motif: it’s 2m long & 2cm wide. i used 24 tablets and a pattern on twistedthreads.org (ID: DqprpjBeb6KcX8xLi). it only took a few months! 🫠🧶🤓 🥳 #tabletweaving #bandweaving #cardweaving #vennecottolin #inkleloom
a woven band with alternating dragon heads is spread out in a spiral atop the 4 cones of cottolin in colors ockre, green, sky blue and purple that were used to weave the band. a woollen tablerunner with a yellow rosepath serves as artsyfartsy bokeh. a closeup of the same band on the yarn cones. weaving people will detect in the border of the band that i didn‘t read the pattern properly and thought i had to switch the weaving direction after every dragon. alas i did not have to… but did *faceplantemoji
February 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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one thread at a time for full immersion. #bandweaving #backstrapweaving #peruvianweaving #vennecottolin #slowcrafting
A section of an in-progress, yellow, white and ochre handwoven band lies atop a checkered page with its chart drawn on it. The design depicts a narrow vine woven over 8 pattern threads. The indigo dyed weft thread is wound like a butterfly and lies to the right of the band.
February 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Election day in Germany: i’m glad to see so many people out & about casting their votes but also terrified of where they actually put their crosses. my hood has a history of voting for AfD as much as they vote for the green party. Come on people, don‘t pick anti-human. happy i finished henrietta. 🧶
middle aged woman clad in a light grey wool sweater is holding on to a black handknitted chicken (in garter stitch) with a yellow beak, bright red wattle and comb.
February 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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thank you @rosapomar.bsky.social for swift and safe delivery - i can‘t wait to spin a bit of portuguese yarn on this notched spindle (testrun successful!). and i might need a knitted dress, who knew? 🤓 #bordaleirasheep #notchedspindle #portuguesespindle #claspedspinning #theshetlandtrader
Gudrun Johnston‘s Shetland Trader Vol III lies atop a knitted shawl together with a portuguese spindle, and a picture postcard with yarn balls on it. A ziploc bag with dark brown raw wool from which a few fibers have been carded into a rolag dominates the left half of the picture. the label on the bag reads Bordaleira Serra da Estrala black.
February 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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bit of late-night band weaving with a 33-hole mini heddle to soothe the aching heart. i can’t wear much jewellery at work, but maybe these will be ok 🧶🌈 i have a background in gender studies and i just can’t with ignorance as current zeitgeist #rigidheddleweaving #bandweaving #loveandpeace #staysafe
three handwoven armbands featuring a rainbow design and silver clasps lay atop a woven tablerunner with a simple overshot design.
February 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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time to ply and free up my spindles before i end up ordering new ones (🙈). I prefer the Andean plying bracelet technique for my spindle spun :) 🧶 #chaosyarn #handspinning #Andeanplyingbracelet #damaskshawl #orderedspindlesalreadyoops
a handspun orange-blue-ockre-colored single thread is wound around a human wrist for an Andean plying bracelet, the hand rests on grey handknit shawl.
February 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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it feels weird to post fiber things when the world is held hostage by fascists, but here’s a celebration of color and tools old and new. 100% Merino top by TagewerkDesign, spindles are vintage Bulgarian & Romanian, locally remade Bulgarian-style spindles & a Hummel Turkish & Locke silk spindle. 🌈🧶
a somewhat radial spread of braided and unbraided roving in two color styles with Eastern European hand spindles with spun singles on them in between. two miniskeins of plied yarn are interspersed between the spindles. an empty turkish mini spindle and victorian silk spindle replica are laid out on on the bottom of the picture.
February 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM