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Mellie
@mellieknits.bsky.social
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Knitter, cat lover, and reader of books.
Montreal 🇨🇦
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A little bit of brightness on such a gray day ☀️

After weeks of working on it, the blanket is finally done! Just in time for the colder weather.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶
A finished knitted yellow blanket on a gray chair. Stitch used: Alternate herringbone.
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Happy #caturday - and happy heating pad season to all who celebrate.

#cats #catsofbluesky
An orange tabby lies sleeping on an orange blanket. Underneath the blanket is a heating pad.
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Trying to the beat the Sunday Blues with some knitting and The Mummy rewatch.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶
A never ending blanket WIP while The Mummy plays in the background.
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Happy #caturday

Looks like I’ll be working on another WIP today.

#cats #catsofbluesky #knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶
An orange tabby lies in a gray armchair on top of a current knitting WIP.
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Happy Halloween Witches! 🎃🧙‍♀️👻

It’s a tad early for Midnight Margaritas but I have to say that my absolute favourite scene in the movie is when all the women show up, link hands, and blast Jimmy out. We should all have such a phone tree. ❤️

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶 #practicalmagic
A blanket WIP while the movie Practical Magic plays in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Spent an absolutely lovely day trekking about on Mount-Royal yesterday. Need more of these Autumn days 🍂🍁

#montreal
#autumn
A bright sunny afternoon on Montreal’s Mount-Royal. Beaver Lake is in view with trees in their Autumn foliage in the background.
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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I cannot believe that this is the last week of October 😭 Still toiling away on the blanket but I did start a more portable project. Also, looking forward to rereading this book before seeing the movie.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶 #books 💙📚 #booksky
The beginnings of a black/grey linen stitch asymmetrical shawl. A copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein lies on top.
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Hello October! 🎃👻🧙‍♀️

Still working on the blanket. However, I do have a “want to knit” list full of projects I cannot wait to get to.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶 #books 💙📚 #booksky
The Spellshop - a book by Sarag Beth Durst - lies on top of a knit WIP. The WIP in question is a blanket with an alternating herringbone pattern. The yarn colour is golden - although in the photo it looks more like yellow.
October 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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View From a Desk

#cats #catsofbluesky #caturday
An orange cat lies sleeping with his head resting on an armchair.
September 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Feeling like Charlie Brown’s Linus by dragging my blanket around in case I get a few minutes to knit. Also, new commute book since I can’t knit during rush hour (too many people.)

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶 #books 💙📚 #booksky
A golden knit WIP inside a black backpack with Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic on a table.
August 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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A quiet Saturday Night over here. Knitting and rewatching Supernatural.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶 #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday
A closeup of a knitting WIP while in the background an orange tabby sleeps next to a computer that shows Dean Winchester.
August 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Made another swatch. I’ve decided that since I haven’t knitted in a while, I now want to make a throw. Because of course I do. As much as love the stitches on the first swatch, it takes up a lot of yarn. This pattern also has points for being reversible.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶
A yellow knitted swatch from the pattern: Harvest Throw from Two of Wands.
August 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Knit up a small swatch after weeks of not knitting - or doing much of anything really. A small thing but it brought me a bit of joy.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶
A knitted golden swatch - alternating herringbone stitch - on a light coloured background.
August 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Longing for all things Autumn in this heatwave.

I never feel quite “right” in the summer and struggle a lot. But, as I was getting ready to go to work this morning, yarn and book caught my attention. Autumn hues. Cheered me up a bit.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶 #books 💙📚 #booksky
August 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Trying to make the bed with a cat… better luck tomorrow- maybe. Hope everyone is enjoying their #caturday

#cats #catsofbluesky
An orange tabby lies on a bed refusing to move so that said bed can be made.
July 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Finally finished this linen stitch shawlette - just in time for the hot weather 😭 Just need to block and weave the ends in. In better news: I get to reclaim my needles and move on to another project. 🎉

Pattern: Grotine by cdickdesigns

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶
A variegated linen stitch shawlette.
June 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Doing a reread of a favourite book and trying out a new wine to match alongside it.

#books 💙📚 #booksky
A copy of Isabel Allende’s Daughter of Fortune alongside a bottle of Casillero del Diablo.
June 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Life has been life-ing very much lately, but I did see that yellow was the #showmeyourknits prompt for this week. I love shawls. Generally easy to knit with an added bonus of keeping me warm in a sub-zero temperature office.

Pattern: Wolfsbane by Tyne Swedish

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A golden seed stitch shawl with picot edging.
June 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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A #showmeyourknits - blanket edition - and #caturday in one photo.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶 #cats #catsofbluesky
An orange tabby lies atop a red and gray blanket while 3 other knit blankets are folded next to him.
May 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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It’s been a bit of a struggle bus these past few weeks. Slowly getting back into knitting and reading with a new WIP and a new book.

#books 💙📚 #booksky #showmeyourknits
#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶
The beginnings of a multi-coloured linen stitch shawl along with Vivian Shaw’s ebook Strange Practice.
May 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Happy #caturday / night from this one who absolutely refused to look at the camera.

Also, new WIP for tonight.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶 #cats #catsofbluesky
An orange cat shies away from the camera. Next to the orange tabby is a striped lilac ball of yarn with the beginnings of a shawl on knitting needles.
May 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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TGIF All! Sliding in at the last minute for the gift portion of #showmeyourknits : a shawl that I made for my mother a few years ago.

Pattern: Eyelette Lace Shawlette by TemptingEwe.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶
A bright red lace shawl with a seed stitch border.
April 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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I almost forgot about #showmeyourknits - grays! Here is a favourite self-drafted shawl.

#knittersofbluesky #knitsky #knitting🧶
A dark gray textured shawl with a seed stitch border.
April 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I am a tad embarrassed about the number of WIPs I current have. Here’s one of them: a self-drafted shawlette to be (if it works out.) Yarn is Malabrigo lace.

#knittersofbluesky #showmeyourknits
#knitsky #knitting🧶
A variegated pink linen stitch shawlette on knitting needles.
April 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Trying to beat the Sunday night scaries by reading some non-fiction.

#books 💙📚
#booksky
Ross King’s book “The Judgement of Paris - the revolutionary decade that gave the world impressionism” on a yellow and white comforter.
April 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM