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redgumvicki
@redgumvicki.bsky.social
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Knitter 🧶, baker 🍞, former soap 🧼maker, I embrace self-reliance and survival skills. I loathe fascism, far right mindset and inequality.
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I’m double dipping into autumn themed #showmeyourknits, with a perfect autumn weight jumper in autumn tones. Pattern name is Ember but I knitted this during the bushfires of 2019/20, so I changed my project name to Precious Amber, after the main colour. More details in images.
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Woman wearing an orange and autumn toned colourwork jumper with lace patterning on yoke. She is wearing it with black trousers and standing against a corrugated iron panel adjoining a green sliding barn door. Orange, cream and autumn toned jumper featuring lace patterning on yoke with colourwork on yoke, body and sleeves. The jumper is hanging on a coat hanger against a rusty trailer. Pattern name is Ember by Yuko Shimizu, orange and multicoloured yarn is by Ripplescrafts in the Scottish Highlands, cream coloured yarn is superfine merino from Bellevue Park Wool in south eastern Australia.
September 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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I love scarves but what I love even more is a wide, shallow shawl and I’ll be knitting more of those. However, for #showmeyourknits scarf week, my skinny version of Time Trades will have to do.
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Lace patterned scarf knitted in autumn toned colours, displayed on a brown timber table top. Lace patterned scarf knitted in autumn toned colours, displayed on a statue of a miner, in a park in central Victoria, Australia.
September 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Trying to make inroads on some summer knits, starting with a between seasons pullover, perfect for #showmeyourknits wip week, albeit just sneaking it in. Sleeve length is yet undecided. Yarn is merino/linen dyed by the talented @piratepurlyarns.bsky.social #knitsky 🧶
Gold coloured lacework knitted yoke against a white background. Pattern is Coryn Sweater designed by Valentina Bogdanova.
September 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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I finished it more than a year ago but I only have a photo of the yoke. So I must remedy this! But in the meantime, this is mine, I used a merino/possum blend.
Yellow green patterned sweater yoke on a dark grey table top.
September 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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My newest favourite sweater is still a secret until release date so here’s one I finished last year, for #showmeyourknits sweater week. Pattern is Sneeflocken by Sarah Solomon. Charcoal yarn is geelong lambswool by Colourmart, cream is merino/yak by Ochre.
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Black and cream sweater with stranded colourwork trim on yoke, lower body and sleeves, hanging against a silver coloured corrugated wall. Sleeves are tied loosely across the body.
August 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I don’t have many baby knits for #showmeyourknits this week but I made these for a work colleague a few years ago.
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A pair of red and white baby bootees, trimmed to look like converse gym boots. One is standing up and the other is lying down, both on a charcoal coloured table.
August 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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I almost forgot stripes week for #showmeyourknits! My modified Jukebox Cardigan shamelessly copying the colour arrangement from the Funky Grandpa Cardigan.
#blueskyknits #knitsky 🧶
Cardigan with grey and autumn toned striped body, with black upper sleeves and narrow grey and autumn toned stripes on lower sleeves.
August 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Appalled at the genocide occurring in Gaza? If you live on the far south coast of NSW, here’s an opportunity to show your support in the Bega Valley, as part of a nationwide event.
#stopthegenocide #freepalestine
Image of a poster promoting a national day of action in support for the people of Palestine.
August 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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My recently completed “Eat the Rich” fits the bill perfectly for #showmeyourknits leftovers week. I’ve used Rennie Supersoft lambswool, left over from a granny square jumper I made last year. 🧶
#blueskyknits
Red and light grey stranded colourwork knitted hat featuring the words “Eat the Rich”. The hat is sitting on a timber table top next to a pair of eyeglasses with a teal frame. Red and light grey stranded colourwork knitted. The hat is sitting on a timber table top next to a pair of eyeglasses with a teal frame. Pattern name is “Eat the Rich”.
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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I’ve had to plumb the depths for #showmeyourknits blue week- and it’s really a mix of grey, blue and green, so it looks a little like an oil slick on water, not a clear blue.🧶 #knitsky
Woman with grey hair wearing a blue/grey jumper with colourwork circular yoke, featuring shades of gold and orange. Pattern is Hinterland designed by Jennifer Steingass, yarn is Hebridean 2ply by Virtual Yarns. The woman is standing in front of an oak door, surrounded by mud brick walls.
July 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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A newish cast on #showmeyourknits WIP week, for what I know will be a long, slow knit. It’s the start of my Jemima’s Jumper, one I’ve wanted to make for a long time. I’m taking it easy, hoping that will be enough to prevent these tiny needles causing wrist problems.
#knitsky #blueskyknits 🧶
A narrow band of knitting, still on knitting needles, featuring narrow charcoal and white stripes, set against a timber table top. Pattern is Jemima’s Jumper by Donna Smith.
July 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Just off the needles in time for this week’s garter stitch themed #showmeyourknits - is my Close to You shawl. Perfect tv knitting and perfect shape and size. 🧶 #blueskyknits
Burnt orange coloured shawl with a simple lace edging, lying on a dark grey table. Pattern is Close to You by Justyna Lorkowska, yarn is Ripples Crafts Burras in Precious Amber colour.
June 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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I almost missed this week’s yellow themed #showmeyourknits - my Calla Sweater nicely fits the bill! 🧶 I used the butter soft De Rerum Natura Ulysse in the Doré colour. #knittersofbluesky
Yellow pullover hanging on a cream bed head frame displayed against a mud brick wall. Pattern is Calla Sweater, designed by Natasja Hornby.
June 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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It was a chilly start but we managed to grab a spot in the sun, in our usual place to celebrate #WWKIPday for this week’s special edition of #showmeyourknits. I’m wearing the recently finished Djö designed by Sophie Ochera.
A group of knitters in the foreground, seated on the footpath with some nearby shops and cars parked along the street. There is some blue bunting above the heads of the knitters.
June 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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It’s very late notice but if you’re in the Bega Valley, come and join us this morning for World Wide Knit in Public Day. 🧶
#wwkipday
#worldwideknitinpublicday
Poster advertising World Wide Knit in Public Day, background is of a light pink knitted fabric.
June 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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I don’t knit many cowls but I’ve made two of these and bought yarn to make a third. The pictured one has now been given to a friend. Thanks @romidesigns.bsky.social for such a great pattern ❤️#showmeyourknits #knitsky 🧶
Green coloured lace stitch cowl lying on a timber table top. Pattern is Ice Queen by Romi Hill
June 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Still plugging away on this cabled pullover for #showmeyourknits #WIP week, but edging ever closer to the finish line.
Pieces of a cabled knit sweater lying on a table with a dark grey coloured project bag in the top left corner. The sweater pieces are knitted in a yellow green merino/possum yarn. “Temee” designed by Sarah Solomon aka Into the Wool.
May 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Purple themed #showmeyourknits this week was a challenge for me until I remembered the tam I made to take to Shetland in 2019. 🧶
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Purple and green lace patterned tam with colourwork crown, sitting on a timber table top. It is finished with tassels made to look like thistles. Pattern is Roamin’ by Lynette Meek, yarn is lambswool from Colourmart
May 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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I love cardigans, so cardigan week for this week’s #showmeyourknits was perfect ! These are some of my favourites. 🧶
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May 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Finding something for #showmeyourknits DK week was a difficult task, I rarely use DK. This Koivua jumper from a few years ago has been given away because the yarn made me itch so much! I was so disappointed, the recipient not so much! 😉🧶 #knitsky
May 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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For this week’s indie dyer #showmeyourknits, I’d like to highlight one of our local Australian dyers who specialises in dyeing non-superwash yarn. I’ve used Tarndie’s gorgeous polwarth/silk blend dyed by Katrina @piratepurlyarns.bsky.social for the contrast colours in my Pressed Flowers Cardigan.
April 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I almost missed this week’s gift themed #showmeyourknits - this baby blanket has now survived the bushfires of 2019/20 and two more babies!
Green baby blanket with lace pattern in the centre, hanging over an iron bed head against a mud brick wall background.
April 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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I have a couple of items in keeping for #showmeyourknits this week featuring grey knits.
The Whiskey Creek Pullover by Amy Christoffers and Anthe, by Natasja Hornby.
April 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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For this week’s WIP themed #showusyourknits I’ve chosen a recent cast on - Temee designed by Sarah Solomon. I’m using a merino/possum blend hand dyed in Australia by Louie and Lola. I’m now up to the cap shaping.
Yellow-green coloured cabled knitting lying on a dark grey table.
April 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I had to dig deep for #showmeyourknits baby week but then I remembered some I made for a work colleague a few years back. 🧶
March 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM