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Jaz
@udgenudge.bsky.social
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The smaller half of GongSpa. My life is Gongs, Da Bears, coffee, knitting and all the vegetables. I also hoard books, am learning German, love to walk, sew, Nalbind, origami, going charity shopping, and draw. There is not enough time.
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I rarely use DK but I found some Sirdar Silky Look balls in the RSPCA shop- I started Drops Diamonds Vest pattern then went rogue 😏 I think it’s going to be a halter neck vest, perhaps a dress- if I can get past the bust darts! #ShowMeYourKnits #knit 🧶
A photo of a knitted halter neck down to the bust line. The wool is shiny buttermilk coloured and there is a textured diamond/triangle pattern.
May 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Had a lovely little getaway in Norfolk. Great Saturday night hanging with friends and catching up over some knitting. Smitten with this jumper my friend is working on. Even more smitten with her heavenly dog 😊 Knit details following.
🧶 #knitting
Photo of fabulous friend with a lovely WIP jumper in bright yellow with pink squares. Even better, a lovely tigery greyhound is laid by her side and resting its head on the knitting.
April 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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#showmeyourknits These were knitted up from some beautiful old wool found in a charity shop. I often wear the leg warmers over the cardigan sleeves for snuggly walks. 🧶 #knitting The cardigan is loosely based on RukeKnit Puna cardigan pattern- very adaptable.
A photo of a cardigan, huge leg warmers and a beanie- knitted up in rough wool in shades of dark and light grey and dark green.
April 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I made a mistake. I will see it if I don’t fix it. I am not prepared to unpick the whole rows but I don’t know if I am up for the mental challenge of a spot repair. Goes to find crochet hooks, safety pins and some strong cups of coffee 😂 I anticipate strong bouts of swearing 😬
#knitting 🧶
A close up photo of pressed flowers shall in navy and white. The last row of flower motif has a mistake, a flower is 2 stitches out of place.
April 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Tidying up my woolens before they get washed and stored for Winter. It’s a chilled job, just scissors. This was my first ever cardigan. I can see all the mistakes now the bobbles have been cleared 😬 (left)
A photo of two sleeves of a khaki Aran cardigan side by side. One sleeve has been trimmed of bobbles. They are not well knitted.
April 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Wool sorting day yesterday. This year everyone is getting socks for any occasion 😬 Our neighbours cat popped by to help 😍
🧶 #knitsky #knitting
A photo of a messy but growing garden with a rug in the foreground covered with assorted wools. Wools in bags, wools part knitted up, lone wools. There’s a beautiful small tortoiseshell cat stepping around in the middle of it all.
April 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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My other WIP- we have a new baby in the family so having a go at cotton and pastel to suit parents. Cotton is hard! It looks like it’ll take a dryer though so hopefully practical. Wool- Kingcole baby bamboo and cotton- strands. Pattern- making it up 😬
#showmeyourknits #knitting 🧶
A messy garden just waking up with Spring flowers. A hammock and a partner in the background, knitting in the foreground. The knitting is pastel shades and textured stripe- a baby vibe, in cotton.
April 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Lazy morning in the garden. Current WIP, inspired by someone’s post here 😊 I love the pattern, was hard to get started but quickly understood and easy to pick up for a few minutes.

Pattern Pressed Flowers by Amy Christoffers on Ravellry. Wool- Yarnsmiths merino sock

#showmeyourknits
🧶 #knitting
A photo of a messy Spring garden in morning sun. There is a hammock in the background. In the foreground is a wooden bowl with knitting- dark blue and white- a textured geometric knit.
April 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Hot off the needles- a t shirt made with vintage charity shop/thrift store yarn. £3 in all 😊
Someone taking a selfie in a bathroom mirror. They have a black hat and black long sleeved T-shirt. Over the top is a cream fluff with black bobbled marl t shirt.
March 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Some outside knitting with Dolly duck for company. Spring rules 😊
A photo looking off an old deck with a duck, some daffodils and a lake. There’s knitting on my lap and it’s a sunny day. A photo of a fine ginger duck next to some daffodils.
March 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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I loved knitting this- Jaimesons 2 ply and fair isle is so relaxing. I need to figure out how to finish this hat. It will need lining because it’s wool and for a sensitive forehead. Open to guidance. I never use patterns and it shows 🤦🏻
#ShowMeYourKnits colourwork 🧶
An unfinished Shetland style hat in blue, orange and white fair isle. This side says Chicago. An unfinished Shetland style hat in blue, orange and white fair isle. This side says Bears.
March 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Trying to knit up a loose jumper in some wools I found in a charity shop. Fingers crossed.
🧶 #knitting #thriftstoreyarn
A collection of thrift store yarns and the beginning of a jumper on a weathered deck. There are two balls of pale latte mohair and two balls of black string with little neutral bobbles. The knitting is marl.
March 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Phew! My partners B’day and the secret knitted hat worked. I did knit two to cover options. Not easy when you live/work together 🤦🏻 🧶 #Knitting
A bearded masc person, wearing Bears colours, sat on a sunny bench. They are wearing a fine orange knitted hat and have a very long plait in their beard.
March 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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I don’t usually use garter stitch so weighing up how to block. It’s so stretchy. Do you pull it out? I used Malabrigo Sock- it’s very soft.
An unblocked neckerchief knitted in a subtle variegated sand coloured wool. Very plain garter stitch with a line of small holes along the edge. It’s lying on a tartan bedspread.
March 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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I think I have just invented a new Pilates exercise. I am going to feel this tomorrow. This isn’t the only skein I’ve worked out tonight 🤦🏻
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A photo of a foolish person using their legs to hold a skein of wool whilst unwinding. The wool is space dyed in Autumnal colours. The legs hurt.
February 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Teaching my Mother in law to knit socks- a relationship test 😂
#skyKal 🧶
A photo of a laughing Mother in Law, dressed all in blue, knitting their first socks, also blue. Higgledy piggledy first socks in progress, in blue space dyed wool.
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Living the dream- sorting the knitting needles at a local charity shop. OCD heaven 🤓 #knitsky 🧶
A chaos of knitting needles and gubbins in various pots and baskets. Ready to be sorted.
February 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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😬 Day off so I visited the local Charity/Thrift shops. The shiny gods of treasure hunting were with me. I spent £50 and am going back to a shop tomorrow to put their knitting needles in order for them. I went out for knitting needles for a friend 😂
A photo of many treasures from charity/thrift shopping: shoes, bags, silky things, craft supplies and books and tins and a big print of a favourite painting.
February 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Long drive today. Taking the time to fill in my partner with the news. He gets to ask questions and I look up the answers. Best question… “If the asteroid misses us but comes close, can we get on it? “ A pretty fair response to the state of the world.
February 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Knitting along. I am trying to match knitting from 5+ years ago when I worked as a teacher. I think the stress shows in the tight tension. I’ve had to go down a needle size and still cannot get that tight. Thankfully, one of my feet is bigger 🤓
#SkyKal #Knitting #knitsky
A photo of knitting in progress. Two socks, one completed and one halfway. The pattern is tumbling blocks in a navy and a blue space dyed yarn.
February 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Battling a migraine but it is a beautiful day. I’ve been thrown some Piccalilly on sourdough and a second double coffee- no excuses- time for a walk. Then I have a pity party for me and a dark space scheduled for later.
This is a busy photo of a window bottom/sill looking out over the back of some lovely brickwork semis. It is a crisp sunny Winter day. Romeo, the neighbour’s Wisteria is knocking on the window and flexing their buds. The window bottom is full of tender goodies- pinch pots, Buddha, origami, stones. You can see a corner of my messy desk- pencils and wool and sewing machine and notepads. There might be a fine layer of dust 😬
February 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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#SkyKAL I thought this might be the perfect time to finish a halfway project. This sock might have been sitting in a box for 5+ years 😬🤦🏻 The pattern is from Around the World in Knitted Socks by Stephanie Van Der Linden.
A photo of one completed sock in a tumbling block pattern in blues. Alongside are balls of wool in the same shades. They are clearly gagging to be knitted.
February 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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#showmeyourknits I love to knit two balls of space dyed yarns together for the random. 🧶
A collection of wrist warmers and socks knitted in space dyed wool.
February 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Just filled my self assessment. Feels going out to all the UK self employed working on this. I am now digging into a bowl of treat porridge to settle my nerves.
An overflowing bowl of porridge with berries and a huge dollop of chocolate spread.
January 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Sneaky Alt explanation, no reviews, just covers.

Day 5

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Photo of a paperback on a red Persian carpet. Book title: The Dammed United by David Peace. The cover has a photo of a man in a dark suit from behind, his arms are crossed. In the background there is a bleached out football team walking off towards him. I have no interest in football/soccer * but this book is gripping from the start. It’s a great story ( interpretation of true events). More than that- the writing is phenomenal. I am reading everything he writes.
December 17, 2024 at 11:05 PM