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Gifted Harris Tweed wool, reclaimed from an old sweater. Plaited twill. I am adoring the texture. #weaving

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Combing wool 🧶🐑

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

Handspun Cheviot wool singles. Hand dyed with madder root. Handwoven and sewn into a cute skirt to match my handknit pullover sweater. #februarty #orange #weaving #spinning #fiberarts #yarn

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

When a tangle of sheep's wool catches your eye 👀 #Macro #Nature #Photography

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of felted sheep’s wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Västerbottens Museum in Sweden.

submitted 11 days ago • 24 comments

Latest knitting make - Aurora Cabin shawl by Stephen West

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🧶💾 Punch cards aren’t just relics of computing—they’re still powering knitting machines today! Discover how hobbyists & archivists are preserving this blend of tech + textile. ⁠ 🔗 https://blog.archive.org/2025/02/12/vanishing-culture-punch-card-knitting/ ⁠ 🕳️ #VanishingCulture⁠

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

Now is the time to get yourself a yarn holder, if you don’t already have one! It will make knitting while protesting much easier. I want one from Lemonwood Fiber Tools www.etsy.com/shop/Lemonwo... Here is a picture of two that I already have. #preparingtoprotest #madamdefarge #knitting #knitsky

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

Mail is in & Highland Knits, Knitwear Inspired by the Outlander Series book by a group of designers from Interweave (used) is here. It looks good. More knitting inspo. 🧶 #knit #knitsky #knitted #knitting #highlandknits #outlander #claireoutlander #outlanderknits #rusticknits #outlanderfashion #book

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

Lundy Wrap (Ravelry) A fave pattern which I’ve made many times 🧶 #knit

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Current WIP - 'Jingle' by Isabelle Kraemer in Sandnes Tynn Peer Gynt 😁 #knitting #SweaterWeather #showmeyourknits

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

I can’t tell you how good this makes me feel to look at the textures on this piece 🧶 #knit

submitted 26 days ago • 8 comments

Anyone who enjoyed reading The Lost Flock may be interested in this in-person & on-line lecture by Professor Andrew Fleming FSA at @antiquaries.bsky.social I mentioned his research in the book. I anticipate this will be a very informative & enjoyable event www.sal.org.uk/event/st-kil...

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

It was a pleasure to write this review of 'The Lost Flock' by Jane Cooper @orkneyboreray.bsky.social for @thescottishfarmer.bsky.social This is a book for anyone who likes a detective story with a bit of lambing and a bucket of sheep nuts #GoNative #OrkneyBoreray #ScottishDunface

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

We were delighted to welcome people to a wool skills workshop at #ORFC25 this morning. The session highlighted the wonders of wool and why it needs to be considered as more than just a byproduct.

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When the fine thread that connects you to life is literally a "fine thread" 🧶🧦 "Knitting calms me down when I'm stressed, gets me excited when it feels like there's no point living. gives me something to think about that is outside myself, a reason to get up in the morning." #pwme #mecfs

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Well, that was fun! Woke up to 10cm more snow on top of the 20cm+ we had Sat-Sun, and then the power went out at 7am! Took 4 hours for the power to come back on, so I spent it cosily curled up on the sofa knitting a mitten (details in alt text) 🧶😍❄️

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Christmas knitting eventually cast on yesterday - a Trillian scarf from yarn brought back from Iceland by a friend. A nice, easy pattern for doing while watching tv or chatting with friends.

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

My favorite make of this year, Eldfell pullover. This was my first Lopapeysa sweater. I got to wear it on my trip to Iceland this past September. 🧶 #knitting #showmeyourknitting

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Every one needs a good wool blanket to sleep with

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Starting a new knitting project from my stash of handspun. I never feel so centered, my mind is never so quieted as when I'm knitting or spinning. Knitting, spinning, crochet, hand sewing: these are your foremothers' stims.

submitted 54 days ago • 6 comments

And ANOTHER amazing new knitting book comes by post. I have every book by Susan Crawford. This latest is the third volume in her "A Stitch in Time" series, devoted to colo(u)rwork. Vintage patterns updated for modern knitters, preserving the interesting details that make them so special...

submitted 56 days ago • 5 comments

Friction is the defining force of knit/crochet/woven fabric. I think we as fiber artists intuitively know this via drape, but it's cool to see the science.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Cast on NUMBER FOUR for my “relaxing” Christmas knit. 1st was fiddly small stitches, 2nd was tension on colour change side, 3rd was being clever & catching yarn & created weird loop. If ur like, these all look fine, u r correct. If ur like, I would have started over, u r also correct. #knitting 🧶

submitted 59 days ago • 4 comments

Just crocheted Snowflake 14: Sikussak - a flower-centred flake that takes its name from a Greenlandic word for old sea ice trapped in fjords.

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Hope for the future of New Lanark spinning mill www.heraldscotland.com/news/2469215...

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

A bit late for #ShowMeYourKnits week 21, because, well, gift knitting (obvs)💨 🧶 🥵!! Let’s do a round of ‘what’s on your needles?’ We do this occasionally anyway, but I can’t be the only one in the final sprint?!? 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️ Hermione’s Everyday Socks in Malabrigo Ultimate sock 🧦. 1/3 to be finished 😵‍💫.

submitted 63 days ago • 7 comments

Knitting is cool! Ingrid Bergman knits prolifically. Alfred Hitchcock holds her yarn as she winds it up. Brilliant. 🧶 #knittingiscool #cool #ingridbergman #alfredhitchcock #knit #knitting #knitted #icon #iconic #actor #actress #star #moviestar #director #academyaward #vintage #thriller #photograph

submitted 63 days ago • 6 comments

It’s done, I’m very pleased. #knitting #Lettlopi

submitted 64 days ago • 8 comments

One of my faves 🧶 #knit

submitted 63 days ago • 6 comments

Landworkers' Alliance UK are selling British Wool socks and hats - so if you're behind in your Christmas present knitting (like me!) you've an option here :-) shop.landworkersalliance.org.uk/product-cate...

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A crocheted woodland blanket for a blustery cold day 🧶

submitted 77 days ago • 19 comments

Gathering for my next #knitting project at the Handknitting Association of Iceland shop - I love Lopi-yarn!!

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Knitting is Cool! Bette Davis is the coolest knitter ever. Here she is knitting for the war effort in the 40's. 🧶 #cool #knittingiscool #bettedavis #knit #knitting #icon #actor #actress #moviestar #movies #knittingonset #wareffort #fashion #style

submitted 79 days ago • 5 comments

More of my knitting, with yarns I dyed. #ArtAdventCalendar #knitting #colorwork #stranded #textileart

submitted 76 days ago • 5 comments

Finished my third knitting project and second successful hat! #beginnerknitter #knitsky #knitting

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I’m knitting a Christmas present for my partner … I haven’t said which Christmas though! #knitting #wool

submitted 76 days ago • 9 comments

My favourite Aran jumper - made around 2015 and still like new 🧶 #knit #aran #cables

submitted 75 days ago • 9 comments

This was texted to us, I don't know the source, but I like it:

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

I like crocheting little useful baskets. I just make up the pattern, starting with a flat circle and crocheting the sides tall enough to fold over the rim. I really am a total beginner. I've got to learn the stitches and to read a pattern. This one is cotton. 🧶 #crochet #crocheted #basket #cotton

submitted 75 days ago • 23 comments

Freelace knitting is very hard to find online. It's an abstract sort of knitted lace that often has no repeats. Here's an interesting blog post about it with a free pattern: www.gannetdesigns.com/2016/10/01/s... 🧶 #knit #knitting #knitted #freelace #knittingpattern #free #abstractlace

submitted 80 days ago • 6 comments

Lola Johnson is the Dyer and Designer behind Third Vault Yarns 🧶 (bsky.app/profile/thir...). Their knitting patterns often take inspiration from geeky things as well as playing with different techniques and construction.

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Almost done with this entrelac cowl or scarf (haven’t decided if I’ll close the loop). I’m teaching entrelac with my Minerva pattern at Vogue Knitting Live in NYC in January, and in person at Hook and Needle Fiber in Vancouver WA in March. Bicoastal! #knitting #pdxknitterati

submitted 80 days ago • 2 comments

Lovely textured cables 🧶 #knit #cables #handknit

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👍🏼 🧶 #knit

submitted 82 days ago • 3 comments

The reindeer sweater's coming along nicely, except I didn't check how much of the grey Blacker Classic 4ply I had. That ball is the last one. I have lots in fawn, 3 balls of a slightly different grey, quite a bit of the reindeer colour. The sleeves will have to be finagled. #knitting

submitted 82 days ago • 5 comments

Who would have thought a table felt would be so useful. In other news I’m never going to get this room finished for Xmas. #knitting #renovation #Xmas

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🧶Anniken yarnaddictanni.bsky.social is a Norwegian designer based in the UK, with many years of experience. Her professional patterns are easy to follow, and include patterns for lace knitting, stranded colour work, beaded knitting, brioche knitting for various experience levels. 1/2 #FastenOffYAL

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

From Twool Ideal Christmas present for gardeners - not just British wool, but Dartmoor wool Keep plastic out of your garden & enjoy being sustainable twool.co.uk/product/gard...

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments