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Knitting, spinning, gardening, canoeing and outdoor living
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@gargarin.bsky.social Adding to my hasty comment this morning - daughters were S and R - S was my friend... Parents both teachers at the village school...
August 27, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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DD and I put the shade sail back up #eclipse
Crescent suns viewed on a brick wall Crescent suns viewed on a cream coloured fabric
August 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Such a beautiful episode...
Poetry Please - Celebrating Brian Patten - BBC Sounds
Roger McGough, Lemn Sissay and others celebrate Brian Patten.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 30, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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I have the World Service playing quietly overnight... Imagine my joy to stir to this morning's 'In the Studio' to catch @imcmillan.bsky.social talking poetry... I'm going to listen back to the whole programme 😁
June 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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One week on from the new knee and there is #spinning 😁 A dear friend has lent me her brand new Argonaut and we're getting along famously 😁
A photo of an Argonaut electric spinning wheel with the beginnings of a single on the bobbin. The wheel is dark green and the fibre is shades of pale yellow
May 26, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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Blocking, work your magic!

#knitting #showmeyourknits #handmade #laceknitting
An unblocked, handknitted lace shawl using two yarns - one gold tones and the other one is bronze/rose gold and slate blue
May 1, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Crab apple blossom in the front garden 😍
#bloomscrolling
A close up of a cluster of deep pink crab apple blossoms
April 30, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Been #spinning
Two filled bobbins of singles ready to be plied. They fibre is a pale slate blue and is BFL and mohair.
April 16, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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A new jumper on the way... (Interlaken by Anne Hanson in West Yorkshire Spinners Illustrious) 😁 #knitting #SweaterWeather #showmeyourknits
A highly textured handknitted jumper in progress - sleeves complete and working down the torso - the yarn is a soft pale grey marl
April 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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March #crafting #knitting spinning #showmeyourknits
A collage of projects from the past month - a completed aran jumper, the start of a grey, textured, yoked jumper and a couple of skeins of handspun yarn in green, pink and cream and a bobbin of plied yarn in dark green and purple
March 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Been #spinning 😁

Dorset Horn from Wildcraft called 'mother of pearl'. One is more saturated than the other so I'll ply them together and see what happens 😁
Two bobbins of singles in shades of pink, grey and pink Two braids of combed fibre tops.
March 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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@imcmillan.bsky.social I loved today's The Verb - immediately inspiring, but will enjoy the time for it to sink in... RLS for me...
February 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Blocking will work its magic...
#knitting #laceknitting #showmeyourknits
A lacy shawl hot off the needles and looking like a dish rag. The yarn is a purple/grey colour.
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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A pile of little ornaments I made for my lovely Y8 form 😁🎄🎉
#knitting #showmeyourknits
A pile of little knitted hats and trees in scraps of Christmas yarns
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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#showmeyourknits #knitting #SweaterWeather
The first few inches of a handknitted sleeve for a jumper. There are cables and other texture. The yarn is a cream colour.
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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I've finished my Christmas jumper 😁 Jingle by Isabelle Kraemer and the yarn is Tynn Peer Gynt from Sandnes Garn #knitting #SweaterWeather #showmeyourknits
A handknitted jumper with a stranded colourwork yoke. The motif is a series of hanging baubles. The main colour is light grey marl and the motif is a deep sage green.
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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There is something ridiculously satisfying about this sock pattern - I've made it loads of times... Sign of Four (a sock for Sherlock) by Anne Hanson (Knitspot) in yarn from WooSheeps #knitting #sockknitters #showmeyourknits
A highly textured diamond-shaped pattern on the leg of a handknitted sock. The yarn is a bright, rich leaf green.
October 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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A little seasonal something heading to DD 😁🍁🎃🍂 #knitting #showmeyourknits
Two handknitted pumpkin decorations
September 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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I've been #weaving with #handspun today 😁

This is the second panel of a throw - a wedding present for DH's nephew and his bride.

#rigidheddleweaving
A weaving project on a 16in rigid heddle loom. They yarn is handspun in shades of green, purple and grey.
August 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Been #spinning
A photo collage of a handspinning project from the braid of fibre to the finished skein of yarn. The colours are a vibrant mix of jewel tones.
August 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Been #weaving for the first time in ages 😁This is the first panel of a larger project (a throw) using #handspun on my 16" rigid heddle loom #rigidheddleweaving
A photo collage of a woven panel in various stages on the loom and completed. The weft is a mix of handspun yarn in greeny greys and purples. The warp is blue and green sock yarn.
July 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Sleeve separation has been achieved! Jingle by Isabelle Kraemer in Sandnes Tynn Peer Gynt.
A handknitted yoked sweater just after sleeve separation. The motif is representative of hanging baubles in a dark sage green with grey marled main colour.
February 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Current WIP - 'Jingle' by Isabelle Kraemer in Sandnes Tynn Peer Gynt 😁 #knitting #SweaterWeather #showmeyourknits
The yoke of a handknitted sweater. Dark sage green hanging bauble motif on a marled mid grey background
January 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Almost finished jumper as lap blanket 👍#knitting #SweaterWeather #showmeyourknits
A partly-knitted mid blue jumper on my lap with my red fluffy slippers in the background
January 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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There has been #spinning and #knitting 😁 #sockknitters
Purple and blue handspun yarn wound onto a niddy noddy A pair of handknitted socks with a zigzag lace pattern in pale sage green yarn
January 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM