An open package containing a variety of fluffy wools in white and beige, and a large cake of black cotton.

Experimentation incoming!

Latest episode or a rewatch?

Enjoy, either way!

A textured striped Moebius cowl on a display model standing in front of greenery. The cowl has a picot edge and appears to ripple around the neck. The stripes are of turquoise and teal, so they are subtle stripes. Yarn: Doulton Border Leicester 4ply in Turquoise and Saltholme

A Moebius cowl lying on a blocking board it is textured in a self striping yarn, colours are pale pink yellow and light blue Yarn: Plymouth Gina

#ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 One of my favourite cowl shapes is the Moebius. I find it sits neatly round my neck and doesn't get in my way. I designed The Wheel as a textured piece, of any width or length, in multiple yarn weights.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-wheel

The back view of a white satin sleeveless evening dress was two bands of red velvet on both shoulders falling to a red velvet bow centre back

A black and white photograph of a model wearing the same white satin and red velvet dress. She is posed with arms raised, leaning against a wall

The backless dress became one of the signature style of the #1930s, redirecting the gaze. Gowns of the period are often more decorative at the back than they are at the front, a case in point this c1933 dress by Augusta Bernard @philamuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A flat lay photo of a partially knitted colourwork cowl. The cowl has a taupe ribbing, and features one row of finished chili peppers and one row of partially knitted ones. Alongside the cowl are two red ceramic bowls with geometric designs, the one has a green chili pepper and the other a pair of chili pepper earrings! This is all shown on a taupe geometric carpeted background

And it wouldn't be #showmeyourknits cowl week without at least one cowl WIP!! 😁

So enter the Chili pepper cowl! 🌶️🌿 🪴✨ There is no pattern for this one but the chili pepper motif has been adapted from the Stone Knits' Spicy socks pattern, and is knitted in Elle Merino DK ☺️

#knit #knitsky 🧶

A square colourwork knitted cowl that tapers slightly towards the top. It is knit with two gradient yarns of Hobbii Colorina yarn, giving the background an effect of striped red and orange. The Diamond-and-Circle filigree pattern is in a subtle contrast of blacks and greys.

I can finally join in with #ShowMeYourKnits !

Here's me recently completed "Gilded Cowl" from the rightfully popular University of Glasgow knitting book:

I went to a (run down) flat viewing yesterday shown around by a handyman (70yo) who said that he hates Scotland and looked back admiringly at how rich Thatcher made Britain & now there's too much immigration.
I pointed out you only get rich off privitisation once, and we give v little to refugees 😑

The image shows the inside of a purple plastic bag. The sides of the bag obscure the edges of the images, but in focus down below is a swirl of black and yellow fibre.

What secrets lie herein?

Ahhh, I seeee. It's good to complete one though. Nice to pause a while. Allegedly!

I instinctively want to offer you a cure, but I have no cure. I just wait until the next project finds me...

Critically endangered crafts Crafts classified as 'critically endangered' are those at serious risk of no longer being practised. They m include crafts with a shrinking base of craftspeople, crafts with limited training opportunities, crafts wit financial viability, or crafts where there is no mechanism to pass on the skills and knowledge. Arrowsmithing Basketwork furniture making Bell founding Besom broom making MORE ENDANGERED Bow making (musical) Bowed-felt hat making Chain making Clay pipe making Clog making Coiled straw basket making Coppersmithing (objects) Copper wheel engraving Currach making Cut crystal glass making NEW Devon stave basket making Diamond cutting Encaustic tile making Engine turned engraving Fabric pleating Fair Isle chair making Fan making Figurehead carving NEW Flower making (trade and manufacturing) NEW Flute making (concert) Fore-edge painting Frame knitting Glass eye making Glove making MORE ENDANGERED Hat block making Hat plaiting Horse collar making Horsehair weaving Linen beetling NEW Linen damask weaving Maille making Matte painting (filmmaking) NEW Metal thread making Millwrighting Northern Isles basket making Orrery making Paper making (trade and manufacturing) Parchment and vellum making Piano making Pietra dura NEW Plane making Plume making Pointe shoe making Pottery (trade and manufacturing) Quilting (frame NEW | Rake making MORE ENDANGERED Rattan furniture making NEW Saw making Scientific and optical instrument making Scissor making Sieve and riddle making Silk ribbon weaving Silver spinning Spade making Spinning wheel making Straw hat making Sussex trug making Swill basket making Tanning (oak bark) Thatching (Irish vernacular) NEW Thatching (Scottish vernacular) Thatching (Welsh vernacular) NEW + Tinsmithing Wainwrighting Watch face enamelling Watch making Whip making Wooden fishing net making 84.7

new bucket list unlocked for my adhd craft friends:

YES

I love them already!

My trip away was very productive!

The belt pattern is drafted to the final page. Belt 2.0 is well underway, and as I complete it I can verify the pattern writeup.

I've also made good progress on my latest cast-on, and am about 25% of the way through that project.

I retrieved my sewing kit too!

Full length view of the front of a burgundy silk slip dress that is covered with self coloured lace forming shoulder straps, ruching at the hips and falling into a long skirt

Back view of the c1940 burgundy lace evening dress showing the silk bow that catches the fabric from centre back at the waist

Side view of the c1940 burgundy lace evening dress which shows how the arrangement of the lace over the slip forms different sheer sections and layers

She is poised, ready for the music to start and for her heels to tap out the rhythm that will herald the start of the weekend. Her gown is both solid and sheer and floats in wine coloured lace. C1940 #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A heavy hearted message. If you want me to keep designing, please share, and buy a pattern.
Every share, like and save helps, but without sales, I need to quit.

#supportsmallerknitdesigners #supportsmallknitdesigners #designerlife #helpme #knittersunited

Writing up the free knitted belt pattern is going very well!

I have the photos, diagrams, and tables in place, plus the abbreviation chart and about 60% of the instructions. Just knitting a bit of Belt no.2 to confirm some details before continuing the write-up.

Gray brioche lace shawl with multi-colored spots that is inspired by the moon.

The Edge of Darkness (April 6, 2026) - As the Artemis II crew flew over the terminator, the astronauts described this boundary between day and night as "anything but a straight line." Crater rims along the terminator stand out as "islands" in the night. Giant chains of craters emanating from the 3.7-billion-year-old Orientale basin can be seen scouring the surface, stretching almost to the terminator. This tells a geologic story: these crater chains produced by the Orientale impact event mar the surface of the relatively flat Hertzsprung Basin (center of this image), which means that Hertzsprung Basin must be even older than Orientale! Image Credit: NASA

Thank you, Artemis II, for giving me a new appreciation of my own work.

Pattern is Sleeping Satellite by yours truly. Yarn is @lolabeanyarnco.com Wax Bean in Moonshine.

#knitting #lolabeanyarnco #waxbean #textillianstudios #sleepingsatelliteshawl

Moon Bunny, Froggy and Mushroom walking sticks.

It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.

Here's new patterns for my carbon fiber foldable walking sticks!! Each pattern needs to sell at least 50 each to make them a reality!! Or else I'll have to refund them. Please support!

Store: Bibipins.com

This is handy
🧶 #knit

A small round ball of bright red yarn (Knit Picks Stroll mini in fingering weight sock yarn).

Got a yarn winder.

Travelled without it.

This took an hour or so!

Short, sleeveless youthful evening dress of silk grosgrain with petticoat of net, V&A

‘Longchamp’ summer evening dress with boned petticoat, designed by Pierre Balmain (1914-82), early 1956. Via The V&A.

Temu Yarn Review: Are “Luxury” Yarns Really Worth It? (Burn Test) 🔥 YouTube video by Amora

Amora just reviewed a lot of these. Most of them are lying completely!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6E4...

YAP Session 3: Short and Sweet YouTube video by YarnsAboutPatterns

A shorter video this month, as I was in a hurry to get to the train!

Having some issues with Mic noise, edited as much out as possible, but still not satisfied. Turns out it's very difficult to do this when living out of a suitcase (or 4)... 🥲

youtu.be/NBeyoxm6mlQ

Top 10 Reasons To Visit | Framework Knitters Museum, Ruddington Top 10 reasons to visit the Framework Knitters Museum in Ruddington.

If you are ever in Nottingham UK, this might be worth a visit
frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk/top-10-reaso...
🧶 #knit

A pair of 20cm loop 2.75mm circular needles with some fine yellow knitting on them in the shape of a bib with two central bobbles.

What’s this mysterious cast-on for my train journey today?

I talked about it when recording YAPs episode 3 this morning. Plan to edit tomorrow and upload ready for noon on the first Sunday of the month again!

🧶🤣 #knit

We've got 1 of 2 new gradient self striping colourways dyed for Eastercon next weekend! 🪻

Botanica captures the essence of spring, colours guiding us from a light green leaf to a vibrant pink petal. Be on the lookout for my second gradient coming soon!

Celebrating #worldtheatreday! Appreciated as artworks in their own right, Léon Bakst's costume designs for the 1910 ballet Schéhérazade were published in various formats at the time. The drawing for our costume featured in this page from Comœdia Illustré of June 15th 1910 @gallicabnf.bsky.social