A tailors dummy is displaying a lacy little cowl, knit with a 100% buffalo down yarn and embellished with beads. The cowl drapes and folds beautifully around the neck. The yarn is a deep brown and beads are gold.

#showmwyourknits guest host @samantha-west.bsky.social has asked for #cowls this week.

This one is A Little Something Something, knit with a beautiful, soft fingering weight yarn and embellished with some ✨💖 sparkling beads.

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Six tams crowns - each one different - different colours, different patterns. Moving clockwise from the upper right corner: 1) Bracken Tam - Predominantly white, with teal, brown and touches of pink and green. I was trying to create curves with straight lines and I was happy with the results. 2) Maiden Tam - Mostly pink and grey with charcoal. This one holds all the hearts 💕 3) Heather Tam - My favourite purples in peerie patterns. The patterns make me think of a butterfly's wings. 4) Loch Ness Tam (Nessi) - teal diamonds shading from dark to light to bright green. With pops of white and dark outlines creating an elaborate star 5) Some Like it Hot - hot colours striped with simple patterns broken by charcoal stripes. 6) Moorland Tam - browns and greens, highlighted with hot orange create an elaborate snowflake patterned crown.

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Retreating Tams - knit with sport weight Highland Wool.

The best part of a tam - the crowning glory - the top - the way the colours and decreases work together to create those amazing patterns.

Book Cover Lopapeysa Travel and Knitting A man with long hair is standing in front of a rock face. He has a beard and looks a little stern. He might be handsome. He is wearing a lopapeysa, a hand knitted Icelandic sweater with a hood. The colours are all natural, Greys and browns.

Book Cover Norway's Knitted Heritage Author - Annemor Sundbo A scenic image, possibly from one of Norway's fiords is the backdrop of the title bookplate. The title is above an image of a vintage classic Norwegian sweater. This is the third book by Annemor Sundbo in my collection. All full of inspiration 😀 This is a historical time. I am looking forward to the read.

This has been a great month for knitting related books!

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Knitting books for me are all about inspiration. From the landscapes and history to techniques and shapes, a good book will offer all of that and more!

Did I mention that I love 💗💕 to knit and design lace?!😄🧶

Shetland Wheel knit with Merino Lace by Gathering Yarns.

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There is snow all around a small clump of bright green leaves and intensely white snowdrops. The snow has melted enough that there is a little brown earth and cedar debris around the clump.

Signs of Spring. The snow is lingering a little longer than normal here on the Island! But Spring 🌱 is stirring.

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Stripes in Nature - a profusion of turkey tails.

Inspiration for a future project.

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