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Delightful knitting patterns 🧶 Never not making 🪴

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2 finishes: the giant rectangle one is #mymourningshawl which was a pattern that came with a story/narrative by @mountaintopyarn and I want to say first of all that I thought the story was really good. I thought it was an inventive thing to have a pattern with a story attached. I am knitting from stash, so I tried to replicate the colors that were suggested for the most part, but I did deviate. The other thing is that when I hit the point that I got past the off-white/silver color, I started to seriously deviate. In other words, the purple section is not as big as it was. It was stretching so wide, and I got concerned for the integrity of the whole piece which as you can see it’s not perfect edges, but it’ll do. So I cut that section off short, and I also started to switch colors a little bit more and so the left-hand side of it as it is hanging up is using a lot more color than it would have. On the very first image, that’s the portion on the right that’s folded over, the green section. There is also nowhere near as wide as it would’ve been. And that was because I ran out of steam. It has been a year since I started making this to commemorate when Icarus died to try to work through all this compounded grief. And the other day I just looked at it and I said I just want to be done with this piece. So it’s not as long as it would’ve been, but it’s pretty hefty as it is. And I have nothing remotely like it.

The other piece is from @curioushandmade and I think that one might’ve been the Mithraem shawl? I might be butchering the spelling. That is as it was charted until I got to the purple section where, somehow in the midst of the madness of this past year, I miscounted so badly and did not realize it, and I wrecked the pattern so at that point, I just thought you know what I’m gonna do a bunch of garter rows and I’m gonna cast off and call it a day 🤣

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#peonysocks by @curioushandmade using Woolen Walk in Sunset Blast @yarns.lucas

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Happy #scrappySunday. A lovely overcast rainy cool day to work on my #HabitationThrow by @curioushandmade , I’ve made decent progress in this & using up those leftovers.
Also @holstgarn posted a release of a pattern, “Odds & Ends”. Of course I had to CO , more use of really small amounts of leftover yarn , & I’m adding fringing so I don’t have to weave in ends
All in fun for #SkeinScraptober with @skeinyarn

#scraptober #stasbuster

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Dust of Snow pattern by Helen Stewart. Garen van Jern Yarns . Gemaakt door Gera 🤩

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Personal achievement post : Completed 1 sock this weekend 💚🧦🩷

PATTERN:
Peony Sock by @curioushandmade

YARN:
@circustonichandmade
Jubilee Sock set : Col Peach Fuzz

#breastcancerawareness #knitforthegirls #socks #supportsmallbusiness #lacework

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👗🌺 Sunday stitching round up. 💕🧦

I feel like I haven’t really been working on anything at the moment because life has been busy. So I thought I would take some progress shots to see just what I’ve been up to. Turns out I was wrong…

🌺Peony socks by @curioushandmade and @daffodilroadyarn are just delightful. I have also been tinkering on a felted appliqué needle holder which is sweet.

🧶Stockholm slipover by @petiteknit in the lovely Seaspray colour by @louielolayarns

💕The intricate and addictive Calm down cardigan by @lilykatemakes in the excellent @bendigowoollenmills classic DK.

🍁The Leith Cardigan by @the.creabea looks excellent in @bendigowoollenmills luxury. Now for sleeves!

👗I made a dress! This @theboldone_ dress is everything!

#wips #handmade #whatsonmyneedles #australianyarn #castonitis

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Time to get my Habitation throw out again. The end is in sight! Just these few mini skeins from Botanical Yarns to finish up.

#blanketknitting #sockyarn #handdiedyarn #knittedthrow #knitstagram

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💕Check your Peonies 💕
Some very happy mail has arrived and may already be turning into something beautiful.
How incredible are all these tones created by the very clever Sara from @daffodilroadyarn ?!

I can’t wait to see how this looks as the Peony sock by @curioushandmade

Will you be casting on for the Knit For the Girls 2026?

#sockknittersofinstagram #knitting #australianyarn #breastcancer #pink

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October is breast cancer awareness month - as a survivor, currently in my 13th year of remission any fundraiser or activity is very close to my heart and want to partake when possible

I urge you to check out @louielolayarns page as she has lots going on this month in raising funds for a great cause

So in the spirit of it all I’ve purchased the Peony Sock pattern by @curioushandmade and have paired it with the yarn pictured by @circustonichandmade and cannot wait to start a new project this weekend 💕

Jubilee Sock set : Col Peach Fuzz

#breastcancerawareness #knitforthegirls #socks #supportsmallbusiness #lacework

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Reading Nook Socks by @curioushandmade in @littleskeinyarn ‘Snow Queen’ 📖🩷 #handmadesocksociety6 #littleskein #knitstagram #kindredspirits

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