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@julieknits

happily married for 41 yrs, knitter & crocheter, lover of books, baker, dog mom, retired English teacher, baseball fan, ESO adventurer

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julieknits@julieknits· 11d

I almost missed #showmeyourknits shawls! I finished these just 2 weeks ago. Michelle Miller’s Honey Pot shawl in Cascade’s Cotton Sox (sangria) is headed to my mom for her birthday. Lori Steinberg’s Down the Garden Path is for me because I love the yarn - Noro’s Ohajiki. 🧶

A hand knit shawl hanging on a clothesline. The shawl uses a sangria-colored yarn to make a lacy pattern and edging. In the background, you can see some grass, trees, and the bright sky.

On a dark teal background a hand knit shawls rests with its thin tips folded back underneath itself. The shawls uses a variegated yarn of blues, tans, oranges, creams, and reds.

julieknits@julieknits· 20d

Happy 2nd birthday #showmeyourknits ! Congratulations and thank you for such a creative, welcoming, fun, and supportive community. Looking forward to the joys and inspirations of year 3. 🧶 Here are just a few of my twice-knit projects that I especially enjoyed making. Details in alt text.

The Hamnavoe Socks by Lesley Smith. Two pair of Fair Isle socks knit using the same motifs. The pair on the left uses cream, brown, red, gold, and blue colors. The pair on the right uses the same colors except green is used instead of blue.

Tak Six Kloos by Hazel Tindall. A pair of knitted Fair Isle fingerless mitts that use the same pattern and colors, but the colors are rearranged to make each pair look different. The main color of the bottom pair is a cranberry while the main color of the top pair is a dark green. The other colors used are oatmeal, gold, brown, and bronze.

The Musselburgh Hat by Ysolde Teague. A pair of knitted hats. The one on the left is a man’s hat knit in blue with a variegated rust brim. The one on the right is a woman’s hat knit in a solid rust color with an olive green brim.

A pair of knitted and unblocked dishcloths. The one on the left is mostly blue with some variegated green and blue. The one on the right is an olive green color.
I’ve made a gazillion dishcloths over the years because you and everyone you know can never have enough!

julieknits@julieknits· 26d

These are just a few things that bring me joy and fond memories as I knit. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

Two project bags (The one on the left has The Yarn Winder printed on the front with a POP Yarn sticker in its top left corner and an Our Yarn Store button in the top right corner. The bag on the right has an image of a Fair Isle hat with Shetland Wool Week written beneath it.) are at the top of the photo with various knitting accessories below them. Included in the accessories are (from left to right): a pair of Japanese snips resting on the box they came in, some stick markers (wooden chickens and some metal flowers), a variety of needle tip covers (including Hello Kitty, Disney’s Stitch, a blue birdhouse, an English cow, and 2 sheep covering the needles of a WIP striped sock).

julieknits@julieknits· Jul 10

On my needles now - Down the Garden Path shawl by Lori Steinberg. I’ve wanted to try Noro yarns for some time, so I finally splurged on a ball of Ohajiki -cotton/silk/wool blend-in colorway #12 Mobara. I love it! 🧶 #showmeyourknits

The first half of a hand knit shawl knit in a variegated yarn of hues of maroon, blue, tan, and orange. Beside the shape to the upper right side is the ball of yarn in use. Just below the yarn is a small card with the word Noro in the middle, the words The World of Nature just below that, and Japanese kanji symbols on either side. All items are displayed on a black background.

julieknits@julieknits· Jul 5

The shawl I began in May was a complete bust. The yarn, pattern, and needles just couldn’t get together for gauge to ensure enough yarn for a nice finished project, despite numerous attempts. I switched to the Honey Pot shawl by Michelle Millar. Now it’s ready for blocking. I’m so much happier!

A top-down triangle shawl knitted in a raspberry yarn lays sideways on light green carpet. The triangle’s bottom point is actually facing left.

A close-up view of the diamond lace pattern and lacey edging of the Honey Pot shawl knitted in a raspberry cotton yarn. The picture shows the detail of the shawl’s bottom point.

julieknits@julieknits· May 24

I recently finished a yellow baby blanket for my great-niece arriving in July. Since she’ll be in the Pacific Northwest, I wanted her to be wrapped in sunshine! 🧶 #showmeyourknits

A yellow baby blanket drying outside on a set of 4 white drying racks put together to form a large square big enough to lay out the blanket flat.

An up close picture of the ivy leaf pattern of the yellow baby blanket.

julieknits@julieknits· May 21

On my needles now is my first triangle shawl - Summer’s Shadow Shawl by Angela McGarrah. I’m using a raspberry cotton sock yarn from my stash. I’m halfway through the garter stitch section and can’t wait to get to the lace border! 🧶 #showmeyourknits

Half of the garter stitch section of a triangle shawl with a small lace edging knit in a raspberry yarn. The ball of yarn is just above the knitting-in-progress.

julieknits@julieknits· May 18

I finished my socks for the #LightItUpMAL! Not only do I have another comfy pair of socks to wear, I get to start a new project! It’s going to be my first attempt at a triangle shawl. 🧶

A pair of hand knit socks in pink, purple, and white variegated and self-striping yarn. It’s Cascade’s Heritage Prints yarn.

A pair of hand knit socks in pink, purple, and white variegated and self-striping yarn worn on the feet of the maker.

julieknits@julieknits· May 16

I must jump on the bandwagon of LOVING that green! It is too gorgeous and I’m a lover of all greens! 🤩

julieknits@julieknits· May 15

I have stockinette for winter and summer, though summer will get lots more wear. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

The Flax sweater by Tin Can Knits. A long-sleeved sweater knit in stockinette in a cream colored yarn hangs on the drawer pull of a chest of drawers.

Plummet by Martin Storey. A woman wearing a sleeveless top knit in stockinette. The top is cream colored with a 4 inch band above the bottom ribbing that uses a plum yarn for a patterned design feature. Behind the woman is the partial view of a quilted sunflower wall hanging.

julieknits@julieknits· May 6

#showmeyourknits wants to see me wearing what I’ve made. I’ve just finished the first sock in the purple/pink patterned yarn. I’ve also cast on the second. Both are bringing joy today! 🧶 #memakemay #LightItUpMAL

One completed sock worn on the woman’s right foot. The yarn is Cascade’s Heritage Prints yarn in purple/pink, a variegated yarn that is self-patterning to make patterned stripes. To the left of the sock is the ball of yarn being used for the socks and above that is the second sock with just a few rows complete on small circular needles.

julieknits@julieknits· Apr 24

Cowls at the wire! My first one, my travel one, and one for my mom. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

A hand knit cowl with a large cable running horizontally through the middle. The cowl is made with a heathered cream yarn and rests on a green background.

A hand knit cowl in a variegated yarn of teal, purple, and brown. The cowl rests on a white quilted background.

A hand knit cowl in a raspberry colored yarn with 2 types of vertical cables. The cowl rests on a beige carpet.

julieknits@julieknits· Apr 9

For my current socks, I’m experimenting with small circs. I’m trying several combinations of 2” and 3” tips. I love how much faster they work up, but the needles still feel weird in my hands. Holding off on any final judgements until I’m finished with both socks. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

A single sock in the process of being knit. The sock is cuff down and knitting has gotten as far as the foot. The sock yarn is Cascade’s Heritage Prints in a variegated pink and purple color which makes its own striped patterning. Above the sock is a skein of the yarn. Red needle tips prevent the yarn from slipping off the needles. The sock and yarn are on a light cream background.

julieknits@julieknits· Apr 3

Colorwork-I LOVE IT! Hats, mitts, socks. Here are a few older FOs. I really need to get back to it soon! #showmeyourknits 🧶

A pair of Tak Six Kloos mitts by Hazel Tindall. The left pair has a cranberry cuff and background with gold, green, cranberry and oatmeal colorwork design. The right pair has a forest green cuff and background with cranberry, gold, green, and oatmeal colorwork design. The mitts rest on a light cream background.

A pair of colorwork socks on a beige background. The socks are arranged on their side with a red cuff on the left side, a red-white-blue striped diamond colorwork pattern moving to the right towards red heels and toes.

A pair of colorwork smucks (slippers) by Alison Rendall with a lobster pattern in red on the top of the foot. The background and heel color is a bright blue. The smucks are photographed with feet in them.

The Roadside Beanie - a colorwork hat with sheep and boat designs among other Fair Isle patterns. The hat rests on the seat of a white chair.

julieknits@julieknits· Mar 27

It’s green for #showmeyourknits and I’ve been working with greens for the past few weeks. I finished my green Murmuration socks, and I bought more green to have fun with in the coming weeks …or months. 😂

A hand knit pair of lacy green socks. The background is a cushion with a print of sheet music.

Two skeins of Malabrigo Rios worsted in a Pine shade. The skeins are on a cream-colored background.

julieknits@julieknits· Mar 18

Murmuration socks (Summer Lee) are still on my needles but closer to being done. This lovely fingering skein is inspiring me to consider making a shawl. We will see what it turns out to be! 🧶 #showmeyourknits

A pair of sage green hand knit socks in a lacy pattern (Summer Lee’s Murmuration). The sock on the right is finished while the sock on the left is just over halfway finished. What remains of the ball of yarn sits just above the unfinished sock.

A single skein of variegated fingering weight yarn in browns, greens, and creams.

julieknits@julieknits· Mar 17

It’s finished in time for the last bit of cold(hopefully) and St. Patrick’s Day! The Sea Surf scarf by Charles D. Gandy knit in the Irish Luck colorway by Woolgatherings and hand spun by Handspun Daydreams. A beautiful merino and cashmere yarn gifted to me by my granddaughters I will cherish. 🧶

A handknit scarf in green gradient yarn draped on the back cushion of a beige sofa in the shape of an m. The scarf uses a lacey pattern.

julieknits@julieknits· Mar 4

Both of my WIPs are lacey! 1) Sea Surf Scarf by Charles Gandy in a luscious handspun green gradient merino/cashmere by Woolgatherings (a bday gift from my granddaughters) 2) Murmuration socks by Summer Lee in hand dyed sagey merino from The Local Craftery. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

A hand knit scarf in progress on a grey background. The scarf is a lace pattern and is uses a green gradient yarn - beginning with dark green at the bottom and shading towards lighter green near the needles. The scarf is about halfway completed. The ball of yarn sits to the right of the scarf.

A hand knit lacey sock with a ball of yarn to its side and the just started cuff of the second sock below it. All are on a grey background. The yarn is a tweeded sage green color.

julieknits@julieknits· Feb 27

Here are some animals just in time: Bib for my granddaughter with a cutie cow; Roadside Beanie from Shetland Wool Week many years ago; and what was supposed to be a medium-sized crocheted pig that seemed to grow on its own for my granddaughter. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

Pink baby’s bib with the face of a cow made by pearl stitches. Photo makes the color look brighter than it is.

A crocheted pig stuffed animal sitting in such a way that its 4 legs are pointed straight out in front of it. The body is pink and the 4 hooves are gray. It has a 2 black button eyes with stitched eyebrows and a funny, crooked smile. Two small ears stick out from the top of each side of its head.

julieknits@julieknits· Feb 8

Quote this post with a knit that starts with the next letter of the alphabet for #showmeyourknits Q: Quaking Aspen Wrap - Purl SoHo

A woman with her back to the camera holding an extended hand knit multi-colored wrap. The colors start with browns at the top moving through oranges, pinks, beiges, tans, and greens (though they look yellow in the picture). Trees are in the background.

julieknits@julieknits· Jan 31

I finished my first Musselburgh hat last night. It for hubby and just in time for the coldest temps we’ve seen in N Fl for a long time! 🧶 Musselburgh by @ysoldaknits.bsky.social Yarn is Imagine! Fiber Arts - Indigo Twighlight and Ciderhouse Red.

A hand knit Musselburgh hat. The hat is indigo with a variegated red brim.

The reverse side of a hand knit Musselburgh hat. The hat is variegated red and the brim is indigo.

julieknits@julieknits· Jan 28

Two weeks ago it was my WIP. Now it’s an FO and my garter stitch for this week’s #showmeyourknits ! It’s so warm and just in time for this week’s cold snap. 🧶

A hand knit wrap with fringe is folded on itself. It has multicolored rows beginning with browns on the right side then oranges, pinks, lighter oranges, creams, beiges, yellow-green, and greens on the left side. The fringes matches the row colors.

julieknits@julieknits· Jan 24

Look what was waiting for me when I got home!! I’m thrilled it’s finally here!! 🧶

A copy of Kate Atherley’s new book Math for Knitters sitting on top of a hand braided wool rug.

julieknits@julieknits· Jan 11

My WIP for #showmeyourknits is my Quaking Aspen Wrap. I only have 4 more shades of green to add and then the fringe! I’m so excited! 🧶

A portion of a multicolored hand knit wrap. The colors, from the bottom to the top, start with browns then oranges, then pinks, then creams, to greens. Across the top are 4 mini skeins of different shades of green that will be added to the wrap. The pattern is from Purl Soho as is the yarn - Linen Quill.

julieknits@julieknits· Jan 8

Some firsts for #showmeyourknits: 1) my first fingerless mitts, which were also my first colorwork-opening a wonderful new world for my knitting; 2) my first cowl, which was supposed to be a scarf but I didn’t even have enough yarn for yarn chicken. 🤣 Both have kept me cozy throughout the years! 🧶

A pair of hand knit fingerless mitts in cream and several shades of purple. The pattern is November Fingerless Mitts by Outi Kater in Jamieson 2-ply jumper weight yarn.

A hand knit cowl made in chunky cream yarn with flecks of brown. The cowl has a single large cable running horizontally in the middle. No pattern for this as I don’t have a record of the original scarf pattern.

julieknits@julieknits· Dec 26

I have white and bright for #showmeyourknits! My white Flax sweater, which I still haven’t been able to wear yet (weather has been warm but I’m NOT complaining), and my Quaking Aspen Wrap, which I’m now able to work on again since Christmas knits are done. 🧶

The Quaking Aspen Wrap in Purl SoHo’s Linen Quill yarn using the Full Bloom set of mini skeins. The colors stripes go from a deep brown through lighter browns and oranges to bright pinks and then on to beiges and light pinks. Two of the skeins sit inside the WIP wrap.

The Flax sweater by Tin Can Knits made up in white yarn. The sweater hangs on a drawer handle of a chest of drawers.

julieknits@julieknits· Oct 27

Here are all of the colors in the bundle.

A package containing half of the yarns in the Full Bloom Minis Packet. There are 10 mini skeins in shades of browns, oranges, and pinks.

A package containing the second half of the Full Bloom mini skeins. The colors are shades of pinks, yellows, and greens.

julieknits@julieknits· Oct 27

I know it’s Socktober, but I’m so enamored with this wrap that it’s all I work on! It’s Purl Soho’s Quaking Aspen Wrap using their Full Bloom Minis Packet (which I won during the TKGA conference last April). 7 colors in and 13 more to go! 😁 🧶

An in-progress hand-knit wrap arranged in a circle. The colors show a gradient change from browns on the bottom edge to tans then oranges and to pink on the needles. Two balls of the yarn are inside the circle is the wrap on the right side. The left ball is orange and the right ball is pink.

julieknits@julieknits· Oct 22

I have hats for #showmeyourknits - big hats and small hats! Here are just a few. 🧶

A hand-knit infant hat in sweet pea green yarn.

A hand-knit color work hat with a tree motif. The hat is grey and the trees are brown.

A hand-knit hat in raspberry yarn with a white color work section in a floral motif. The hat has ear flaps as part of the brim ribbing and I-cord ties.

A hand-knit infant hat in pink yarn. It has a hedgehog design made in purl-bump relief.

julieknits@julieknits· Oct 14

This past Saturday I found a new LYS is Tavares, FL - Crochet Aweigh. The owner, Emily, was a delight! For a small and new shop, she has so many beautiful yarns! I purchased just a few items. 🤭 I see socks and a cowl, but I’m not sure what to do with the Seaspun yet. Yarn details in alt text.