Windy McHindenburg

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Old. Gassy. Community Knitter. Pro-democracy.

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Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· 16d

I don't do many shawls, but here is a Meet Me at Midnight, www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... and a shawl for my Aunt Norma in BFL hand spun, and a tiny shawl for a teddy bear: #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky

A large triangular shawl in shades of green with mosaic motifs, hanging from a tree branch against a background of ferns

A triangular, striped shawl in blues, green, yellow, and gold, with a wide feather and fan edging. It's hanging against a massive tree trunk against a wooded background.

A little fuzzy stuffed bear, viewed from behind, wearing a colorful striped mini-shawl in blues, red, and yellow. He's leaning up against a vase of flowers.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Jul 17

Your etsy shop is the best! I get compliments every time I wear mine:

Black tee shirt with white writing that says: Voting Prevents Unwanted Presidencies

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Jun 27

100 weeks of #ShowMeYourKnits! Congrats! Here is a Bluebird of Happiness to commemorate the day: The pattern is Bluebird of Happiness www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #Knitting #Knitsky

A small, bright blue, hand-knitted bird resting in the sunshine amongst fern fronds

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Jun 1

I was a pretty weird 12 year old girl in the 1960's...had this on my ceiling, along with one of Tom Jones and one of Englebert Humperdinck:

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· May 24

It seems I only use yellow as an accent color, but this project has four different yellow yarns in it - it's a pocket scarf, sized for a child: #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky This one is for Ukrainian orphans living in Romania. Link to the motif pattern in ALT Text.

A child's scarf in dark blue, with large pockets in stranded colorwork with yellow sunflowers and corrugated ribbing, displayed flat, lying on a blue box.
The motif is from the Delicious Autumn hat pattern:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/delicious-autumn

A child's scarf in dark blue, with large pockets in stranded colorwork with yellow sunflowers and corrugated ribbing, displayed wrapped around the neck of a styrofoam head model.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· May 8

Perfect! I made this felted one years ago:

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Apr 26

I don't use much purple, but I must've acquired some on sale at some point: #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky #strandedcolorwork

A hand knitted, stranded colorwork, shawl collared vest for a toddler, shown hanging outdoors in a wooded setting. The colorwork motifs are alternating bands of large stars and smaller diamonds, in mostly purple, with lilac contrasts and a turquoise "pop" color.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Apr 22

Here's a lined cowl that I made a long while ago: #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky #strandedcolorwork

A handknitted, tight-fitting, stranded colorwork cowl with an allover geometric and somewhat floral motif, in bright blue and black.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Apr 11

Here's a little Izzy Bear with a cabled sweater: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky #Knitting

A small knitted brown teddy bear standing against a stack of stranded colorwork sweaters, and wearing a yellow sweater with a simple cable running up the center of it.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Mar 28

This month's stranded colorwork projects for donation: #showmeyourknits #Knitsky #strandedcolorwork

Three baby vests lying flat, each a different allover or repeated border motif in stranded colorwork. Shawl collars and ribbing in solid colors.

Three stranded colorwork sweaters in browns, purple, and grey. Each a different style and motifs.

A stranded colorwork hat with alternating vertical motifs and corrugated ribbing, lying flat. The colors are turquoise and black. Pattern is Hjalti Hat.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Mar 21

A (mostly) green Katie's Kep, which was the 2020 Shetland Wool Week pattern: #showmeyourknits #Knitsky #strandedcolorwork #ShetlandWoolWeek

A collage of three views of the same stranded colorwork beanie, which includes corrugated ribbing, geometric stars, and contrasting peerie border motifs, all in greens and yellows. The hat is shown flat on an indoor surface and also modeled on a styrofoam head in a wooded setting.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Feb 21

Animals? Here's a bear in a seamless yoke sweater: #showmeyourknits #knitsky #strandedcolorwork

A handknitted, light-colored small teddy bear in a stranded colorwork, dark green sweater with an orange, yellow, and light green motif on the yoke. They're standing, propped up against a stack of other handknitted projects.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Feb 16

I'm not normally a pink person... #showmeyourknits #knitsky #strandedcolorwork The pattern is Vairisle (A Hat) by Dan Lee www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

A hand knitted, stranded colorwork, earflap beanie in pink and purple, with a large purple pompom, modeled on a styrofoam head in a wooded setting.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Feb 9

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Stat wars", "Star Trek", "Dr. Who" or "Transformers".

Cartoon female robot dressed as a housemaid

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Jan 25

Here's a top-down garter stitch hat I designed that is made up of mitered squares. No seaming, contiguous construction (provisional cast on and picking up stitches, and mitered square w/short rows for the triangle portions). #showmeyourknits #knitsky

A hand-knitted beanie-style hat made of multiple, multi-colored (red, blue, yellow, and green) squares, laying flat on a wooden surface.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Jan 7

My first two Gnomes: Pattern is Gnoodles by Sarah Schira www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knitting

A collage of two photos, each of a small knitted gnome with tiny arms, a big hat, and a loopy beard. One has a red body and a green hat; the other has a brown hat and a green body with a stranded colorwork border showing a tree motif, photographed in an outdoor woodsy setting.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Dec 13

Cardigans, you say? I just finished this child's cardigan last week - it was inspired by the Denys Martin pattern in the latest Kate Davies club: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky #Knitting

A child's hand-knitted cardigan sweater laying flat on a table. Dark green sleeves and trim and a stranded colorwork body with a large geometric/traditional allover motif in dark green and grey-ish tan.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Dec 6

A holiday knit from a long time ago - I knit this Tiny Window Cat for my son to take on a train trip at Christmas. You can also see, if you look closely, that there are knitted Christmas lights on the miniature tree. That's the entirety of my holiday knitting! #showmeyourknits #Knitsky #knitting

A very tiny hand knitted black cat looking up at a table-top miniature lighted Christmas tree

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Dec 2

Just finished this hat for donation. The pattern is Love in a Mist Hat: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #Knitsky #knitting #strandedcolorwork

A collage of three photos of different angles of a handknitted beanie-style hat with an allover stranded motif, colored (greens, blues, and purples) in traditional Fair Isle style.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Nov 29

I made this hat years ago, using yarn I spun from a fiber advent calendar: #Showmeyourknits #Knitsky #Knitting #StrandedColorwork

A hand knitted, beanie-style, wool hat modeled on a styrofoam head in a wooded setting. The hat is made with stranded colorwork in geometric motifs, and uses tonal green, deep red, and dark grey against a natural wool background.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Oct 29

These baby sweaters and vests will be going to Jordan an Lebanon for Syrian refugees, through Salaam Cultural Museum: #knitting #communityknitting #knitsky

Four handknitted baby-sized items spread out on a flat surface: one seamless yoke Icelandic sweater, a striped scrappy red-green-white sweater, a yellow and black vest with a bee and honeycomb motif, and a purple vest with orange highlights in the Fair Isle style.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Oct 12

Spooky socks for this week's #showmeyourknits! I made this pair for my son 12 years ago, using motifs from the "Deathflake Mittens" pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #knitting #strandedcolorwork

A pair of hand-knitted, stranded socks lying flat on a towel. Rainbow skulls on the legs and skull-snowflakes on the foot against a black background, with striped soles and a solid black heel.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Oct 1

I don't know what these are. The edges are more gold in real life than in the photos. #fungi #pnw #HarstineIsland

A collage photo of dark brown mushrooms with gold/white edges.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Sep 20

I just finished this brown, orange, and gold sweater for a little kid, and it's in Fall colors! #ShowMeYourKnits #knitting #knitsky #strandedcolorwork

A hand knitted, child-sized, seamless yoke sweater in the Icelandic style, with a geometric pattern at hem, cuffs, and yoke. Knit in dark brown, orange, brass, gold, and yellow yarns.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Jul 14

Something blue for this week's #showmeyourknits - Starnkeeker by @katedaviesdesigns.com, modified to fit a child: #knitting #knitsky #strandedcolorwork

A hand knitted child's vest with a large allover stranded colorwork motif of geometric stars and diagonal lines, and corrugated ribbing at the bottom edge. In three different blues as background colors and light grey for the pattern color.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Jun 29

A toddler vest using garter stitch intarsia: #showmeyourknits #knitting #knitsky #communityknitting

Hanging on a deck railing, this is a toddler-sized hand knit red vest, with a wide vertical panel of grey, inset with three red hearts on the front.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Jun 10

I knitted up three teddy bears and dressed them in flag scarves; they will be donated to organizations that help refugees from Ukraine and Palestine: #knitting #knitsky #HappyPrideMonth #communityknitting

Hand knitted little bears in different bear colors lying next to each other. They each have a tasseled scarf in the colors of flags: blue and yellow for Ukraine; black, green, white, and red for Palestine, and Rainbow Pride.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· Jun 8

A rainbow of proud little bears for charity: #knitting #HappyPrideMonth #Pride

Seven little hand knit stuffed teddy bears lying side-by-side in an arc, each with a sweater in one of the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· May 30

For a 3-year-old, this will be sent to Lifting Hands Int'l. The transition motif is from Winter's Morning Hat, www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... The sweater is a Nalgar, by Elizabeth Zimmermann, and the mittens are Panda Man's Paw Warmers, www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #knitting #knitsky

A toddler-sized hand knitted sweater, hat, and mittens in stranded colorwork, using a large geometric motif that transitions from dark blue to light blue on the sweater and hat. Mittens have dark blue cuffs and light blue hands.

Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout· May 18

An elephant in purple boxer shorts that I made a few years ago: #showmeyourknits #knitting