Vicki Davis

@chigster

Tofu-eating London dweller - usually knitting, sewing, reading or making something or other #knitting #sewing #walking #travelling #reading #sci-fi

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Vicki Davis@chigster· 7d

This is some mending on one of my favourite Kidsilk Haze cardigans - knitted patches over moth holes #ShowMeYourKnits

Red mohair cardi with patches that aren’t quite invisible but don’t show up on Teams calls!

Vicki Davis@chigster· 7d

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits is all about sustainability- I loved this wool and the Rowan cable pattern, but when it got attacked by moths I decided a reknit was needed (there is a hat somewhere too, though I can’t find a photo) 🧶

Rowan knitting book and jumper made from the pattern on the cover - cabled with a cowl neck and big sleeves

V neck jumper made from the previous jumper

Vicki Davis@chigster· 18d

I’ve been stitching the Flowering Plant Friends pattern from The Steady Thread over the past month - just finished #embroidery #blackwork

Blackwork embroidery piece featuring a range of flowering plants

Vicki Davis@chigster· 20d

Congrats on 2 years of #ShowMeYourKnits, one of my favourite bits of the week without fail! Here’s a baby dress I made, twice 🧶

Baby pinafore with central cables in a crazy multi coloured yarn (from Tiger, I think)

The same dress in a more reserved green, which shows the cabling off better

Vicki Davis@chigster· 27d

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits is the stuff that makes knitting more fun - here are some personalised needles from a Secret Santa plus my ridiculous knitting bookshelf (photo is from 2024, there are no gaps now, mainly due to my charity shop habits) 🧶

Wooden knitting needles with the words Vicki Davis’ Weapons of Choice burnt into them

Bookshelf full of knitting books (and some glue and an ocarina)

Vicki Davis@chigster· 28d

Ever since I organised the sashiko and boro workshop at work I’ve been obsessed! Finished and bound the table mat today #embroidery

Table mat in shades of blue, grey and purple with mainly white sashiko embroidery

Reverse side of table mat - a bit more abstract, with fish top right!

Close-up of table mat, with recycled label

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jul 11

Last but not least, this is a Rowan baby jumper that I have made quite a few times that has a great texture (all just knit and purl stitches) #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶

Crew neck knitted baby jumper in denim blue with button fastening at neck

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jul 11

I love the texture that these cables create on this baby jumper too (pattern from Lullaby Knits book) #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶

Green cabled baby jumper - pattern from Vibe Ulrik Sondergaard’s Lullaby Knits book

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jul 11

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is texture - here’s a Paintbox Yarns jumper I made in chunky wool with three different layers of very simple stitches 🧶

Purple knitted jumper in chunky wool, moss stitch at top, two ribbed sections below

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jul 10

Another WIP blanket square using a pattern from the Japanese Knitting Bible - might need to frog this as I made a few mistakes during France Morocco last night #ShowMeYourKnits

Work in progress knitted lace square in white cotton, possibly a bit too full of holes and stretchy to fit with the other squares I’ve made so far

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jul 4

#ShowMeYourKnits and I’m still knitting cotton squares to try out patterns from the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible (keep getting distracted by embroidery!) 🧶

A knitted rectangle in white cotton featuring petal-like chevrons and knitted bobbles

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jul 1

#wipwednesday - waiting for more black thread so the plants will be put on hold and I will finish off another knitted blanket square!

On the left a piece of blackwork embroidery in progress of flowering plants on yellow canvas - pattern from The Steady Thread. On the right a knitted panel in white cotton - pattern from the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jun 27

#ShowMeYourKnits this week is BLUES - here are a few blue things that I’ve probably posted before as part of this amazing challenge 🧶

Blue cabled cardigan (Marie Wallin pattern)

Blanket in multiple squares of blue and white (including a few crocheted squares made by a colleague)

Recent cotton blanket square, using a pattern from the Japanese Stitch Bible, in a very bright royal blue

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jun 20

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is light and dark so here’s a black and white baby jumper from 2019 (!) with a basketweave colour work pattern from an Andrea Rangel book 🧶

Knitted baby jumper, mainly black with white stripes on sleeves and a black and white patterned colourwork bodice

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jun 17

#wipwednesday (bit late in the day). More Japanese Knitting Bible patterns (cream one started today, orange and blue ones finished this week)

Pattern from the Japanese Knitting Bible in cream cotton (work in progress)

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jun 13

Ha ha, just remembered this photo of me with knitting that I got my husband to take when I was doing some work-related knitting during COVID - cringe as it is, I think I put it on LinkedIn nonetheless! #ShowMeYourKnits

A middle aged woman holding her knitting, grinning manically and wearing a massive grey Aran jumper that sadly was assaulted by moths

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jun 13

Another #ShowMeYourKnits knitting in public(-ish) post - from the garden last year 🧶

Red baby knit in progress on garden table

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jun 13

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits is Worldwide Knit in Public day - here’s some on-train knitting from last year (plus the finished article) 🧶

Baby jumper in progress on a train pull-down tray, with Record Store Day bag and Coke Zero (oh, the glamour!)

Finished baby jumper, pale blue with central cable panel, Sirdar pattern

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jun 10

#wipwednesday another pattern from the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible 🧶 (I know that it’s two different shades of cotton, I’m treating this as a feature, not a bug!)

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jun 6

Another stripy baby knit for #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶

Blue and grey striped baby onesie with hood and LOTS of buttons

Vicki Davis@chigster· Jun 6

#ShowMeYourKnits is stripes - here are a few striped stash buster baby knits🧶

Striped baby jumper in shades of blue, green, white and orange

Shawl collar baby cardi in shades of blue and grey

Aran striped baby jumper in brown, orange, yellow, red, white and green

Grey baby cardi with blue and purple stripes

Vicki Davis@chigster· May 31

Final day of #MeMadeMay - realised that I still had enough fabric left to make another Libby shirt

Pattern pieces for Sew Over It Libby shirt

Vicki Davis@chigster· May 30

#MeMadeMay day 30 - too hot! Japanese T-shirt + Sew Over It Ava skirt again #sewing

Woman wearing a red t-shirt with weirdly pixelated 3D cat on it and black A-line denim skirt with cream tie dye style pattern

Vicki Davis@chigster· May 30

Oops, didn’t post a #MeMadeMay day 29 post yesterday but I was wafting around in this Sew Over It Sylvia top (photo is from a few years ago, no idea where the belt has gone!)

Red kimono style top with white and navy border and navy trim

Vicki Davis@chigster· May 30

This has been a lovely event, thanks so much for organising. You’ve also reminded me that I didn’t post a photo of my second completed thing (it’s only a big square, but if I do a few more I might have something for Liv’s blanket post next year!)

White knitted square in white cotton, using pattern from the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible

Vicki Davis@chigster· May 30

#ShowMeYourKnits is blankets this week - here’s one from earlier this year, mainly knitted by me, but with a few crochet squares from work colleagues. Not quite sewn together as planned, but it was a team effort for charity and was appreciated 🧶

Blanket in shades of white and blue, every square is different, many knitted on my commute

The blanket on a sofa, near the window, better showing off the colours

Vicki Davis@chigster· May 28

#MeMadeMay day 28 - another hot day and another @sewoveritlondon.bsky.social Ava skirt (this one in Liberty print)

A woman wearing a brightly patterned skirt

Vicki Davis@chigster· May 27

#wipwednesday have been trying out a pattern from the Japanese Stitch Bible 🧶

Lace pattern from the Japanese Stitch Bible knitted in white cotton

Vicki Davis@chigster· May 27

#MeMadeMay day 27 - tiger dress time! Free pattern from Simply Sewing

Middle aged woman in black drop waisted dress with tiger print

Vicki Davis@chigster· May 26

#MeMadeMay day 24 - @sewoveritlondon.bsky.social Norah dress in Lady McElroy fabric - huge pockets will be useful today