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This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits : What’s on your needles 🧶 I’m working on a Musselburgh hat while traveling. Still plugging away on the Menton 2 pullover for my son. At the swatching stage for my Roost pullover for myself for the Where We Knit KAL. #knitsky

Knitting my Musselburgh hat while traveling 🧶 Knitting in self striping yarn by Mud Punch in Dagmar Goes to Shetland.

On to sleeve two of my Menton 2 pullover for my son 🧶

The swatch for my Roost pullover in Jamieson’s Spindrift 🧶

I wanted to share about an interesting KAL I’m participating in. It’s being hosted on IG. It’s called the Where We Knit KAL. The idea is to knit something inspired by where you live 🧶 I’ve chosen the Roost Pullover by Amy Christoffers and Jamieson’s Spindrift yarn. Details in alt text. #knitsky

When I heard about the Where We Knit KAL (aka knit-a-long) I was intrigued. Most of the time when I hear about KALs, I am knee deep in an existing project or have too many projects already lined up. This time though, the theme of the KAL grabbed my attention and lined up perfectly with projects that I wanted to knit.
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The theme of the KAL is to knit a project inspired by where you live. I think I live in a pretty inspiring place. Prince Edward Island is a place with big, beautiful skies, rich red soil, water views, capes, sandy beaches, winding river ways, and a rolling patchwork of farmland.
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I have three projects that I feel would be great for this KAL. I shared them in my last post. The first is the Roost Pullover by Amy Christoffers @savoryknitting. I first came across this pattern in a beautifully written post by @thehealthyknitter. She’d knit three versions of this sweater in colour schemes based upon three trips she’d taken to Shetland. One really spoke to me. She called it her ‘water and weeds’ version. She was kind enough to share the specific Jamieson’s colours that she used. These colours felt very close to my inpiration photos. So I knit a swatch to see if I was close (had to replace one colour I didn’t have). The only thing I felt was really missing from my first swatch was a colour to represent the rich red soil of PEI. So I swapped out the brown and replaced it with a reddish brown.
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And voila, I have a colour scheme inspired by where I live. It’s a PEI soil and shoreline inspired colour scheme.
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First photo is my final swatch. Swipe to see individual yarn colours, an inspiration photo, and the swatch knit up in @thehealthyknitter’s ‘water and weeds’ colour scheme.

The KAL runs from 1 Nov - 31 Jan.

For the Jamieson’s Spindrift lovers out there, my colour scheme is as follows:
MC: Stonewash
CC1: Dewdrop
CC2: Eucalyptus
CC3: Yellow Ochre
CC4: Paprika
CC5: Sand

The first swatch that I knit. This is the @thehealthyknitter’s ‘water and weeds’ colour scheme (though I did have to substitute the colourway Sand for her Ivory since I couldn’t find Ivory anywhere).

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits prompt: CABLES. I used to only knit cable knit projects. Then I found stranded colourwork 🙃 But I still dabble in cable knits here and there. I’ve gotten somewhat ambitious (and maybe crazy) and am knitting a pullover for my son (that he had better wear!). #knitsky

My progress so far on the Menton 2 pullover for my son. The yarn is a lovely heathered green and it is so hard to photograph! I’ve gotten the hang of the cable pattern and doing the cables without a cable needle, so the second sleeve is going in faster.

Yarn is Gathering Yarn’s Haynes Creek Heathers in colourway Cedar.

A little closer view of the cables 😊 I used the tubular cast on for the cuffs and it turned out so lovely! I think I’d only ever used it on fingerless mitts before.

The cover page of the Menton 2 pullover pattern, by Meghan Babin.

#ShowMeYourKnits : KNITTING HORROR STORIES 👻 In 2009 I knit a wool blanket while expecting my 2nd child. It didn’t survive our sleep deprivation after his birth. Felted in the dryer. Only photo is from the hospital 😕 I saved it all these years. Last Xmas my MIL made it into mitts for me ❤️🧶 #knitsky

My felted wool blanket from 2009 was sewn into mitts for me by my mother-in-law in 2024. I knit it while on bedrest while expecting my second child. It didn’t survive our sleep deprivation after he was born. It was felted in the dryer. The only photographic proof of its existence is from the hospital right after he was born 🙃

Right mitten.

My felted wool blanket from 2009 was sewn into mitts for me by my mother-in-law in 2024. I knit it while on bedrest while expecting my second child. It didn’t survive our sleep deprivation after he was born. It was felted in the dryer. The only photographic proof of its existence is from the hospital right after he was born 🙃

Mitten palm 😊

My felted wool blanket from 2009 was sewn into mitts for me by my mother-in-law in 2024. I knit it while on bedrest while expecting my second child. It didn’t survive our sleep deprivation after he was born. It was felted in the dryer. The only photographic proof of its existence is from the hospital right after he was born 🙃

The only proof that the mitts were once a baby blanket 🙃

Finished my Melby Yoke cardigan just in time for the fibre festival 😊 Goodness I love knitting Fair Isle! Off to take in the last day of the festival 😊 #knitsky 🧶

Modeling my Melby Yoke cardigan (and my dirty mirror 🙃). Pattern by Gudrun Johnston. Yarn was all Jamieson’s Spindrift.

Had a wonderful 2 days of learning at the PEI Fibre Fest in Charlottetown. Thoroughly enjoyed the marketplace and picked up special items to add to my tools and stash. Learned about how to work better with hand painted yarn, took an intro to intarsia, and learned to make Dorset buttons. #knitsky 🧶

A good friend of mine, Laura, was vending at the market 😊 She creates her own ‘art batts’, handspun yarn, stitch markers, has great yarny merch (tees and sweatshirts), and more. Her business is called Louis and Jane.

Here we are modeling the vests we knit 😊 Mine is the Sea Faerdy vest.

A little view of Laura’s art batts, fun yarny sweatshirt, stitch markers and more.

Another friend was also vending her amazing handspun yarn and beautiful batts. This is her bubble yarn and it is so joyful! Her name is Sue Smith and her business is Paisley Defender.

These are the three Dorset buttons that I learned to make during one of my classes. We started with the dark blue one (wool), then the light blue (#5 cotton thread), and then the fun one with the sheep (yes, that’s a sheep 🙃).

Excited to attend our local fibre festival this week! Have 3 interesting classes and a great festival marketplace to enjoy. Cast on my 2nd Musselburgh hat to have a portable knit to take with me. Still need to knit the button bands on my cardigan, and am working on a cable knit for my son 🧶 #knitsky

My Melby Yoke cardigan is almost done! Just need to knit the button bands and add buttons. Pattern is by Gudrun Johnston and yarn is Jamieson’s Spindrift. I’ve cut the steek, so I’m ready to get started as soon as I carve out some time.

I cast on my second ever Musselburgh hat in order to have a portable knit to take with me to out local fibre festival. The yarn is a lovely self striping yarn from Mud Punch in a colourway with the best name: ‘Dagmar goes to Shetland’. I love its greens, peach, red and burgundy.

Almost done knitting the first sleeve on the Menton 2 pullover for my son. I don’t knit cables as much anymore and had forgotten how long they take 🙃 At least I’ve learned to knit without a cable knit. That’s saving me tons of time!

A close up of the cables on the Menton 2 sleeve. The colour of the yarn doesn’t accurately show in this photo unfortunately.

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is HATS 😊🧶 I’ve knit many a hat! Here are just four (and one isn’t quite finished yet). Colourwork and cables make for fun hats to knit 😊 Details in alt text. #knitsky

This year’s Shetland Wool Week hat, the Aal Ower Toorie was a super fun knit. I always love knitting with Jamieson’s yarn and this pattern was a great one!

This is the Ridley Hat by Meghan Babin. I questioned my sanity knitting a ridiculous brim in 2x2 ribbing with a 2.25mm needle 🤪 But I loved knitting the cables.

A Shetland Wool Week hat from a few years back. This is the Buggiflooer beanie. Knit up in Knit Picks Palette (this was before I discovered my love of knitting with Jamieson’s Spindrift).

This is the Sunflower Power beanie. I have finished all the knitting and just need to sew down the brim. I finished it near the end of hat season last year. Love the crazy bright coloured yarn from Hello Stella. I won’t be hard to miss in this hat 🙃

Happy Fair Isle Friday 😊🧶 Pattern: Sea Faerdy vest by Gudrun Johnston Yarn: Jamieson’s of Shetland Spindrift #knitsky #fairisle #swwfairislefriday #fairislefriday

Modeling my recently completed Sea Faedy vest in front of a bluey green tile wall. I knit this best using all Jamieson’s of Shetland Spindrift colours.

This past weekend’s #ShowMeYourKnits prompt included things you knit that bring JOY ✨ I have to say that for the most part, all my knits have brought me joy and comfort too. I am particularly happy when knitting colourwork and when mastering a new to me knitting skill (most recently lace). #knitsky

Modeling my first Sea Faerdy vest by Gudrun Johnston (I’ve since knit a second one in a different colour scheme…see next photo). This was a joy to knit! I loved seeing the pattern take shape!

Knit in Jamieson’s of Shetland Spindrift.

My seeding Sea Faerdy vest. I love how the change in colour scheme accentuates different parts of the pattern. I’m the darker colour scheme I find that the star pattern really pops. I’m this colour scheme I find that the diamonds pop more.

Also knit entirely in Jamieson’s of Shetland Spindrift.

I’m currently knitting the Melby Yoke cardigan by Gudrun Johnston (while wearing the Peerie Shop Cardi by Mary Jane Mucklestone). I’m really looking forward to finishing the second sleeve and then joining in the round to complete the Fair Isle yoke 😊

My first challenging lace knit. This is the Floriosa shawl by Justyna Lorkowska. This was a challenging knit and very hard on my hands. I had to take a few weeks off of knitting after I’d finished it. More breaks and stretching in the future!

Knit up in Julie Asselin Merletto in Rose Gold.

Tania (she/her)@taniapendy.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#ShowMeYourKnits prompt this past weekend was knits that brought joy or that I’d knit to care for others. I thought I’d share 2 hats (modeled by me) that I knit for two special people who were fighting cancer. Both have sadly since succumbed to the disease 💔 #knitsky #knittingforothers #knitforlove

I’m modeling a Musselburgh hat by Ysolda Teague. Knit in self striping yarn by Mud Punch in the colourway Dagmar goes to Shetland. The colours in the stripes include light and dark peachy tones, maroon, and three shades of green.

I knit this hat for my cousin (in Feb 2024) who was fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer. They sadly passed away in Nov 2024.

The view of the Musselburgh hat from the top down.

I am modeling the Leith Hat that I knit for a friend (in May 2024) who was fighting cancer. He sadly passed away in late August 2025.

It is knit in Espace Tricot’s Jolly DK. I think the colourway was Robin’s Egg Blue.

Also, went to a small locally owned toy store that has a wee yarn corner. Only needed 2.75mm DPNs 🙃 but these lace skeins of malabrigo were so gorgeous that I brought them home too 😍🧶

Four skeins of lace weight malabrigo yarn lay on a white countertop. They are 100% baby merino wool. Now to find a project that will do them justice 😍🧶

Tania (she/her)@taniapendy.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Summer’s end and back to school grind caught up with me. Haven’t shared much knitting lately. I knit a lot of small things this summer…kerchiefs and shawls as gifts. Easy to pick up & put down, not too taxing. Back to knitting my Melby Yoke cardi now. Loads of stockinette to get through 🙃 #knitsky 🧶

Outside on my back deck in the sun. Feet up on the outdoor coffee table and making progress on my Melby Yoke cardigan by Gudrun Johnston. It’s a fingering weight knit, and bottom up construction, so the miles and miles of stockinette I have to knit before the fun yoke may take me a good while. Not to mention the two sleeves that I also need to knit. I’m loving this combination of colours. It feels joyful to me. The MC is called Nighthawk. All yarn is from Jamieson’s.

I stayed out knitting on the back deck so long that the sun moved around to the front of the house. Still have my feet up on the outdoor coffee table. Making more progress on my Melby Yoke cardigan. Wearing my Peerie Shop Cardi by Mary Jane Mucklestone.

Moved to the front of the house to follow the sun 😊 Still plugging away at knitting my Melby Yoke cardi. I can’t wait to get to the lovely yoke! But first I have to knit the two sleeves and join them with the body in the round (this design is steeked).

This is the colour scheme for the yoke on my Melby Yoke cardi. It’s my own play on the designer’s colour scheme. A bit more bright and joyful 😊 Looking forward to getting to this stage in the project. Knitting stockinette in fingering weight takes a loooooong time.

Tania (she/her)@taniapendy.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is BABY 😊 There’s nothing quite so satisfying as knitting up a baby sweater in a fraction of the time of an adult one! Here are a few of my recent ones. Antler cardigan by Tin Can Knits, Curlicue Yoke and also Fox Baby yoke both by Claudia Quintanilla. #knitsky

A baby cardigan lies on a wooden coffee table. It is knit in red violet yarn, has a cable yoke, and has lovely chunky pottery floral buttons.

Pattern is by Tin Can Knits and is the Antler cardigan. The pattern includes adult sizes too.

A baby sweater lies on a wooden coffee table. It is knit in hand painted dark blue yarn and has a curlicue pattern at the yoke that is knit in cream coloured yarn.

Pattern is Curlicue Yoke by Claudia Quintanilla.

I have almost finished this sweater despite its unfinished state in this photo. It is the Fox Baby Yoke sweater by Claudia Quintanilla. Main colour is a deep green. The yoke has small fox faces all around the neck. I’ve since stitched in the eyes using duplicate stitch. All that’s left is to sew a button at the back of the neck where there’s a little gap to help it get over a baby’s head.

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits prompt is SHAWLS 🧶 I have great fun knitting shawls in between sweaters and cardigans and other accessories. There are so many wonderful patterns out there! These are only a few of the ones that I’ve knit in the last year or so. More details in alt text.

The Fleur Shawl by Espace Tricot was a fun knit and it’s so cozy and squishy to wear 😊 Knit in Woolberry Fibre Co DK and Sweet Skein O Mine lace.

I knit the full version of the Hansel hap back in March/April. The pattern is by Gudrun Johnston. I learned a lot and really had fun seeing it take shape. The main colour was Briggs and Little Sport and the contrast colours were all Jamieson’s Spindrift.

I really love knitting the Dotted Rays shawl by Stephen West. This is my third one! It was a pattern that I quickly got the hang of and found was pretty portable 😊 Knit in Fleece Artist’s Organic Cottage Socks in their Thousand Islands colourway.

This is the Aestlight Shawl by Gudrun Johnston. I love its mix of lace and garter stitch. Knit in Briggs and Little Sport in Sheep’s Grey.

Wise words for an upside down world. #knitsky

A white piece of paper lays on a knitted shawl. The shawl is green and has rows of white bobbles. The paper reads: Knit on, with confidence and hope, through all crises. - Elizabeth Zimmerman

I recently paused knitting my 2nd Sea Faerdy vest while traveling. I took along a super portable project, the Snaraness kerchief 🧶 I knit my 1st one in fingering weight yarn (Jamieson’s Spindrift) while waiting for my lace weight yarn to arrive (Fleece and Harmony Eldon lace). A fun knit! #knitsky

Two Snaraness kerchiefs lay on a wooden coffee table. Pattern is by Gudrun Johnston. Blue version was knit in fingering weight yarn (Jamieson’s Spindrift in colourway Teviot) while I was waiting for my order of lace weight yarn to arrive (Fleece and Harmony Eldon Lace in Pearl). The Eldon Lace yarn is 70% wool and 30% mohair, so there’s a bit of halo to it. I like both kerchiefs, but the lace weight one best accentuates the floral lace pattern.

Two Snaraness kerchiefs lay on a wooden coffee table. You can just see the tips of the triangles in this photo. The floral lace pattern was easy to get the hang of.

Pattern is by Gudrun Johnston. Blue version was knit in fingering weight yarn (Jamieson’s Spindrift in colourway Teviot) while I was waiting for my order of lace weight yarn to arrive (Fleece and Harmony Eldon Lace in Pearl). The Eldon Lace yarn is 70% wool and 30% mohair, so there’s a bit of halo to it. I like both kerchiefs, but the lace weight one best accentuates the floral lace pattern.

The tip of the lace weight Snaraness kerchief. Knit in Eldon Lace from Fleece and Harmony in colourway Pearl. I love the little yarn over loops along the edges.

The tip of the fingering weight Snaraness kerchief. Knit in Spindrift from Jamieson’s in colourway Teviot. It’s a little harder to make out the lovely pattern details in the fingering weight yarn.

I was finally able to take a somewhat decent photo of my Foliosa shawl by Justyna Lorkowska 😊 It’s a design full of lovely details and I really enjoyed knitting it. I did find knitting with the lace weight yarn was hard on my hands. I had to take a break for a week or so after I finished! #knitsky

I am facing away from the camera and modeling my Foliosa lace shawl. I was finally dressed up for an occasion and remembered to take a (somewhat) good photo of my shawl.

This was definitely a challenging but enjoyable project for me. I’m relatively new to lace. Knitting this pattern with lace weight yarn really ended up hurting my hands and forearms a good deal. I had to take a week or so off knitting after I finished this shawl.

I am standing in front of my garden shed here 🙃 The tractor tire is a nice addition to the photo 🤦🏼‍♀️

So many lovely details in the Foliosa shawl 😍

My adventures in colourwork continue 😊 I’m still working on my 2nd Sea Faerdy vest in the light colour scheme. I’m also swatching for the Melby Yoke cardigan 🧶 Going with the bright and happy colour scheme. Did a few experiments in my swatch and the final decision was an easy one for me 😊 #knitsky

Still working away on my second Sea Faerdy vest (pattern by Gudrun Johnston). This one is the light MC version that is offered in the pattern. I had to substitute in a different dark blue as I couldn’t find the one in the pattern in any Canadian shops. I’m really happy with the colour scheme. It’s amazing to me how different the pattern looks in the lighter colour scheme. Very different elements in the Fair Isle pattern are accentuated as compared to the dark colour scheme.

I started swatching for Gudrun Johnston’s Melby Yoke cardigan yesterday. I’m using somewhat different colours than what is in the pattern. Not huge changes from her colour scheme, but I’m working with colours that I had on hand in my stash. I also had to find a MC that I could source enough balls of from a Canadian shop. I’m happy with my choices right off the bat. I did go on to test out a few other colours (see next photo) but ultimately I’m going with those shown here.

My complete test swatch for my Melby Yoke cardigan. I had to knit a few other test colours to prove to myself that the ones I’d started with were THE colours 🙃 The ones are started with feel bright and happy to me 😊

Here’s what the yoke in my Melby Yoke cardigan will look like 😊 I sure do love Fair Isle knitting!

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits prompt is GARTER STITCH 😊 I’ve knit a number of lovely shawls that incorporate it. I love the portability of a garter st project. Some of my colourwork projects aren’t as easy to lug around. It’s nice to have a mix of projects on my needles. Details in alt text. #knitsky

Wearing my Hansel hap (pattern by Gudrun Johnston) 😊 I only got to wear it once before the weather warmed up too much. Ah well, next fall will be here before I know it.

Knit up in a mix of Briggs and Little Sport and Jamieson’s Spindrift.

My Hansel hap washed and blocking (pattern by Gudrun Johnston) 😊

Knit up in a mix of Briggs and Little Sport and Jamieson’s Spindrift.

Wearing my Aestlight shawl (pattern by Gudrun Johnston). I love this pattern! I’ve knit it three times now. Used Briggs and Little Sport.

The cardigan is the Clotilde cardigan by Knitting for Olive.

Wearing my Dotted Rays shawl by Stephen West. Another favourite pattern that I’ve knit three times (one for me and two as gifts). Knit up in Gusto Wool Olio in colourway 2305.

Working on my 3rd Aestlight shawl 🧶 (a gift) Using Briggs & Little Sport in Sheep’s Grey. Why I enjoy the pattern: it’s portable & easy when knitting the garter st 🔺; the Bird’s Eye lace is fun to knit; the edging was a new skill for me (knit perpendicular to the initial knitting). #knitsky

Knitting my third Aestlight shawl by Gudrun Johnston. It starts with a garter stitch triangle until you have 152 sts across. Then you pick up the yarn overs on the outer edges of the triangle and you knit the Bird’s Eye lace (that’s the stage that I’m at now). Then comes the edging which is knit perpendicular to the lace. A really enjoyable pattern to knit.

A closer up view of the Bird’s Eye lace on my Aestlight shawl. Knit up in Briggs and Little Sport in Sheep’s Grey.

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits theme is YELLOW 🌞 Would you believe that I’ve literally never knit anything with yellow as MC? These were the only projects I could find in my Ravelry projects list that had yellow in them (other than a few shawls knit in hand dyed yarn with touches of yellow) 🙃 #knitsky

Loved knitting this year’s Shetland Wool Week hat! It’s called the Aal Ower Toorie. The pattern knit in this colour scheme sort of reminds me of argyle patterns.

The top of the Aal Ower Toorie. Such a beautifully designed pattern.

A little pop of yellow in this kid’s hat that I knit for my husband’s cousin’s toddler. It’s the Cartography hat by Tin Can Knits.

Might be hard to tell, but there are pops of a mustardy yellow in my Bressay sweater by Marie Wallin 😊

My 2 swatches for the Sea Faerdy vest. The pattern includes 2 charted colour schemes: one with a dark MC and one with a light MC. My swatches aren’t exact matches to the pattern colour schemes for 2 reasons: difficulty in finding certain colours available, and personal choice. #knitsky

Two swatches for the same pattern lay side by side. They are knit in different colour schemes: one with a dark main colour and one with a light main colour. The pattern is the Sea Faerdy vest by Gudrun Johnston.

I enjoyed knitting the Sea Faerdy vest so much that I decided to swatch in the second colour scheme just for fun 😊 I love how changing up the colours accentuates different parts of the pattern when compared to the first colour scheme that I knit 🧶 #knitsky

A knitted Fair Isle swatch sits on a coffee table. The pattern is the Sea Faerdy vest by Gudrun Johnston. The pattern comes with charts for two colour schemes. I’ve knit a vest in the colour scheme with the dark green main colour (with several colour substitutions based on what I had on hand or was available online). This is the colour scheme with the light main colour. I’ve only had to switch out one colour: the dark blue. I couldn’t find the Atlantic colourway anywhere in Canada, and only check the Woolly Thistle in the US. So I substituted in Nighthawk, which is a lovely colour!

#Knitsky did you mark Worldwide Knit in Public Day? I only learned of it few yrs ago. Most of my knitting life I knit at home. A few yrs ago, a group met in a local park (in 10°C 🥶). Last year we met in a cafe. This year I met a lovely friend at a park. Always nice to gather with fellow knitters 😊🧶

A friend and I are sitting on a picnic table at a park. We’ve got out yarn and our knitting projects and we’re celebrating Worldwide Knit in Public Day 😊 Grateful that the rain held off and we were warm enough! Two years ago it was 10°C outside where we gathered.

I was working on my swatch for a possible second Sea Faerdy vest. This time with a light main colour instead of a dark one. I sure do love painting with yarn!

My Sea Faerdy is almost done!! In the selfie, I’ve just finished the armhole ribbing (but not sewn in any ends). 2nd photo: knitting is done and ends sewn in. Just 2 more steps: needle felt the areas with steeks (Gudrun suggests this to remove bulk), then wash & block. Very happy with it 🧶 #knitsky

My Sea Faerdy vest is almost done!! Only two steps left: needle felt where the steeks are (the pattern designer suggests this to reduce bulk in those areas), and then wash and block. Such a fun project.

Pattern designer: Gudrun Johnston

Me trying on my Sea Faerdy vest. So close to completion. Just have the neck ribbing left to knit, and then sew in allllllll the ends, needle felt the areas with steeks, then wash and block.

Holy moly, I’ve finished all of the stranded knitting for my Sea Faerdy vest! Yes, it looks a little wacky with the three steeks not yet cut, but I’m getting there 😊 Going to take my time with all the next steps so I don’t mess up after all that knitting! #knitsky

My Sea Faerdy vest (pattern by Gudrun Johnston) is getting closer to being finished! Here it is laying on my coffee table. It looks not entirely like a vest yet because I haven’t reinforced and then cut the steeks open. There are three steeks: two for the armholes and one for the neck.

Yarn colours include a lovely deep green, a bluey green, aqua, bright red, pinks, and brownish gold.

A view of the armhole steeks on my Sea Faerdy vest.

A view of the neck opening stitches on hold and the neck steek stitches on my Sea Faerdy vest.

It’s #ShowMeYourKnits time again and the theme is COWLS 🧶 I’ve knit a few, though by looking through my Ravelry list, I seem to be drawn to shawls more. Anyway, these few were all fun knits in their own ways 😊 Details in alt text.

Here I am modeling the Kvitka cowl by Olga Putano. It was my first stranded colourwork project. I finished it in April 2023. I love the floral pattern that flows around the cowl. I was gifted the charcoal coloured wool. It’s Zealana Artisan HERON in colourway charcoal, from New Zealand. It’s 80% fine New Zealand merino and 20% brushtail possum. Who knew you could knit with possum wool! The hand dyed yarn is a DK weight yarn from Sweet Skein O Mine (from New Brunswick, Canada) in colourway Raspberry Cheesecake).

A work in progress shot of my Kvitka Cowl (by Olga Putano), my first ever stranded colourwork project. I love that repeating floral motif.

Knit in Zealana Artisan HERON in colourway charcoal, from New Zealand. It’s 80% fine New Zealand merino and 20% brushtail possum. The hand dyed yarn is a DK weight yarn from Sweet Skein O Mine (from New Brunswick, Canada) in colourway Raspberry Cheesecake).

This is the Wander and Grow cowl by Dawn Barker. It was an exclusive pattern for Knit Stars season 8. This pattern combines mosaic knitting with assigned pooling. I’d never knit an Assigned Pooling pattern before and found it made for an interesting knit. The hand painted skein is dyed in a ratio of 3/4 background colour and 1/4 accent colour. So whenever you arrive at the accent colour in the pattern you knit the special textured stitch until all the accent colour is used up, and then you resume knitting in pattern. So the unique textured stitches pop up randomly throughout the pattern. This was a really fun knit for me.

This is the Pressed Flowers cowl by Amy Christoffers. I really loved knitting it but have yet to graft the ends together and wear it 😬 I really am such a process knitter! It was so fun to see the flowers appear as I knit. Background colour is Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Midnight Heather. Hand dyed yarn is Spincycle Yarns Dyed in the Wool in Holy Toledo.

Making great progress on my Sea Faerdy vest 😊 I think I’m on the home stretch. Had a little delay as there was an error in the pattern, so was waiting on confirmation from the designer as to the correction. So now I’m back at it, steeks and all 💪🏻💪🏻🧶 #knitsky #FairIsle

I’m holding up my current knitting work in progress: the Sea Faerdy vest by Gudrun Johnston 😊 It’s been such a fun knit. I’m really enjoying knitting this Fair Isle pattern with these colours…dark green, bluey green, pinks, cherry red, aqua blue, and brownish gold.

I’m holding up the section of my Sea Faerdy vest (pattern by Gudrun Johnston) that shows one armhole with stitches on hold, as well as the steek stitches (the vertical lines will help guide me when I cut the steeks open later on).

I’m really enjoying knitting this Fair Isle pattern with these colours…dark green, bluey green, pinks, cherry red, aqua blue, and brownish gold.