Using the #ShowMeYourKnits prompts of shawls to finish up this Ribbon Wrap that I started in 2021. #charityknitting #placesyoucanknit #menwhoknit #queerknitters

Double dip for #ShowMeYourKnits Two-Timers week: I'm (re)sharing a few sweaters I liked enough to knit/crochet them twice #MenWhoKnit #queerknitters #SweaterVest #cableknitting #FavoriteKnits

It's #ShowMeYourKnits 2 year anniversary, and @livrunsfast.bsky.social has called the theme as things knit twice or more. I have many things in this category, since I often do a bit of work to make my process enjoyable and want to make use of it. Or perhaps I loved the rhythm. Here's a few:

Here's a late entry for last week's #ShowMeYourKnits theme of tools: my NXTPAPER 14 tablet, which I also use for sheet music, and the #KnitCompanion app. It makes charts really approachable for my brain that quickly gets overwhelmed with too much visual info. The big screen is a winner, too.

Follow up results of my cabled texture swatch. I am still imagining what this could be. Stitches are the brainchild of Annie Maloney. Yarn is Jill Draper Makes Stuff Mohonk. #ShowMeYourKnits texture week

For #ShowMeYourKnits texture week, here's a big swatch that I keep working on just because I like it.

Took the ol' spindle and rolags out for a spin at the coffee shop. Riveting story in ALT text.

I'm delighted with how this Coaster Cozy knitted up in the handspun yarn. So pretty. And the self-striping made it super easy. Pattern is from my own Color Lovin Coaster Cozies.

Finished another small batch of yarn (close to 40 yds) on the spindle. This was started a week or so ago. One great feature of woolen yarns is how quickly they dry. #handspinning #woolenspinning

Took yesterday off from spinning to knit with my handspun. I'm relishing the texture of the woolen yarn after its bath. I did card another batch of rolags. Come to think of it, I did sneak a bit of spindle spinning at work, but not much to count for anything. #ShowMeYourKnits #WhatsOnYourNeedles

For today's spinning, I combined a bit of yesterday's Suffolk with some of this Tunis I picked up during the spring yarn crawl. I spun on my wheel, then chain-plied on my spindle. #SpinningYarn

Carded up a few more rolags. I'm trying to achieve a lighter rolag on the drum carder, but the toothy fiber might be partly to blame. This time I made more rolags from the single batch. Next time I will try loading less fiber onto the carder. Now to spin them! #spinningwool #fiberprep

Just spun up 44 yards of worsted/aran weight 3-ply Suffolk wool. The plan is to knit a coastercozy. #spinningwool #spinningyarn #dropspindle #woolenspinning #rolags #fuzzyfrogfibers #chainply #plyonthefly #tourdefleece

For my casual TourDeFleece-adjacent spinning, I'm conjuring up some laceweight(?) and worsted weight woolen yarns from the same braid that I carded into dense rolags on the drum carder. #spinningwool #spinningyarn #dropspindle #suspendedspindle #woolenspinning #rolags

For #ShowMeYourKnits #wips week, here are a few I've been bouncing between: 1. Stonecrop from a 2016 KAL 2. Swatching textures 3. A secret mosaic scarf 4. The border on my fourth Leaves of Grass blanket #MenWhoKnit #queerknitters #knitsky

For #ShowMeYourKnits blues, here are five lace knits. All of them are old, but one is also current. #menwhoknit #queerknitters #knitsky

For this week's solstice theme of light and dark at #ShowMeYourKnits, here are two versions I made of the same sweater. Pattern is Saven by Meghan Babin. #MenWhoKnit #queerknitters #knitsky #SweaterKnitting

I'm really enjoying knitting up this woolen yarn. Deets in ALT text #handspunyarn #handspinningwool #spindlespun #coastercozy #strandedcolorwork #menwhoknit

I've been productive with finishing a few #spinning projects lately. Here's the Feederbrook Farm BFL I spun and plied on a big Bosworth #spindle

Okay, @youcancallmemel.bsky.social I really like this now. I made a 3-ply plying ball, and I ran into a bit of trouble with the tensioning, as has been my record. Fiber is Into the Whirled superwash Cheviot, colorway Fruition. Spun on spindles, plied on an Eel Wheel. #spinningwool #spinningyarn

Looks like this rolag's a grower. The dense drum carder rolags may not all be fluffy, but a bit of predrafting opens them up just fine. #rolags #handspinning #fiberprep #SpindleSpinning #dropspindle

I picked the airiest rolag from my recent carding experiment and snuck in a bit of spinning before work I do love getting to use my version of long draw #dropspindle #suspendedspindle #spinningwool #spinningyarn #spinningandfiberprep

My first attempts at making #rolags on the drum carder. Fiber is Suffolk wool dyed by Fuzzyfrog Fibers Pretty, but uneven and dense at times #dropspindle #woolenspinning #fiberprep

I'm enjoying using this ring distaff as I work my way through this Cheviot wool #wwkip #spinningwool #spinningyarn #intothewhirled

Got a hammock chair just in time for #WWKIP day. Hooray for great weather! #ShowMeYourKnits #menwhoknit #queerknitters #mosaicknitting

This spinning project has been scattered in several places, as i would take part of it out and about. I just gathered it all into one place as a part of an effort to organize and focus my spinning Fiber is superwash Cheviot from #intothewhirled #spinningwool #spinningyarn

#coastercozy rant... either I can't find one, or I have a whole pile. I recently knitted the orange one using some handspun, and am delighted how at home it is with some of my favorites. This pile was completely coincidental. #willygdesigns #menwhoknit #queerknitters #strandedcolorwork #coffeecozy

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I just did a bit of chain-plying on the spindle, so I thought I'd try to share a few moments (a bit awkwardly when juggling the phone and spinning) Getting started: establishing a loop, building enough of a leader to secure the yarn on the spindle

Got some spinning inspiration (cleaning can do that, as can friends getting into it) While my partner and I finally got my electric spinner updated today, my current spins are all spindle spun on drop and support spindles. More in ALT text #spinningyarn #dropspindle #suspendedspindle #wool