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Another orange lover, I’m drawn to orange all year round!

Woman wearing an orange and autumn toned colourwork jumper with lace patterning on yoke. She is wearing it with black trousers and standing against a corrugated iron panel adjoining a green sliding barn door.

Orange, cream and autumn toned jumper featuring lace patterning on yoke with colourwork on yoke, body and sleeves. The jumper is hanging on a coat hanger against a rusty trailer. Pattern name is Ember by Yuko Shimizu, orange and multicoloured yarn is by Ripplescrafts in the Scottish Highlands, cream coloured yarn is superfine merino from Bellevue Park Wool in south eastern Australia.

I’m double dipping into autumn themed #showmeyourknits, with a perfect autumn weight jumper in autumn tones. Pattern name is Ember but I knitted this during the bushfires of 2019/20, so I changed my project name to Precious Amber, after the main colour. More details in images.
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It’s Coryn by Valentina Bogdanova. She has many beautiful patterns, I highly recommend them!

There are plenty of videos on youtube

Lace patterned scarf knitted in autumn toned colours, displayed on a brown timber table top.

Lace patterned scarf knitted in autumn toned colours, displayed on a statue of a miner, in a park in central Victoria, Australia.

I love scarves but what I love even more is a wide, shallow shawl and I’ll be knitting more of those. However, for #showmeyourknits scarf week, my skinny version of Time Trades will have to do.
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Gold coloured lacework knitted yoke against a white background. Pattern is Coryn Sweater designed by Valentina Bogdanova.

Trying to make inroads on some summer knits, starting with a between seasons pullover, perfect for #showmeyourknits wip week, albeit just sneaking it in. Sleeve length is yet undecided. Yarn is merino/linen dyed by the talented @piratepurlyarns.bsky.social #knitsky 🧶

The double YOs just make the k5tog much easier, when you get to them. You think it’s going to be too loose but it works really well.

Yellow green patterned sweater yoke on a dark grey table top.

I finished it more than a year ago but I only have a photo of the yoke. So I must remedy this! But in the meantime, this is mine, I used a merino/possum blend.

Here’s a hot tip from me. Work double YOs for the grains, it makes it so much easier!

Don’t be sorry, we’re still wearing them in some places in the southern hemisphere! 😉

There’s no excuse then! 😉

Yes, you must! 😉

Genius thinking! 👏

It’s absolutely gorgeous! 👏

Black and cream sweater with stranded colourwork trim on yoke, lower body and sleeves, hanging against a silver coloured corrugated wall. Sleeves are tied loosely across the body.

My newest favourite sweater is still a secret until release date so here’s one I finished last year, for #showmeyourknits sweater week. Pattern is Sneeflocken by Sarah Solomon. Charcoal yarn is geelong lambswool by Colourmart, cream is merino/yak by Ochre.
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A pair of red and white baby bootees, trimmed to look like converse gym boots. One is standing up and the other is lying down, both on a charcoal coloured table.

I don’t have many baby knits for #showmeyourknits this week but I made these for a work colleague a few years ago.
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Cardigan with grey and autumn toned striped body, with black upper sleeves and narrow grey and autumn toned stripes on lower sleeves.

I almost forgot stripes week for #showmeyourknits! My modified Jukebox Cardigan shamelessly copying the colour arrangement from the Funky Grandpa Cardigan.
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Two states of bullshit - The Shot The broken logic, morality and impracticalness of the Hasbaric “two-state solution” should be apparent to anyone cursed to own a phone.

Two states of bullshit theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Image of a poster promoting a national day of action in support for the people of Palestine.

Appalled at the genocide occurring in Gaza? If you live on the far south coast of NSW, here’s an opportunity to show your support in the Bega Valley, as part of a nationwide event.
#stopthegenocide #freepalestine

No, but the free pattern is available on ravelry. It’s called Eat the Rich.

It’s called Eat the Rich and it’s a free pattern available on ravelry. I did chart out Tax the Rich but after recent events I stuck with the original. 🙂

Thank you 🙂

Red and light grey stranded colourwork knitted hat featuring the words “Eat the Rich”. The hat is sitting on a timber table top next to a pair of eyeglasses with a teal frame.

Red and light grey stranded colourwork knitted. The hat is sitting on a timber table top next to a pair of eyeglasses with a teal frame. Pattern name is “Eat the Rich”.

My recently completed “Eat the Rich” fits the bill perfectly for #showmeyourknits leftovers week. I’ve used Rennie Supersoft lambswool, left over from a granny square jumper I made last year. 🧶
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A large speech bubble with a stylized quotation mark reads: "Synthetic fibers take from a finite supply of virgin petroleum and return only fodder for the landfill. At the other end of the spectrum we have wool, which doesn't come from a well, barrel, tub, or spigot... In fact, all you really need is some land and water and sunshine." – Clara Parkes, in the foreword. Next to the attribution is a thumbnail image of the cover of the book, The True Cost of Wool, by Anna Hunter.

Author @longwayhomestead.bsky.social asked American wool advocate @claraparkes.bsky.social if she would write the foreword to THE TRUE COST OF WOOL many months ago. Then, as we rushed to get the book out because it is so relevant to our current conversation about where our goods come from...

You’re not alone!

“For the good of Australia, Albanese should abandon our biggest trade partner to feed the ego of a country planning to tariff our products” – The Chaser Peta Credlin breaks down the Prime Minister's trip to China.

“For the good of Australia, Albanese should abandon our biggest trade partner to feed the ego of a country planning to tariff our products” chaser.com.au/opinion/for-...

Woman with grey hair wearing a blue/grey jumper with colourwork circular yoke, featuring shades of gold and orange. Pattern is Hinterland designed by Jennifer Steingass, yarn is Hebridean 2ply by Virtual Yarns. The woman is standing in front of an oak door, surrounded by mud brick walls.

I’ve had to plumb the depths for #showmeyourknits blue week- and it’s really a mix of grey, blue and green, so it looks a little like an oil slick on water, not a clear blue.🧶 #knitsky

I love this!

A narrow band of knitting, still on knitting needles, featuring narrow charcoal and white stripes, set against a timber table top. Pattern is Jemima’s Jumper by Donna Smith.

A newish cast on #showmeyourknits WIP week, for what I know will be a long, slow knit. It’s the start of my Jemima’s Jumper, one I’ve wanted to make for a long time. I’m taking it easy, hoping that will be enough to prevent these tiny needles causing wrist problems.
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Burnt orange coloured shawl with a simple lace edging, lying on a dark grey table. Pattern is Close to You by Justyna Lorkowska, yarn is Ripples Crafts Burras in Precious Amber colour.

Just off the needles in time for this week’s garter stitch themed #showmeyourknits - is my Close to You shawl. Perfect tv knitting and perfect shape and size. 🧶 #blueskyknits