Sybil Ra

About 15 cm into knitting the right front piece for a hand knitted cardigan in dark purple with a scalloped edge and a copy of "A Box Full of Murders" by Janice Hallet - on a light orange background.

Weekend - working on a new knitted cardigam 🧶 and a new book to read 📖
#knitting

Back piece of a purple hand-knitted cardigan flat on a light grey background. The piece has a scolloped edge on the bottom - knitted sideways in garter stitch. Placed on the upper part are three hand-knitted flowers with five petals each - one in bright green, one in orange and one in magenta.

Back piece of a new #knitted cardigan. Still deciding what colour I will use for the flower decorations. 🧶

Human feet on a wooden floor - wearing light green hand-knitted socks. The feet are shown from behind so that the heel flap is visible.

I knitted these socks as a Christmas present for my Mum. After posting pictures on social media I got comments complementing the heel. So, I have written a blog post that explains the stitch pattern and the heel.
knitting-and-so-on.blogspot.com/2026/01/cact... 🧶 #knitting

"Fadenkreuz" by Leonie Kramer plus three complete and one half-finished knitted dark pink flower on a white marble background.

Lazy sunday afternoon: #knitting a few more flowers and reading the new whodunnit by Leonie Kramer 🧶

Woman's hands wearing fingerless gloves lying palms up on a wooden table - holding dark magenta coloured dahlias. The fingerless gloves are knitted in a self-striping yarn - the colours are light green, sky blue, dark magenta, dark blue, red and white - with triangular garter stitch panels arranged around the thumb.

Here°s my latest #knitting pattern: Windrädchen Fingerless Gloves - knitted around the thumb to show off your self-striping yarn. Knitting pattern available via Ravelry and Payhip - get 25% off with coupon code "WIND" (discount ends Dec 5, 2025) 🧶:
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A woman's head and shoulders seen from behind wearing a hand-knitted hat in front of a high hedge. The hat is black with a purple flower - outlined in white - on the crown and a pompom in the middle.

Here is my latest #knitting pattern - it is a hat knitted flat and in garter stitch with a flower pattern around the crown - done with short rows and intarsia.
You can get a 25% discount with coupon code "FLOWER" - discount ends Nov 8, 2025 🧶
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Hand-knitted cowl knitted on the bias pinned on a blocking board. The cowl is made up of very light blue garter stitch short row diamond within dark red contour rows.

My new knitted cowl is blocking. I am quite happy how it turned out 🧶

Hand-knitted flower with 5 petals lying on top of a heavily corrected print-out of the knitting pattern. The yarn used to knit the flower is a 6-ply self-striping sock yarn in colours ranging from sky-blue over green to red.

Re-knitting my flower appliqués - while correcting the pattern and taking photos.

Human hands palms up wearing fingerless gloves holding a pink carnation in front of a dark red background. The fingerless gloves are hand knitted in a self-striping yarn in colours that range from orange to bright red.

I have just published a new #knitting pattern for fingerless gloves on Ravelry and Payhip called "Mitred Ribbing Mitts" 🧶.
You can get a 25% discount with coupon code "MITRED"- discount ends October 10, 2025.
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Thank you. I bought this (hand-dyed) yarn in a LYS in Amsterdam.

Hand-knitted fingerless gloves - one finished one nearly finished layed out flat on a black surface. The gloves are knitted in a hand-dyed, self-striping yarn in bright yellow, orange and red. The gloves are constructed in eight panels - arranged in a pinwheel pattern - around the thumb.

Another version of my soon to come new fingerless gloves design. This time made with beautiful hand-dyed yarn that I recently bought in Amsterdam. 🧶 #knitting

Hand-knitted fingerless gloves - one finished one nearly finished layed out flat on a wooden surface. The gloves are. dark blue with light blue and white stripes arranged in a pinwheel pattern around the thumb.

The second pair of my new knitting design for fingerless gloves is nearly finished - I really like the pinwheel pattern.
#knitting 🧶

Half sideways view of a white dressmakers dummy wearing handknitted summer top in front of a white background. The top is dark sky blue and knitted sideways in garter stitch. It has sidepanels with a pattern of white flowers.

Finally finished my new summer top with flower side panels 🧶.
The #knittingpattern for a square version of the flowers on the side panel (called Hana coasters) is available via Ravelry and Payhip:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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Apple cake in a round tin with two hand-knitted pear-shaped potholders in different shades of green on a wooden kitchen counter.

It really feels like autumn today, i.e. so baking an apple cake is a good idea. Here it is with my Pear Potholders.
The free #knitting pattern is available on my blog 🧶
knitting-and-so-on.blogspot.com/2018/09/when...

Piece of creme coloured embroidered fabric in an embroidery hoop on a brown wooden surface. The design spells "Welcome to the shitshow" in a sweet flower design in pastel colours.

My first ever piece of #embroidery (after something I did ages ago in primary school). Could it be neater? Of course!
Am I proud that I finished it? Yes!
Will I do embroidery again? Absolutely!
Design by get.stitch.done (on Instagram and etsy)

No, I haven't even finished knitting it yet :) But I only handwash my knits (gently) and then let them dry flat.

Thank you. No, I didn't use anything to stabilize it.

White dressmakers dummy wearing an unfinished handknitted summer top in front of a white background. The top is dark dky blue and knitted sideways. It has sidepanels with a pattern of white flowers.

Finished the main parts of a second cotton summer top with flower side panels. Now only very short sleeves are missing 🧶.
The knittingpattern for a square version of the flowers on the side panel (Hana coasters) is available via Ravelry and Payhip:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/rIuPn

Unfinished hand-knitted top lying on a wooden floor. The main part of the piece is dark sky blue. The side panel is the same blue with three white flowers.

Knitting a second summer top with side panels based on my Hana flower motifs. Currently, I am #knitting the back piece. 🧶
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The pattern for the square flower motifs is available via Ravelry and Payhip:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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18 knitted flowers (knitted sideways and in garter stitch), each with 5 petals, in various colours (pink, orange, white etc.) on a sage green background.

Knitted flowers 🧶

Human feet wearing socks without heel and toes on a grey concrete floor. The socks have sideways pattern in wavy stripes of black and two shades of pink.

#throwbackthursday
Bitilasana Yoga socks - free knitting pattern on my blog:
knitting-and-so-on.blogspot.com/2016/08/biti...

Thank you!

Back part of a cotton summer top in dark green with two side panels. Each side panel consist of three knitted flower motifs (pink flower on dark green background).

I am trying to knit a summer top with my Hana flower motifs as side panels - currently I am grafting the second side panel to the top's back. #knitting 🧶

Six handknitted square shaped flower motifs - dark green with pink flower in front of a light background.

I have just published a new knitting pattern for square shaped flower motifs. They can be used as coasters or be embedded in bigger projects🧶- available via Ravelry and Payhip:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/rIuPn
Until June 15th, 2025 there is a 25% discount with coupon code "HANA".

A mug of tea with a lilac blossom pattern on it, alongside lilac and Terry Pratchett pin badges.

Happy Glorious 25th of May! GNU Sir Terry Pratchett. How do they rise up?
#Glorious25th #Discworld #TruthJusticeFreedomReasonablyPricedLove #Speakhisname

Thak you. I haven't published the pattern yet.

Thank you 🌼

Two and a half dark green handknitted squares with a pink flower motif.

#knitting some flower motifs 🌼🧶

"Hier draußen" - das Debüt von Martina Behm Martina Behm strickt und schreibt. "Hier draußen" ist ihr erster Roman, der unsentimental vom Landleben erzählt.

Kann das Landleben glücklich machen? Martina Behm stellt sich in NDR Kultur à la carte unerschrocken und unsentimental dieser Frage, beschreibt ihren Alltag in einem Dorf in Schleswig-Holstein und erzählt, wie sie über ihre Liebe zum Stricken zum Schreiben gefunden hat.👇
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A book (The Twyford Code by Janice Haller) together with one hand knitted sock and the tip of a sock still in progess flat on a white marbled surface. The sock yarn is a dark red.

My knitting mojo is still really low. But at least I managed to finish one sock that I started ages ago. A bit more sock knitting and a nice mystery ... and my weekend is set.