GothamMuse

Swatching with a brand new to me yarn to discover what it likes to do. It is an unpopular activity with many knitters, but I love knitting with no expectation, just knitting several inches to see what happens, and then trying a stitch pattern.

Handknit cowl with graduated sizesn of lacy waves in an abalone-shell colored yarn - pale tones of blue, purple, pink and green - wrapped around a dressmaker form's neck. Background wall and fabric of dressmaker form are both golden cream; behind the gold-tone cap on dressmaker form is a photo with sepia tones in an oval mat. Pattern is Song of the Sea by Louise Zass-Bangham.

#ShowMeYourKnits prompt is grey? I find grey dull, boring & otherwise undesirable to wear or knit - for *me*.
linktr.ee/sevensistersarts Astrid 🧶in "Abalone" is as close to grey as I get: at a distance it looks grey, but it has all the iridescent colors of abalone 😍
#sevensistersarts #knitting

I'm an oppportunistic knitter - I knit whenever I have the opportunity!

I do love knitting in the morning quiet but that's been challenging recently due to Long COVID, and shorter, grey days of winter. Another reason to be happy about spring!

There has been a lot of thinking, calculating, frogging and reuniting on this. Have decided I really don't like knitting stripes in the round, but have persevered because I can't stop petting the swatch #knitting

Against a light background, a sweater with light aqua, teal and cobalt stripes in horseshoe lace separated by narrow bands of dark navy stockinette. Sleeve being knit in the round and short rows of sleeve cap just completed and underarm stitches added to the row. Purple stitch marker at shoulder seam, orange stitch marker at end of first / top row of sleeve cap and teal stitch marker where sleeve cap meets underarm stitches. Pattern is Myrtle by Kate Davies Designs Yarn is ColourMart Cashmere 3/28NM Heavy Lace Weight

#ShowMeYourKnits wants WIPs and it is #WIPWednesday?
This finally happened today - second sleeve cap complete, w/ correct number of stitches & rows to match first sleeve. Sweater started 09/2025, has several pattern mods. Colourmart cashmere 🧶 will bloom & change gauge when washed; deets in Alt.

Close up of green stems and downward facing white hellebores with pointed white sepals with fuchsia speckles near the center of the blossom with pale yellow anthers, stamens and pistils ringed by tiny green petals at the center. A grey fence, blue sky and a tree trunk with branches in the background

Hellebores in my garden - it always amazes me that something that blooms this time of year is so big and beautiful!

The book was published quite a while ago, and I really don't knit for babies. Advanced pattern search on Ravelry? Oh - Ravelry shows used books available for cost of shipping?

I usually put details in the Alt Text; the Boys cardigans were all the Garter Stitch Cardigan by Melanie Falick and Kristin Nicholas

#ShowMeYourKnits babyknits part 2, for the baby sister to youngest Boy that came along a bit later. Cannot add alt text to this one?! Pattern is Hyphen by Lisa Chemery and 🧶 is ColourMart Extra Fine Merino 15/44NM DK Weight.

Three baby cardigans - blue with green trim & buttons in the back, green with blue buttons in the middle, and in front, green and blue stripes with green and blue buttons. Pattern: Garter Stitch Cardigan by Melanie Falick and Kristin Nicholas Yarn: Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash Merino

Before the next #showmeyourknits prompt drops, lemme circle back to the #babyknits! First up is "Boys, Boys, Boys" the solids for a pair of twins and striped for their oh-so-slighly younger cousin.

Three views of a colorwork cowl, a bright fuchsia pattern atop a dark blue and purple variegated yarn. Pattern: Dissent Cowl (knit) by Carissa Browning Yarns: Blue Moon Fiber Arts BFL Fingering, Orchid Queen (held double) and Malabrigo Yarn Mecha, 247 Whales Road

Only one project to share for the colorwork #ShowMeYourKnits, a bit of pandemic stash 🧶 knitting from 2020, modeled by Mathilde. Details in AltText.

Yes, it was. Sadly it is no more, the bloody m*ths got it (and several other sweaters) a few years ago. 😫😢 Now my knits are stored much more securely

Female upper torso and arm wearing a scoop neck sweater with 2x2 rib edge finishes in variegated green / dark green / violet yarn. Pattern: On a Whim (CustomFit) by Amy Herzog. Yarn is Briar Rose Fibers' Glory Days - 100% BFL, DK weight and sadly, discontinued.

Continuing #showyourknits in green, this is sweater I love to wear on 3/17 when it is cold enough, but not this year. I think of the glorious 🧶color as March Violets.

Thank you! I'm putting project details in the Alt description - but it is the February Lady Sweater by Pamela Wynne

February Lady Sweater: garter yoke with 3 buttons, and gull lace body and sleeves, knit in pale green Colourmart 1/4NM Fine DK slubby soft spun cashmere over a cream camisole.

Green is one of my favorite colors but I've not knit a lot of green, and already shared some. Digging deep for this week's #showmeyourknits in soft green cashmere 🧶 #knitting #knitsky

#ShowMeYourKnits this project used the largest size needle I've ever knit with, a US 17 - a very CHONKY knit 🧶!

Starry Light by Laura Nelkin

Loved the FO so much I've made two. Have another string of LEDs to make a third one.

Handknit mesh lace cowl in jewel tones, around the neck of beige dress form. Malabrigo Yarn Caracol, in Aniversario

#ShowMeYourKnits is CHONKY knits 🧶?

Not my favorite weight, but I have knit a few projects with Super Bulky yarns including this cowl on US13 needles.

Pair of variegated lavender hand knit socks laying on a cream blocking mat with mauve-rose background. Pattern: Tesserae Sock by Anne Hanson. Yarn: Sundara Yarn Italian Fingering Merino Cashmere

#ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 🧦🧦 Sock are about my least favorite knit. Last fall finally made myself a pretty & soft (cash/merino!) pair for lounging about the house. Love them but don't expect to knit more anytime soon.

Hand knitted vest with allover lace pattern in blue/green/purple variegated yarn; view of front with scoop neck on the left, back view on the right

#showmeyourknits lace week part 2: I adore using lace in garments, more wearable than shawls for me. This is Lace Vest by Louisa Harding, 🧶 is Whisper by the incomparable Briar Rose Fibers, modeled by Mathilde.

Left side: pale blue-green knitted lace shawl draped over a chair on a wood floor; the lace is has strong repeating vertical curves, like a peacock feather. Right side: same pale blue-green lace shawl draped over upper arm & shoulder,

#showmeyourknits lace week? I love #knitting lace, have a lot of shawls & scarves. Love Fan & Feather and variations: this is one of my favorite. Ostrich Plumes by Anne Hanson, 🧶 is DyeForYarn Lace Tussah Silk - love the glow and liquid cascades in this combo!

“DOGE as a National Cybersecurity Attack” essay by Bruce Schneier & Davi Ottenheimer, is a must-read: it succinctly frames in plain English how recent events have resulted in new vulnerabilities that are national security risks.

www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

ball of tweedy blurple handspun yarn with violet and blue slubs, a mitten completed except for the thumb (stitches on yellow embroidery thread with orange stitch marker), and a set of double-pointed needles with stitches cast on one needle, sitting on top of a printed pattern, on a pink/purple background.

#ShowMeYourKnits This is 2024's NYECO, Arched Gusset Mittens from @purlsoho.bsky.social worked in lovely, squishy merino/silk handspun 🧶 from SwitchKnits Etsy. Working second mitt as a palete cleanser before starting second sleeve on my Myrtle pullover. Hoping to wear these very soon!

After my experience, it was the first and only time I will knit a creature. I found it far too fiddly & not at all enjoyable to knit - and that was before LongCOVID broke my brain. But I love discovering the multitude of creatures that others have made!

River otter knit in brown and cream yarn, with a green fish in its mouth on a table with narcissus bulbs, pink lamp and books in front of a yellow wall.

In February 2018 I knit this beastie for DH, he adores otters. No hearts, or red or pink yarn, and love is not in the pattern name, but was a true manifestation of my love: his name is Valentine. Pattern is River Otter by Sara Elizabeth Kellner, 🧶 is Cascade EcoWool. #ShowMeYourKnits

Small raspberry red knitted heart with a slight halo in the yarn resting on the tips of three fingers, on a white tissue background.

Love? Here's a wee heart I knit last year for my DH. Truly a labor of love as fiddly knits and small needles were the bane of my existence even before LongCOVID. Pattern is Palpitations by Hunter Hammersen, knit in SweetGeorgia Merino Silk Fine, the Raspberry colorway #ShowMeYourKnits

Three coordinating baby cardigans, right sleeve bent, left sleeve extended. From the back: Blue with green trim & buttons; green with blue trim and buttons, and blue and green stripes with alternating blue & green buttons.

Stripes for #ShowMeYourKnits - that's tough. But one of a trio of baby sweaters for the next generation is striped! Pattern is Garter Stitch Cardigan (Knitting for Baby: 30 Heirloom Projects) in Cascade Superwash 220.

But...but... it's blue! blue! Not Purple!!😆

Raising my hand! Although I don't do it nearly as much as I'd like these days as I can only use headphones / earbuds for limited while on any given day (thanks, LongCovid).

I miss the days of having a decent audio shop where you could try out several different headphones.

back of women's cabled vest in cornflower blue mohair/silk, with shorter cables at the sides increasing to a long center cable, creating a V-shape

I particularly like the back of this vest. I used every bit of the 1000 yards of TinSilk I bought at Rhinebeck.

handknit cornflower blue womens cabled vest on a dress form with a single pearl button

Last share for this week's cable #ShowMeYourKnits prompt. My own design in luscious Tinsilk from Tintagel Farms - proof that I knit cables in something other than purple cashmere.