Flavi Makes

Prof, postdoc, grad student 😁

Two crocheted bunnies are perched against a pillow on a sofa. They are wearing velvet bow ties on their necks.

Bunny has a big sibling - I tried the modified pattern again with a 5.5 mm hook to see how they compare in floppiness and size :)

The larger bunny uses Premier Parfait Chunky in the colorway Almond Butter and Marshmallow for the tips of his arms.

Your speckling is so pretty 😍

So glad he included an optional spoiler page so I can plan! 😂

From the knitting community on Reddit: This toddler cardigan was a stressful experiment! (Knit in one piece with gradient yarn, then steeked the arms) Explore this post and more from the knitting community

I wonder if it is not too late to try an experiment: www.reddit.com/r/knitting/c...

Awww thank you!!

Thank you for sharing and adding me!

A bunny crocheted in Chenille yarn with a dusty rose color is laying on a gray woven blanket. It has two black safety eyes and one black safety nose attached to the face.

I got the hang of right-handed crocheting and decided that the obvious first project should be worked in chenille yarn 😂😂😂 many curses and swear words were involved.

Cute pattern! I made some modifications. For the next one I will use a 5.5 mm hook instead of a 4 mm one for more squishiness.

Four skeins of hand-dyed yarn from different dyers are laid out on a wooden background. From left to right is a burnt brick red skein, a brownish purple skein, a taupe skein, and a beige skein with brown speckles.

A handknit gauge swatch using each of the four colors selected is laid on a wooden background. The gauge swatch is knitted in garter stitch.

I'm so excited to start the #westknits #musikal! I've got my yarn picked out (100% from stash) and checked how they knit up. 🥰

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

My 2016 Subaru is sick - she may need a new transmission. That's outside of my budget with winter approaching!
To pay for it, I'm offering a 15% discount in my shop with the code Clunker15 .
If you can't make a purchase, please consider sharing, reposting, or liking to drive traffic. 🧶❤️
#knitsky

Yes, exactly! The sock tube was made over the last year while traveling :)

Picture depicts three pairs of handknit socks with different color heels and toes. Pattern is a riff of my First Socks pattern. I knit a sock tube while traveling, and when I finished the sock tube I took it apart and knitted the cuff, toe, and heel on following the instructions for each section. Yarn is King Cake dyed by Republica Unicornia, which came with a contrast color called Plastic Baby Jesus. When I ran out of that, I used a deep purple dyed by Stellar Needlecraft and an unknown skein I am calling Real Baby Jesus.

Remember that sock tube I was knitting? It became three pairs of socks!

The yarn and pattern details are in the photo caption.

🧶 #knitting #sockknitting #republicaunicornia #Stellarneedlecraft #firstsocks #flavimakes

Do I know anyone who will be vending at Vogue Live in NYC in January, who might be willing to carry my Math for Knitters book? 🧶

Cats & crochet is the perfect combination, isn't it? With the cat stitch you can make a beautiful fabric that reminds you of our feline friends :) You can find a free detailed tutorial here: nordichook.com/the-cat-stit...
#yarn #crochet #crochetersofbluesky 🧶

Colorado is libertarian, don't be so confident it continues voting Democrat. It will take only a whisper of getting rid of TABOR or changing state taxes for it to go red. 🫠

When you find out about Libro.fm, an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible that’s 100% employee owned, a Certified B Corporation, and shares profits with 4,000+ independent bookshops 😍

I'm rooting for all of these, they're so beautiful!!!

11/11 but I have a bone to pick with Q2. The better experiment is to have an appropriate placebo group - for example, one that uses ear drops that don't have the drug in it. :)

YouTube video by SciShow Physicists Don’t Understand Why Knitting Works

Obviously no knitters were involved in the copy for this video but interesting nonetheless.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTLv...

A promotional flyer for an upcoming yarn event. At the top, purple text with a playful arrow reads “in person!” Below, large black text says “Coming soon to Yarn Social!” Centered at the bottom are two logos: on the left, a black circle with white script that reads “Kim Dyes Yarn Est. 2010” with the website “www.kimdyesyarn.com” underneath. On the right, the LolaBean Yarn Co. logo featuring an illustrated child with short curly hair wearing a bright pink and neon green sweater, sitting behind a teal skein of yarn, with the words “INDIE DYED IN SMALL BATCHES LOLABEAN YARN CO.” wrapped around the top and bottom. At the bottom of the flyer, text reads “Saturday, September 20 10am–5pm.”

September is here, and you know what that means, KC Yarn Crawl! 🧶

We’re packing up and heading to Kansas City, Missouri, and on Saturday, September 20, you’ll find me in person at @yarnsocialkc.bsky.social alongside my friend @knitterkim.bsky.social of Kim Dyes Yarn!

Taking the twins out for a stroll

Lily Lake, Estes Park, Colorado

Familiar Quiz — Stealing from Wizards

AKA how one ends up with a PhD 😂

"Your familiar is an eastern gray squirrel — You are a bastion of perseverance. For you, an easy task lacks the satisfaction of one that truly challenges your patience and dedication." stealingfromwizards.com/familiar-quiz

This is stunning, well done!

Old Soviet joke for today:

A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.

After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”

“I’m looking for the obituaries.”

“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”

“Not the one I’m looking for.”

Hey, sorry DMs didn't work! They really have to let people send photos :)

My method is a rinse and repeat of these three images - add a cuff, try on and mark where to put the toe and heel with pins, put toe and next cuff stitches on lifelines, cut, knit toe, knit afterthought heel. :)

It came with a contrast color called Plastic Baby Jesus which is exactly the uncanny shade of fleshy pink you're thinking 😂 but in case I run out I also have some other options from my stash!

A handknit sock tube in the colorway Mardi Gras dyed by Republica Unicornia is wrapped into a spiral. A hand holds it on the left side.

Finished my handknit sock tube! Time to partition this bad boy apart into socks. 🥰

#knitting #handknitting #republicaunicornia #mardigras #socktube

YAY they look so beautiful!!!!

Yes definitely should have come with a note if that is how the kit was intended! But it still looks beautiful and it looks like you got a decent gauge/width going :)