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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Sep 1

Amanda’s braids = no combing
Braids unfurled = “I can feel the wind in my hair!”
Full story and more pics www.minimuse.ca

#MiniMuseAndMe #BoxBraids #BlackHair

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Aug 17

Cooked The Curry Guy’s 30 Minute Keema 🥘 The full step-by-step cutaway is now on the blog 🍷
minimuse.ca/2025/08/17/3... #KitchenWitch #Keema #CurryGuy #ChefWannietta #StepByStep #Shiraz

A large Rachel Ray frying pan with an orange handle is on the stove with pale chopped onions cooking gently with scattered cumin seeds, stirred with a wooden spoon.

A large Rachel Ray frying pan with an orange handle filled with sautéed onion paste now mixed with chopped green and Scotch Bonnet chilies ginger, and garlic, forming a fragrant savoury base.

A large Rachel Ray frying pan with an r=orange handle is filled with passata added to the browned onion and chili base. A printed keema recipe sits nearby.

A printed keema recipe page splattered with curry sauce rests on the counter beside a frying pan of finished keema. The orange pan handle and bubbling sauce are visible.

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Aug 4

My first-ever roti puffed like a boss and I gasped out loud. Cast iron sorcery? Ancestral whispers? Whatever it was — I felt it in my soul. 🫓✨
Full story and pics on the blog minimuse.ca
#HomeMade #Roti #KitchenAlchemy #CastIronCooking #LookWhatIMade #HomeCook

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Jun 9

Stitches in Progress: From Nap Blankets to Victorian Gardens minimuse.ca/2025/06/08/s...

Stitches in Progress: From Nap Blankets to Victorian Gardens

Ace’s Big Boy Blankie™ is growing strip by strip! I’m about 70% done now — two full panels are complete and the third (and final) strip is well underway. Once it’s off the needles, I’ll…

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · May 24

Ace needs a nap blanket for preschool, but wasn’t ready to give up his beloved Amma Blankie™ I said: “I gotchu, Sweetie!” A new SweetSpot Classic Wool blanket is begun; growing-up boy colours, same Amma love. Full story on the blog. minimuse.ca
#BigBoyBlankie #ClassicWool #SweetSpot

A close-up of a hand holding a swatch of Knit One Below (K1B) fabric in variegated yarn featuring shades of teal, turquoise, and creamy white. The stitch pattern creates a vertical ribbed texture with dramatic colour pooling, forming wave-like diagonal patterns. The swatch is still on the needles and rests on a plush grey background. A tattooed forearm holds the edge of the work.

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · May 23

Ace’s socks are done! I’m mailing them with Soak wash so they last. Once he opens the package (he loves mail!) and the fit is confirmed, I’ll cast on more wee toe warmers for my Mini Muse full story at MiniMuse.ca #MiniMuseAndMe #SockKnitting #KnitAcrossTheMiles #HandKnitSocks #MadeWithLove #Soak

A smiling black boy wearing a red and green jacket beams joyfully during a FaceTime call. The screen shows a small preview window of the caller, displaying a close-up of the finished pair of hand-knit socks. The sunlight from the window behind the child creates a warm, backlit glow

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · May 17

It’s Friday night—time to swap stress for gin and sin.

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · May 17

55, a student with a job I love, coworkers who make me laugh, & creative projects that light me up. I savour my time alone, no void to fill; just peace, purpose, and a quiet joy I never knew I'd find. This life? It feels f*cking amazing.
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#ThisIs55 #ContentmentIsRevolutionary

A smiling Caucasian woman with long, dark wavy gray-streaked hair and dark purple tortoiseshell glasses poses outdoors. She’s wearing a blue shirt and standing in soft sunlight with a blurred background of trees and a fence. The image is edited with Photoshop Express to include bold comic-style burst lines radiating from her head, and a rainbow neon streak that implies a heart shape framing her faceadding a dramatic, energetic flair.

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · May 15

Ace saw his first finished sock & lit up like sunshine! ☀️ I used Winwick Mum’s basic kid sock with mods for fit & his short-leg request. Tracing his foot from 3,000 km away? We got this! 🧦 More pics and story at www.minimuse.ca
#KnitAcrossTheMiles #HandKnitSocks #MiniMuseAndMe

Ace, an almost 4 year old black boy grinning wide during a FaceTime call, hands clasped in excitement as he sees his first finished sock. He’s wearing a blue T-shirt with a yellow sun graphic and is sitting on the floor with small toys scattered around him. His hair is a crazy mess from a day of playful adventures. A cozy, modern apartment kitchen is visible in the background.

A crinkled piece of paper with multiple red foot outlines drawn on it. A traditional yellow measuring tape stands vertically over one tracing, showing a foot length of approximately 6.25 inches. An adult’s hand holds the tape measure in place.

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · May 8

I am still traumatized by the red tape, hoops that I had to jump through, and unmapped roads to navigate to deal with her humble estate more than the hearing and feeling of her last breath. Is fucking absurd and outré.

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · May 6

Reports coming in that Trump was surprised by the Canadian visit. On the left is what he was expecting, vs who arrived on the right.

Clips show that Carney was speaking slowly and parsimoniously so Trump could follow along.

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · May 8

✨ Designer Spotlight: The Sweetspot Pattern minimuse.ca/2025/05/07/%... #IndieDesigner #CanadianMade #SweetSpot #Knitty #Koigu #MakersGonnaMake #KnitOneBelow #DesignerSpotlight #WordPress #CanadianDesigner #WhatIf

✨ Designer Spotlight: The Sweetspot Pattern

Some patterns happen on purpose. Sweetspot happened because I kept asking, “I wonder if?” Back when Elise Duvekot was working on her book Knit One Below, I had the opportunity to be …

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · May 4

🌿 Growing Together: Ace’s First Balcony Garden minimuse.ca/2025/05/03/%...

🌿 Growing Together: Ace’s First Balcony Garden

This spring, we’ve added a new adventure to our list of Mini Muse memories — Ace’s very first garden. And not just any garden — a balcony garden, high above the street, where sunshin…

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Apr 30

Ace helping his dad build a patio set= peak joy. He proudly peeled off plastic like it was mission critical, all while rocking ear protection (PPE ftw!!).
Big helper energy in a tiny package.
Blog’s got the full story: naturalbornknittr.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/l...
#BlueSkyCreative #ProudHelper

Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Apr 25

This isn’t a cheese stick. It’s a cheese commitment. Respect.
#SnackAttack #CheeseLover #NoNotes #IYKYK

A 3 year old black boy in red & white stripped pyjamas gazes down cheekily at a Costco-sized brick of marbled cheese that he is holding with both hands in front of him. He is sat on the edge of a grey sofa with the view of a kitchen in the background.

A 3 year old black boy in red & white stripped pyjamas chomps down on a Costco-sized brick of marbled cheese that he is holding with both hands in front of him. He is sat on the edge of a grey sofa with the view of a kitchen in the background.

A 3 year old black boy in red & white stripped pyjamas bites down on a Costco-sized brick of marbled cheese that he is holding with both hands in front of him. His gaze is cast upward.
He is sat on the edge of a grey sofa with the view of a kitchen in the background.

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · Apr 24

To negotiate with oneself is madness. To do it on Truth Social is presidency.

-Chinese Proverb, probably

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Apr 24

I used to swerve Photoshop hard - now I made this!
One of my most challenging & rewarding projects this semester.
✨ Which edit made me rage-quit twice? Tell me your fave!
🖥️ Full story: naturalbornknittr.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/t...
#Photoshop #ADHDPowered #WomenInDesign #BlueSkyCreative #MakeArt

a compilation of 9 of the same face in a 3 x 3 square - a Caucasian female, middle aged. In the original, top left image, she is smiling with her long salt & pepper hair hanging down on the left side of her face. She is wearing purlple metal framed glasses and her chin is supported by her left hand and there is a bit of a floral tattoo showing on her forearm. there is a grey sofa behind her to her left, and the background wall is a brilliant, sunshine yellow. The remaining faces are photoshopped in a variety of manner - a paper cutout, a tiger print superimposed on her face with a palm leaf background, a distressed sepia toned image with WANTED burnt into wood, an image in front of a moon with a reflection in a mirror below that appears to be in a desert, a double exposure effect with a rabbit from Alice in WOnderland looking quizically on her left with clouds that are lightly tinged blue over her face and hair, with a Cheshire Cat depicted with just glowing green eyes and a sharp-toothed grin in the upper left corner, a dark image with neon pink glasses casting a glow over her face and and blue neon "entrance" sign behind her in the upper left corner, a block with 4 raised rectangular panels (like on a rooftop) what have images of her in perspective and the name Wannietta in a yellow outline in perspective below, and finally a posterized image of her in blues and purples with a pink rose in her hair and a grainy black starbust behind her.

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Apr 3

This is Ace’s art from today - clearly leaning towards abstract like his Amma 🥰 - but of particular note is the piece he called “popsicle”. 🤯🤣 🖼️
I’m going to have to stay sharp on our collab work - our Ace knows what he’s about!

#Art #Abstract #AbstractArt #YoungArtist #NextGeneration #Ace

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Mar 9

When we first started FaceTiming (he was 1), he would cry when I hung up, so I told him “click the bye-bye button” so that he could end the call and be less traumatized 😭💙💙

Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Mar 9

The chewing sounds are loud 🙉 but I have another sweet message from my 👦🏾💙
His fingers are sticky so he’s asking his mom to “click it” to turn off the recording b/c he’s all done 🥰 he has an awareness of his hands or clothes being dirty and he likes to be clean.
#Grandson #ByeAmma #ILoveYou

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Mar 4

When I don’t answer his calls, Ace knows I’m either working or sleeping 🥰🥰 👦🏾💙🤟🏾
#HiAmma #ILoveYou

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Mar 3

#ILoVeYou #GoodNightAmma
💙👦🏾🤟🏾

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Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Feb 20

I really love you colour choices and how you’ve layered them up to build dimension 🤩

Wannietta @passionknit.bsky.social · Feb 20

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