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Sybil Ra

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Knitwear designer, accessories with a twist My blog: https://knitting-and-so-on.blogspot.com My designs on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/sybil-r #craft #knitting #sewing #reading #audiobooks #languages #infosec #womeninSTEM #womenintech

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Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · 1d

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

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.

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · 19d

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.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
payhip.com/b/VRlBJ

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.

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you. I bought this (hand-dyed) yarn in a LYS in Amsterdam.

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Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · 24d

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 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.

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Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Sep 14

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

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Aug 24

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...
payhip.com/b/rIuPn

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.

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Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Aug 23

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...

Apple cake in a round tin with two hand-knitted pear-shaped potholders in different shades of green on a wooden kitchen counter.

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Aug 17

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)

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.

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

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Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

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.

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Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Jul 26

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...
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.

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Jul 20

Knitted flowers 🧶

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

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.

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thank you!

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Jun 5

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 🧶

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).

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Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Jun 1

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".

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

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · May 25

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

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

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Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · May 10

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

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Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · May 10

Thank you 🌼

Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · May 10

#knitting some flower motifs 🌼🧶

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

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dtv Verlag @dtv-verlag.bsky.social · Apr 8

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.👇
www.ndr.de/kultur/sendu...

"Hier draußen" - das Debüt von Martina Behm

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

www.ndr.de

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Sybil Ra @sybilra2.bsky.social · Apr 5

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.

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.

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KnitHacker @knithacker.bsky.social · Mar 21

Mathematician Uses Knitting & Crochet To Help Solve A 40-Year-Old Math Problem: 👉 phys.org/news/2025-03... #knitting #crochet #math 🧮🧶

Mathematicians crack 40-year-old problem on quasiregularly elliptic manifolds

A mathematical problem solved by Susanna Heikkilä relates to the classification of quasiregularly elliptic 4-manifolds, asking what four-dimensional shapes can be obtained by deforming four-dimensiona...

phys.org

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knitty® | editor, Amy Sadler @knitty.com · Mar 12

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