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julieknits.bsky.social
@julieknits.bsky.social
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happily married for 41 yrs, knitter & crocheter, lover of books, baker, dog mom, retired English teacher, baseball fan, ESO adventurer
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Quote this post with a knit that starts with the next letter of the alphabet for #showmeyourknits

Q: Quaking Aspen Wrap - Purl SoHo
A woman with her back to the camera holding an extended hand knit multi-colored wrap. The colors start with browns at the top moving through oranges, pinks, beiges, tans, and greens (though they look yellow in the picture). Trees are in the background.
February 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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I finished my first Musselburgh hat last night. It for hubby and just in time for the coldest temps we’ve seen in N Fl for a long time! 🧶
Musselburgh by @ysoldaknits.bsky.social
Yarn is Imagine! Fiber Arts - Indigo Twighlight and Ciderhouse Red.
A hand knit Musselburgh hat. The hat is indigo with a variegated red brim. The reverse side of a hand knit Musselburgh hat. The hat is variegated red and the brim is indigo.
January 31, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Two weeks ago it was my WIP. Now it’s an FO and my garter stitch for this week’s #showmeyourknits ! It’s so warm and just in time for this week’s cold snap. 🧶
A woman stands with her back to the camera hold a stretched out hand knit wrap with fringe. It has multicolored rows beginning with browns at the top then oranges, pinks, lighter oranges, creams, beiges, yellow-green, and greens at the bottom. The fringes matches the row colors. Woods are in the background. A hand knit wrap with fringe is folded on itself. It has multicolored rows beginning with browns on the right side then oranges, pinks, lighter oranges, creams, beiges, yellow-green, and greens on the left side. The fringes matches the row colors.
January 28, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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Look what was waiting for me when I got home!! I’m thrilled it’s finally here!! 🧶
A copy of Kate Atherley’s new book Math for Knitters sitting on top of a hand braided wool rug.
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Traveling with a knitter. When my wife need a break. A moment of zen. The needles come out, the stress fades, and the creative juices flow. Here at Saratoga Springs Walt Disney Word. Perhaps Walt was a knitter.
January 22, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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Helps when the picture posts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Traveling with a knitter. Walt Disney World. This lovely young woman from Minnesota was knitting a hat. One of many, this retired nurse knit 200-300 hats a year to help the needy during the rough winter weather. I think that makes her a citizen hero.
January 21, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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These fingerless mitts are the same pattern and use the same colors. The difference color makes never ceases to amaze me. I really like the dark colored cuffs. Two more pairs to go with the oatmeal and light brown as the cuff colors. Not sure I’m going to like those as well. 🧶 #showmeyourknits
Two pairs of hand knit fingerless mitts from Hazel Tindall’s Tak Six Kloos pattern using Jamieson and Smith’s 2-ply jumper weight yarn. The colorwork mitts on the left have cranberry colored cuffs and the ones on the right have dark green and heathered brown cuffs. Both pairs also use light brown, dark brown, oatmeal, and marigold colors.
January 19, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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My WIP for #showmeyourknits is my Quaking Aspen Wrap. I only have 4 more shades of green to add and then the fringe! I’m so excited! 🧶
A portion of a multicolored hand knit wrap. The colors, from the bottom to the top, start with browns then oranges, then pinks, then creams, to greens. Across the top are 4 mini skeins of different shades of green that will be added to the wrap. The pattern is from Purl Soho as is the yarn - Linen Quill.
January 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Some firsts for #showmeyourknits: 1) my first fingerless mitts, which were also my first colorwork-opening a wonderful new world for my knitting; 2) my first cowl, which was supposed to be a scarf but I didn’t even have enough yarn for yarn chicken. 🤣
Both have kept me cozy throughout the years! 🧶
A pair of hand knit fingerless mitts in cream and several shades of purple. The pattern is November Fingerless Mitts by Outi Kater in Jamieson 2-ply jumper weight yarn. A hand knit cowl made in chunky cream yarn with flecks of brown. The cowl has a single large cable running horizontally in the middle. No pattern for this as I don’t have a record of the original scarf pattern.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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I have white and bright for #showmeyourknits! My white Flax sweater, which I still haven’t been able to wear yet (weather has been warm but I’m NOT complaining), and my Quaking Aspen Wrap, which I’m now able to work on again since Christmas knits are done. 🧶
The Quaking Aspen Wrap in Purl SoHo’s Linen Quill yarn using the Full Bloom set of mini skeins. The colors stripes go from a deep brown through lighter browns and oranges to bright pinks and then on to beiges and light pinks. Two of the skeins sit inside the WIP wrap. The Flax sweater by Tin Can Knits made up in white yarn. The sweater hangs on a drawer handle of a chest of drawers.
December 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Sometimes you just find a kindred spirit out of the blue, or in this case at a bagel shop. I don’t think they could create a KA or knitters anonymous organization even thought it looks like an addiction.
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I know it’s Socktober, but I’m so enamored with this wrap that it’s all I work on! It’s Purl Soho’s Quaking Aspen Wrap using their Full Bloom Minis Packet (which I won during the TKGA conference last April). 7 colors in and 13 more to go! 😁 🧶
An in-progress hand-knit wrap arranged in a circle. The colors show a gradient change from browns on the bottom edge to tans then oranges and to pink on the needles. Two balls of the yarn are inside the circle is the wrap on the right side. The left ball is orange and the right ball is pink.
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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I have hats for #showmeyourknits - big hats and small hats! Here are just a few. 🧶
A hand-knit infant hat in sweet pea green yarn. A hand-knit color work hat with a tree motif. The hat is grey and the trees are brown. A hand-knit hat in raspberry yarn with a white color work section in a floral motif. The hat has ear flaps as part of the brim ribbing and I-cord ties. A hand-knit infant hat in pink yarn. It has a hedgehog design made in purl-bump relief.
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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This past Saturday I found a new LYS is Tavares, FL - Crochet Aweigh. The owner, Emily, was a delight! For a small and new shop, she has so many beautiful yarns! I purchased just a few items. 🤭 I see socks and a cowl, but I’m not sure what to do with the Seaspun yet.
Yarn details in alt text.
A picture of three skeins of yarn and the business card of the shop where the yarn was purchased. The left skein of yarn is hand dyed by Indigo Child Dye-Art Studio, a central Florida dyer. The color way is Van Gogh House after a local Tavares landmark. The yarn has a vibrant yellow and orange section at the top of the the skein, then a rich, jeweled blue section, then yellow-green section, and light blue/sky blue mix at the bottom of the skein. The right skein of yarn is by the same dyer in the color way Coastal Sunflower. The colors go from a Seafoam green and brown at the top with yellow-green, brownish-orange, and yellow towards the bottom. In between these two skeins is a small, circular skein of Berroco Seaspun in a coral pink color. Below this skein is the business card of the LYS where these were purchased - Crochet Aweigh. Two skeins of Malabrigo worsted yarn in burgundy color way. Sitting on top of the skeins is a set of stitch markers made by Southern Skeins based in Tallahassee. From left to right the stitch markers are: a pink acorn with a brown top, an owl in green, a grey rhino, a blue and purple snake, and yellow baby bird.
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Traveling with a knitter we found this quaint shop in Tavares Florida. And yes my knitter walked out with a bag full of yarn.
October 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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For #showmeyourknits #socktober, I’ve got on my needles a pair of scrappy, shorty socks and Summer Lee’s Murmuration Socks using the hand-dyed yarn I bought last April from The Local Craftery in the color Sagey.
An in progress hand-knit short sock. The cuff, heel, and half of the foot are completed. The circular needles have sheep needle stoppers on them. There are two balls of leftover self-striping yarn above the sock. The yarn is variegated paler blues, olive green, and small bits of tan, purple, and white. The beginning of a sock cuff ribbing on double-pointed needles. Above the sock cuff sits a ball of yarn that is sage green in color with flecks of brown. A fourth needle is stuck through the top of the ball of yarn. Below the sock cuff sits a brown ball band with the name of the hand dyer of the yarn -The Local Craftery.
October 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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It’s about joy this week for #showmeyourknits. I get great joy from knitting and more joy when I can knit gifts for others.
A pair of hand-knit smucks (slippers) in red and blue yarn with a lobster pattern on the top. A hand-knit cowl with cables in a raspberry colored yarn. A hand- knit baby bib in bright pink yarn with a picture of a cow’s face made with purl stitches. A hand-knit Fair Isle child’s hat with a flower motif - light brown background with gradient green stems and purple and yellow flowers.
October 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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I deliberately waited longer to post for this week’s #showmeyourknits WIP because I wanted to see how far I could get on my Flax sweater. I’m making progress.
A hand-knit sweater hangs against a background of a chest of drawers. The sweater is still in progress - having about half of the body, the left sleeve minus the ribbed cuff, and a small portion of the right sleeve completed. The sweater is knit in a cream-white yarn.
September 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Since #showmeyourknits wants to see sweaters, I thought I’d show the progress I’ve made on my Flax sweater. I’ve just barely started the left sleeve because I couldn’t wait until the body was completely finished. 😂
A white sweater hanging up against a chest of drawers. The sweater is still in the knitting phase. You can see the neckline (still missing the finishing rib), the yoke with the sleeve separation and about 8 inches of the body. Needles hold the stitches at the bottom waiting to be worked on some more. The left sleeve has just been started - the orange yarn holding the sleeve stitches is still visible.
September 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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#showmeyourknits is baby items. I haven’t made any new baby things recently, but here is a variety pack, many of which I’ve posted before.
A hand knit baby cardigan that has short cap sleeves and a lacy leaf pattern along the sleeve and bottom edges. The yarn is a rich yellow. A hand knit baby bib in a bright pink yarn. The bib has the image of a cow knit into it. A hand knit baby beanie against a green background. The beanie has a leaf and flower colorwork motif all around it. The hat is a light brown yarn with two colors of green for the leaves and purple and yellow for the flowers. A hand knit baby layette set knit in a spring green yarn. The set consists of a cardigan, booties, and beanie hat all laying on top of the matching blanket.
August 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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After watching @gretaknits.bsky.social knit her Astro Pop sweater (in that really lovely green yarn 😍) during the Tour de France men’s and women’s, I decided I wanted to try a top-down sweater.
August 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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It’s stripes for #showmeyourknits! I like my stripes on my socks and fingerless mitts. Pup likes the socks better! 🐶
Six pairs of hand knit socks with stripes. Four use self striping yarns in oranges, browns, purples, pinks, and blues. Two pairs of the socks are Fair Isle patterned in red, green, and gold and another in blue, red and gold. Laying behind all of the socks is a beige colored Cairn terrier. Two pairs of knitted fingerless mitts in Fair Isle colorwork. The pair on the left is mostly maroon with motif stripes in gold, green, cream, bronze, and brown. The pair on the right is mostly green with motif stripes in the same colors as the first pair. The second pair is unfinished with the rightmost mitt still on double pointed needles with small skeins of gold, maroon, green, and cream yarns attached.
August 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Happy Birthday #showmeyourknits! For my knitter’s choice, I’m showing my current project - the cowl I’m making for my mom’s birthday in a raspberry merino fingering yarn. 🧶
About 3 inches of what will be a hand-knit cowl with 2 types of cables in a raspberry colored yarn. One type of cable is smaller and twisting to the left while the other cable is a larger antler motif. There cowl is on a pair of circular needles and the cake of yarn sits above the cowl in progress.
August 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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It’s finally finished!! My Plummet top is ready for blocking then wearing! It fits wonderfully! I am thrilled! And it’s just in time for this week’s #showmeyourknits 🧶
A hand-knit sleeveless summer tee. The body of the top is cream-colored with a plum purple small-cable motif across the bottom about 4 inches wide. A woman wearing the hand-knit sleeveless summer top described in the alternate text of the previous photo.
July 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM