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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My gym used me as a photomodel some time ago. To show how open they are to all kinds of people. Including the old and overweight like me. I still gets smiles and giggles every time I see myself appear in my feed.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I do have some camo shorts …

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

More natural dyeing. This time overdyeing with Lac-extract. Seven skeins, undyed, weld (2x), weld&iron, black beans (3x). Now all overdyed same bath with 10% Lac-extract. #Wool #Dyeing #PlantDyeing #NaturalDyeing

Seven skeins of wool. From the left: undyed/raw white, dyed with weld (2 x)/pale yellow, dyed with weld&iron/pale greenish yellow, dyed with black beans (3 x)/ plage grey/blue

The same yarn as in the first picture. Now all overdyed with Lac-extract.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Occasionally I also dye. Here an experiment where I dyed wool with weld-ekstract in two batches to see how much there was left in the second batch. Result: not much. Process described in next post. #yarn #dyeing #naturaldyeing #weld

Six skeins of wool, dyed various shades of yellow and green.

Three skeins of wool. Two dyed yellow, one dyed green. Two shade cards on top of them.

Three skeins of wool in two colours. A pale yellow and a pale green. Two shade cards on top of them.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #BlueKnits #Rowan My most loved blue knit: ‘Sunday Best’ in Rowan yarn’s Denim. It is now 25 years old and has a bit of wear and tear on it. Especially the right cuff since I tend to fold them over. So soon I’ll cut through the frayed bit and knit a new one onto it.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

My newest textile tool: a electric ball winder. Now I ‘just need’ that electric skein winder I’ve been looking at. About 3-4 months of saving up for that still necessary. #yarn #ballwinder #Caydo #yarntools

A electric yarn winder. Grey yarn being wound into a center pull ball.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The first part of my Adult Surprise Jackt (from Elizabeth Zimmermanns’s ‘The Opionated Knitter’). Decreases done, now the increase section. Acres of garter stitch in random stripes. D6 for dark, D4 for light. Yarn is some Chinese acrylic from Temu. Decidedly mislabelled as “60%silk” and others. Not!

A rectangular piece of knitting. Stripes of various widths and colours.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits #Shawl #MenWhoKnit The shawl pinned out. Approximately 2 m by 1 m. Now to let it dry. Then it gets wrapped up as a birthday present for my SIL. I have 9 colours of that yarn. So I will knit something for myself with the rest, an Adult Surprise Jacket. Should be fun.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits #StephenWest #shawl Glittering Snowscape Shawl by Stephen West knit on 3.5 mm in 5 colours of some Chinese 60% silk, 20% cashmere, 20% wool. Very nice and soft, but splits easily. Also burn tests to a hard molten bead. So probably not as advertised. Now to sew in the ends.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

#lace #laceknitting #ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky ‘Beginner’s Triangle’ by Amy Detjen from ‘A Gathering of Lace’ by Meg Swansen. Blue lambswool, 3.5 mm needles The one some people here thought looked like a thong. Ladies … mind, gutter, out of!😁 2 m wide … gift to my aunt.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

#lace #laceknitting #MenWhoKnit #KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits #shawl Catalina Shawl by Lana Jois in 28/2 cashmere . The first three of seven base repeats. Very nice yarn and very soft, squishy hand in the raw fabric. But all those p1tbl in the twisted rib drive me mad!

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

My local gym asked me if I wanted to be one of their stories advertising their Bootcamp training. This is the pic they chose. Text says ‘From 3XL to XL, Thomas 58 years - Bootcamp’, which is the shirt sizes I went down since working out there.

Picture showing me, an older man, squatting with a heavy work-out ball.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Just for fun. Should really play some TTRPG again.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits #StephenWest #Shawl Stephen West’s Glittering Snowscapes shawl in green shades. Yarn is some Temu mix they claim to be 60% silk, 20% cashmere and 20% merino. Very soft though, but splits easily. 51 of those stripes at the right, five done.

A scrunched up knitted shawl in white and four shades of green.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits #shawl #laceknitting Amy Detjen’s ‘A Beginner’s Triangle’ from Meg Swansea’s ‘A gathering of lace’. Blue lambswool from wadils.dk I have begun the decreases. Now working my way down to the last 26 stitches for the bind-off.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I got myself two Christmas calendars this year. One with tea from A.C.Perch’s Thehandel here in Denmark. The other filled with 25 samples of spinning fibres from World of Wool in the UK. This yarn is 2ply, as a 3ply it would be thin sock yarn. Still love BFL, new dislike sari silk. Now, how to use?

Five skeins of two-ply yarn. From left to right: Wine-red with blue flashes. Gingerbread brown with coloured specks. Very pale pink. Marled yellow and cherry red giving a pinkish orange. Dark brown with lighter streaks.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Amy Detjen’s ‘Beginner’s Triangle’ from Meg Swansen’s ‘A gathering of lace’. About halfway through the increases to the middle. Nice TV knitting, except that one stitch … #KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits

A lace shawl knit sideways in medium-blue wool.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits There was a lot of yarn in that gansey. Now starting that lace shawl. ‘Beginner’s Triangle’ by Amy Detjens, pattern is in ‘A Gathering of Lace’ by Meg Swansen, XRX books. Quite forgiving pattern that can be used on many different yarns and needle sizes.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits Finally finished the 1st sleeve on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth-Reinsel’s book ‘knitting ganseys’ I intensely dislike it. So it will be frogged this evening. It will become Amy Detjen’s ‘A Beginner’s Triangle’ instead. You all got any recent knitting failures?

A knitted gansey/sweater in navy-blue wool. Chest and one sleeve done. Second sleeve not done.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits #Gansey Still working on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from ‘knitting ganseys’. Neck done. It fits ok. But the yarn still has the spinning oil in it so it needs to be washed first before it loses its stiffness and blooms. Now for the sleeves. Even more 2/2-rib …

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

#knitsky #ShowMeYourKnits #gansey Progress on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsel’s ‘knitting ganseys’. Front and back down, shoulder seams closed. Yes, I can get my head through the neck. Yes, it fits. Now to pick up stitches for the neck. Starting to hate 2/2-rib though.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #Gansey ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsels ‘knitting ganseys’. Two-ply lambswool. Back done. A simple test fit is OK. The wool still has spinning oil in it and I hope it will bloom, soften, and thicken when it is getting its soak.

The back of a knitted piece. Darkblue wool.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #Gansey Working away on ‘jorn’s gansey’ from Brown-Reinsel’s ‘knitting ganseys’ Made it to the top of the gusset, which is one of the defining features of a gansey. Now to do the back.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

#KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits #Gansey ‘Jorn’s Gansey’ from Beth Brown-Reinsel’s book ‘knitting ganseys - revised and updated’. Knitting it in a two-ply wool from wadils.dk. A gansey of course can have your initials on the front near the left seam. TH for me then. 2025 on the back.

A dark-blue piece of knitting. Ribbing and stockinette above it. In the stockinette the initials ‘TH’ in garter stitch. In the background a book showing a picture of a finished gansey showing the knitter’s initials.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Did I mention that I occasionally also dye wool? This is white and grey lambswool 7/2 100 g on each cone. It was dyed using six variants of the Berliner Blau/Turnbull’s blue/Prussian blue process. There are more of the first two variants as I was unsure about the method. #dyeing #yarn #knitsky

Cones of yarn dyed in sixteen shades of blue.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

@debbietknits.bsky.social DebbieTKnits makes some great cable work. Go look at her posts here. Inspired by that a simple 10 stitch wide strip for a strip-blanket. Edge stitch, k, 2p, 2x2 cable, 2p k, edge stitch. Now, how should I do this? 50” strips width-wise or 60” strips length-wise? #KnitSky

A knitted strip in grey wool. A simple 2x2 cable in the middle of 10 stitches.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Yes! I got permission by the recipient to post a redacted image of her wrapped in the shawl (thus the black spots). She is my Dad’s polish house keeper/live-in nurse/companion. She absolutely was over the moon getting it. ‘Polish winters are cold’. #KnitSky #ShetlandShawl

Slim woman wrapped in large grey knit shawl. Face redacted black.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #ShetlandShawl And it is done. The final glamour shot here on my office couch. Now to pack it down to take it to the recipient tomorrow. I think I’ll be knitting more shawls again.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitShy #ShetlandLace #Laceknitting 160+ cm or 60+” square! Too large to fit on my guest bed. Which is the largest flat area I currently have for blocking. Good I bought those blocking wires. They save me a lot of pin work. Now the fan to dry it and then sewing ends in tomorrow.

Large square knit shawl spread out on bed to dry.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #ShetlandShawl #ShetlandLace The edging is grafted. The slits are sewn. A dropped stitch sewn back in. Ready for its soak and its stretch tomorrow afternoon. Then it will get to shine and really show off its pattern.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #ShetlandLace #Shawl The knitting on the Shetland Hap Shawl is done. Now to graft the edging, sew the slits, wash it and block it. I should be able to get that done before deadline. It got bigger and heavier than originally thought … good thing shawls aren’t fitted.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #Lace #ShetlandLace 7/8ths done, 14 more repeats of the edging pattern, then the finishing starts. Nine days until deadline. I think I’m good.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Progress on the Shetland Hap Shawl. Edging around 2.5 sides. 42 pattern repeats to go. Then grafting the edging, sewing up the borders, washing, stretching, drying. Deadline: May 15th. Should be time enough. #knitting #knitsky #shetland #lace

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Fourteen repeats of the edging pattern cover half a side of my Shetland Hap Shawl. Three and a half sides to go. I’m knitting a lot here these holidays. 26 days until deadline. #knitsky #knitlace #knit

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I always do one repeat of the edging outside the shawl so I can get a feel of its flow, how the decreases and increases shape the pattern. Also the last return/even-numbered row in a different coloured yarn, so I can see how to graft it together once I’m all the way around. #knitsky #knit #lace

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Fourth border done on my Shetland Hap. Amazing how a deadline will speed up one’s knitting. Now to pick up all those stitches all around (over 1000) and knit the edging on. Pattern: Cobweb Crepe Shawl from Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’. Yarn: lamb’s wool from Wadils.com #knit #knitsky

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

#GreyWeek on #ShowMeYourKnits The third border on the Shetland Hap Shawl knit. Fourth one started. Pattern is ‘Cobweb Crepe Shawl’ from Sharon Miller’s book ‘Heirloom Knitting’, but using grey lambswool from Wadils.com. #knitsky #knitting #laceknitting #HeirloomKnitting

A knitted hap shawl. Centre and three borders complete, fourth border in progress. No edging yet. Sharon Miller’s book ‘Heirloom Knitting’ in the middle to show size.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits #knitsky Still working on that ‘Shetland Hap’ third border almost done. Deadline is 41 days from now until recipient’s birthday. #menwhoknit #lace #shawl

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

That big Shetland Hap I’m knitting? Just got my deadline for it: May 15th. I’ll be busy! #knitting #knit #lace #shetland

A big knitted Shetland Hap work in progress

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The second of four borders knit on the Shetland Hap shawl. It will be quite big, minimum 1.8 m /6 ft. square. But big shawls give warmth and drama. Pattern: Cobweb Crepe Shawl in Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’ Yarn: Wadil lambswool 7/2 grey #knitting #shawl #lace #shetland

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Ribbit, Ribbit! Sometimes knitting doesn’t work out, time to rip it back, a.k.a frog 🐸 it. Nice lace yarn from World of Wool, BFL/silk/stellina. Lovely hand. Nice pattern, too. But I knit it way too tight on 4 mm needles. It needs 4.5 mm and a more relaxed hand. So, I rip it and start over.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

My 1st shawl of 2025, a Shetland Hap. Sofar centre and 1st of 4 borders. 7/2 lambs wool, 3.5 mm needles. Pattern ‘Cobweb Crepe Shawl’ in Sharon Miller’s ‘Heirloom Knitting’. #knitting #shawl #shetlandhap #laceknitting

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Centre of a Shetland Hap. CO1, turn. YO1, knit to end, turn. Repeat until 162 sts. YO1, ktog3, knit to end, turn Repeat until there is just the YO and the ktog3. Cast off.

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Progress on what I call my ‘Hobo BoHo Shawl’. Squares woven on my zoom loom sewn together. A single row of crochet all around. Then my handspun yarn in simple garter-knit on each side. Now emptying my ‘When did I buy that? Any why?’ stache for the long edges. Then what? . #knitting #weaving

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Printing Christmas presents. The first of five sets of can-hiding cup and dice box. File is ‘The GameMaster’ by ArsMoriendi3D. 0.2mm nozzle at 0.06 mm layer height on BambuLab A1. BambuLab Basic PLA Grey. #3Dprint #ArsMoriendi3D #BambuLab

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Thomas H @aalborgbear.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

And then there were two … I bought the first one about three months ago. I am very impressed by the advances in 3Dprinting technology. Especially compared to my last 3Dprinter a Snapmaker A350. So much so I bought another one. Currently printing ship models, AoS terrain, and Christmas gifts.

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