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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Y’all, I finished blocking my swatch for my first ever sweater yesterday and am now ready to cast on. I’m nervous and wildly intimidated, but we press on! 🧶

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Y’all, I am 8 rows from the end of a cowl I’ve been working on for 2 months and I’m out of my main color 😭😭 my gauge must is too loose and now I need to frog a significant amount of it to fix it. I’m genuinely so upset and disappointed. I want to shove it in a corner but then I’ll never finish. 🧶

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

This is the vibe tonight 😍

Hands holding a knitting project in progress with a glass of wine

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Literally so impressive! It’s amazing 😍

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

It’s finally time to build this 😍😍💀😍😍

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Rapture update: I’m still here, and apparently that means I’m still “expected to go to work” 🙄🙄😭 Hopefully traffic is lighter

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Y’all I’m so excited for this!!! I have been waiting so long! 😍

The title screen of the tv show The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Y’all, all I want is to knit some fall/spooky season socks. I just need to find the right yarn! Weirdly I feel like there’s not a ton of dyers with fall colors yet. I may need to broaden my horizons and find new yarn dyers

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I feel the exact same way. I’m ready to get off this ridiculous ride, but there seems to be no end in sight.

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Absolutely! It’s so hard to actually “own” anything anymore. And even if you can “buy” digital goods, most services now have some wording nested in the EULA stating that they can revoke your access at any point. It’s so crazy

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

100%! It’s honestly so gross, and it’s heartbreaking to watch things you once loved slowly get worse and worse.

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Gotta love the capitalistic enshitification of every product that’s ever existed in the name of eternal profit growth. 🙃

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Forgot to post, but I finished my first socks about a month ago!! I’m literally in love with them and so excited that they are done! I’ve moved on to a mosaic knitting project and am already missing the mindlessness of the socks. 🧶🧦

Multicolored hand knit striped socks being worn looking down on them from above

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Y’all I am so burned out, and I have no idea how I am supposed to recover and improve my mental health with all of *gestures around broadly* this going on 😭

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Thanks for the additional recs! The pattern calls for DK so I’ll look at these since pound of love only comes in worsted.

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Thanks for the recs! I’ll have to go feel some new skeins and look at the others as well!

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Ooh I’ll take a look at those!

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Well you make it sound easy enough! Though my counting is always questionable 😂. Thanks for the video! I’ll give it a watch.

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

That’s the second recommendation I’ve gotten for pound of love! That may be the route I go!

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Probably a soft acrylic, cotton, or a mix of the two? Something that will hold up and look nice

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Awesome! I’m totally fine with acrylic as long as it’s soft! Now to find somewhere nearby that has some that I can feel. All my LYSs carry really nice wools but not many acrylics.

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Oh I might have to give this a try! Those skeins are humongous! I’m low key super nervous to try mosaic because I’ve never done it before and so now I’m wondering if I need to do some small project first so I don’t mess up the blanket. 😂☠️

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

For those wondering I think I’m going to do this pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... I’m so excited. This will be my first mosaic crochet pattern as well so I’ve got some test granny squares to do.

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The Craft Mosaic Afghan pattern by Abi McIntyre

There used to be a quaint wee shop called ‘The Green Witch’ in the town of Aberdour, Scotland.

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Hey, y’all! Looking for good recommendations for yarns to to use for afghans! I’ve used Red Heart Super Saver in the past but don’t love how scratchy it feels. Any recommendations are welcome! 🧶

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Y’all I just learned that Utah Yarn Crawl starts next week and I couldn’t be more excited. 😍

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Yes! My hands are large as well so that’s been the hardest issue is my ring and pinky fingers just dangling around with nowhere to go 😂.

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Update on the 9” circulars, I am slowly getting more used to them. Still fussing with how I hold my hands trying to stop the cramping. The workflow however is 😍. I love that I can just go round and round without having to readjust my needles every 30ish stitches like I do on magic loop. 🧶

A work in progress hand knit sock on 9 inch circular needles

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Finished my test swatch for the @sweetpaprikadesigns.com skill builder box that I just got! I’m pretty sure my gauge is going to be off so now I’m debating if I have enough yarn to do another swatch. 🧶

A knit test swatch for a mosaic knitting pattern

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Y’all, Irene out of drag is 🥵

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I just ordered one of the ChiaoGoo shortie sets from my LYS and I’m excited for it to come in so I can try the 2”/3” combo setup! I’m hoping that eases some of the pain in my hands. I just want to love it! 😩

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Trying to knit a sock ATM on 9” circulars and I have very mixed feelings. I love that I don’t have to interrupt my flow to switch needles, but damn do my hands hurt ☠️ 🧶

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Oh good so it’s not just my cat! ☠️

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

That’s a great idea and probably what I should have done, but instead I foolishly thought I would just see the panel and remember😂. For the next sock I’ll probably use markers.

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The next task (beyond, you know, knitting the other sock) will be to figure out how to adapt longer socks to fit my calves. That ribbing is stretched to the max but my ankle is great so I might need to do some decreases in the leg.

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Y’all, it’s been a long journey, but I finally have a whole sock!!! 🎉🎉🎉 I’m literally so happy! It has some flaws but I’m in love. 🧵🧶

A calf and foot wearing a freshly hand knit striped sock

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Thanks! I am enjoying it! It’s the Rye Sock pattern by Tim Can Knits!

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

It’s finally getting warm enough to read and knit on the deck and it’s currently giving me life ngl.

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Finally got back to this in the last couple of weeks! Foot is done and now to start the toe decreases! Almost done 🎉 🧵🧶

A striped multicolor handknit sock still on the needles with only the toe left to go

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Y’all, there was no world in my head where Suzie Toot wasn’t in the finale. I genuinely can’t process it. But at the same time I’m so happy that Lexi is going to the finale! So many mixed emotions

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Brayden @bwinterton.bsky.social · 01/04/2025