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@ellenjane.bsky.social
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Norfolkknitter elsewhere... Knitting, spinning, gardening, canoeing and outdoor living

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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@gargarin.bsky.social Adding to my hasty comment this morning - daughters were S and R - S was my friend... Parents both teachers at the village school...
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
DD and I put the shade sail back up #eclipse
Crescent suns viewed on a brick wall Crescent suns viewed on a cream coloured fabric
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Such a beautiful episode...
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Poetry Please - Celebrating Brian Patten - BBC Sounds
Roger McGough, Lemn Sissay and others celebrate Brian Patten.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I have the World Service playing quietly overnight... Imagine my joy to stir to this morning's 'In the Studio' to catch @imcmillan.bsky.social talking poetry... I'm going to listen back to the whole programme 😁
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
One week on from the new knee and there is #spinning 😁 A dear friend has lent me her brand new Argonaut and we're getting along famously 😁
A photo of an Argonaut electric spinning wheel with the beginnings of a single on the bobbin. The wheel is dark green and the fibre is shades of pale yellow
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Blocking, work your magic! #knitting #showmeyourknits #handmade #laceknitting
An unblocked, handknitted lace shawl using two yarns - one gold tones and the other one is bronze/rose gold and slate blue
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Crab apple blossom in the front garden 😍 #bloomscrolling
A close up of a cluster of deep pink crab apple blossoms
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Been #spinning
Two filled bobbins of singles ready to be plied. They fibre is a pale slate blue and is BFL and mohair.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A new jumper on the way... (Interlaken by Anne Hanson in West Yorkshire Spinners Illustrious) 😁 #knitting #SweaterWeather #showmeyourknits
A highly textured handknitted jumper in progress - sleeves complete and working down the torso - the yarn is a soft pale grey marl
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
March #crafting #knitting spinning #showmeyourknits
A collage of projects from the past month - a completed aran jumper, the start of a grey, textured, yoked jumper and a couple of skeins of handspun yarn in green, pink and cream and a bobbin of plied yarn in dark green and purple
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Been #spinning 😁 Dorset Horn from Wildcraft called 'mother of pearl'. One is more saturated than the other so I'll ply them together and see what happens 😁
Two bobbins of singles in shades of pink, grey and pinkTwo braids of combed fibre tops.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
@imcmillan.bsky.social I loved today's The Verb - immediately inspiring, but will enjoy the time for it to sink in... RLS for me...
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Blocking will work its magic... #knitting #laceknitting #showmeyourknits
A lacy shawl hot off the needles and looking like a dish rag. The yarn is a purple/grey colour.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
A pile of little ornaments I made for my lovely Y8 form 😁🎄🎉 #knitting #showmeyourknits
A pile of little knitted hats and trees in scraps of Christmas yarns
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
#showmeyourknits #knitting #SweaterWeather
The first few inches of a handknitted sleeve for a jumper. There are cables and other texture. The yarn is a cream colour.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I've finished my Christmas jumper 😁 Jingle by Isabelle Kraemer and the yarn is Tynn Peer Gynt from Sandnes Garn #knitting #SweaterWeather #showmeyourknits
A handknitted jumper with a stranded colourwork yoke. The motif is a series of hanging baubles. The main colour is light grey marl and the motif is a deep sage green.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
There is something ridiculously satisfying about this sock pattern - I've made it loads of times... Sign of Four (a sock for Sherlock) by Anne Hanson (Knitspot) in yarn from WooSheeps #knitting #sockknitters #showmeyourknits
A highly textured diamond-shaped pattern on the leg of a handknitted sock. The yarn is a bright, rich leaf green.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
A little seasonal something heading to DD 😁🍁🎃🍂 #knitting #showmeyourknits
Two handknitted pumpkin decorations
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I've been #weaving with #handspun today 😁 This is the second panel of a throw - a wedding present for DH's nephew and his bride. #rigidheddleweaving
A weaving project on a 16in rigid heddle loom. They yarn is handspun in shades of green, purple and grey.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Been #spinning
A photo collage of a handspinning project from the braid of fibre to the finished skein of yarn. The colours are a vibrant mix of jewel tones.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Been #weaving for the first time in ages 😁This is the first panel of a larger project (a throw) using #handspun on my 16" rigid heddle loom #rigidheddleweaving
A photo collage of a woven panel in various stages on the loom and completed. The weft is a mix of handspun yarn in greeny greys and purples. The warp is blue and green sock yarn.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Sleeve separation has been achieved! Jingle by Isabelle Kraemer in Sandnes Tynn Peer Gynt.
A handknitted yoked sweater just after sleeve separation. The motif is representative of hanging baubles in a dark sage green with grey marled main colour.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Current WIP - 'Jingle' by Isabelle Kraemer in Sandnes Tynn Peer Gynt 😁 #knitting #SweaterWeather #showmeyourknits
The yoke of a handknitted sweater. Dark sage green hanging bauble motif on a marled mid grey background
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Almost finished jumper as lap blanket 👍#knitting #SweaterWeather #showmeyourknits
A partly-knitted mid blue jumper on my lap with my red fluffy slippers in the background
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
There has been #spinning and #knitting 😁 #sockknitters
Purple and blue handspun yarn wound onto a niddy noddy A pair of handknitted socks with a zigzag lace pattern in pale sage green yarn
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Another pair of socks for the gift pile. Yarn: West Yorkshire Spinners in 'Vintage Tinsel' Pattern? Winged it 😉🎄#knitting #sockknitters
A pair of handknitted socks in West Yorkshire Spinners 'Vintage Tinsel' - bold stripes of red, blue, green, pink and purple with silver sparkle
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
SIL's Christmas box is sorted 😁
A pair of handknitted socks in a self-patterning yarn called Yuletide - green stripes with red, orange and yellow candy cane stripes in between. It's sparkly too!
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Another sock finish 😁 Pattern is Pyroclastic from Knitty. Yarn is the newish Yarnsmiths 4ply.
A pair of pumpkin orange handknitted socks with a faux cable and lace pattern.
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Been #knitting - birthday socks for Mum
A pair of handknitted socks in pale pink, yellow and green yarn
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Norfolkknitter @ellenjane.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Seeing I am here, I ought to post something 😂 I made a thing #knitting
A tiny knitted star in gold wool
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