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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Same sweater, four faces. I started this Annabelle Sweater in January. All the details are in my project page on Ravelry (in bio), but basically it's Fibre Co. Lore plus mohair. Nobody had made this except the designer! And it wasn't supposed to be patterned all over, but I loved the pattern. 🧶

The knitter modeling a buttonless cardigan with polo style neck that stands up. In burgundy background with an alternating fleur-de-lis block in variegated teal blues.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For the yarn dyers! Is it possible to speckle-dye NSW (nonsuperwash) fingering wool?? I don't see NSW for sale much. Does the heat process ruin it? I'm not finding what I want online. Wanted to maybe try it myself with Cascade 220 fingering NSW, but not if it's going to ruin the yarn. 🧶

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Survey! 1. Have you ever knit a sweater with sock yarn? 2. What size needle did you use?? 3. How long did it take??? Before I embark on absolute foolishness! 🦥🧶

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If anyone is still looking for Acadia yarn by The Fibre Company, they have some colors at Leelanau Fibers in Michigan! 🧶

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#showmeyourknits is autumnal colors this week. Hmmm. My rusty Foxy? Many changes were made to the original pattern by Wollmuschi. Yarn is Delaine Merino (discontinued) with a little Cumbria in the yoke.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Finished a pair of Yin/Yang mittens in alpaca boucle. I never would have done this with this yarn, other than I had a moratorium on buying more yarn. 🧶 😂 Do not recommend.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Someone asked once if I ever sell my work. Just when everyone is spending on yarn now that the weather's turned cool, I listed one 😄 Anyway, this summer version of Kachemak in Rowan Felted Tweed is listed on Etsy for the price of the yarn, basically. Size 48-52". www.etsy.com/listing/4578... 🇺🇸 🪬🛟🧶

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Handknitted Lightweight Tee / Shortsleeve Sweater / in Rowan Felted Tweed (size 2x-3x) - Etsy

This Womens Sweaters item is sold by SpyferretHandknits. Ships from Oconto, WI. Listed on Sep 18, 2026

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Diona Tee (Longsleeve sweater version). Took me over a year because of discontinued yarn, then later found a couple sources pop up so I could finish the sleeves! Pattern by Sari Nordlund. Yarns are The Fibre Company Acadia in Thistle, and Dream in Color Suzette in Plum. Both discontinued. #knitsky

A long-sleeved purple sweater with cabling all over the front and ribs all along the sides and sleeves. It's fashioned in raglan style with over-long sleeve ends with just a plain bindoff. Cable neck.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

For #showmeyourknits stripes week, I present to you Blunk the Hat. It’s two alternating skeins, one of them a gradient. The construction is totally weird. And this one’s huge because I insisted on using worsted. You can find all the details about my projects in my ravelry.. link in bio.

Stripey hat in burgundy and pastel rainbow.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Couldn't decide which shot I liked best, so uploaded all 4. My sweaters take so long that the manufacturers often discontinue the yarn before I finish. That was true with BOTH the yarns I held together on this Diona Tee! But I found more, so the sleeves continue to get longer. Same cables on back.

Knitter with a pixie cut as the 3x model, wearing a raglan crewneck in plum, high neck, with cable antler overlapping pattern down the entire front panel. The sleeves have a K2, P2 rib all the way down to the elbow, where they remain unfinished.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#showmeyourknits Things I've knitted more than once... Definitely have a lot of Kobuk hats, Pescovegetarian mittens, Micetto beanies, Callisto beanies, Cat Love hats, emo-support chickens, and frogs! See my link in bio to go to my Ravelry project page for all versions of them. Here is a selection.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

@knitsky I have a FO! needs buttons stitched on at waistband. Pattern: Maiija Crossover on Rav. I paired a fingering wt merino-silk w/ a mohair. Size 10 US needles. De Rerum Natura is lovely yarn. In Oursin. Had yarn 🐓 as it was sold out nearly worldwide! I may have bought the last ones! Sweating!😅

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/07/2026

This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.  This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Join me in mailing postcards! I have written 200 so far of my 500 goal. "Our award-winning research proves that postcards increase Democratic turnout by 1.3%. This impact is roughly equivalent to 45,000 hours of door-to-door canvassing!" Go to turnoutpac.org/postcards to order your first batch!

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Oconto County Democrats @ocontocowisdems.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Lakewood WI Super Valu 9:30 am to 1 pm It's hot, so let us cook for you! Grab & go! Take a few on your way to fishing, or the cabin, or to munch on in the car. 9:30 am until we run out or 1:00 pm, whichever comes first! All the toppings will be available, plus sodas and bottles of water.

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Postcards to Swing States @postcards2win.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Our Get Out the Vote postcards for the November 3 Midterm Elections are ready to go!!! www.turnoutpac.org/postcards Years of research proves that our postcards are the most effective way to help rally Democrats to vote from your home.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 27/05/2026

The Republican Party quietly deleted their own ad attacking Ken Paxton's record on crime... because Paxton is now the Republican Party's nominee to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. Figured if the ad is important enough to delete, it's important enough to see...

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NPR @npr.org · 21/05/2026

The Commission of Fine Arts gave the arch design its final approval, even though it's missing some visual components. The president said Thursday that he doesn't need approval from Congress. n.pr/3RVaGU7

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Trump's towering arch clears another federal hurdle, despite public pushback

The Commission of Fine Arts gave the arch design its final approval, even though it's missing some visual components. The president said Thursday that he doesn't need approval from Congress.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... Volunteer to write and send out postcards reminding voters to get out there on Nov. 3. (They have you pay the postcard stamps yourself, 61₵.) If you can help, please order some postcards and you can do this from your home! @wisdems.org @ocontocowisdems.bsky.social

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Write Wisconsin Get Out the Vote Postcards · Mobilize

Sign up for our Get Out the Vote postcards. We'll send you the postcards for free, along with voter lists and instructions with proven message options. You will need to provide the Postcard Stamps (cu...

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

#showmeyourknits Cowls week! I have made so many cowls. Many were gifted. The most difficult was the doubleknit Om Shanti cowl by Owlcat Designs. I lost the first one, so I made another, but it was really a slog! Mistakes were made. I went down a needle 2/3 of the way up and it was perfect.

The blue side of the Om Shanti cowl. Made with Madelinetosh Pashmina in Baroque Violet and Grasshopper, until I ran out of the violet and used Ella Rae something in Ocean. It helped tighten up the top, which made it perfect around the neck. This the old cowl that I lost.

This is the reverse Grasshopper side of the Om Shanti cowl. The swahili text is in reverse colors since it's doubleknit, but it's not backwards, because it's complicated! It's not a mirror image like most doubleknits. I do miss this cowl very much, and I made another, but I don't like the colors I chose for the new one :(

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

#showmeyourknits cables week ~ you got it. This was designed as a tee, but I doubled up on the yarn and it's going to be a sweater. The sleeves are longer now, halfway to the elbow, just no new photo. It's the Diona Tee by Sari Nordlund. And yes, there are mistakes in there! But who could tell??

A purple 2x1 ribbed tee with a mock neck and an intricate cable panel taking up the center portion of the front. The sleeves are on stitch holders. They are raglan style and also knit in 2x1 rib.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Here's a mid-project sneak peek of my progress on Annabelle Cardigan (not my pattern). I want about another 8-10 cm for the sleeves, and then I leave the armpit holes and continue the bottom-up raglan yoke. Anyone have any tips? Never done this type of sweater before. #knitsky

Two colorwork sleeves in progress, variegated blues and teals on a maroon background in a graphic flower motif.

The knitter is modeling the lower half of the cardigan, like a tube, and also has the patially-constructed sleeves on her arms to just above the elbows. The uncut steek is shown in the center. It looks tight, but the sweater is actually 56 inches around and after completed will have a button band added. Maker is a size 24 US with a 46" waist.

This is the same try-on photo but from an angle that shows the side of the sweater without the steek centerline.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Does anyone know what's going on with the Ravelry website this morning? #knitsky

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

#showmeyourknits colorwork I guess I really don't care much about color value. This is made with 5 colors of Lore by The Fibre Co. and mohair/silk by Up North Yarns (salamander) and Isager Alpaca 1 (midnight). #knitsky This isn't even gradient yarn -- I'm swapping colors of one yarn at a time.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

#showmeyourknits A very muted version of MidMod cowl by Sweaterfreak. Malabrigo worsted Inolvidable and Polar Morn. I feel like it looks like a worn out Turkish wool rug.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A new FO in some light, bright colors to verve up my winter blues. Cafevotten mittens by KO strikker. Yarn is Sandnes Garn Alpakka Ull, in ballet tutu and spicy orange. (Trying to work from my stash only, and this time it worked.) #knitsky

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

#showmeyourknits gray week... Here is the first whole sweater I ever knitted! It is Verdure, by Ambah O'Brien. I did a sweater test knit. Lots of bobbles. Malabrigo worsted in Polar Morn.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Someone is appreciating the cat bed I knitted 🥰 Yarns used - 6 strands held together: in comments

a very pretty tortiseshell tabby with white chest rolling on its back enjoying a newly placed bulky knit cat bed on his cat tree perch.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 16/01/2026

What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Did you hear? The Fibre Company is ceasing yarn production. :( :( :*(

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Oh, just the best picture I've ever taken... of a squirrel jumping from the chair into the bird feeder! And a very fat dove! Love this bird feeder.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

7 years in between R & L mittens. I used different yarn. A small moth-hole in the first one. Oof. Now I have another pair of shoveling mittens before midnight. Pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... A minimal pattern, so if you've never knitted a mitten, this isn't the place to start. #knitsky

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Not a knit this time! Just a simple knob cover for my teakettle lid, which gets really hot! (Looks like I might have missed a tiny spot. It'll be okay.) This is Madelinetosh Vintage in Brick Dust.

A crocheted circular knob cover for a metal teakettle. The brown and gold circle is shown covering the knob on top of the kettle lid. The kettle is a deep, dark green enameled cast iron Staub 1.5 quart.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

On a school field trip to see Pirates of Penzance in SF in 8th grade, I kissed Patrick Cassidy when I got to the front of the line to meet him.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

My knitter's choice for #showmeyourknits is the Alexa Sweater I finished in January by designer Wollmuschi. Warmly knitted in Lang Merino+superwash & held with laceweight Cascade Heritage (teal) and Madelinetosh merino light - Lost in Trees (light aqua). www.ravelry.com/projects/spy... #knitting

Knitter is the model, sitting under a spruce tree and looking up into the camera, showing off the yoke of the sweater with its bands of colorwork in hunter green and light sage.

The turtleneck is laid out on pine boards dusted with snow and framed by a couple of bare branches.

The turtleneck is in the snow on the pine boards, but the bottom parts of the arms have been folded in different directions to reveal snow sticking to the back of it, posed like a person with hand on hip and waving to a friend.

The model is the knitter, standing on a dusty clearing next to a tree and looking out at the bay of Green Bay. It is mostly ice at that time of year, January.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Honestly, not the best things I've ever made, but I've got that "both socks done" feeling and I like it. Adjustments were made for ankle and leg swelling.

Cosmos Sock pattern by Laura Menendez. Ribbed socks in variegated stripes of pink, spring green, navy blue, being worn by the knitter, legs crossed and resting on a black sheet with white cabbage roses.

The same pair of socks being worn, but photographed from above with legs resting on a rug with big tole painting designs of white daisies on dark gray.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

So I researched sock heels, and they all had the basic same shape. I realized that I need to use 75% to 100% of the foot stitches, not 50%, in creating my heel, making a "pivot point" at the bend of the ankle. Luckily, Very Pink already did it with her "sling heel"! 🧶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcvt...

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Knitting Tutorial - Sling Heel Socks

YouTube video by VeryPink Knits

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

So, I can do brights instead of white for #showmeyourknits white & bright week? I have no whites (except for a crochet square)! But bright, I have. I call this my "WildaBeast" cowl, though it's officially an Inspira Cowl with a lining. My winter storm protection cowl. It stands up!

The reverse lining of the cowl is on the outside, which is a single skein of Louise Harding Amitola, I think in Hummingbird. It's a rainbow of bright stripes of hot pink, hot red, fuchsia, lavender, ice blues, royal blue, and plum.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I have a question about sock heels. What is the best heel construction if I want the back of the leg tube and the front of the leg tube to be the same height? Meaning, lots of heel curve, I guess. I've done the heel flap recently, and I don't like how low it pulls down the back of the sock. 🧶

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Okay, truly, this was terrifying by every step. I ate so much junk stress eating while making this! My brother wanted this for Christmas so I had to! Madison-makes.com, Flyaway Cross Body Bag. #sewing

A crossbody bag in the style of a pigeon. It's quilt-pieced out of cotton solids (except for one piece of purple print around its neck), with gray body, teal and blue and gray head, black and white beak, and white wing with two black stripes going shortways. The eye is a yellow iris around a black pupil, all crocheted in a circle and stitched on. The bag has a gray webbing strap, by which the bag is hanging on the bar of a stashed ironing board resting up right against the wall.

Another picture of the same pigeon bag, being worn by the model. Only the model's black turtleneck top is visible in the background.

The same pigeon bag, but shown being unzipped. There is a beefy black zipper going from the top of the head down to the tail. The inside is lined in green and teal cotton - green on one side and teal on the other.

The maker models the pigeon crossbody bag, wearing her 'catburglar' outfit of black turtleneck and black leggings, with a rose pink beanie from Duluth Trading Company and a pair of large square glasses. She is standing in front of a potted ivy plant with her hands tucked behind her back.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

It fits, and I guess that's a win. The full-length ribbing helped it get around my XXW forefoot, and while I'm not a fan of the heel flap/cup style, it worked OK. I added 4 areas of pattern increases. Created a ripple at the top for ease, using 3:1 YOs before 2 more rounds and a regular bindoff. 🧶

The model has her foot resting on the doorjamb of her small workroom, which is wallpapered with pages from The Hobbit. One of the drawings from the illustrated paperback version of Beorn's Hall. The sock is variegated with pinks, greens, and blues.

The Cosmos Sock, with a few modifications, by Laura Menéndez.

The model is wearing the sock and standing on a black rubber yoga mat to show her forefoot stretching the ribbing out. There is a tiny piece of salt water taffy on the top of the sock that fell there due to the taffy being too old and crackly. That's why it was on sale.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I'm not really a sock person, but here I am making a sock. Cosmos Sock pattern, by Laura Menéndez of Mimosa Cafe Lanar in North Spain. I'm using the Dewpoint (Taupunkt) colorway of Schoppelwolle Edition 3. #knitsky

A self-striping yarn has been knit into a sock, almost finished, lying on a black computer keyboard backlit with teal blue light. The sock is knitted toe-up and is mostly knitted with ribbing, starting just above the toe. The colors are light pink, navy blue, lime green. At the ankle, some increases have been worked in to accommodate some cankles.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A cardi for #showmeyourknits cardi theme this week. Unfortunately, it doesn't fit me anymore. Details in the alt text.

Tideline Cardigan by Hanging Rock Roost - available on Ravelry. The knitter and model is light skinned with a blonde wig, posed holding the cardigan closed at the waist and smiling, photographed from below and backlit by a white ceiling, and wearing a black t-shirt and a faded dusky purple cardigan with rolled edging and a 3" pattern down the sides of the opening. Buttons were in the pattern, but the cardi was too small by the time it was finished to button it up and they were left off.

Yarns used in the cardigan were Drops Sky in lavender mix, plus Leading Men Show Stopper in more than one colorway, including Yarn Hoarder, Kaleidoscope and Longstocking.

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

FO took 11 weeks :) I never thought I could knit a 3x that fast. If you missed this so far, this is the Sucker Punch Sweater by Wollmuschi Designs. I added mohair to mine for the extended size and gauge. Cross stitching on the sleeves is part of the pattern, but creative placement is encouraged! 🧶

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Just some cross stitching on my knitted sleeves!

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Jen Jasperson @interstellarhomie.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

#showmeyourknits indie designer: I'm happy to share a design by a prolific artist/designer. Nearly finished, it's called Sucker Punch. The designer lives in Nederland, originally from Deutschland. TY for all the fun and creative designs, Sandra! @wollmuschi #knitsky

The model is a 3x plus size woman wearing black leggings, pink birkenstocks, and a colorwork sweater in green, dark taupe, and a little black, on an ivory background. The sweater has a wide neckline as it's not finished yet. She is standing leaning with one hand against a massage table draped with a handmade ohio star quilt.

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