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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2025

Photos of some of my 2024 projects. Yearly total was (I didn't take photos of all of them!): Adult tops: 2 Baby cardigans: 2 Gnomes: 6 Cacti: 2 Trainer socks: 4 pairs Long socks pairs: 9.5 pairs (ask my sister about the lost sock!) Hats: 1 Gloves: 1 pair Birds: 5 #knitting 🧶

A collage of my handknits from 2024 including socks, gnomes, tops - but mainly socks and gnomes!

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas. Wishing you and yours a peaceful day. (Christmas socks not quite finished in time this year!)

A pair of feet wearing handknit self striping Christmas socks with a pair of half knit colourwork Christmas socks on sock blockers in the background.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 22/12/2024

And making new larger fabric bags (or in this case almost a sack) for my nephew's present. (It's been ages since I've got my sewing machine out. Only French seams and a drawstring channel, but good fun make nonetheless. #HandmadeChristmas

A large fabric drawstring bag which has been made with Christmas fabric (poinsettias and other foliage)
There is a present in the bag but you can't see what it is.
There is a spinning wheel in the background, the present is almost as tall as the spinning wheel.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 20/12/2024

Now I'm prepared to start thinking about Christmas.

A cup of coffee is on a pub table. I'm holding the book Can Reindeer Fly? The Science of Christmas.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 17/12/2024

A morning of painting for family Christmas cards. #handmadecards

Four watercolour card fronts. One snowman, one gonk, and two with hanging spherical ornaments.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2024

Starting the holidays with a trip to the postbox.

A stack of red envelopes with second class stamps on them.
What can't be seen is they all contain handmade cards.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2024

They are done. 40 handmade cards. Minus the one I posted to Australia. #HandmadeChristmas #HandmadeCards

A box of red (and a few green) envelopes. It's not obvious but each envelope contains a handmade card.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2024

[Mystery Sock Along spoiler.] Advent mystery sock along is progressing nicely. #knitting

Handknit sock with green cuff, candy cane pattern block and then holly leaf pattern block with red berries.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 30/11/2024

My niece asked for a female gnome in Christmas tree fancy dress. Did I hit the brief?😂 #knitting

A hand knitted gnome dressed as a Christmas tree, with a green hat and dress. Tinsel around the hat and a star on the top.
She has bright pink braids.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 24/11/2024

Christmas knitting continues. On to decorations now. #knitting

A small handknit bird made out of Christmas self striping yarn.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 24/11/2024

If you have an hour to spare. This is a good read.

The book On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder is held in the leather gloves hand against a pavement background

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 23/11/2024

Christmas gloves complete. Conductive thread added to the finger and thumb on the right hand to help with phone usage in the colder weather. #knitting

The right hand glove. Hand knitted in Christmas self striping yarn. There is a patch of metal thread duplicate stitched on the index finger and thumb.

The left hand glove. Hand knitted in Christmas self striping yarn.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 15/11/2024

One glove done - I'm still not much of a fan of knitting fingers... #knitting

One handknit glove - slightly out of focus.
Knitted in a Christmas self striping yarn of dark green with candy stripe patterns in between (red and white, yellow and white, rust and white).

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2024

In #MathsToday we explored quadratic inequalities by first sketching graphs and then looking at the inequalities and the regions that satisfied them. With apologies for the inconsistent highlighting. #mtbos

A task on sketching factorised quadratic.
The final coln was blank but now has hand written quadratic inequalities that the sketches can be used to solve.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2024

At #BigMathsJam tonight @fennekLyra learnt to spin. Here's the crochet result of her handspun yarn.

Isaac (a small turquoise and purple dragon like stuffed toy) is wearing a complementary hand crochet cape made from hand spun yarn.

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Karen @karenshancock.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2024

Resting joints from knitting. So made an embellished Dorset button this evening. #DorsetButton #embroidery

A Dorset button made with greenish yarn. Embellished with a pale blue hyacinth(ish).

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