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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#WIPWednesday Week 7 Progress: Missed a couple of weeks, but I’m almost finished. Bad news is I’ll probably lose at yarn chicken. Good news is I can take from the body hem which I need to reknit anyway. 🧶 #Knitting #KnitSky

Close up photo of in progress knitting project. Knitting is in dark blue and white.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Potato chips made out of potatoes, wow! As opposed to what? Old sweat socks?!?

Photo of the label of a Lays potato chip bag with the phrase “made with real potatoes“ circled.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#WIPWednesday Week 4 progress: I was I little further on the body, but then decided I didn’t like how much it stretched, one reason I don’t like to knit on big (size 8) needles with Aran yarn. Ripped back, adding decreases, and stepping down needle size. 🧶 #Knitting #KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I get a kick out of knitfluencer videos that ask, “How did you learn to knit before the internet?!?” Books, baby, books. I fucking read. I would go into B&N every couple of months and browse the latest books and magazines while drinking coffee for a couple of hours. 🧶📖 #Knitting #KnitSky

Photo of a bookshelf containing 20+ books about knitting

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#WIPWednesday Week 3 progress: I have achieved sleeve separation! Colorwork roses are also done. The rest is just thick blue and thin white stripes. Don’t love how I can see where I increased in the top white stripes, but knit and learn. Bottom ones are better. #Knitting #KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits

Photo of an in-progress knitting project. It is a blue and white sweater with a horizontal band of roses on the yoke with thick blue and thin white stripes above and below. The photo shows half of the sweater including the top of the sleeve shortly after separation from the body. Yarn is Phoenix by Ella Rae and the pattern is based on the Rosie Yoke sweater by Lene Holme Samsøe.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#WIPWednesday Week 2 progress: I’m about 2/3 through the roses. Still not a fan of colorwork. Aran weight yarn and 5 mm needles seem huge! My sweet spot is fingering on a 3.5 mm. My mid-Oct. finish date is totally doable. I knit that collar three times before I was happy. 🧶 #Knitting #KnitSky

Photo of an in progress knitted sweater project. It is a top down, circular yolk sweater in navy blue and white. It has a wide crewneck collar, wide blue stripes separated by narrow white stripes, and then a horizontal border of roses and leaves in a vine design. Background is a bluish gray knitted blanket.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I keep seeing influencer videos showing stacks of knitwear that they knit in the first half of 2026. I thought I might present a more realistic view the new or average knitter might expect to produce…. 🧶 #Knitting #KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#WIPWednesday Week 1 progress: I enjoyed sharing progress on the last tank I knitted, so I thought I’d do a weekly progress report on my next project. It’s a sweater loosely based on the Rosie Yoke Sweater by Lene Holme Samsøe to match my new favorite skirt. 🧶 #Knitting #KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits

Photo of a in progress knitting project in navy blue and white. It shows large stripes of navy blue with small stripes of white and a floral pattern currently being knitted along with stains of white and navy blue yarn. The background is a grayish blue knitted blanket.

Photo of a fuzzy gray wool sweater with a turtleneck and a floral pattern around the yoke. The sweater is oversized with a main color of gray and a floral yoke pattern in cream.

Photo of a cotton skirt with a white background and a floral pattern in navy blue and medium blue. The floral pattern includes large roses along with smaller flowers.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Nurse, I need 350 m of indie hand-dyed sock yarn and a set of size 2 DPNs stat! 🧶 🩺 #knitting #knitsky

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Day 20 progress. Finis! Yarn: Euro Baby Sweetness, colorway 105 (discontinued) Pattern: Made it up as I went. Lace pattern from Vogue Knitting Ultimate Stitch Dictionary 🧶 #Knitting #KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Day 19 progress. Working on the back neck. I love doing a half twisted 1X1 ribbing when working in the round, but when knitting flat on straight needles, that P1TBL gets a bit tedious. 🧶 #Knitting #KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Day 17 progress. The front is done! The two sides actually match more or less. Onto the back. 🧶 #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Day 16 progress. It took me 4-5 tries, but I finally got this neck shaping looking decent. I didn’t plan well with the placement of the motifs so it took a bit of finagling. With luck, I’ll remember what I did and be able to mirror it for the other side… 🧶 🤞🏻 #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Day 15 progress. I am about halfway through the top front, only because through sheer force of will, I have avoided ripping everything back to fix this little loop that is driving me nuts and that I missed until several rows later. I will fix it when I’m done… 🧶 #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Day 14 progress. Bad news: I missed a day. Good news: I have achieved front/back separation! Thought I’d have to do some calculation for armhole decreases, but then realized the tank I wore yesterday was the same gauge as the one I was knitting. Counting for the win! #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

First potato harvest! This was from the bag I didn’t think would yield anything. It was the last one we topped off with soil and the first one to die off. I have five more bags that should yield more. 🤞🏻 🌱 #gardening #zone6b #gardensky

Photo of several newly harvested redskin potatoes of varying size covered in dirt, on a stone step.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Speaking as a boomer, one thing the current generation gets right is placing boundaries between work and life. CEOs like this will NEVER appreciate you answering work texts at 10:00 at night or clocking in early to “catch up on email” but your spirit will appreciate drawing that line.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Day 12 progress. I only managed a few rows today, my knitting motivation was low. That got me thinking about what motivates and demotivates me with knitting. Then I saw Bluesky had implemented automatic thread numbering, so…a thread about game theory and knitting. 🧶 #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Day 11 progress. I ret about half of what I ripped out yesterday, so I’m back to being halfway done. I confess, I am a stitch marker junkie. I have dozens of stitch markers. I use my special black cat markers at the BOR working in the round. 🧶 🐈‍⬛ #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Day 10 progress. Me: I followed the directions exactly. Narrator: She did, in fact, NOT follow the directions exactly. Turns out ignoring what the * says was kind of stupid. I did indeed leave out a decrease outside of the start of the first lace repeat on row 9. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 🧶 1/2 #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Day 9 progress. HELP!!! Dahell am I doing wrong?!? This is supposed to be a heart lace repeat. Although it is a 12-stitch repeat, there is a center stitch column. It shows in the chart and in the sample. It fucking shifts one stitch when I follow the directions exactly. #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Day 8 progress. Very little progress today. I did, however, complete 32 k4togs, so there’s that…

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Day 7 progress. Close to the halfway mark, I think. Finished the 3rd of 6 skeins today. Knitted 10” so far; have another 2” to go before agile shaping. Wish I could get a better photo of the lace pattern. Can anyone tell what it is? 🧶 #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitting

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Day 6 progress. Started the lace panel. Those k4togs may be my Waterloo. It took me a couple of tries to get the lace started in the right place, but I finally figured it out and got a couple of rows knitted. #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Day 5 progress. Finished a second skein of yarn. That’s 16 rows of ribbing and 33 rows of stockinette stitch. It was a nice sunny day, cool enough to leave the doors and windows open! Another day like today and I’ll be well into the first lace repeat. 🧶 #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Day 4 progress. Not much done today, just 5-6 rows of stockinette stitch, about a third of what I did yesterday. It turned into a dreary, rainy, nap in the recliner kind of day. 🧶 #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Day 3 progress. Just starting row 14 of 40 rows of stockinette stitch. That’s about 5” total before I start the simple lace inset. 🧶 #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitting

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Day 2 progress. I’m at about 2 inches of ribbing. I will do a few inches of stockinette stitch before starting the lace panel inset. I am not a particularly fast knitter since I knit English with my inflammatory arthritic hands, but I get the job done eventually. 🧶 #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

Photo of a knitting project consisting of about 2 inches of ribbing knit on circular needles using a purple, teal, and light green variegated yarn. The photo includes a stitch marker of a black cat on a greenish yellow background. The background of the photo is a floral print on white, with blue and pink and yellow being the predominant colors in the print. A clear acrylic measuring guide lies partly on the knitting.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I thought I would try to document my progress on this project with one pic a day. The yarn is Euro Baby Sweetness, a DK weight yarn knit on size 6 circular Karbonz needles. It will be a tank with a simple lace panel. Day 1 results are about 1” of 1X1 half twist ribbing. 🧶 #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

Photograph of a knitting project showing approximately 1 inch of 1 X 1 half twisted ribbing. The yarn is variegated shades of teal, purple, and light yellowish green. It is shown on a pair of black Karbonz circular knitting needles with purple and green stitch markers. The background is white with a blue floral design.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

One of those little garden vignettes I look forward to seeing bloom each summer. 🌱 💐

Photograph of a garden showing red and yellow day lilies, black-eyed susans and pink coreopsis.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

What’s on my needles? A make it up as I go tank top made from a light fingering cotton linen blend. It has a folded hem, stockinette body, lace yoke, and a lovely neck/armhole edge formed by slipping two wrong side edge stitches and a right side dec/yo. 🧶 #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitting #KnitSky

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Apparently, the birds decided I needed some rose campion in my garden. We did not plant these in the garden, they just showed up this year. I did have my gardener move them to more appropriate location, but these are apparently all courtesy of bird shit. 🌱 #Gardening #GardenSky #Zone6A/6B

Photo of a garden showing yellow daylilies and pink rose campion.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I don’t mind that the peonies, lupines, and foxgloves are done because it just means the yarrow, day lilies, and daisies are taking off! 🌱 #gardening #gardensky #zone6a #zone6b

Photo of a garden, showing daisies, hydrangeas, a wild grapevine, and stone walls.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Trump and his minions couldn’t even get fair food right! Even this bleeding heart liberal knows if you don’t have funnel cake, corn dogs, and deep fried Oreos, it’s not worth your time. Trump-Backed Tribute to States on the Mall Features Extra Tinges of Red www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/u...

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I think they should change the #ReflectingPool into a Reflection Pool and add water features, a couple of bridges, lots of water flora and some fish to it. Embrace the green! 🌱

Photo of a pond with a waterfall feature. The pond has several purple water viruses at one end and is covered with water lily pads with several pink water, lily flowers.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The motivation for everything Trump does is summed up in this photo. He is never going to be one of the cool kids he desperately wants to be.

Photo of President and Dr. Biden, President and Mrs. Obama, President and Mrs. Bush, President and Secretary Clinton taken at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Even if half the blooms are spent, the view out my dining room room doors is still pretty spectacular. 🌱 #Zone6A #Gardening

Photo through the panes of French doors, showing a garden view, including Fox glove, Lupine, peonies, yarrow, irises, and various greenery.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

One of the best things about watching this is thinking about all the overtime these guys are earning working at 1 AM on a Saturday morning…’cause I’m pretty damn sure those are union jobs.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My first mixed bloom bouquet of the season! I had daffodil bouquets earlier, but this is the first of many with a bit of everything-peonies, lupine, irises, columbine. 🌱 💐 #Gardening #Zone6A

Vase full of flowers sitting on a piano. Bouquet includes very light pink and dark red peonies, purple lupines, purple iris, white columbine and medium pink columbine.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Who needs a birdbath when you have a pond!? #Gardening #Zone6A

Photograph of a bird bathing in a small pond surrounded by water irises.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

It’s blanket week for #ShowMeYourKnits. While this is crochet, I wanted to share it because I actually crocheted it over 30 years ago for this little one’s mother. Her mother took such good care of it that it became her grandson‘s favorite blankie... 🧶 #Crochet

Photo of a toddler boy asleep with a blue crocheted blanket.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

You know you’re getting old when books set in your teen years and in your 20s are classified as historic fiction.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

My current #WIPWednesday entry. Original plan was a go with the flow rolled hem, but didn’t like the fuzzy look with this yarn, so I switched to a folded hem. Much nicer! 🧶 #Knitting #ShowMeYourKnits

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Couple more weeks and these babies are going in the ground! Well, not the ground, but the raised planters to try to keep the critters off. Tomato and bell pepper seedlings went well this year, but the hot peppers (center left) are dragging. 🌱 🍅 🌶️ 🫑 #Gardening #Zone6A

Photo of vegetable seedlings in seed starter containers.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

It’s stockinette week on #ShowMeYourKnits. Perfect timing, as I just started a new project that will be mostly stockinette stitch with a lace yoke. At least that was the plan. Now 10-12” of row after of knitting on US size 2 (2.75mm) needles is a bit daunting. 🧶 #Knitting

Photo of a dark variegated, blue knitted square of primarily stockinette stitch with some lace detail as a gauge swatch. On top of the gauge swatch is a knitting project knitted in the round with just a few rows of stockinette stitch completed. Both sit on a background of a light blue knitted blanket.

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Karen Droms @kdroms-knitter.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I don’t have many pictures of myself wearing my knits, but here’s my retirement photo with my Diane cardigan and Reyna shawl, a beanie knit from alpaca yarn gifted to me by my nephew, and gloves I knit to fit my obscenely long fingers. 🧶 #ShowMeYourKnits #knitting

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