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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

*sigh* this is what I get for continue to try and finish these mittens while I’m tired. Better to sleep before ripping back and trying again.

A red and black colour work mitten lays almost compete on a white blanket. The cuff has checkerboards and hearts, and the body of the mittens has a v pattern surrounding a maple leaf. At the top, near the needles, there is a jump in the v.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Did I make it to the split for the thumb before realizing I had two sides with the back patterns, and no sides with the palm pattern? Yes. (This is post-rip-back)

A red and black mitten in progress. There is a rolled cuff (with cozy ribbing inside), a checkerboard section, and a hearts section in colour work on the cuff. That’s as far as it’s knit.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

To avoid spoilers, I’m switching to B&W for the rest of the week. Two draws into the Olympics Trials, Two stripes down in the socks!

A black and white photo shows four starts of socks balanced on a pair of knees. Each of the four have a light coloured cuff, and two completed stripes.

In the background you can see a curling rock hat, and a sheet of ice with curlers.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

_It begins_ We’re knitting our advent sock yarn at the Canadian Curling Trials, one stripe per draw. This might be the only photo we post “live” so we don’t spoil the colours for others.

A sparkly white sock cuff, on the needles, balances on a black crossbar. Behind it, there are curling sheets with women playing on them.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I’m on to the second sock! Took it to sit next to the river with a glass of wine this afternoon.

An orange project bag, orange sock-in-progress and an orange glass of wine in a tall stem glass sit on a picnic table next to a river. The sock hack needles in it, and it more of a tube with some ribbing and cables than a sock.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

This is shaping up to be the first month I’m not finished before the next pattern drops. I’ve just turned the heel of the first sock, and it’s already the 24th 😬 Nothing about the pattern itself - there just hasn’t been much knitting this morning

An half knit orange sock rests on a jean covered leg. The sock has a mix of ribbing and cable down the leg, and the heel has just been turned and the gusset picked up.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

My advent/curling socks are complete! (Pending weaving in of ends) They’re the same gradient running opposite directions on each pair. (The yarn is The Cozy Knitter 2024 advent sock yarn) I’m really happy with adding a little short row gusset to the afterthought heels.

Two pairs of brightly striped hand knitted socks sit on a blue table. The pair on the left has sparkly white heels, toes and cuffs, while the one on the right is charcoal gray.

There are 24 stripes in each sock because they were originally for advent knitting.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

A wild Friday night putting heels in sock tubes I had waiting in a pile of sock tubes. I always want knitting out of both ends of the same ball to be a nice smooth process - but it’s always a twisting mess… and yet I’ll do it again.

Two knitted socks lay on the table, with needles in each of their unfinished heels. The socks have white sparkly cuffs, toes and heels - while the main body of the sock is multi-coloured striped

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

As I cast on for the fourth pair in the Handmade Sock Society 6 by Helen Stewart, I realized that I don’t think I showed any photos of the third pair. I did knit them!! I finished them earlier this week, although I haven’t woven in any ends on any of the pairs yet.

Three pairs of folded socks and a ball of yarn sit on a blue table. They are in a gradient of colours between yellow and a red-orange. The left most is yellow and has a lace top to the foot, the middle pair is a light orange and the legs show knitted texture. The right most pair is a darker orange and it also has a lace top to the foot. Above all three socks is a dark red-orange ball of yarn with needles sticking out.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Three socks should be enough knitting for watching a soccer game, right?

An iPad sits on a blue and white striped couch cushion. On top of the iPad keyboard, there are three knitted socks at various degrees of competition. The one on the right is orange lace, the one in the middle is rainbow stripes with gray yarn for working the cuff, and the one on the left is pink and sea foam stripes. On the iPad is the women’s Euros final game.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Day 15 (using the tour stages as counting) of the Tour de Fleece: I didn’t get a full 15 minutes in yesterday, but did get more than that in today! Most of the way through the blue section.

The top view of a spinning wheel bobbin. Almost all of the bobbin is covered in blue singles, but the very bottom has green from the layer below still poking through.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 14: covered the last of the blue on the bottom of the bobbin just in time to start the next section of blue! I’m not always a fan of spinning high silk contents, but this is delightful.

The top view of a spinning wheel bobbin. The bobbin is covered in green and blue and teal yarn. The yarn is very fine and shiny from the silk content.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 13: most of the way through this section of dark green!

The top view of a spinning wheel bobbin. The top of the yarn on the bobbin is light green, the middle is dark green, and the bottom is blue. The yarn is shiny because it’s half silk.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day… 11? 12? How do we count the rest day? Got my 15 minutes in right at the end of the day before bed, so the photo quality isn’t great. Mostly just a little green addition at the top of the bobbin.

The top view of a spinning wheel bobbin. There is a very fine yarn on the bobbin. The colours are a gradient running from green at the top to blue at the bottom. The shades of green and blue give “tropical bird” energy to me.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 10: late night spinning today, so terrible lighting. I’m happy to have covered the last of the orange leader thread poking through, and made it to the first colour change!

A poorly lit overhead view of a spinning wheel bobbin. Thin singles of yarn range from a deep blue at the bottom, through teal, up to green at the top of the bobbin. The ball of blue and green fibre can be seen on the floor in the distance.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 9: Spinning the fibre I prepped yesterday. I forgot how much slower progress looks with such a fine weight spin.

The top view of a spinning wheel bobbin. It’s barely covered with fine blue singles yarn. The leader thread, which is orange, is poking through in spots.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Day 8 of the Tour de Fleece: I spent time this morning prepping. A bunch of my stash is a bit compressed, so I teased it open a bit and then very lightly pre-drafted to bring everything together. This fibre is a wool/silk blend from @goodfibrations.bluesky.com

Blue and green shiny fibre is held by a hand in front of a screen. The screen shows the Tour De France stage 8 with 75.3 km left.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I knit the -neon- cuffs of these socks over the winter, and then rapidly realized that I did not have enough light for tiny black yarn. I’ve pulled them both out and I’m going to try to power through them while I have the light. (Yarn is all Leo and Roxy)

A pair of partially finished socks sit on a black table. The cuff of the socks are black, and the unfinished feet of the socks are black, but the leg of the socks is neon rainbow stripes!

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Day 7 of the Tour de France: finished the neon braid! The two bobbins seem fairly different, so I think we’re looking at chain plying?

A spinning wheel bobbin from above. There is purple yarn at the top of the bobbin, then pink, then orange at the bottom.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Day 6 of the Tour de Fleece: we’re through the purple and most of way through pink, which means we’re almost done this braid!

A top view of a spinning wheel bobbin - the top is purple gradiating to pink most of the way down the bottom. At the bottom the bobbin is green from the previous layer of colour.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Day five of tour de fleece: Left spinning right to the end of the day, but spent more than 15 minutes so that I could cover the bobbin with a pretty gradient.

A spinning wheel bobbin from above, showing a gradient of yarn running from purple at the top, through blue, to green at the bottom.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Got my Tour de Fleece spinning in just after work today.

A top view of a spinning wheel, showing the bobbin is covered in green yarn. This morning it was about half green/half yellow.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Day three of the Tour de Fleece - I did get in my 15 minutes at the end of a busy day!

The top of a spinning wheel, showing a bobbin. The top half of the yarn on the bobbin is green and the bottom half is yellow.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Didn’t sleep well, so got some tour de fleece spinning done in the morning!

A bobbin on a spinning wheel. The spun wool is yellow gradating to a very light green at the top. If you compare it to yesterday’s photo, the green is on the opposite side because I did a whole layer of spinning on the bobbin.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I’m not setting any goals for tour de fleece, but I did spin for 15 minutes today! I finished the matching braid quickly after buying them at PEI Fibre festival, but stalled out on this one half way through.

An odd top down view of a spinning wheel to focus on the bobbin on the flyer. The bobbin has neon green fading to neon yellow at the bottom. More neon colours are on the pedals below.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Progress on my plain vanilla socks! The next KAL sock pattern dropped yesterday, and I’ve started, but it’s not really drag-around with me knitting.

A pink, mint, beige, and gray stripped knitted sock sits on a blue table. Where there should be a toe, there are four yellow knitting needles. The ball of yarn with the fifth needle sits next to the sock.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I have three socks waiting for a toe graft, so clearly it’s time to cast on another! The next KAL pattern isn’t out yet, so I’m just casting on a vanilla self striping.

The start of cuff of a pink knit sock cuff on yellow needles sits next to the pink ball of yarn on a black table. There are clover flowers in a small bottle behind them.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Sock one, foot take two, is going well! I’m hoping to be done today. The yarn is @indigodragonfly.bsky.social and the stitch markers are Juniper and Ginger

An almost finished orange knitted sock sits on a grass background. The sock leg is textured using knits and purls. The sock foot has a green stitch marker every 10 rows past the last gusset decrease.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

It’s interesting to see when some knitting reflexes kick in… Apparently I decreased to my normal 32 for the bottom of the foot… except that wasn’t the number I was supposed to decrease to. I didn’t notice until I was more than halfway through the toe 🤦‍♀️

An orange knitted sock with needles on the toe, with a second needle run through right before the toe. There are 32 stitches on the needle. There are not supposed to be 32 stitches on the needle.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

You know what? You’re right, I should cast on another sock…

A pile of four half finished knitted socks. Three of them are rainbow stripes, and one of them is blue stripes.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I’m trying to get reacquainted with my stash after years of looking at it through a sweater only lens. After knitting my first patterned sock in years, it felt like maybe time for more, maybe some throwbacks to older patterns. I’ve cast on a Jaywalker sock in some deep stash.

A blue and purple ball of self striping yarn sits on a table next to the cuff and first inch of a knitted sock. The cuff is 2 by 2 ribbing, and the body of the sock will become zigzagging stripes.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

We have socks!! I don’t know when I last knit patterned socks, but when @estregger.bsky.social posted about her cast on, it felt like something I should do to expand my knitting sphere. Socks are Flourish socks by Helen Stewart in yarn from @indigodragonfly.bsky.social’s yarn dying camp!

Two bright yellow socks are stretched on sock blockers, sitting on a wooden table. The front of the socks are a pretty lacy pattern, while the back is plain stockinette.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Once again, I’ve learned a valuable lesson about knitting lace in meetings. I will obviously be repeating the mistake again today 😂

The start of a bright yellow knitted lace sock sits on a pile of yarn ripped back out because of a mistake. The ball of yarn sits next to it.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Between a hockey game and the first half of the Halifax Tides game, I’ve reknit the section I pulled back, knit the toe, and grafted it. One down!

A yellow knit sock stretched out on a sock blocker sits on a laptop keyboard. The sock has a lacy top of the foot and front of the leg. The laptop screen is showing a women’s soccer game between Vancouver and Halifax.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Somehow, I can stick to a lace pattern through watching 2 periods of tense overtime hockey, but then lost it during meetings this afternoon. When I reached the toe, I found myself missing 4 stitches because I missed a yarnover a while back. I’m ripped back and back on track.

A yellow lace sock-in-progress is covered in yarn barf (the yarn from unravelled knitting). It’s hard to see in the photo, but I actually ripped back row by row on the front needle only until I reached the right number of stitches again, then threaded the needle through the back at the same row.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Significant sock progress was made today - thanks to a drizzly day and double overtime.

A yellow sock-in-process is shown on a sock blocker. The front of the sock is lace, while the back is stockenette. The sock is knit top down, to just past the gusset. The ball of yarn sits on the toe of the sock blocker.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

@estregger posted about casting on Filagree, and it seemed like a fun way to push myself towards knitting more than just plain socks and sweaters. I’m knitting this sock (and plan to knit the whole collection) in a gradient of Mergoat Sock from Dye Camp with @indigodragonfly.bsky.social.

A yellow ball of sock yarn sits next to the cuff and leg of a lacy knitted yellow sock-in-progress. The back of the sock is plain, but you can’t see that from the photos.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

After several cold, gray and snowy weeks, this afternoon is nice enough to knit outside again!

A light blue pile of shiny knitting sits in the foreground on a table. It has knitting needles and stitch markers in it, which are counting increases and decreases. There is a mug and waterbottle in the background. The mug says “indigodragonfly”

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I enjoy wearing shawl collars, but I always forget just how much knitting there is in a shawl collar.

A fall coloured sweater lays on a blue table. There are knitting needles in the back of the collar, with the cables running down both sides of the button band. There are 16 stitch markers, 8 on each side, marking the spots for the many short rows required to make a shawl collar.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

We have reached the first few days of above 10 degrees Celsius, AKA: I’m back to spending as much time as possible outside! An hour or two of trying to wrestle the gardens back into some sense of control, and then the rest of this glorious day knitting on a button band out back!

A fall coloured sweater (oranges, greens, golds, reds, with some purple) sits in a pile on a blue table. A couple balls of the same yarn sit next to it.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The sweater pieces waiting to be seamed and have necklines added have piled up over the last year. I’m not even sure this is all of them in my office. The sweaters shown are in @indigodragonfly.bsky.social, @botanicalfibres.bsky.social and @tanisfiberarts.bsky.social

A pile of three knitting projects- it’s impossible to tell what they are because they are in a pile. The knitting in front is variegated and fall coloured, there is a a dark purple and gold/purple/fuchsia variegated project on the right and there is a light gray project on the back left. A teal octopus themed knitting bag is in the background.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Accidentally matching my darning needles to my sleeve 😂 This sweater is in @indigodragonfly.bsky.social

A pile of knitting has two darning needles rest on top. The darning needles are gold and fuchsia-purple. The knitting is variegated fuchsia -purple, gold and (navy-purple? There is debate about the colour)

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Tea and knitting in sunbeams on a February afternoon. The yarn is Botanical Fibres, and the mug is from The Blue Brick.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

A different sock (this time the yarn is from The Yarn Therapist) in a different location! Watched the last Varsity volleyball game of the season while knitting.

A blue and gray striped sock in the foreground, with a gymnasium visible in the background. There are people sitting between the sock and the gym floor.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

There were major delays across the board at the airport today - so I got to finish the stripes of my curl-vent sock before the Scotties started tonight!

A striped knitted sock in progress sits in the foreground. In the distance, outside the windows, is the tarmac of an airport.

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Meg AK @meakknits.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It feels like waiting for the curling store to open counts as a time to work on my curl-vent socks!

A striped knit tube that will eventually become a sock sits on a car dashboard outside a store with a curling rock on the window display.

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