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It’s time once again to pull out the desk pumpkins. Students love squeezing these things when they’re stressed about exams, and I love making them. The pattern is by Nimble Needles, and he’s got a great tutorial! I love how he says pumpkin in his accent 🎃 #knitsky #pumpkin #autumn

Two knitted pumpkins arranged on a desk in front of a fake plant. The first pumpkin is large and orange, knitted with chunky yarn. The second pumpkin is small and yellow, knitted with worsted weight yarn.

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Where did you get that yarn?? I’ve been dying to find a good self striping sock yarn lately 🤩

I do this in every possible zoom meeting! That side of my desk is purely snacks and yarn, lol

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Pulled a few more #linocut prints this weekend to get ready for an upcoming art market, and did a couple of postcards while I was at it. I’m loving #postcrossing so far!

A handmade linocut print of blueberries on the bush in black ink on cream colored watercolor paper. There is a slight texture in the print from the paper, and there are horizontal chatter marks across the top half of the page.

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I started #postcrossing a few weeks ago and have been having such a great time! I already had a bunch of blank postcards, so I’ve been putting my own prints on those until I start receiving cards in return and decide if I want to invest in some postcard packs. The recipients seem to like them so far

A linocut print of a rabbit’s bust with its arm resting on a large clover stem.

A linocut donkey bust framed at the neck by a large stylized wheat stem.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As a knitting librarian, I am obsessed with those book socks!

Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#showmeyourknits This shawl is a scrapbook of sorts using my fanciest yarn: the shape is the same as my first shawl, the blue linen is the stitch pattern of my first blanket, the pink silk is the stitch pattern of my first scarf, and the white alpaca represents my first lace socks. #knitsky #wip

A partially finished knitted shawl in blue, pink, and white stripes.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Decided to break out the good stuff because it deserves to be used. This is yarn I bought at my local fiber fest this summer: white is alpaca/silk blend, pink is pure silk, and blue is linen. I’ll post more pics when the shawl really starts coming together! #knitsky

A close up of a knitted shawl. There are three stripes: the top is white lace, the middle is a light pink seed stitch, and the bottom is blue and purple in a box pattern.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thanks for sounding the alarm! You hate to see it.

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The fussy cuts at the center are so sweet! What a lovely touch

So cute!! Thank you for sharing 🐟

Taught myself a bit of foundation paper piecing this summer, and it’s safe to say that I’m hooked. If you have a favorite FPP pattern or designer, please share! #quiltsky

The top of a witch hat I’m making for my sister. It’s a square of fabric with one corner rounded. The background is a dark navy fabric with green leaves (which glow in the dark). In the center is a compass point star in bright lemon yellow and pinkish orange.

A blood orange paper pieced block for a citrus themed quilt. The background is a light blue plaid, and the fruit in the center is octagonal with rich red fruit, a dull light red pith, and a dark orange peel.

A rainbow paper pieced wall hanging with a rainbow scallop patterned border, white gingham background, and multilayered pinwheel design in rainbow at the center.

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Thank you! I’m a sucker for hand dyed yarns, and the way this pooled in the entrelac was a happy surprise.

I’ve been puttering away on this cowl trying to resist the siren call of starting a new project I bought the yarn for yesterday ✨

Thank you so much for sharing!

The most useful trick that I neglected to do u til it was already made. The gosh for a very cool disappearing act when you do that now though!

Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Baby’s first attempt at double knitting. How long is it going to take for me to figure out contrast now that I’m doing so much color work? Only time will tell. #knitsky #handmade

A small knitted tapestry featuring an orange fish on a blue background. Two blue tassels hang from the lower corners, and the top is attached to a wooden dowel.

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I meant to make my work wife something for her baby shower… this fox ended up being a great first birthday present instead 😬 good news is, baby loves it. #knitsky #showmeyourknits

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Do that recently with a color work mitten using two handspun yarns. Turns out one was closer to worsted and the other was a sport weight. Also the two colors were close enough that you couldn’t even see the design 🤦

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Bonus entry: my first German short row socks in Wacki Sacki’s Crazy Tiger colorway. If you have recommendations for more patterned self striping yarns like this please share your favorites!! #knitting #showmeyourknits

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Still a work in progress, but I couldn’t resist showing this cowl/infinity scarf off for #showmeyourknits stripes week! This is an entrelac pattern with hand dyed alpaca yarn from my friends at Little Creek Alpacas.

A partially finished knitted cowl in an entrelac pattern. The blocks are striped with maroon, raspberry, gray, and white. There are cow shaped needle minders at the tips of the circular needles.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I don’t tend to enjoy making scarves much, but here’s one I did out of spite that ended up being a really lovely gift for a friend. One of the first things I designed entirely myself, it’s fairly simple but the striped yarn kept my brain just interested enough to finish. #showmeyourknits #knitsky

A rainbow striped handmade scarf made with a double seed stitch border and a cable in the middle.

A person wearing a rainbow striped handmade scarf they just finished making.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Making a scrap quilt and playing with triangles for the first time. The rest of my seams so far are pretty rough but LOOK AT THIS PERFECT CONVERGENCE POINT AAAAAAAHHH #quiltsky #upcycle #sewing #scrappy #handmade #satisfying

A close up photo of a scrappy quilt made of small 60 degree triangles. Some of the seams are slightly off, but the central one pictured features six triangles coming together to perfect points in the center. Fabrics pictured are all in shades of red, and feature gingham, bunnies, rings of white dots, red dandelions, large poppies, and black and red buffalo check.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Finished a scarf for my sister and added it to a display advertising the employee crafting group at work. Hoping to start a knitting club for students this year as well 🧶 #library #knitsky #handmade #literacy #community #academiclibrary #makerspace

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Spent the weekend designing, patterning, and stumbling through practicing my own citrus quilt block from scratch. First attempt was pretty slapdash but I took my time with the second one and I’d say that’s a recognizable lime. Only 98 more to go and I’ll have myself a quilt. #quiltsky #handmade

A hand drawn quilt block pattern in pencil with notes in the left hand margin. The block depicts a citrus slice composed of eight wedges, plus narrow strips for pith and the peel.

A quilt block depicting a slice of lemon on a light blue background. The lemon is oblong and the eight wedges are smushed together in the middle due to the block’s mediocre construction.

A quilt block depicting a slice of lime on a periwinkle background. The block is imperfect with some mismatched seams, but it shows a vast improvement over the lemon.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Finally finished my second quilt! It’s tough to get a nice picture of something this size, but I’m super proud of how it came out. Top is my own wave design, back is a disappearing nine patch in duck cloth at my beloved’s insistence. Vast skill improvement already! #quiltsky #handmade #queercraft

A person spreading a handmade quilt over a queen size bed. The quilt has a horizontal pixelated wave pattern which transitions from pinks to blues to light and dark grays.

The back of the quilt spread out over the bed. The back is a disappearing nine patch pattern with pink and light blue floral large squares, beige floral horizontal rectangles, abstract lines suggesting faces in the vertical rectangles, and small dark green squares with red, white, and yellow flowers.

The same quilt as before with the back side facing up. One corner has been flipped to show both faces at once.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Truly obsessed with how this yarn my sister spun worked up into a cute little pumpkin! Pattern is by Nimble Needles. #knitsky #handmade #plush #pumpkin

A partially used cake of hand spun yarn that gradually transitions between yellow and bold orange tones

A hand knitted pumpkin about the size of a grapefruit. The pumpkin has ombré chevron bands of yellow, orange, and red. There is a curly green stem ending in a large leaf of mottled green handspun yarn.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Thank you! I did all flat felled seams because they’re my favorite and I wanted to reinforce everything.

Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Finished my first ever quilt just in time to use it as a photo backdrop for lavender graduation! I definitely learned as I want so don’t look too closely, but it’s a great blanket and it makes me happy. #quilt #pride #handmade #firsttry #textileart #progresspride

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Right??? I’ve been calculating hypotenuse left and right

Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

My partner and I both started exclaiming “chickadee-dee-dee-dee” as soon as we saw this. Absolutely beautiful!

Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Locked in for 9 hours today and got half of my first quilt top assembled. Absolutely humbled by math throughout this process but I’m not giving up. #quilting #handmade #pride #rainbow #transrights #DIY

One half of a handmade quilt held vertically. The quilt is a progress pride flag, and the portion pictured features the red, orange, and yellow stripes as well as half of the black, brown, light blue, pink, and white diagonal portions of the flag. Distinguishable prints in the quilt include large and small florals, orange fruits, strawberries, dandelions, gingham, bunnies, pine cones, and geometric motifs.

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I’ll be interested to see the difference over time. About 70% of the fabric is an expensive fat quarter set, and the other 30% is random craft store bolt fabric and remnants to account for my bad calculations. Luckily I’m doing all reinforced seams so it will be indestructible either way.

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It is!! I can’t wait to see everything put together with the progress pride stripes too.

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Update: I started the quilt. Also holy smokes fabric is expensive #quilt #sewing #handmade #pride

Unsewn quilt blocks laid out messily in stripes of red, orange, yellow, and green. The stripes alternate between 12 inch and 6 inch blocks, and the fabric prints include gingham, florals, circles, fruit, bunnies, and swans.

A tall stack of fat quarters in rainbow order tier together with ribbon made to look like tailor’s measuring tape.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Remember that yarn my sister spun for me? Looks like I figured out what to do with it. No pattern, just worked off a photo and experimented. I’m obsessed with the subtle color bands in the yarn- it worked up more beautifully than I could have imagined. #knitsky #handmade #yarn #knit

A person in a white shirt with blue flowers wearing a dusty pink cowl knit from handspun yarn. Subtle bands of blue and orange appear naturally in the yarn. The cowl is slouchy, with occasional purl stripes throughout. It comes to a sharp point in front, with a tassel of the same yarn attached to the tip.

The same person and cowl, with slightly more of their face showing.

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Sorry I need to keep yelling. The amount of etymological research alone that had to go into this?? And the attention to detail in the time period, right down to dress (a nitpick for me)?? Unbelievable. I cannot fathom how one would even start preparing to write this book, yet here it is.

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I was going to stop with the book posts because I found them boring, but HOLY SMOKES I need to yell about this book! Absolutely brutal, richly researched, and devastatingly timely. I love media that hurts me. #booksky #linguistics #revolution #historicalfiction #bipoc #🌎📚💙

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Definitely didn’t just work out the rough measurements during a Zoom meeting at work… 👀

Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I’ve got four knitting projects on the needles. Someone convince me I shouldn’t start a quilting project just because I saw a progress pride quilt that looks super doable… #knitsky #quiltsky #crafting #queermaker #multitask

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Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

A sweater vest is one of my big knitting goals for the future. Not sure these yarns are the ones, but if you have a favorite pattern please share the title!

Milo @milo-malachite.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Ooh! A cowl sounds perfect for the pink. Thanks for the lead!