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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I don't do many shawls, but here is a Meet Me at Midnight, www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... and a shawl for my Aunt Norma in BFL hand spun, and a tiny shawl for a teddy bear: #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky

A large triangular shawl in shades of green with mosaic motifs, hanging from a tree branch against a background of ferns

A triangular, striped shawl in blues, green, yellow, and gold, with a wide feather and fan edging. It's hanging against a massive tree trunk against a wooded background.

A little fuzzy stuffed bear, viewed from behind, wearing a colorful striped mini-shawl in blues, red, and yellow. He's leaning up against a vase of flowers.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Your etsy shop is the best! I get compliments every time I wear mine:

Black tee shirt with white writing that says: Voting Prevents Unwanted Presidencies

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

100 weeks of #ShowMeYourKnits! Congrats! Here is a Bluebird of Happiness to commemorate the day: The pattern is Bluebird of Happiness www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #Knitting #Knitsky

A small, bright blue, hand-knitted bird resting in the sunshine amongst fern fronds

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I was a pretty weird 12 year old girl in the 1960's...had this on my ceiling, along with one of Tom Jones and one of Englebert Humperdinck:

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It seems I only use yellow as an accent color, but this project has four different yellow yarns in it - it's a pocket scarf, sized for a child: #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky This one is for Ukrainian orphans living in Romania. Link to the motif pattern in ALT Text.

A child's scarf in dark blue, with large pockets in stranded colorwork with yellow sunflowers and corrugated ribbing, displayed flat, lying on a blue box.
The motif is from the Delicious Autumn hat pattern:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/delicious-autumn

A child's scarf in dark blue, with large pockets in stranded colorwork with yellow sunflowers and corrugated ribbing, displayed wrapped around the neck of a styrofoam head model.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Perfect! I made this felted one years ago:

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I don't use much purple, but I must've acquired some on sale at some point: #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky #strandedcolorwork

A hand knitted, stranded colorwork, shawl collared vest for a toddler, shown hanging outdoors in a wooded setting. The colorwork motifs are alternating bands of large stars and smaller diamonds, in mostly purple, with lilac contrasts and a turquoise "pop" color.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Here's a little Izzy Bear with a cabled sweater: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky #Knitting

A small knitted brown teddy bear standing against a stack of stranded colorwork sweaters, and wearing a yellow sweater with a simple cable running up the center of it.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

A (mostly) green Katie's Kep, which was the 2020 Shetland Wool Week pattern: #showmeyourknits #Knitsky #strandedcolorwork #ShetlandWoolWeek

A collage of three views of the same stranded colorwork beanie, which includes corrugated ribbing, geometric stars, and contrasting peerie border motifs, all in greens and yellows. The hat is shown flat on an indoor surface and also modeled on a styrofoam head in a wooded setting.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I'm not normally a pink person... #showmeyourknits #knitsky #strandedcolorwork The pattern is Vairisle (A Hat) by Dan Lee www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

A hand knitted, stranded colorwork, earflap beanie in pink and purple, with a large purple pompom, modeled on a styrofoam head in a wooded setting.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Stat wars", "Star Trek", "Dr. Who" or "Transformers".

Cartoon female robot dressed as a housemaid

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Here's a top-down garter stitch hat I designed that is made up of mitered squares. No seaming, contiguous construction (provisional cast on and picking up stitches, and mitered square w/short rows for the triangle portions). #showmeyourknits #knitsky

A hand-knitted beanie-style hat made of multiple, multi-colored (red, blue, yellow, and green) squares, laying flat on a wooden surface.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

My first two Gnomes: Pattern is Gnoodles by Sarah Schira www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knitting

A collage of two photos, each of a small knitted gnome with tiny arms, a big hat, and a loopy beard. One has a red body and a green hat; the other has a brown hat and a green body with a stranded colorwork border showing a tree motif, photographed in an outdoor woodsy setting.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Cardigans, you say? I just finished this child's cardigan last week - it was inspired by the Denys Martin pattern in the latest Kate Davies club: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #ShowMeYourKnits #Knitsky #Knitting

A child's hand-knitted cardigan sweater laying flat on a table. Dark green sleeves and trim and a stranded colorwork body with a large geometric/traditional allover motif in dark green and grey-ish tan.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

A holiday knit from a long time ago - I knit this Tiny Window Cat for my son to take on a train trip at Christmas. You can also see, if you look closely, that there are knitted Christmas lights on the miniature tree. That's the entirety of my holiday knitting! #showmeyourknits #Knitsky #knitting

A very tiny hand knitted black cat looking up at a table-top miniature lighted Christmas tree

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Just finished this hat for donation. The pattern is Love in a Mist Hat: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #Knitsky #knitting #strandedcolorwork

A collage of three photos of different angles of a handknitted beanie-style hat with an allover stranded motif, colored (greens, blues, and purples) in traditional Fair Isle style.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I made this hat years ago, using yarn I spun from a fiber advent calendar: #Showmeyourknits #Knitsky #Knitting #StrandedColorwork

A hand knitted, beanie-style, wool hat modeled on a styrofoam head in a wooded setting. The hat is made with stranded colorwork in geometric motifs, and uses tonal green, deep red, and dark grey against a natural wool background.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

These baby sweaters and vests will be going to Jordan an Lebanon for Syrian refugees, through Salaam Cultural Museum: #knitting #communityknitting #knitsky

Four handknitted baby-sized items spread out on a flat surface: one seamless yoke Icelandic sweater, a striped scrappy red-green-white sweater, a yellow and black vest with a bee and honeycomb motif, and a purple vest with orange highlights in the Fair Isle style.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Spooky socks for this week's #showmeyourknits! I made this pair for my son 12 years ago, using motifs from the "Deathflake Mittens" pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #knitting #strandedcolorwork

A pair of hand-knitted, stranded socks lying flat on a towel. Rainbow skulls on the legs and skull-snowflakes on the foot against a black background, with striped soles and a solid black heel.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I don't know what these are. The edges are more gold in real life than in the photos. #fungi #pnw #HarstineIsland

A collage photo of dark brown mushrooms with gold/white edges.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I just finished this brown, orange, and gold sweater for a little kid, and it's in Fall colors! #ShowMeYourKnits #knitting #knitsky #strandedcolorwork

A hand knitted, child-sized, seamless yoke sweater in the Icelandic style, with a geometric pattern at hem, cuffs, and yoke. Knit in dark brown, orange, brass, gold, and yellow yarns.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I knitted up three teddy bears and dressed them in flag scarves; they will be donated to organizations that help refugees from Ukraine and Palestine: #knitting #knitsky #HappyPrideMonth #communityknitting

Hand knitted little bears in different bear colors lying next to each other. They each have a tasseled scarf in the colors of flags: blue and yellow for Ukraine; black, green, white, and red for Palestine, and Rainbow Pride.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

For a 3-year-old, this will be sent to Lifting Hands Int'l. The transition motif is from Winter's Morning Hat, www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... The sweater is a Nalgar, by Elizabeth Zimmermann, and the mittens are Panda Man's Paw Warmers, www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #knitting #knitsky

A toddler-sized hand knitted sweater, hat, and mittens in stranded colorwork, using a large geometric motif that transitions from dark blue to light blue on the sweater and hat. Mittens have dark blue cuffs and light blue hands.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

An elephant in purple boxer shorts that I made a few years ago: #showmeyourknits #knitting

A knitted, grey elephant stuffed toy wearing purple boxer shorts

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Here's a hat and mitt set that's headed for Lifting Hands International, made in DROPS Alaska and DROPS Nepal yarns: #knitting #strandedcolorwork #FairIsle #communityknitting

A handknitted, stranded colorwork hat and matching fingerless mitts, with a traditional star pattern and integrated diamond borders, colorized in the Fair Isle style in blues and orange/yellows.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

My third version of this pattern, the 2025 Shetland Wool Week hat, www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib.... This one is done in Faux Isle, using Knit Picks Chroma fingering in a solid (black) and a self-striping colorway. #knitting #ShetlandWoolWeekHat2025 #ShetlandWoolWeek #strandedcolorwork

A knitted, stranded cjild-sized hat lying flat, with an allover traditional fair isle motif in only two yarns: one a solid black, the other a self-striping yarn in red, orange, neon yellow, neon green, and purple.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Another Shetland Wool Week hat, the Aal Ower Toorie www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib..., this one is in @katedaviesdesigns.bsky.social's Milarrochy Tweed: #shetlandwoolweek #shetlandwoolweekhat #knitting #strandedcolorwork

A knitted, stranded adult-sized hat lying flat, with an allover traditional fair isle motif in yellow, natural, red, green, orange, blue, and brown.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

It's Spring, so that means it's time for the 2025 Shetland Wool Week hat pattern! It's called Aal Ower Toorie, and is available at www.shetlandwoolweek.com/knitting-pat... #SWW2025 #knitting #fairisleknitting Here's my version:

A knitted, stranded adult-sized hat lying flat, with an allover traditional fair isle motif in yellows, greens, red, and brown.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#showmeyourknits A toddler-sized stranded colorwork vest with a little matching doll to go with: #knitting

A knitted stranded colorwork vest, toddler sized, displayed flat with a little knitted doll with a matching sweater. The vest is made up of a geometric border that alternates with a larger star motif, in gold, light blue, dark blue, and white.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

#showmeyourknits Here's a little vest in shades of green (plus an orange highlight here and there)

A knitted colorwork vest in the Fair Isle style, hanging up, with solid dark green hem, collar, and armholes. The motif is an allover star and diamond pattern, the colors are shades of green with an orange duplicate stitch highlight in the center of the stars

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

A couple of projects to keep a couple of necks (and faces) warm:

A collage photo of two neckwarmers/cowls modeled on a styrofoam head; each is a knitted, stranded, circular yoke with a ribbed neck that can be folded down or pulled up over the mouth and nose. One is in brown, yellow, and greens, the other in red, orange, and greens. The stranded motif is geometric.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Here's a stranded, steeked dickey with a seamed edge and knitted, sewn-down facing. The pattern is Bringeduk Cowl, www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #knitting #strandedcolorwork

A knitted dickey with a ribbed collar and a stranded front flap in a Scandinavian star motif; the main color is dark purple, contrasting pattern color is light orange.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I just finished a hat, to be donated to an org that distributes to Ukraine, but honestly, I made it from shame, not pride. But I AM proud of my current project, which is challenging me to knit facings for a steek. Me, knitting facings. Then, sewing them down. I'll be so chuffed if I can do it!

A knitted, stranded hat in the Fair Isle style, with corrugated ribbing and a large repeating sunflower motif in three shades of blue and four shades of yellow.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

This hat will be donated to the organization, Lifting Hands International, for distribution to Ukrainian refugees (pattern can be found here): www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #knitting #strandedcolorwork #FairIsleKnitting #LiftingHandsInternational

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This textured hat is another pattern from @katedaviesdesigns.bsky.social's new collection, Making Light. I've used mirrored lifted increases instead of the original yarnovers, for a denser fabric suitable for donation. Wool and Alpaca. #knitting #Dirken #MakingLight

A knitted, textured hat in green, modeled on a styrofoam head

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Three vests for babies, in bulky weight yarn, much of it handspun; these will most likely go to Gaza, Ukraine, or Jordan through organizations that don't rely on federal funding: #knitting #communityknitting

Three baby-sized handknitted vests - two of them with hoods - in various colors/stripes, including blues, oranges, greens, and purple, displayed laying flat

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Another couple of fabulous patterns from @katedaviesdesigns.bsky.social's current club, Making Light. I've made them into a toddler vest and a hat (the patterns are for an adult sweater and mittens). #katedavies #makinglight #knitting #strandedcolorwork #BlueMonk #Monk'sDream

A toddler-sized, stranded, knitted vest and matching hat lying flat, using an allover geometric motif with irregular corrugated ribbing; colors are light purple and dark purple.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This toddler vest was inspired by another pattern from the @katedaviesdesigns.bsky.social's "Making Light" collection. I had hoped to include a hood, as in the published pattern, but I couldn't work out the numbers! #knitting #strandedcolorwork #makingligh#katedavies #Clanframjie

A knitted, stranded colorwork vest, toddler-sized, with braid borders at hem and collar, with striped motifs in brown, yellow, light blue, blue, and red.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Another pattern (modified) from @katedaviesdesigns.bsky.social's new collection, this one is called Sun Pillars and is a seamless yoke riff on the Ciar motif. This is my riff on it for a child's size, and appropriate for donation: #knitting #strandedcolorwork #sunpillars #katedavies

A child's size seamless yoke sweater in light brown, with dark blue stranded borders at cuffs and hem, and a bold geometric design on the yoke in red.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

@katedaviesdesigns.bsky.social new club, Making Light, has some great patterns! This one is called "Ciar" and I modified it to fit a toddler. Will be donated to Lifting Hands International. #katedaviesdesigns #ciar #knitting #strandedknitting

A dark green toddler sweater with a bold geometric stranded motif around the body, hanging for display in front of yarn-filled cubicles.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Here's a version of the Wintress hat www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... in Jamieson & Smith 2-ply jumper yarn (and a wee bit of Jamieson's Spindrift): #knitting #colorwork

A knitted wool beanie-style hat lying flat, in seven shades of blue and grey with traditional fairisle motifs.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

A quick hat and mitten set for a refugee child, knit in Alpaca Boucle and Jamieson & Smith 2-ply Jumper Weight doubled for the cuffs and brim:

Child size knitted hat and mittens lying flat, in marled tan Alpaca Boucle and dark blue wool ribbing for the cuffs and brim.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

A design of my own in Jamieson & Smith 2-ply Jumper Weight: #knitting #strandedcolorwork

A knitted Fair Isle hat lying flat, incorporating traditional star motifs and small geometric border motifs, in shades of blue and grey

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