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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

This turned out pretty nice btw ☺️🧶

Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I have NEVER had two more well behaved Pound of Love center pulls. This is going suspiciously smooth and I’m starting to think they’re plotting something 👀🧶

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Sweater number 5 of the year and the 4th Lumme 😅😂 This hasn’t been blocked and is a little wrinkly still

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Me: I’m not going to repeat patterns because I don’t want to limit my experiences Also me: *casts on a 3rd Lumme Pullover* Anyways here we are 🧶🤷🏼‍♂️😂

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Somebody bully me into taking like 10 mins to update my Ravelry project log pls thx 😅😂

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Didn’t have a #WIPWednesday post for #Knitsky yesterday because…I have a finished object instead 😬😬 Lumme no.2 and sweater 3 (maybe 4?) of 2025. I feel like this is actually a ✨perfect✨ circular yoke pattern. 📝 Lumme Pulliver 👩🏼‍🎨 Sari Nordlund 📏 Size 5 🧶 Big Twist

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The way I’m already looking in my stash to see if I have another sweater quantity of a MC to make *another* one of these #LummePullover

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Currently trying to stash bust any acrylic that I have in a sweater quantity 😅🧶 def gonna be a loooong process

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PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables @plantsareneat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I'm knitting in this. We're so close to our goal! If you have the ability to donate, please do! 🧶

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

A little #WIPWednesday 🧶 trying to burn through some acrylic

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Couldn’t have turned out more perfect - hoping the graft line softens a little over time. Either way, the fit of this pattern is so good that I’m making another 😬 👕 Lumme Pullover 👩🏼‍🎨 Sari Nordlund 📏 Size 5 🧶 Plymouth Select worsted merino superwash

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Block didn’t exactly go the way I expected, so I was brave and cut the sleeves off (and grafted the cuffs back on) 😮‍💨🧶

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

He’s very suspicious of whatever is hiding under the water 😂🧶🐈

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Round and round and round 🔁🧶

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Trying to lock in and finish a sweater today 😬

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Nah I’m obsessed with this sleeve. The stitches look SO much better than they do on the yoke 🙃

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Overambitiously thinking I’ll finish this up this weekend when in reality I probably won’t even finish the body 🧶😂

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Third time’s a charm? Maybe 😅 I’m a little more content with this try and I think blocking will wash away the rest of the ick for me 🧶

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Brb I’m going back to my cable knits 😅💀🧶

A brown and beige stranded color work yoke in the process of being unraveled.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

She’s a little lumpy and bumpy but she ain’t exactly ugly 😅😂🍃🌸🧶

An overhead POV of a circular yoke for a handknit sweater folded into a semicircle and laid on a desk. The yoke is a taupe color with a botanical color work design throughout in a light cream color.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I don’t think anything will convince me that knitting is actually magic more than doing this little swish and flick to trap a float will 😂💀🧶

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Little K @quietlittlek.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

What? A sweater? Who me. I'm not saying I started knitting a sweater....but ...🧶

A pair of circular needles rest on the leg and knee of the knitter. On the needles is dark green yarn in the start of a sweater collar.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

How on earth is one actually supposed to confidently say their Italian cast on isn’t twisted before joining 😅💀 I’d almost rather do a double knit style tubular cast on and join after my set up row 🧶

An overhead perspective of a cake of taupe yarn sitting on a desk with a set of 16 inch circular needles beside it. The yarn has been cast onto the needles using an Italian cast on.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Back panel’s turn to get soaked and stretched today 🧶📌

The back raglan panel of a cable knit sweater stretched out and pinned to black foam mats for blocking.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Not bad for a 2.5 mile walk-n-knit on the treadmill tonight 🧶🚶🏼‍♂️

The collar of a sweater in the process of being knit sitting on a coffee table in front of a skein of Loops & Threads Luxe Merino yarn.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

About 3/4 of the way through the front (last) panel, so it seems like a good time to start blocking the other pieces to prep for assembly 🧶

An overhead POV of a hand knit sleeve for a knit sweater that has been soaked and is sitting in a vanity sink.

A sleeve panel from a hand knit sweater that is laying on a towel about to be rolled up and have the water pressed out of it.

Two cabled hand knit sleeve panels that have been pinned out on black foam boards to dry into shape.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Can we go back to *relatively* simpler times pls 😅🧶🥥🌴 #fiberarts #crochet #kamalacore

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I honestly don’t understand how beginners are able to survive scarves as their first project. The ~65” of cables in the main section felt more like 65 miles. I was in the TRENCHES 🧶🧣 Pattern: Ailm Scarf by Meghan Babin Guest appearance: Northbound Hat by Sloane Rosenthal

A hand knit cabled scarf in the process of being knit. The knitter has dropped several rows of stitches to repair an incorrect cable cross.

A hand knit cabled scarf in the process of being knit. It has been laid flat on a glass coffee table to show off the all over cable motif.

A finished hand knit cable scarf laid out on a linen duvet along with a hand knit cabled beanie.

A finished hand knit cable scarf and hand knit cable hat placed on the arm of a leather chair to be photographed.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

My (potentially last 🥲) Joann order showed up today. The price was so good on these I ended up getting a sweater qty of each. I just recently started using this merino/cotton blend and it was an immediate favorite 🧶

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Asked him to please read the chart to me but apparently he’s not feeling very helpful today 🧶😹

An orange cat laying against the leg of someone sitting on a couch with his paw resting on a printed knitting chart.

An orange cat laying against the leg of someone sitting on a couch looking directly at the camera.

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Debbie T Knits 🧶 @debbietknits.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Made two of these as presents for both my sons one Xmas. It’s a Hayfield Aran pattern out of one of their books 🧶 #knit

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Another cold, rainy Saturday 😌🌧️🧶☕️ hopefully I can breeze through a good chunk of this last body panel #knit #knitting #knitsky Pattern: Menton 2 by Meghan Babin

POV of someone sitting on a couch in front of a fireplace with a taupe color panel of a cable knit sweater on their lap in the process of being knit.

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Kim @klremus.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits - this week, WIPS I just divided body & sleeves and I couldn’t be happier. #CatKnitPullover by @andrearangelknits.bsky.social Yarn is Heritage Fingering by @northbayfiber.bsky.social colorways Black Stone and Spring Lake #knitsky #knitting

Top of a light green sweater with black outlines of cats circling the yoke. The knitting needles are right below the sleeve openings.

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Kirt's Crochet @kirtscrochet.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧶 #crochet #stingray #gay #lgbtqia #pride #youcannoteraseus #kirtscrochet Pattern by: Theresa's Crochet Shop

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🤎🍂🍁🎃Lucky🎃🍁🍂🤎 @lucky1024.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Alrighty! I'm gonna update the queer fiber arts thingy because I've learned more things! I think the best way to work with it as of now is to make a list of other LGBTQ fiber artists, so if you want to be a part if the list like or comment here and I'll add you!

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Some kind of cross between Finished Object Friday and Frog It Friday 🧶😅💀 this was a learning project and what I learned was that I just didn’t like it Pattern: Wings for Nightbird by Teresa Yoon

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Nan Sea @indigofirelily.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Crocheted Lace Dragon Made with #10 thread & 1.5mm hook. Small, just 6”X5.5”🤩 Shown during blocking & after. [Using this one as a bookmark!] 🧶 #stitchwitch #puffthemagicdragon #putadragononit #dnd

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Loosely Valentine’s Day related 😅 I never did anything with these but they were fun little instant gratification projects. They’re just a little too plush to use as coasters 🧶 Pattern: Knitted Heart Patch by B. Hooked Crochet

A golden knit heart laying on a table with other knitting notions.

A heart patch at the half way point in the process of being knit.

Someone holding a golden knit heart off the table and closer to the camera.

Knit hearts of various colors laying on a table with other knitting notions.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🧶 Throwback Thursday 🧶 I think this was the second sweater I ever knit and was my first go at stranded colorwork. Even though I think it ended up giving burlap sack vibes, it was still an enjoyable learning project. Pattern: Balou by Trin Annelie Yarn: Eddie Bauer Cozy Camp

A close up perspective of a cup of coffee sitting in front of a handknit sweater in the process of being knit. The beige sweater has a green, geometric design around the neckline.

An overhead perspective of a handknit sweater in the process of being knit. The beige sweater has a green, geometric design around the neckline.

An overhead POV of a handknit sweater that has been folded and placed on a table. The beige sweater has a green geometric design around the neckline.

An overhead POV of a handknit sweater that has been placed flat on a table. The beige sweater has a green geometric design around the neckline.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The in-house QA said this fabric passed his inspection with flying colors 🧶🐈

An orange cat laying on a green hand knit sweater and looking directly at the camera.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🧶 WIP Wednesday 🧶 Currently working through this cabled behemoth. I’ve committed all of the charts to memory (except the center chart cuz my brain just won’t retain it) so it’s going fairly quick. Pattern: Menton 2 by Hudson + West Co. Yarn: Lucky Brand Merino Cotton

A panel of a hand knit cable sweater in the process of being knit.

A small section of the beginning of a body panel of a hand knit cabled sweater laying on a wood table.

An overhead POV of someone sitting cross legged on a couch holding a cup of coffee. There is a sleeve for a hand knit cable sweater laying on their left leg and an orange cat laying against their legs.

A portion of a sleeve panel for a hand knit cable sweater laying on a wood table and illuminated only by a small, mushroom shaped lamp beside it.

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

My first little venture into overlay mosaic crochet. Tbh I’m very impressed with how this turned out. I did put an envelope border on the blanket to hide my ends 🧶 Pattern: The Lonely Lighthouse by Little Green Feather Crochet Yarn: Caron One Pound and Big Twist Heather

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Michael @strictlystitches.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Had to hop on the bandwagon and make this sweater. While I love the yoke design, I was pretty bored with the body/sleeves and really had to power through all that stockinette 🧶 Pattern: Field Sweater by Camilla Vad Yarn: Loops & Threads Luxe Merino

An overhead POV of A green handknit sweater laying flat on a linen duvet. The sweater has a grain stalk design extending downward from the collar.

A mirror selfie of a guy wearing a green handknit sweater. The sweater has a grain stalk design extending downward from the collar.

A green handknit sweater laying on a table with the sleeve currently in the process of being knit.

An overhead POV of A circular yoke of a green handknit sweater laying flat on a table. The sweater has a grain stalk design extending downward from the collar.

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