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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks to the nor'easter, no outside photos today. But, still able to get some inside shots. Yarn is @lolabeanyarnco.com Wax Bean in Yacht Rock and Vintage Vinyl. #knitting #lolabeanyarnco #waxbean #textillianstudios #satisfyingstripesshawl

Triangular garter stitch shawl in stripes of cream and aqua.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sometimes I think of how different my Friday nights were about 30 years ago. Were they fun? Yes. Do I want to go back? Nah. #knitting #blocking #lolabeanyarnco #waxbean #textillianstudios

An asymmetrical triangular shawl that is mostly cream with aqua stripes being blocked.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Attempted to get some photos this past weekend. The yarn is @knitterkim.bsky.social Napoleon Sock in Granite and Spring Gradient Set. #knitting

Man wearing a triangular shawl wrapped around his neck. The shawl has taupe as its main color and speckled pastels as stripes.

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I said I wanted to get this finished in time to wear this summer, I barely made my deadline. This is Marettimo by Boyland Knitworks. I made the 3rd size and sized up for the sleeve sizing. Yarn is my Dolly's Coat of Many Colors, Rosehip Tea and Rose on Sourdough Sock. Pattern and yarn links below. 🧶

A short sleeve knitted tee is modeled on a mannequin with wooden jointed arms. The short sleeve tee is knit with a variegated colorway of pinks, greens, turquoise, purple yellow. and lacy sections of grayish purple and rose yarns.

A closeup shot of a Lacey hem section of the Marettimo knit tee . The main color of a variegated colorway of pinks, greens, turquoise, purple yellow. the lace section is a grayish-purple and rose.

A closeup shot of the neckline& upper section of a knitted tee. The main color is pinks, greens, turquoise, purple yellow. There is a Lacey section on the hem of the short sleeve knit in a grayish purple and rose.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So should which should be the main color to go with the blue for another Satisfying Stripes shawl? #knitting

Two skeins of Lolabean Yarn Co Wax Bean in OOAK Orange and Yacht Rock, with a small ball of light blue sitting on top of them.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

One more time through the colors, and I will be about done. I am weighing the minis after each stripe, so I have that information for the pattern. #knitting #kimdyesyarn #napoleonsock #satisfyingstripesshawl #textillianstudios

Garter stitch stripes in multi-colored pastels against a grayish tan.

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

As a thank you to Mr. Rogers, I am donating 15% of the sales of this colorway to PBS. This fund raiser is alongside the fundraiser for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Thank you for taking part in these fundraisers. 2/ www.kimdyesyarn.com/weeklyshopup...

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Won't You Be My Neighbor Mr. Rogers Yarn — Kim Dyes Yarn

Won't You Be My Neighbor Mr. Rogers Yarn

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Slowly making my way through the spinning. I have an ounce left of this braid and another 4 ounce braid still to spin. Need to decide if I am going to use them for the same project, or save the other braid for something different. #spinning #merino #silk #bamboo #lendrumsaxony

Red and brown thin single ply yarn on a spinning wheel bobbin.

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Ever since the announcement of our loss of Dolly Parton, the orders for the colorway inspired by her song Coat of Many Colors have been coming in. I have decided to donate 15% of the sales of this colorway to her Imagination Library to thank Dolly Parton for loving us so much. Thank you! 🧶🧶🧶

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Dollys Coat of Many Colors Yarn Dyed — Kim Dyes Yarn

For Nash Yarn Fest, my dyeing inspiration went immediately to Dolly Parton. Her song Coat of Many Colors is one of my favorites and since it references color, it was perfect for colorway inspiration. ...

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I have learned that I really can't effectively sample for a new design while writing up other designs. It is too much context switching for me. So instead, I started another Satisfying Stripes shawl, this time using @knitterkim.bsky.social Napoleon Sock. #knitting

Start of an asymmetrical triangular shawl in garter stitch.

Main yarn in top left-hand corner and the mini fade set going diagonally from that.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Transparency post: Between Ravelry and Payhip, I sold 50 copies of My Ever Changing Moods Shawl. 50 x $3.50 = $175. Add in processing fees, and $186.48 was donated to Cure Alzheimer's Fund. Thank you for your support! #knitting #transparencypost #curealzheimersfund

Man wearing tuck stitch shawl against a green forest background.

Image showing 46 sales of shawl on Ravelry.

Image showing 4 sales of shawl pattern on Payhip.

Image showing donation of $186.48 to the Cure Alzheimer's Fund.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

$3.50 from every sale of My Ever Changing Moods Shawl goes to Cure Alzheimer's Fund until Friday. Links are in bio. #knitting

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

While writing up other patterns, I am playing around with new yarn to see how the colors play together. The yarn is @knitterkim.bsky.social 's Cronut Sport in the colorways Pink Oyster and Plum. I have a bunch of different stitches to try out. #knitting #kimdyesyarn #cronutsport

Brioche knitting sample with a light multi-colored yarn in the foreground and a deep plum in the background.

Brioche knitting sample with a deep plum in the foreground and a light multi-colored yarn in the background.

Two center pull balls of yarn. One is a light multi-colored and the other is a deep plum.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Most of our date nights, for the more than 20 years that we have been together, have been dinner followed by going to the bookstore for a coffee and browsing and buying. In that time, I have seen the craft section get smaller and smaller.

Two stacks of bookshelves for crafts and hobbies books at my local Barnes and Noble.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

And while I wait for the hat to dry, it's time to start writing up the pattern and figure out a name that a bunch of other patterns don't already have. #knitting #magpiefibers #quartetfingering #textillianstudios #briocheknitting

Brioche hat in light and dark blue drying on a blocking board.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Now you may be thinking to yourself, "Hmm. I thought he might be further along on that hat." And you would be right. I took this to knit night the other week and pulled it out to work on it without paying attention to where each yarn was. That was a mistake.

A brioche hat in progress with a light blue foreground color and a dark blue background color.

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It’s already been a delightful day here at Spun in Ann Arbor! I was able to spend some time gabbing with THEE Jillian Moreno which is always a treat. 🧶🧶🧶

A photo of a table top yarn display with a SPUN sign in the center back. There are sweater samples on mannequins on the sides and piles of hand dyed fiber on the right side.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

So the hat dried just in time for me to give it to my husband as part of his birthday gift. As for the bind off, I am okay with it. I probably won't do it that way again, but I am not going to rip it out and try a different method. #knitting

Front view of brioche hat on glass head. The foreground color is camel and the background color is a dark olive.

Top view of brioche hat on glass head. The foreground color is camel and the background color is a dark olive.

Side view of brioche hat on glass head. The foreground color is camel and the background color is a dark olive.

Brioche hat lying on carpet. The foreground color is camel and the background color is a dark olive.

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

And speaking of fiber--I've been dyeing a lot of new fiber to take with me to my pop up event at Spun Ann Arbor this coming weekend. I'll be there Saturday and Sunday. Hope to see you there! If you can't make it to the event, I do have some fiber that I quietly put into the shop last week. 🧶🧶🧶

A braid of hand dyed spinning fiber coiled into a circle. The colors are bright violet, chartreuse, pink and rust.

A hand dyed braid of spinning fiber coiled into a circle. The colors are gray, green, gold, pink, periwinkle.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It's the tail end of the discount for the My Ever Changing Moods Shawl. 🧶 www.textillian.com

Man holding tail end of shawl that is wrapped around his neck.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

One of the names that I considered for this pattern was Crossfade, but decided against it because I thought it implied too much about the color. That said, if you want to do a fade for My Ever Changing Moods, but not sure how to go about it, here is what I did. #knitting

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My Ever Changing Moods Shawl is partly based on how I am tend to transition from one mood to another and how those moods blend into one another. You might say I am kind of a slow boil. This shawl is the embodiment of that idea (and a few others). #knitting #intothewhirled

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

My Ever Changing Moods Shawl is live! This shawl began life at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. I saw all of the new colorways that Into the Whirled had created, and I wanted to design something that would blend some of them together. #knitting

Man holding triangular shawl that transitions from green to blue to brown to orange, then back again.

Man holding triangular shawl in one hand with other end of the shawl laying on his shoulder.

Man wearing triangular shawl while holding out the long point of the shawl.

Close up of stitch pattern used in the shawl

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The top down version of the hat came off the needles on Monday. I used Jeny's stretchy bind off, and I am not sure how I feel about it. I see how I like it after giving it a soak. #knitting #magpiefibers #quartetfingering

Two-color brioche hat with green as the background color and a camel color as the foreground.

The start of a two-color brioche hat with the brim and background color being dark blue and the foreground color being light blue.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The hat sat still for a couple days while I decided whether to make it a bit longer than the original before going into the ribbing. I decided to go a half of a repeat more because I know the person that I am making this for likes his ears completely covered. 🧶

Brioche hat on knitting needles. Foreground color is a camel color and the background is green.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Look at me! Spinning again! I decided that I should get back to spinning. I always found spinning a good way to relax (at least when everything is working correctly.) #spinning #lendrumsaxony

Spinning bobbin starting to fill up with singles of yarn.

A hair elastic being used for tensioning on the spinning wheel.

Shims placed in the hole to keep things in place.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Decided to reknit the brioche hat that I did over a year ago, making some changes to it so I can more easily get a range of sizes. Also, I am trying it from the top down. (I started it on dpns.) Would you go for a top down hat pattern? Or are you strictly brim up? (Or are you Musselburgh?)🧶

Start of a top down brioche hat in light brown and dark green.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

So, the first person that I came out to was my friend from college, Tonya. We met in bowling class, and she got me to join the gospel choir because they needed a bass. #comingout #pride

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This project came together rather quickly. I used a skein of Fiber Optic Yarns' Kashmir in the colorway Peace and leftovers from my June 2024 release of the Wavelength Wrap (second photo), which uses the Over the Rainbow Infinity Fade. 🧶 #fiberopticyarns #satisfyingstripesshawl #wavelengthwrap

Selfie of man wearing a blue shawl with multi-colored stripes.

A slip stitch wrap draped around a dressform. The wrap has all of the colors of the rainbow in it.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I usually don't block shawls on a weeknight because I am usually not sure how long it will take. But this is the second of this shawl and it only took about 20 minutes to pin out. #knitting #fiberopticyarns #kashmir #textillianstudios #satisfyingstripesshawl

A blue, triangular shawl with multi-colored stripes towards the wider end is pinned out on a blocking mat.

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I've scheduled some events for the next little bit. I hope to see some of you in Pittsburgh, Ann Arbor & Minneapolis! 🧶🧶🧶

A poster which reads: Upcoming Events
July 11 Trunk Show at Moon & Yarn Craft Room Pittsburgh, PA
August 1-2 Trunk Show at Spun Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
September 26 Yarnover Marketplace Minneapolis, MN

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Decided to block with the right side facing the mat so that I could adjust the woven in ends before it dries. We shall see if that was the right decision. #knitting #woolandvinyl #classicrocksock #textillianstudios #satisfyingstripesshawl

An asymmetrical triangular shawl being blocked. The shawl is garter stitch with the main color being red-violet and stripes towards the end of the shawl in highlighter yellow, green, and blue.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

New project, same as the old project. I am doing the same simple, striped shawl that just came off the needles; but this time using Fiber Optic Yarns' Kashmir in Peace and remnants of the Over the Rainbow Infinity Fade as the stripes. #knitting

Start off a triangular shawl in variegated blue with bag full of small balls of yarn in rainbow colors.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Imagine being so unable to love your child that you set fire to the whole damn world instead.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Starting to get the photos together. Not the photos that I thought that I was going to get, but photos nonetheless. #knitting #intothewhirled #pakokkusock #textillianstudios #myeverchangingmoodsshawl

Close up of a shawl in garter stitch and tuck stitch. Green and blue-violet portion laying over the brown and orange portion.

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Link to order: www.kimdyesyarn.com/weeklyshopup...

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Hi! I'm puttering around here trying to get things back in order after MDSW, but I did manage to get Murmuration and Dolly's Coat of Many Colors pre-order listings in the shop for those who couldn't make it to MDSW or Nash Yarn Fest. 🧶🧶🧶

Murmuration colorway is a rich jewel toned colorway of teals, turquoise, green, bits of rose and purple.

Dolly's Coat of Many Colors is a combination of raspberry with gold, orange, blue, green.

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

My next new sample for MDSW is the amazing Fiona sweater by Vicky Chan! I used Mochi DK for it and love how it looks and feels knit up this way. The pattern is very well written and easy to follow. I highly recommend. 🧶🧶🧶 I used Silver Lining as the MC and Marshmallow as the CC.

A colorwork sweater in heathered gray and cream is modeled on a mannequin. The mannequin is standing on a round table by a wood buffet cabinet. A glass terrarium stands on the cabinet. The colorwork pattern is stalks of flowers with a cute kitty sitting amongst them.

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Hi! It's almost time for MDSW! Today is my last dyeing day to prepare for it and then it's twisting/labeling, packing & getting everything organized for setup on Friday. My first new sample for the show is New Terrain from Yamagata. 🧶🧶🧶 I use two strands of my silk/linen yarn, Smoothie Fingering. 1/

New Terrain tee by Yamagara. This short sleeved boatneck tee is modeled on a mannequin sitting on a chest with books behind it. The design features geometric lines with three triangular sections coming to a point in the middle of the front. The colors are blue and earth tones marled together.

A closeup of New Terrain by Yamagara featuring the right side and shoulder. The design features geometric lines and the colors are blue and earth tones marled together.

A closeup of New Terrain by Yamagara featuring the left sleeve. The design features geometric lines and the colors are blue and earth tones marled together.

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Kim Dyes Yarn @knitterkim.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hi! Whew. I feel like I can finally catch my breath. I've been so so busy over here and needed to stay super focused to make sure I got everything done. I'm heading to Nash Yarn Fest this week. The market is Fri & Sat. Info here: www.nashyarnfest.com Dolly's Coat of Many Colors is coming, too. 1/

A photo of three skeins of hand dyed yarn twisted and sitting in a row on a white background. They are dyed in shades of raspberry, orange, green, blue & purple.

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Gaye Glasspie | GGmadeit @ggmadeit.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Today is the day I use what I love (knitting) to help others. Today is the knit-a-thon and together we can help feed those in need.

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Thank you, Artemis II, for giving me a new appreciation of my own work. Pattern is Sleeping Satellite by yours truly. Yarn is @lolabeanyarnco.com Wax Bean in Moonshine. #knitting #lolabeanyarnco #waxbean #textillianstudios #sleepingsatelliteshawl

Gray brioche lace shawl with multi-colored spots that is inspired by the moon.

The Edge of Darkness
(April 6, 2026) - As the Artemis II crew flew over the terminator, the astronauts described this boundary between day and night as "anything but a straight line." Crater rims along the terminator stand out as "islands" in the night. Giant chains of craters emanating from the 3.7-billion-year-old Orientale basin can be seen scouring the surface, stretching almost to the terminator. This tells a geologic story: these crater chains produced by the Orientale impact event mar the surface of the relatively flat Hertzsprung Basin (center of this image), which means that Hertzsprung Basin must be even older than Orientale!

Image Credit: NASA

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Patrick Donohue @textillianstudios.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Transparency post: I sold 81 copies of Sleeping Satellite through Ravelry and 5 copies through Payhip. 86 times $3.50 is $301. I bumped it up to $325 and paid the process fees for the donation to Mission Blue Skies. Thank you all for your support. #missionblueskies #lolabeanyarnco

Man holding red brioche lace shawl, with fall foliage in the background.

Receipt of 81 sales of Sleeping Satellite on Ravelry

Receipt for 5 sales of Sleeping Satellite on Payhip

Receipt for donation of $325 plus process fees to Mission Blue Skies

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