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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Currently working on knitting feathers for a ruffled raven collar in blues and purple. Goal was to get it done by Halloween but I have only made 12/40 feathers so far 😅

🧶 A layered collar of knitted varying colored "feathers" buttoned in the back

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Oh hey, my sock-in-progress fits this week's #ShowMeYourKnits theme, as it uses self-striping yarn. Did a progress check this morning, the sock grows apace!

Flat view of a speckled, striped sock on double pointed needles

Same sock now on a foot, reaching about halfway

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Learning to knit socks from the toe up! Used increase instructions for a pattern I'm not gonna follow. (The pillow is cute but not mine.)

A speckled sock emeging from double pointed knitting needles, knit in orange and white yarn 🧶
It's on a throw pillow featuring a womn riding a horse

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My mother in law kindly gifted me a bag of goodies from The Woolly Thistle! I no longer have an excuse to not start up some socks lol. The eternal question is which pattern to knit next?

🧶 A plastic bag full of sock yarns in pink, speckles, and a bright green. Also some wool wash. It sits on yellow tissue paper. There's a project bag in the back that you can't see. The card from The Wooly Thistle suggests patterns.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I didn't have time to take a good photo of the shawl so here's a quick one I did right after the embroidery was done 🧶 my sister was very happy! Now on to planning knitted gift my cousin's winter baby (a boy!)

Picture of most of a white shawl with eyelet lace, laid over a sofa

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I've finished knitting the Korpsång shawl! I tried a new to me bind off for kicks: Icelandic bind off. Easy once you get going and looks pretty on the garter stitch. Needs blocking and embroidery but not dealing with that today. It is indeed Nice and Large.

Closeup of a white garter stitch knit fabric, a blurry aloe in the background
🧶 the yarn (Skydance Fibers Nova) is a little fuzzy, has some sheen, and crisp stitch definition

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Was thinking I don't have any yellow work for this week's #ShowMeYourKnits but then I remembered the yarn for the Sallah cowl I've been working on has splashes of yellow. In the bright sun, it stands out more than the other colors (purple, orange, green).

A mesh lace knitted triangle of gray with bits of lilac and yellow

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I don't know who in Manhattan is crocheting these tree... sleeves? Cowls? But I appreciate you.

A Manhattan street tree sporting colorful crochet stripes around its trunk.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

My latest attempt to make a shawl for my 3rd sister seems to be actually going well! 🤞I chose a pattern (Korpsång) from Laine's 52 Weeks of Shawls. The yarn is Skydance Fibers Nova.

A portion of a white shawl with many eyelets grouped in threes to resemble birds sits atop a pattern book with photos of the completed shawl

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

#ShowMeYourKnits lace edition! My Sallah cowl is slowly taking shape.

🧶 knitted triangle with an all over lacy pattern in multicolor yarn with shades of gray yellow purple and green

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Finally decided to do something with this beautiful discontinued yarn in my stash. (Khusku, a bamboo/wool/nylon blend) I poked around @knitty.com archives and pulled up the Sallah cowl pattern. Tomorrow I'm back to working my my latest gift knits, but this one's for me!

A small knitted triangle of yarn on bamboo cable needles. It's silvery gray with splashes of yellow, purple, and green. 🧶

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Savoring one of my favorite xmas gifts: Elizabeth Zimmermann's The Opinionated Knitter. (Yes, that's a swatch-as-bookmark lol). Chock full of fantastic anecdotes and the archive of her knitting newsletters. I read the funny parts out loud to my husband.

"The Opinionated Knitter" 🧶 A pink hardcover book with a black and white photo of the author at center.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits is knitter's choice, so here's the last gift knit I made: a Sophie Scarf in pretty fawn colored alpaca yarn. Hopefully my sister likes it. It only took a few days!

A folded triangular mini scarf sits on a black leather ottoman. It is made from a light brown and fuzzy yarn knit in garter stitch with an i-cord edge. 🧶

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

They need to be blocked but the mittens are technically done! I used leftover yarn from the Briodag set but I still have a good amount of this yarn left... so much for knitting through my stash this year. 🧶 It was probably not a realistic goal to begin with. 😆

Striped mittens in 3 shades of purple, stacked on a red velvet pillow.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Good news: I finished knitting the Briodag set and all pieces are ready by October as planned. Of course, it was 80 degrees today and will be again this weekend. Autumn has to arrive at some point but I am not sure when!

A woman (me) in cat eye glasses smiles in purple and gray knitwear: a knit ruffled scarf, mitts, and beret 🧶

The Briodag set: a beret, ruffled scarf, and knitted gloves

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Finally got out during weather cool enough yet still sunny enough to get a photo of my finished Briodag beret by Alice Starmore. It is unsurprisingly very warm. I'm happy to see that the pattern shows up in the orchid/violet part of the hat. Not bad for my very first stranded colorwork project!

Back of my head while wearing a multicolor knitted Hebridean wool beret. It's lavender-grey and two shades of purple. In the background are some trees, you can almost see a river in the distance. 🧶

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Briodag fingerless gloves are making good progress! Keeping track of multiple charts is Not Fun with my attention span but I am muddling through it. The pattern is pretty rewarding to watch develop as you knit.

Left hand wearing a knitted glove in progress, still on the double pointed needles. The cuff is striped and dotted with knots. It is in 3 colors, all shades of purple.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Current knitting WIP progress: a beret is forming! I am actually another few rows past this already but figure I will take another photo before switching to the 2nd background color. 🧶 Pattern & yarn from virtualyarns.com- Briodag using colors Orchid, Driftwood, and Erica #knitsky

Orchid purple and gray multicolor hat is partially knit and still on the needles. The colorwork pattern is not very high contrast, unfortunately, but you can kinda make out the little gray crosses and squares.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Since we're doing shawls on #ShowMeYourKnits- here's a better photo of my Damascena shawl. I really do grab this every time I'm cold (from air conditioning, it's been super hot here all summer). It's so comfy and pretty!

Woman wrapped in a cool gray and red knitted shawl. The red is in curving chain like stripes against the gray. Only lower half of face showing.
🧶 Yarn is Malabrigo Sock in Eggplant and Tiziano Red.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I'm now working on Alice Starmore's Briodag kit, and have just completed the scarf! A little nervous about starting the proper colorwork. Very much not the season for posing with scarves, even in air conditioning, phew.

Woman with cat eye glasses and curly dark hair up in a headband takes a selfie wearing a knitted ruffled purple scarf over a pale pink shirt. The garter stitch scarf is 3 shades of purple, dark center band, bright lace ruffle, with light contrast trim.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Trying to get a photo of my Damascena shawl laid out was tough given the size, but it wears so nicely! Worth all the time and effort.

A cropped photo of me wearing a shawl like a poncho. The shawl is knitted in grey and red yarn with a bit if a sheen. The grey background is striped with red "chains" or pods, and the trim has red leaves on stems. I pinned it with a poppy flower shaped brooch.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Apparently there's a guy selling his crocheted roses in the city, and my lovely husband bought one for me on sight. So cute!

A red rose with 3 leaves crocheted in brightly colored yarn. The stitches are super tiny!

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Still working on the Damascena shawl, though on to the fun border. It'll probably take me a month to get through at my current pace, so I am likely gonna cast on a simpler side project soon. Maybe I'll knit some mitts in anticipation of spring...

A charcoal gray shawl with red wibbly stripes that look like pea pods. 🧶 It has a knitted on border with a red leaf and stem pattern.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Lace is the theme for #ShowMeYourKnits but for once I am not actively knitting lace. So I present a throwback to my wedding shawl/wrap, one of the first things I designed myself using a stitch dictionary and some Malabrigo Silky Merino yarn. I did not know how to knit triangles yet lol.

A rectangular lace shawl draped over a spruce tree branch. It's knitted in gold and white tonally dyed singles yarn. 🧶

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

For this week's Valentine's themed #ShowMeYourKnits I am still really proud of this red cowl/hood I came up with to solve my "it's cold out but I dont wanna crush my curls today" problem. Seamless with short row shaping. Uses White Gum Wool bouclé yarn, which is incredibly soft and cozy. 🧶

A selfie of me wearing the cowl up in hood mode. It is gray in the bottom, then solid red for the hood. Knit in reverse stockinette to show off the bouclé texture. My hair, black curls show in the front. Fabric drapes below my chin. I have enough fabric to pull up the bottom over my nose, but it is not quite a balaclava.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Got to play with my xmas gift from my husband recently. I have no idea what I'm doing, it's great! Weaving is nice distraction from the chaos that will hopefully result in a coaster.

A close up photo of a small loom with a little over an inch of a gray linen strip woven. The warp (vertical thread) is white cotton. 🧶

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits I knitted my first sweater 4 years ago! Pattern is Ya'ar by Chai Crafts. I stopped short for a cropped fit. The yarn is a discontinued 50/50 merino/yak blend. I still wear and love this one, so light and warm.

Me, a woman with glasses and curly hair wearing a purple sweater. It has bloused bracelet length sleeves and a lace hem. I messed up the crew neck so it's a boatneck. I'm posing in front of my then neighbors' reed fence.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Currently working on the Damascena shawl from Short-Row Colorwork Knitting. (Excellent book btw!) Colorwork is the main skill I wish to improve on in 2025. My color choices are arguably too low contrast, but I still like them. Yarn is Malabrigo sock in Eggplant and Tiziano Red.

A shawl in progress: charcoal/purple background with red wiggly stripes that resemble chains or bean pods. Made with fingering weight yarn. 🧶

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

#ShowMeYourKnits I think my favorite knit this year is a tie, my swatch hat that accidentally fit is great, but I am also really pleased with this violet hat I just made for my mother in law. I thought, "this yarn will look nice in this stitch pattern" and was right!

I forgot to take a photo of the garter rib hat when it was done, so here it is almost finished, in my lap. The hat pictured is knit from yarn 🧶 dyed tonally in various shades of purple. I held fingering weight yarn double so it is thick and squishy.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Just got this used book in the mail! I bought it for the Aran sweater on the cover but I love the 90s -ness of all the patterns/photos. My Gen X husband secretly misses the oversized sweater silhouette so I told him to flip through and post-it what he likes 😆

Photo of book. ALICE STARMORE "SWEATERS FOR MEN: 22 Designs from the Scottish Isles". The male cover model is squinting poutily into the sun, lounging in grass, wearing a loose fit cabled white sweater and carelessly tossed on red plaid scarf. Also wearing some kind of wooden whistle necklace thing for mysterious 90s fashion reasons. Unless I am supposed to believe this man is a shepherd?

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#ShowMeYourKnits autumnal colors: My favorite colors for clothes fit the bill but somehow only a few have ended up in any. Here's my fave project, pattern is Aliso Creek Top by Irina Anikeeva (a designer I love). My guage was OFF, way loose, but I liked the effect so I rolled with it. 🧶

Me some years ago modeling an orange knit top with a boatneck lacy yoke and elbow length sleeves. In a park so grass is the background. My head is cropped out, clasped hands as well.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Here are the Hebridean yarn skeins propped up in direct sunlight with the pattern card. From left to right, the colorways are Selkie (which will be the main), Storm Petrel, Kelpie, and Limpet. (I was tempted to do it in red like the card, not gonna lie. But I wanted a darker look.)

Ruffled Raven Collar pattern card with 4 skeins of varying colors propped up against it. In the card a model is wearing a red dress and red and pink collar. The collar has ruffles shaped like long feathers or chrysanthemum petals. The feathers vary in shades of red.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Yesssss!! Just got my box of Hebridean yarn from Virtual Yarns today! Some of the most beautiful heathers I have ever seen, I cannot wait to peep 'em in daylight. One of my 2025 goals is knitting Alice Starmore's Ruffled Raven Collar, so I got a kit.

Close up of two different shades of dark blue heathered yarn in a shipping box. Left one has many Colors mixed in, including yellow, pink, and cyan. The right one is a little more uniform but also has violet, pink, and green flecks.
This yarn is crisp but soft and springy to the touch.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

This hat was my first project playing with cables. No pattern, just vibes, which is how it ended up too small for me so I gifted it. The beautiful yarn was from Verse Yarns, a 4-ply BFL in colorway Rose Finch. That yarn was love at first sight! #ShowMeYourKnits

Sad attempt at a flat lay starring a cabled knit beanie in light pink yarn woth bright rose, black, and brown speckles. Off to the side are an enamel pin heart with anime Ancient Magus Bride characters and a crochet hook/yarn cutter pendant keychain. A yarn bowl peeks in at the top of the image.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Went to an intro to watercolor class today! Unsurprisingly, I did not finish (spent too much time getting colors right) but I learned a lot and am pleased with how I did. Water is so wily to work with when you're accustomed to pencils and yarn. 😅

A lil rectangle of watercolor paper featuring my wibbly painting of a blue teapot and teacup in front of a taupe striped vase with a green plant arranged in it. The background is a very pale yellow.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

The #ShowMeYourKnits theme is worsted/aran weight, so here's the first sweater I knit for my husband. The pattern is from PomPom's KnitHow book, and I used De Rerum Natura Gilliat as it suggested. I also wrote a blog post about it back in '21 throwpickthrow.blogspot.com/2021/04/i-kn...

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

For #ShowMeYourKnits, I present this vest in progress. I impulsively bought O-Wool yarn when the shop was closing, and figured why not knit a vest? 🧶 Inspired by a vintage men's pattern, I threw some cables on the front to appease my boredom, which is why they're kinda random. 😅

A ribbed rectangle knit in very pale gray yarn, sitting on my lap. I am wearing a black polka dotted skirt. The vest has wide ribbing interspersed with simple cables. Yarn is O-Wash in colorway Silver Maple. It is a smooth yarn so the knitting looks messy, I am hoping it blocks well.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Early voting has begun here in NY, though I already voted by mail. It's a lovely day for it if you can make the time!

"I voted by mail in the City of New York" Sticker

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

More joy in the mail! Thank you past me, you really shouldn't have, but I do love this color! No idea what I am knitting with this yarn yet but it is soft and full of possibility. #TreatYoSelf 🧶

Four skeins of yarn dyed in varying shades on purple. Says "Heritage Wool Collective from Indie Untangled" on the label. The yarn sits on tissue paper printed with sheep illustrations

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

This post made me wanna dig up an old photo, look at these two all snuggled up, wooly cuties. (This was from my trip to NY Sheep & Wool in 2019)

Two small curly haired horned goats napping together, in a straw filled pen, heads on one another's shoulders so you can't see their faces. I think they were angora goats.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Birb spotting in the park today: kestrel, nuthatches, sparrows of some non-house variety, and juncos. (Also the usual pigeons, robins, and seagulls.) No good pics but have an autumn tree.

Photo of a very tall tree in a park on a clear day. It is turning yellow and orange up top. Lots of brown leaves on the grass below it. I think it's an oak tree. Another similar shorter tree, more green than yellow, is just behind it. A blurry human in the lower eight corner looks tiny in comparison. A baby maple tree is bright red on the left in the distance. The sky is cloudless and blue.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Something blue for #ShowMeYourKnits Throwback to the first pair of socks I knit 5 yrs ago, which are currently in my darning basket (no holes yet, but I can see the heels are close). This photo is from when they were fresh off the dpns! Yarn is Lorna's Laces Solemate in colorway Devon. #knitting 🧶

My feet modeling blue and gray handknit socks against an ugly brown carpet background. Left foot is crossed over right ankle. Socks have ribbed cuffs. Ugly carpet is gone now, as the landlord ripped it out after we moved out of that apartment.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Here's a shawl I made earlier this year for my younger sister. Pattern is Unleaving by Lee Juvan. My sister's favorite color is royal blue, and I wanted to use superwash yarn just in case, so I made it in KnitPicks Capretta, colorway Azul.

A bold blue shawl/scarf laid on a wooden chair. It is garter stitch with lace edging.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Here's a shot of it on. I wish you could better see the halo, it is much fluffier post-blocking than I expected! Nearly sheer so I have a black tee on under it.

It is me! Wearing the teal green-gray short sleeve sweater I knitted. It has a lacy bit up top amd fits pretty loosely. This photo only shows the lower half of my face.

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ThrowPickThrow @throwpickthrow.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Here's my most recently completed knit: Rays of Sun Tee by Paula Pereira (pattern via Knitrino). I had weird guage as usual, and probably should've used smaller needles lol. But it fits! The yarn is lovely Capretta (merino/cashmere) from KnitPicks in the color Hemlock. #knitting

A sweater on blocking mats (foam squares that puzzle piece together). It's dark teal/green with gray halo. The sleeves are short and slightly puffed. The yoke (chest and shoulder area) is lacy.

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