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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

So happy with the way the Honoka sweater by Natsuko Iida #knit up in cascade ultra pima. #knitsky 🧶

Beige handknit sweater featuring a subtle stripe texture with ribbed neckline and hem and 3/4 sleeves

Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

#showmeyouknits cardigans! This sweater was playing higher than my skill level- an adapted raglan sweater in the sea glass pattern, steeked, using all scraps, including non feltable super wash and cotton blends. I wear all the time, a greatreminder not to be too precious with #knitting! #knitsky 🧶

A multicolor striped hand knit sweater with cream trim and brown buttons against a yellow wall. Pattern is adapted from wool and pine sea glass sweater and espace tricot bright side sweater.

Side view of hand knit striped cardigan on a torso. i had three needles going to get the sleeves to match the body- changed colors every row.

Despite a crocheted edge I did not trust my steek- or my buttons, so reinforced with vinyl tape used for puffer jacket repair - still intact almost two years later! Inside of a handknit sweater shows black tape along the seams for reinforcement

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

#showmeyourknits, I'm on a yarn destash cleanse currently, but lucky to have @mindseyeyarns.bsky.social as my walking distance LYS where I got some lovely Noro Sonata for my birthday last year. Pattern info in pic. #knitsky 🧶

Front view of purple handknit tee in variegated purple yarn with lace column don the center. Pattern is Kannos resistance by Elizabeth Margaret Knits (one wild)

Back view of handknit variegated purple sweater with lace panels.

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John Breen @breen.tech · 19/04/2025

I saw advice to buy extra cans of food when you’re at the grocery store to donate to the food bank. I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any). We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Just admiring the most complicated short row yoke I've ever done. (Had to rip back to the rubbing after an unsuccessful first attempt. Honoka sweater by Natsuko Iida. #knitsky 🧶

Handknit collar of sweater in gray yarn using short rows to make the back neck longer than the front. The pattern has knit, slip stitches and broken garter stitched to make vertical panels.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

#showmeyourknits gift knitting! I just finished this set for my niece's 5th birthday, pink ponies, a pink unicorn sweater, and matching for her baby brother. I may have enjoyed more than she will ... #knitting #knitsky 🧶

Against a white carpet are two handknitted sweaters with rainbow, unicorn and heart yoke and rainbow details on the sleeve. The larger one is dark pink and the smaller is brown. 8 handknitted pink ponies in assorted shades of pink are scattered on top of the sweaters.

A handknit pink pony is standing on an open cardboard box with pink sparkly paper on the floor. A handknit silver ball is attached to the lid of the box with pink paper lining the insides and says "pink pony club" in silver letters on the back

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I have a lot of gray for #showmeyourknits. The latest batch was for "an elegant scarf" for my super tall oldest, and a Hedwig owl with the leftovers for my youngest. #knitsky #knitting 🧶

Gray handknit scarf is coiled against a gray couch cushion. Pattern is Jasmine scarf by purl Soho featuring caliper stitch.

Front view of grey handknit owl sitting on a black dining table

Back view of Gray handknit owl sitting on black dining table

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

#showmeyourknits wips week progress update. I do love how quick a kids knit can be: cast on was Sunday #knitsky #knitting 🧶

A handknit purple sweater with a rainbow, unicorn and hearts design yoke is partially finished with one sleeve half done. It's against a blue and white rug

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

#pinkponyclub #knitting #knitsky I made a thing for my niece's birthday (who loves the song, pink, and ponies).🧶🧶🧶

Picture of a cardboard box covered in collages pink and purple papers. Text reads open the box.

Inside the box are assorted pink ponies with a pink glittery lid. text reads bring out the ponies.

Open box with the words "pink pony club" in silver letters against a pink background. A knitted pink pony is standing on the glittery pink floor and a handknit silver disco ball is attached to the ceiling. Text reads "set up the club"

Assorted pink ponies stand on the glittery pink floor. Text reads "start Dancing."

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

#showmeyourknits wips week. Cast on mini unicorn sweater. I didn't like the way the rainbow was looking so ripped out for something bolder. I also swore the MC was magenta with more pink but in low light it's a dark maroon- hope that will work for the intended pink/ purple fiend. #knitting 🧶

Yoke of a handknit sweater with rainbow stripes and magenta and gray yarn next to it on top of a grey cushion

Yoke of a handknit sweater in the process of being ripped out with multi color stripes and the magenta yarn from the other picture looks maroon/ brown here.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

#showmeyourknits babies! Here are the first things I made for my babies who are now teens. Patterns lost to the winds of time. #knitsky #knitting 🧶

Baby with a knitted duck with a baby blanket with printed ducks. Babys face has been scribbled over with a heart

Knit lion and knit black sheep with white fur against a knit blanket with multi color squares.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

#crochet #crochetsky I've gotten myself into something I very much cant handle. About 70 granny squares, different patterns, sizes and scraps with none of the ends sewn in. I thought this could be a blanket, overwhelmed. Can anyone offer a strategy to get this to a doable state? 🧶

About 70 crochet granny squares in various patterns and colors are laid out in a checkerboard pattern against a green and blue carpet. A pencil is to the side for scale.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I want to give love to this intarsia project for #showmeyourknits theme of colorwork-knit tapestry of Taughannock Falls made for my 15 yos birthday #knitsky #knitting🧶

Knitted tapestry measuring 48" by 30" of waterfall in various shades of blue over grey rocks and greenery with a tan border

Inspiration photo of Taughannock Falls- waterfall tumbling over tall cliffs with trees and rocks in the foreground

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

There are a lot of roads to burnout, but the highway is moral injury. -Dr Wendy Dean

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

#showmeyourknits, thickest yarn I ever used: save the drama llama pattern, unicorn hat adapted to use more loop stitch, and Murano hat all made with knitpicks bulky, mostly brava. I still really love the llama, had to put chopsticks in his neck to support the weight #knitting #knitsky 🧶

Save the Drama, knit llama with loop stitch knitted fur. The llama is wearing a harness with pompom accessories and blanket in greens, yellow and purple and has matching stripes on his legs.

A white beanie hat with yellow unicorn horn, ears, and a rainbow mane modelled by a stuffed animal

Red and white handknitted Murano hat in alternating colors.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

A trend I'm happy to Jump on! Eat the Rich beanie by Lanja Khon-Engheim w/ ridiculously undersized pompom. #knitting #knitsky #resistanceknitting 🧶

Blue and black beanie hat that reads "eat the rich" is blocking on a balloon for head shaping.

Close up of knit colorwork design "death-flake"- a snowflake design with a skull in the middle

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

She's done! Modular cardigan coat for #scrapalong2025 Finished off 14 balls of scrap yarn and most of 6 more. Great stash buster and lots of fun. More info in below comment #knitting #knitsky 🧶

Body modelling knitted cardigan coat in various colors and geometric shapes, it is oversized and almost goes to the knees.

Front view of modular cardigan coat in various colors and geometric shapes on a hanger against a blank wall

Back view of modular knitted cardigan coat laying flat against a carpet, coat is made up of geometric shapes in various colors and stripes knitted together.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

So close to being done with this modular cardigan coat, have used up 13 colors of scalp wool and made a dent in 8-ism more. Just the bottom to finish off with I cord, some ends, and a steaming to make everything nice #scrapalong2025 #knitting #knitsky 🧶

A cardigan coat in knitted fabric of multiple colored geometric shapes has needles and gray yarn laying off to the side. The cardigan is laying against a bias- striped knitted blanket.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I have knit socks 3 1/2 times. House socks when I first started knitting, not quite one sock afterwards, and socks are a no thank you for me. The patterns from #lattesandllamas geekalongs are the only ones I have deigned to break my sock avoidance, they are too clever #showmeyourknits 🧶 #knitting

Blue and beige Knit socks themed in The Oregon Trail - the left reads you died of dysentery with a graphic of cattle and the right reads The Oregon Trail with a graphic of a Conestoga wagon.

Untitled goose game themed socks in blue, orange and right. The right has a graphic of a goose and the left reads "peace was never an option."

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Applied I cord-- Google tells me I need 15x the length to finish the modular cardigan coat. Anyone know how accurate that is? I know I could I cord a swatch but, ugh...pictures of coat panels in progress for tax. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #scrapalong2025

Large rectangle knitted fabric made up of geometric striped shapes in assorted colors pinned on blocking mats

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

#showmeyourknits I love lace. Learned lace knitting in 2020 to challenge myself and it's the step that pushed me from casual knitter (a few projects a year, loveys and accessories) into a full-time always-something knitting knitter. Last lace project, details in alt text #knitsky 🧶

Back view of floreale top by Agata Mackiewicz in gray cotton/ bamboo yarn with leaf lace pattern in the middle and a tie back.

Close up of woman with dark hair and glasses showing the back leaf lace pattern of floreale top in gray with a tie keyhole closure.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

#scrapalong2025 update. 2nd panel of the home sweet home cardigan is now blocking. This is ticking all the boxes for pleasure knits for me: all knit stitches, minimal seaming, and so much math and math planning. #knitsky #showmeyourknits 🧶

Panel of knitted fabric in different geometric shapes with varied colors of stripes pinned to a blue foam blocking board.

Two panels of knitted fabric made up of geometric shapes and assorted colored yarn, the right panel has been blocked and is slightly larger with straighter edges

Notebook paper with sketches of rectangles divided into smaller geometric shapes. Notations of object lengths and grams of yarn used and needed. Bottom right has a tally of used up balls of yarn.

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BadHombreLands NPS @badhombrenps.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Remember: They're only #altgov accounts if they come from the altgov region of the #resistance, otherwise they're just sparkling alts.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

#scrapalong2025 finished the first panel of the modular cardigan coat. Blocking as I go along to check proportions. Already obsessed and have weighed and counted my yarn scraps multiple times to hope I have enough #knitsky #knitting 🧶

Blocked knitted fabric made of geometric shapes in different solid colors and shapes pinned on foam blocking mats.

Irregularly shaped Knitted fabric made of different geometric shapes laid against rug.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

#showmeyourknits wips week! Modular cardigan coat in process based on Tina Tse's Home Sweet Home formula. I have 1800 yards in worsted scraps, hoping to make it through all of them! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting

Various shapes of handknitted fabric joined together almost forming a square

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🧶 update, late night hat by Traci Scott balloon blocking- first time using a balloon to block a hat and other than making sure I didn't make the balloon too big, works great! Lovely scrap hat with fun Latvian braids and colorwork for extra warmth #knitsky

Peach wool handknits hat with brown and grey colorwork detail and blue and peach braided details. Sits on a cluttered desk using a purple balloon to maintain its shape

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I found more love themed/ red knits. This red riding hood for a toddler was made with every red and pink yarn in my stash- in one by one stranded pattern a la stained glass. Part of a red hiding hood themed gift set (wolf could flip into grandma). #showmeyourknits #knitsky 🧶

Red hooded cape hand knit lying on a beige carpet

Hand knit red riding hood doll, wolf in grandmother's clothes doll, and red knits cape and stuffed lion toy with paperback book Lon Po Po behind

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Tom Robbins wrote some of my favorite sentences on the planet. Rest in peace.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I wasn't sure I had anything for love themed #showmeyourknits. But then I found this pink/ purple unicorn and kitty menagerie I made for my 4yo niece last summer and I think that qualifies as ❤️ 🧶 #knitting

2 knitted pink unicorns, a crocheted pink cat, and a small gray knitted elephant posed together on a sofa arem

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I finished the Karatachi sweater by Kineco. All over cables was a huge new challenge, and I loved knitting this, almost sad to put it down after almost 4 weeks. 🧶 #knitting

Green cabled sweater against a beige carpet

Selfie of woman from mouth to waist in green cabled sweater against beige window shade

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

"Let us admit it, the settler knows perfectly well that no phraseology can be a substitute for reality.". - Franz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I thought I wasn't into stripes but found some stripe details in my knits I'd forgotten about. Patterns: Letters from the Open Road by Jen Parroccini, Claudita by Claudia Quintanilla, and Telling by Maria Jesus Camas. #showmeyourknits 🧶. All in regular rotation!

Grey zipper sweater folded on grey background with striped placket edging

Close up of shoulder detail of knitted green sweater with darker green stripes

close up on shoulder detail of grey knitted sweater with pink raglan lines and striped pink and grey collar.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

#showmeyourknits stripes! I'm not much for stripes, but just completed the handwarmers from Knitting VanGogh. And then to my chagrin, realize what I'm wearing today, in fact, has stripes- luminos tee by Yamagara modified with sleeves.

Hand with fingerless glove in grey and yellow textured stitch on wood floor background

Selfie of grey v neck sweater with neon rainbow stripes with black t shirt showing underneath

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Wondering if this will work: looking for a knit sweater pattern for one color fingering weight 100% Peruvian wool- preferably with a lot of ease as the wool needs some thing underneath it. Would love some sort of textural interest but I don't like reverse stockinette. Any ideas/suggestions? 🧶

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/01/2025

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

This is two weeks progress on the karatachi sweater by kineco. All over cables is a new challenge for me, and despite learning how to cable without a cable needle I'm dismayed to learn I'm still faster with the needle. #showmeyourknits 🧶

Front panel of knitted sweater in progress with all over cable design

Back panel of knitted sweater in progress with all over cable design

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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I knit a Venus de Milo.

Image of the Venus de Milo statue knit in white yarn.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

If I could redo my diversity+oppression class I would add a session on teaching sw'ers to be critical consumers of DEI programs in their workplace #socialwork

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

If social workers are true to our code of ethics, we should all be working to repeal mandatory reporting laws because of the harm and oppression they cause. www.thehastingscenter.org/our-system-f...

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Our System for Reporting Child Abuse is Unethical

The system of mandatory reporting of child abuse is rife with ethical problems and can lead to unjustified custody loss.

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Marisa @tiredsailors.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Why I needed to join b.sky www.businessinsider.com/how-linkedin...

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