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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For #wipWednesday and for #showMeYourKnits what's on your needles week, a pair of socks in gorgeous John Arbon Exmoor Sock. Finally turned the heels and finished the gusset decreases! #knitsky

A pair of blue green hand-knitted socks with a regular texture, each sock still on double pointed needles

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Here's a full shot of the shawl when it was blocking so you can see the lace patterning!

A dark red crescent shaped knitted lace shawl pinned out to block on multicolour mats

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Tilly believes in you

a medium hair tuxedo cat, sitting on a bed, looking directly at the camera

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

That was our greatest point of eclipse. It's passed so fast

Only a little bit eclipsed shadows through the trees on a garden fence

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We have eclipse shadows all over the east side of the garden. It's gorgeous

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@alittlebriton.bsky.social remember this? I'm finally blocking it!

A delicate triangular knitted lace shawl pinned out to block on multicoloured mats

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Happy #wipWednesday #knitsky ! I have the start of a pair of Hermione's Everyday Socks in John Arbon Exmoor Sock, and the start of a Frail Scarf in Tall Yarns Yak 2 (I miss their yarn!)

The start of a two colour brioche scarf in black and dark red with a scattered leaf motif

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The Discworld RPG Kickstarter rewards have landed! #discworldRPG #discworldTTRPG #discworld #ttrpg

Four Discworld TTRPG books: The Roleplaying Game, Gamemaster's Toolkit, The Night Before Hogswatch, Tales from the Big Wahoonie, plus a set of octarine polyhedral dice, a black box of playing cards with the Discworld world turtle Great A'Tuin embossed in gold foil on the front, two packs of art cards and a pack of Librarian bookmarks

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

And Tilly, who is Warm

A black and white mid hair cat, stretched out on a bed

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This is Spooky, who believes that we got a new sofa purely so she can sit on the back of it

A mid hair tabby and white cat sprawls on the back corner of a sofa

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

You can have a short tassel or a short braid at the end of your bookmark. I'll customise it exactly to the options you choose. You'll get a piece of a continuous textile heritage tradition, you'll raise money for voting rights, and you'll keep your place in your book! /fin

A lilac lace bookmark in progress. The pattern is held in place by brass pins and the thread is wound onto wooden bobbins

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

You can choose from cloth stitch panels (it looks like woven cloth), half stitch panels (more holes, more delicate) or spider panels for the diamonds. You can choose cloth stitch, cloth stitch with a double half stitch edge, double half stitch or half stitch fans.

A selection of options for different panels, fans and tassels

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I can put a contrast colour through to outline the diamond panels, if you want one! These are all thicker threads. All the threads I use are mercerised cotton, except for the gold contrast thread. That means that your bookmark can be washed if needed, by hand and in cold water

thicker threads yet in white, green, red, blue, black and gold

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Whatever thread you choose, I'll send the bookmark in a plastic sleeve to protect it. If you'd like something robust enough for you to use without the sleeve, maybe you'd like a slightlly thicker thread, which gives you more options for the fans along the outsides. Again, I can order more colours!

six thicker threads from various manufacturers, in shades of blue, white, red and lilac

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I have a decent selection of colours already in my stash - you can pick any one, two or three of these to be the main body colour(s) of the bookmark. You can pick another colour if you'd like it! I will order it. There'll be a slight delay for delivery, but you can have the colour of your choice.

a range of DMC 80 cotton thread balls in lilac, pink, blue, purple, black, red, yellow, white, and variegated colours

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

So, centuries of women teaching other women how to make bobbin lace gets you to me. I'm offering you a chance to decide what colour or colours you want, what patterns you want to see, annd whether you want a contrast thread, in a bookmark that will have this construction

A torchon lace bookmark in blue, white and pink threads with a gold contrast thread and a short tassell. It has cloth stitch and spider panels, and cloth stitch fans with a double half stitch edge

A more robust bobbin lace bookmark in variegated lilac and white. It has cloth stitch, half stitch and spider panels, and cloth stitch fans with a double half stitch edge. There is no contrast thread.

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

You can pick your own colour, or colours, for the body of the bookmark. You can pick whether you want a contrast thread included. You can pick the pattern for each of the fans and diamond panels.

a selection of DMC 80 lacemaking threads in various colours

A selection of 20-40 weight cotton threads in varying colours

A selection of heavier weight threads in varying colours

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Another blue project for #showMeYourKnits ! I knitted this Lava Flow Cowl in a gorgeous deep blue DK from Posh Yarns (still miss them!) and gosh it leaked so very much dye during soaking before blocking. Spouse claimed it as soon as it was dry. #knitsky

a knitted infinity cowl in dark blue, in a ribbed texture with staggered cables

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

happy 100 weeks #showMeYourKnits! for a BlueSky milestone, here's a blue project - Lapislazuli from @martinabehm.bsky.social in gorgeous Suilven Lace yarn from Ripples Crafts #knitsky

a lightweight long oval knitted wrap in variegated blue with rings of eyelets, draped over a wooden table in the sun

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Just submitted my donation forms for @romancingthevote.com ! If you've ever fancied owning a bobbin lace bookmark made by me, you'll get your chance. Want to pick the colours and patterns for a unique, custom bookmark? You can bid on that, too!

A bobbin lace bookmark in progress. Red threads and a black contrast thread are wound onto bobbins and the beginning of the bookmark is pinned in place with brass pins on waxed cardboard, on a blue lacemaking pillow

A bobbin lace bookmark in progress. Variegated lilac and white thread is wound around wooden bobbins and the lace in progress is pinned in place with brass pins.

Three bobbin lace bookmarks on a creased white sheet. Left to right they are lilac, red with a black contrast thread, white ( the white one kind of disappears a bit honestly)

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶is "light and dark" in honour of the solstice, whichever one is happening where you are. For Light I have this Ashworth scarf, light in both colour and in weight, a gorgeous laceweight scarf. And for Dark, a Cornwall Coast shawl in the colours of a dying fire. #knitsky

a nearly white knitted scarf hanging lengthways to dry on a washing line. There are wide cables making it look like there's a diamond texture pattern, and there are clothes pegs at each outer point of the diamonds both to secure it to the washing line and the weight the other side.

a folded crescent shaped knitted shawl in stripes from dark gold through brown, dark red, purple and grey, to a wave-like lace pattern border

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I wish I could send you an apple cinnamon bun. I have too many.

a tray of swirl rolls drizzled (okay splatted) with caramel

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I'm not going to get this finished in time to be a FO for the #lightItUpMAL but I'm still enjoying knitting it!

A knitted triangular purple red shawl with a thick braided cable running down the centre

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It's "What's on your needles" week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶so here's the second WiP: this is the start of a Vortex shawl for a discord KAL, in Perran Yarns from Stitches and Cream in Falmouth

Centre of a circular shawl in shades of dusky pink, on a short circular needle. The lace eyelets form spirals as the circle grows

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶 theme is "What's on your needles?" so this is my #lightItUpMAL project, Braidsmaid by Martina Behm in Blend from Rohrspatz & Wollmeise. I've been meaning to remake this for years and this yarn is so soft and such a lovely colour that it makes me happy each time I knit.

A triangular knitted shawl in a red purple colour, with a thick braid like cable running down the centre. The project is in progress, on a circular needle with a red cable and brass tips, and there are two stitch markers shaped like tiny pink yarn balls each side of the cable.

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

this week's theme for #showMeYourKnits 🧶is stockinette and honestly, the vast majority of the stocking stitch based things I've knitted are Musselburgh hats, because they're so very wearable and also great in-meeting knitting projects #knitsky

A white person wearing glasses and with long blue and purple hair wears a stocking stitch knitted beanie in a raspberry red colour with a folded over black brim

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Not the kind of vehicle we usually see on the M5

Steam locomotive 80078 on the back of a trailer on the motorway

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

So Stitches & Cream in Falmouth is dangerous and full of wonderful temptation

Four skeins of yarn. Left to right: Perran Yarns in a pink and red tonal, Wool Decanted Vintage 23 in a soft dusky pink, Wool Decanted Vintage 23 in a dark claret, Arbon Textiles Exmoor Sock in a teal green

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I think this will do

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

you're making brilliant progress

a grey brown tabby mid hair cat curled up sleeping in a fleece bed hanging on a radiator. Her tail is covering her face.

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

have a Spooky on a blanket

a grey tabby and white midhair car with white paws, bib and whiskers, with wide dark eyes, sits on a lilac knitted blanket on the back of a sofa behind a white person wearing glasses

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Go Birding day! we went for a wander through the woods at Blickling to see the bluebells and heard the woodpeckers drumming.

bluebells in a wood of oak and ash trees. The bluebells are in flower, drifts across the whole forest floor, and the trees are just beginning to come into leaf

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Still cowl week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶- this is the start of my first Nennir cowl available at @knitty.com as a free pattern! This was my first venture into closed loop cables - some time this year I intend to embark on Morvach to try on a bigger scale. #knitsky

a knitted panel in pale grey with complex interlocking cables in a Celtic knot style pattern

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Another day, another cowl, another new technique to me when I knitted it - this was my first attempt at two colour brioche. I still have no idea why it went diagonal! Pattern is Chromatic Cowl by Amy Detjen, the yarn is from Siidegarte. #showMeYourKnits 🧶 #knitsky

two pictures of a two colour brioche cowl, ribbing in purple and pale pink. The lines of ribbing are at a diagonal angle

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Another new technique experiment for me and another cowl for #showMeYourKnits 🧶this was my first attempt at stranded colourwork. No, I won't show you the floats!

a knitted cowl with a flared base. The background is light grey and it has variegated purple polka dots

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

this week's #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶theme is cowls - I knit more than I wear and most of them are opportunities to try out new techniques. This Looped Loop cowl was a chance for me to try out knitting continental style after initially learning English style when I was little.

A blue ribbed knitted moebius cowl folded up on a wooden surface

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Sorting through old theatre programmes, just found this

Theatre programme cover for Coriolanus at the RSC showing Toby Stephens, his face covered on blood and his mouth open. Across his face is an autograph from Toby Stephens in silver pen.

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I missed #FOFriday last week so here's the object I finally finished just before #EAYF - Petalism by Naama Ido in a mini advent calendar from Miss Babs, background colour from Posh Yarn 🧶 #knitsky

An elaborate brioche cabled crescent shawl draped across the end of a bed. The foreground colour shades from pale blue through purple and to a pale turquoise edge

An elaborate cabled brioche shawl draped over the end of a bed

Close up on the intricate cables of a two colour brioche shawl

Close up of another section of the intricate cables of a knitted two colour brioche shawl

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

one more green project for #showMeYourKnits 🧶- no toes this time! This is @leelamary.bsky.social 's Branches and Leaves shawl in Rohrspatz & Wollmeise yarn, knitted for a much loved friend. #knitsky

close up of a knitted brioche shawl with green leaf motifs on a dark grey background, laid out on multicoloured blocking mats

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

still green week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶! These "My Cup of Tea" socks are knitted in Vortex Sock from the magnificent @thirdvaultyarns.com in the colour "Cosmic Turtle"

a knitted sock in progress, in a scale texture, in shades of green and brown. A white person's toes are visible out of the in progress end of the sock, with steel double pointed needles holding the stitches

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

more green for #showMeYourKnits 🧶and this is the Almost Autumn shawl by BooKnits, in Audrey lace (silk/cashmere) from the much missed Posh Yarns #knitsky

a dark green delicate laceweight knitted shawl in a crescent shape spread across an outdoor table. There are beads highlighting the patterns of the lace and helping with the drape

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

we're still on the green theme for #showMeYourKnits 🧶so here's a pair of shortened Cloudland mitts by Lynn Vogel, yarn from Unbelieveawool. It's my favourite pattern for quick mitts that flex to fit easily.

A white person's hand wearing a short green knitted fingerless mitt with a mock cable pattern spiralling around it

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

@ellenkushner.bsky.social I bought the Swordpoint yarn, now I just have to figure out the right pattern to turn it into a Swordspoint shawl

Two skeins of yarn with a white base and splashes of red and black

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Yarn haul from #EAYF is a few skeins more than I intended to buy but almost all already with a purpose!

A collection of 10 skeins of yarn, mostly in red shades, with one teal and black and two grey,purple and blue skeins. Yarn labels include Mothy and the Squid, Pigment and Ply, The Yarny Octopus and Creative Anarchy

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Vae @vae.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶theme is green so here's something I made from yarn from one of the vendors at #EAYF - this is from Chromatic Yarns, and the pattern is Magrathea by Martina Behm (sadly now Ravelry only). Martina Behm's patterns are amazing for variegated yarns! #knitsky

a garter stitch knitted shawl with a lace edging in a shallow triangle shape, in shades of pale yellow green with speckles of other colours

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