Amanda

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Knitter, baker, reader in the PNW @ajgknit on Instagram

A partially knit hat in stripes of brown, green, blue, and black. Pattern is Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague, yarn is Knit Picks Chroma Fingering.
A tan and blue striped knitted baby blanket rests on a beige couch. Pattern is Round or Pinwheel Baby Blanket by Genia Planck and yarn is Caron Simply Soft.
A yellow speckled knit shawl is hanging in front of a blue and cream wall. Pattern is Cottage Shawl by Romi Hill.
An in-progress yoke of a sweater with a stranded colorwork pattern of smiling teal cats against a light grey background. The cats are almost complete, except for their toes.
A partially completed hand knitted hat on circular needles with the attached yarn ball. The hat is striped in brown, green, blue, and black.
A selfie of a woman wearing a multicolored knit hat in shades of orange and mint green, holding an insulated mug, with a sunset over the ocean in the background.
A shawl in shades of purple and grey is hung in front of a fireplace. The shawl has varied textures and patterns including wavy stripes, arched stripes, diamonds, and brioche.
A pair of bright red-orange cabled fingerless mitts on a beige carpet.
Close up of colorwork knitted mittens made to look like dragon faces, knit in teal and black yarn with red accents on the eyes and nostrils.
A forest green knitted baby cardigan with cabled accents lies on a beige carpet.
A woman, looking away from the camera, wears a colorwork knit beanie with a variegated cream/green/brown background and blue tentacles. Yarn is Yarnarchy Highland Wool Worsted.
A knitted beanie in orange variegated and black yarn. Pattern is Follow Your Path by Stephen West. Yarn is Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock (black) held double and Malabrigo Rios (Orange).
A toe of an in-progress knitted sock attached to a set of circular needles and a ball of yarn rests on a beige carpet. The yarn is striped in shades of brown, black, and blue. It is Blue Hands Fibers Merino Sock in the color “Codemonkey.”
A woman stands outside in front of a tree with red leaves. She is wearing an open orange cardigan with a black tee and jeans.
A blue hand-knit scarf on a beige carpet. Pattern: Bigger on the Inside by Kate Atherley. Yarn: Cascade Heritage Silk.
A partially-made knitted raglan tee in yarn speckled with shades of teal.
A woman wearing a tan-looking hand-knit pullover sweater and jeans stands at the water’s edge on a rocky beach.
A pair of knitted baby pants knit to look like blue jeans in dark blue cotton with light blue cuffs and yellow contrast stitching.
Close up of my feet wearing a pair of striped hand-knit socks in shades of blue-green and brown. There are small cables along the top of the foot and the leg.
A multicolored knit shawl is draped along the back of a cream-colored sofa. The shawl is knit in shades of blue, green, red, and gold.
A woman with a knitted shawl wrapped around her stands in a forest. Pattern is Westknits 2023 MKAL Geogradient. Yarn is from Dragonfly Fibers, Teton Yarn Co and Cascade.
A woman faces the camera, wearing a knitted tee in a faded gradient from light purple to copper.
Close up of a scarf with ruffled edges, knit in garter stitch, in a teal gradient yarn. The scarf is wrapped around a woman’s neck, her face off screen. There are trees in the background.
A child stands in a yard with his back to the camera, holding out a pink and yellow lace shawl. Pattern is Time Heals by Romi Hill. Yarn is Hazel Knits Artisan Sock.
A tan-colored möbius cowl in a lace pattern on a beige carpet. Yarn is Malabrigo Sock.
A green and white striped baby blanket on a beige carpet. Pattern is OpArt from Knitty, yarn is Swish DK from KnitPicks.
Parts of a purple and blue knitted owl toy in progress against a beige couch. Pattern is Lucy’s Owl, yarn is Caron Simply Soft.
Some tan-colored mushrooms growing in a tiny crevice between two tree trunks.
Close up of my feet wearing grey and blue striped hand-knit socks against a beige carpet. Yarn is Patons Kroy.
A two-color knitted lacy shawl in shades of purple is hanging against a white wall.
A 1x1 colorwork cardigan in progress is laid out on a beige carpet. Pattern is Sea Glass Cardigan by Wool & Pine. Yarn is various scraps of mostly blue, grey, and bronze.
A baby sweater in pink and teal yarn is laid out on blocking mats. Yarn is Polka Dot Sheep Stumptown DK, pattern is Snowflake by Tin Can Knits.
A knitted stuffed owl sits in a tree. It has a teal body with yellow legs and red feet.
Grey variegated socks are shown modeled on my feet with soles together, against a beige rug. Pattern is Baby Cable Rib by Charlene Schurch and yarn is from Regia.
4 knitting projects in progress, clockwise from top left: Tan cowl is Bertha’s Mad, Mysterious Mobius by Erica Hernandez, Orange lace shawl is Blackjack by Romi Hill, 1x1 colorwork sweater is Sea Glass Cardigan by Wool & Pine, blue and grey variegated socks are a free patten for two-at-a-time socks from Knit Picks.
A fuchsia cabled baby cardigan lying on a beige carpet. Pattern is Trellis and yarn is Knit Picks Comfy in the color Fairy Tale.
Seattle Doodle Cowl Knit in Trilogy Yarns Silky Yak DK (grey) and Jadawoo Designs Breathe DK (yellow).
A fingerless mitt in hand-dyed green yarn. Pattern is Cafe au Lait mitts and yarn is Malabrigo Silky Merino (Camote originally) overdyed with Easter egg dye and food coloring.
A woman stands in a field of dry grass, wearing a hand-knit scarf in shades of blue, green, orange and red. Yarn is Djinni sock from Dragonfly Fibers in “Low Tide”
A bulky weight raglan sweater knit in blue-green striped yarn, with brioche accents at the bottom and sides. Yarn is Knit Picks Chroma Twist Bulky in Weathervane.
A close up of my feet wearing brown, blue and cream-colored striped socks. Pattern is Biscotte Comfort Socks and yarn is Biscotte Bis-sock.
A knitted lace shawl in mint green and brown is draped on the back of a cream-colored loveseat. The shawl is Falderal by Romi Hill.
A handknit beanie sits on a beige rug. It is knit in variegated brown/green/blue with light blue contrast color.
Screenshot of the cover image from the novel “Death of the Author” by Nnedi Okorafor on the Libby app.
A top-down raglan cardigan in progress knit in 1x1 colorwork, laid out on a beige carpet. The sweater is completed up to the sleeve separation.
Image of teal hand-knit fingerless mitts modeled on a child’s hands, resting on a beige carpet. The mitts have a cable down the back and a folded cuff on the fingers.
A teal-colored hand knit sweater with a wide cable down the center front and along both sleeves, lying on a beige carpet. The sleeves are crossed in front of the sweater.
A pair of hand-knit socks on a beige carpet. The socks are in a variegated pink and mauve yarn with a lace pattern on the legs.
Image of feet with soles pressed together, wearing hand-knit socks in white, blue, and brown stripes. Pattern is Biscotte comfort socks and yarn is Biscotte Yarns Bis-Sock.
Image shows unfinished pieces of a handknit teal pullover sweater laid out on a tan carpet. There is a cable down the front of the sweater body and along the top of each sleeve.
A woman stands facing the camera with hands on hips, wearing a blue striped handknit sweater in bulky-weight yarn.
A partially completed knit sweater in a blue-green color with a cable running up the center of the front of the sweater. It is laid out on a beige rug.
Image of a knitted shawl in gold-colored yarn draped around my neck, over a grey puffy jacket. The shawl is Terpsichore Street by Romi Hill and the yarn is from Barnyard Knits.
Image of white, brown, and blue striped hand-knit sock with two holes circled in red.
Image of a dark grey and white spiral shell sitting on a log