The Hairy Knitter
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Knitting designer. Yarn craft. It keeps us from screaming.
https://linktr.ee/jamiemccanless
Monochrome Monday
#MonochromeMonday
#Karma
about 10 hours ago
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Iāve stress knit a dozen ribbed caps this year, settling into shaping and decreases that work for me. Knitters have asked for my tweaks, but they amount to an entire pattern. So, my idea is this. Publish the hat as my Furrow Cap for some price with notes about using leftover yarn, but make it free
5 days ago
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Swatchy swatchy. For a new pair of slipper socks. I've always knit them in acrylic to use yarn I don't otherwise knit, but they wear in ways that my wool socks never do. I hope that a pair made of wool will last longer.
13 days ago
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I am loath to discard pieces of plants that could take root. I thought this bit of Dieffenbachia had died, but last night I found a small, pale leaf at its tip. This morning I spied a second, teeny tiny leaf on the side.
14 days ago
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Spring Knitting: Short socks Time for toes! I'm glad this first pair of 2026 will be finished soon. I have two more 50g balls of the DK cotton yarn, but I think I'll use them for wash/dish cloths. Yarn: Scheepjes Granada Colori 7481
#ShortSocks
#MenWhoKnit
#GuysWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
15 days ago
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Here, have a snail. Found this one on one of my iris.
#IslandLife
#MyIslandLife
#IGetToLiveHere
17 days ago
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Maybe I procrastinated today, but I've been wanting to paint the wall of my stairway for years. It's as drab as this graphic. First step: a scale diagram. Lately I've been inspired by the murals of @katdieuxart.
18 days ago
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Here we are, barely four days before May Day, and my Christmas cactus are flowering all over the house. This bloom on the most venerable of them all somehow seems more lovely and elaborate than its winter mates.
#Houseplants
#Schlumbergera
#Flowers
21 days ago
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Snooker the Balloon Dog š āāāāāāāāāā Get @reshare_app ⢠@jdquinnster Meet Snookers. House of Poly-Fil. First of his name. Pattern: @jamiemccanless š§¶: @thefarmersdaughterfibers (Spinsterās Daughter Worsted; Colorway: Lulu)
#Knit
#GayKnitter
#MenWhoKnit
#KnitBalloonDog
#FarmersDaughterFibers
22 days ago
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A knitting friend recently visited Tucson and stopped at @birdhouseyarns. While there, she held up the tag of a shop sample she liked and took this photo. Unbeknownst to her, it's my Hallgrim Scarf! It even looks like one of the KAL projects at Birdhouse Yarns that I reposted in March 2021.
24 days ago
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Knitters adapt. I weighed, I measured, I ran out of yarn. I ripped back to knit a band that'll be hidden and leave more yarn for the cap's crown. I like the steely blue band, though, so I'll knit enough to show beyond the brim. Onward.
#RibbedCap
#MenWhoKnit
#GuysWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
27 days ago
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Posted with @reshare_app ⢠@johannaknits [translated fr Finnish] I gave a knitting gift card as a Christmas present, and the recipient chose a black scarf š I stretched the boundaries a little and bleached the yarn to a charcoal gray melange, so that knitting would be a little more pleasant and the
about 1 month ago
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Spring knittng, a week later. I have 3.5 inches of ribbing of the "plain" ribbed cap so far. The colors can be a little dark, but they remind me of eggplant - their skin, flesh, and stems. The second ribbed cap is about 6 inches long now. I like the k3p2 side of helical knitting much more than
about 1 month ago
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Spring knittng. Two more ribbed caps on my DPNs. Something to knit when the mood strikes. Short socks always come in handy. I finished the heel flap and turned the heel of this one, seen here from both right and wrong sides. It's DK weight cotton, so the socks will be particularly sturdy.
about 2 months ago
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This yearās āofficialā Scrap Along ends today. Thanks to everyone who participated! Do continue using your leftover yarn (or make more) and stay scrappy!
#ScrapAlong2026
#ScrapYarn
#LeftoverYarn
#Yarn
#Craftivism
2 months ago
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Iām old enough to know that itās easy to forget what trying/doing something for the first time is like. We settle into the pursuits we enjoy for the results weāve come to expect. Do something new. Something youāve been thinking about. The results wonāt be all that you want. Do it anyway. Do it again
2 months ago
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Meh. I do say that when you make things from your favorite colors of yarn, that combining the leftovers makes projects gorgeous. There are exceptions. This ribbed cap I'm making for
#ScrapAlong2026
just doesn't bring me joy.
3 months ago
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I started the crown but thought "nope" and frogged back to the first stripe. Reknit in narrower, neater stripes, I'm much happier with the result. It's my latest ribbed cap for
#ScrapAlong2026
, knit from four colorways of leftover fingering weight yarn.
#RibbedCap
#YarnCraft
#Craftivism
#MenWhoKnit
3 months ago
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Ferry knitting. Chilly outside, warm sitting in the sun. No passengers near. Beautiful weather, peaceful knitting.
#FerryKnitting
#IslandLife
#IGetToLiveHere
3 months ago
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Progress photos today. Another ribbed cap for
#ScrapAlong2026
in helical knitting. The third band I'm working on now will always be hidden by the brim, so it doesn't *have* to be as splashy as the first band. I still want it to look decent. š
3 months ago
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It's an inside day today, but an opportunity to capture this combination of leftover yarn, helical knitting, and colorway pooling in a swirling
#RibbedCap
for
#ScrapAlong2026
I look forward to seeing other yarn crafter's work soon!
#YarnCraft
#LeftoverYarn
#Craftivism
3 months ago
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Beach break. I finished this
#RibbedCap
of leftover yarn a day before the "official" start of
#ScrapAlong2026
. This one is sentimentalā¦
3 months ago
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My first project for
#ScrapAlong2026
is another ribbed cap in helical knitting on double pointed needles. I can practically make these in my sleep now! The yarn is leftover Lang Yarns Jawoll Superwash and Froehlich Wolle Special Blauband from my mother's stash and a mini skein from Woolen Boon.
3 months ago
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Hello! Scrap Along 2026 begins today, February 14, and runs 30 days through the Ides of March (March 15). Just make something from leftover yarn and post it on social media with the tag
#ScrapAlong2026
3 months ago
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Sigh. I got my Ancestry DNA results back last night. I am sooooooo white š Before I got them, I told a knitting friend that there is no ethnicity that would be unwelcome in my results. I didnāt consider the opposite.
3 months ago
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The first ribbed cap that I knit from a dark gradient dyed blank reached its new owner this weekend. "It feels so nice. I'm excited to wear it. And I like the colors even more in person."
3 months ago
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"It's almost sunset here on San Juan Island, somewhere beyond the clouds, and I walked down to the beach to work on yet another ribbed cap. I've been watching the same news you have. It really isn't new. It's not.
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3 months ago
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Four stitches to go. Again. Nearly finished with the second ribbed cap from a gradient dyed blank, featuring helical knitting beyond the lengths for brims.
#RibbedCap
#MenWhoKnit
#GuysWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
#DoublePointedNeedles
#DPNs
4 months ago
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1) Of course I knit the final 4 stitches of the ribbed cap. I like the result so well that a small part of me wished I hadn't knit it for someone else. 2) I rarely block hats, but yarn from the blank was more kinked than I like. Clean pizza boxes are my favorite material for making blocking tubes.
4 months ago
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Four stitches to go š¬
#RibbedCap
#MenWhoKnit
#GuysWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
#DoublePointedNeedles
#DPNs
4 months ago
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"I've really been enjoying knitting these ribbed caps, so as soon as I finished this (orange) one I cast on another from a dyed blank that I'd been given. It's a pretty dark gradient, so once I got the 2 strands separated I decided that after I knit the first 4 inches just from one end of one strand
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4 months ago
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With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. Jeri Taylor Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 episode 21 The Drumhead
4 months ago
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If the past year has shown us nothing else, it's the imperative of community, purpose, focus, and resources. Scrap Along 2026 can contribute to all of those. The event begins on Valentines Day and ends on the Ides of March (15 March). Start earlier or finish later, but make something with leftover
4 months ago
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I purposely live without a car on San Juan Island, so the Island Airporter (
islandairporter.com
) is a convenient way to get to SeaTac. (From there I take the light rail into Seattle.)
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4 months ago
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Spare time in Seattle was the perfect opportunity to visit both locations of Yarn Dragon at Pike Place (first 2 photos) and the Factory Store (last 4 photos). I didn't get to meet Jonathan, but colorful walls of yarn are irresistible, and I left with skeins of Cottage DK in Dancing Cartman (greens)
4 months ago
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I like having something mindless to knit while waiting anywhere or riding around or watching movies, so I cast on another ribbed cap like the orange one I finished last week. I'm using a dyed blank I was given, a dark gradient labeled Rockem Sockems from Pik Ka Handbag in Great Falls MT.
4 months ago
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I save posts that ring true to a collection named, simply, āwords.ā Sometimes they are words I would send in romance, so I save them just in case. More often Iād send them to a friend, except that I think they were written for romance or they could be read as a bid for something
4 months ago
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New year, new hat, and a sheared beard.
#KƤƤnteinenCap
#KaanteinenCap
#MenWhoKnit
#GuysWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
5 months ago
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A length of nicely knitted fabric has a certain allure, but eight inches of ribbing is enough for a cap. Nine is just too much. Now to work the crown decreases.
#KƤƤnteinenCap
#KaanteinenCap
#MenWhoKnit
#GuysWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
#DoublePointedNeedles
#DPNs
5 months ago
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I bound off stitch 28,290 of the yet-to-be-given knitted gift. I did divulge that itās a scarf because people have strong preferences in length. (Weāre both partial to long, dramatic scarves. š)
5 months ago
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I succumbed to a sale. This could be interesting, although the DNA results will probably be unremarkable. Isnāt that what most people think beforehand? šāØāØ
#DNATest
#Ancestry
5 months ago
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Happy solstice! Christmas is a lot of fun, but I like winter solstice for a little reflection, a little solitude, and looking forward to more daylight bit by bit. Today the beach is cloudy and sloshy but pretty peaceful, and I walked down to reflect. Itās been a hard, bleak year, no doubt, butā¦
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5 months ago
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In a week of dark, blustery weather in the San Juans, Wednesday was perfect for ferry knitting, conversation, and sightseeing. I brought tiny socks for knitters to choose a gift, and Iām just a round short of 3-1/2 inches of hat ribbing.
#FerryKnitting
#PlacesYouCanKnit
#IslandLife
#IGetToLiveHere
5 months ago
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The Old-Fashioned Holiday Market, tucked into and around the Brickworks is a festive collection of artists' beautiful treasures. ⢠Alpaca/wool yarn ⢠Flavored chocolate bars ⢠Bjorn Ironside the Viking Gnome cards ⢠Glass ornament
#HolidayMarket
#OldFashionedHolidayMarket
#MyIslandLife
#IslandLife
5 months ago
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I've sold 1,234 Hallgrim Scarf patterns! In appreciation, all of my *other* Ravelry patterns are 20% off NOW to noon PST 17 Dec 25 (Wed). Patterns:
www.ravelry.com/stores/jamie...
No code needed. Discount applied at checkout.
#KnittingDesigner
#PatternSale
#MenWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
5 months ago
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This KƤƤnteinen cap - a public project I can post while knitting a gift I canāt - is coming along nicely. These are the first 1.5 of 9 inches in k3p2 ribbing. So far the variegated yarn has no color repeats or pooling.
#KaanteinenCap
#MenWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
#DoublePointedNeedles
#DPNs
5 months ago
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Thursday was cool, overcast, and drizzling, a perfect day for knitting cozy aboard the interisland ferry. Shades of green and gray. Water, land, and sky. Photos through rain-streaked windows, reflections like invading spacecraft.
5 months ago
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Here I go again. 180 stitches of Island Fibers fingering weight yarn on 2.25 mm DPNs in k3p2 ribbing. Nine inches to go before crown decreases! š All so I have knitting to post thatās not the gift Iām making.
#KaanteinenCap
#MenWhoKnit
#GuysWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
#DoublePointedNeedles
6 months ago
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New Yearās Eve. My friendās health was worse. I was determined that he wouldnāt be alone. Two friends and I gathered hats and horns and went to his apartment. I brought sparkling apple juice. We shared a toast, wore the hats, and blew the horns. I gave my friend a careful hug. It was the last one.
6 months ago
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World AIDS Day 1 December 2025 For those who died For those who lived For those who survived and thrived For the young, still terrified of that first virus test We fight for life
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6 months ago
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