The Hairy Knitter
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Knitting designer. Yarn craft. It keeps us from screaming.
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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.
about 23 hours 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
5 days ago
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Ferry knitting. Chilly outside, warm sitting in the sun. No passengers near. Beautiful weather, peaceful knitting.
#FerryKnitting
#IslandLife
#IGetToLiveHere
15 days 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
16 days 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
17 days 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¦
18 days 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.
19 days 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
20 days 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.
23 days 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."
25 days 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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30 days 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
about 1 month 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.
about 1 month ago
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Four stitches to go š¬
#RibbedCap
#MenWhoKnit
#GuysWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
#DoublePointedNeedles
#DPNs
about 2 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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about 2 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
about 2 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
about 2 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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about 2 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)
about 2 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.
about 2 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
2 months ago
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New year, new hat, and a sheared beard.
#KƤƤnteinenCap
#KaanteinenCap
#MenWhoKnit
#GuysWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
2 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
2 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)
2 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
2 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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2 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
2 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
3 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:
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No code needed. Discount applied at checkout.
#KnittingDesigner
#PatternSale
#MenWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
3 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
3 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.
3 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
3 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.
3 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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3 months ago
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Hello⦠I decided at the last minute to knit a gift for someone who is very special to me. Of course I didnāt have the yarn I wanted, so I placed an order and crossed my fingers because it wasnāt scheduled to arrive until Wednesday. It got here yesterday (!) and Iām going to cast on this afternoon.
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3 months ago
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Today, this Santa is a happy man.
3 months ago
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Admiring this pottery Orcas vase by Devon Morris (IG: @DevonMorris). He displayed it in his booth at the Island Artisans Holiday Market, and I succumbed to its charm. The hash marks sold it. Beautiful work, Devon!
#HolidayMarket
#IslandArtisansHolidayMarket
#MyIslandLife
#IslandLife
#IGetToLiveHere
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3 months ago
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Island Artisans Holiday Market I look forward to this market all year. Somehow I spent a couple hours admiring artisansā work, asking what they love about it, and chatting with more people than I realized I know here. Where did this friendly person come from? š I bought another potions bottle from
3 months ago
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Hello⦠Four years ago, I knit a reversible ribbed cap. The pattern is free on Ravelry, and the designer named it with the Finnish word for āreverseā or āreversible.ā Iām not going to butcher it here, but she said it reminded her of the ribbed cap that Sylvester Stallone wore as Rocky Balboa in the
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3 months ago
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Yesterday was a good day, so I took advantage of a break in the clouds to walk to Jackson Beach for sunset. I wouldnāt say sunset was spectacular, but the sky and beach were lovely.
#IslandLife
#MyIslandLife
#IGetToLiveHere
3 months ago
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Yesterday was a good day, so I took advantage of a break in the clouds to walk to Jackson Beach for sunset. I wouldnāt say sunset was spectacular, but the sky and beach were lovely.
#IslandLife
#MyIslandLife
#IGetToLiveHere
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3 months ago
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My white Christmas cactus have begun blooming. I hope to find a yellow one some day. How many more colors are there? In any case, flowers make me happy.
#Houseplants
#Schlumbergera
#Flowers
3 months ago
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Iāve been reading posts about peopleās ācustomer service voiceā and other professional voices. Now I wonder whether I have knitter voice. I think I used to have tech writer voice.
3 months ago
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Time travel. My list is short. As a boy, I delivered morning newspapers. Go back to one of those days before dawn, walk with myself, and have a talk.
3 months ago
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In 2009 I created LGBT graphic designs around Morse code. (Sometimes you have to spell things out for people.) Today I animated the trans version for Transgender Day of Remembrance. Now to post it everywhere. We must not forget.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance
#TransLivesMatter
#TransRights
#TransCare
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4 months ago
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Itās fun that Musselburgh hats are two in one. Obviously I had to knit one for my bony partner in crime. The resulting folded brim is four layers thick, though, which was challenging at this size.
#Skeleton
#MusselburghHat
#MenWhoKnit
#GuysWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
4 months ago
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A quick shot looking up at these blooms just to post something while I edit knitting photos. I didnāt expect it to catch my attention - profusion of color, lit from above, reaching toward my phone. This year itās remarkable that any beauty remains in the world.
#Houseplants
#Schlumbergera
#Flowers
4 months ago
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Calm water, misty sky, and Washington state ferry M/V Yakima arrives at the Friday Harbor landing on San Juan Island.
#IslandLife
#MyIslandLife
#IGetToLiveHere
4 months ago
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Where my elves at?!
4 months ago
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The light is gone for today, but I got one photo. This is the Musselburgh Hat that I knit for my posable skeleton. It (the hat) is roughly 4.25 inches long (10.8 cm) and looks really cute. The middle section becomes the folded brim.
#ToySkeleton
#MusselburghHat
#MenWhoKnit
#GayKnitter
#RealMenKnit
4 months ago
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