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.

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

Ferry knitting. Chilly outside, warm sitting in the sun. No passengers near. Beautiful weather, peaceful knitting. #FerryKnitting #IslandLife #IGetToLiveHere

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. 😋

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

Beach break. I finished this #RibbedCap of leftover yarn a day before the "official" start of #ScrapAlong2026. This one is sentimental…

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.

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

Sigh. I got my Ancestry DNA results back last night. I am sooooooo white 😑 Before I got them, I told a knitting friend that there is no ethnicity that would be unwelcome in my results. I didn’t consider the opposite.

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."

"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.

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

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.

Four stitches to go 😬 #RibbedCap #MenWhoKnit #GuysWhoKnit #GayKnitter #RealMenKnit #DoublePointedNeedles #DPNs

"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

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

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

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.)

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)

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.

I save posts that ring true to a collection named, simply, “words.” Sometimes they are words I would send in romance, so I save them just in case. More often I’d send them to a friend, except that I think they were written for romance or they could be read as a bid for something

New year, new hat, and a sheared beard. #KäänteinenCap #KaanteinenCap #MenWhoKnit #GuysWhoKnit #GayKnitter #RealMenKnit

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. #KäänteinenCap #KaanteinenCap #MenWhoKnit #GuysWhoKnit #GayKnitter #RealMenKnit #DoublePointedNeedles #DPNs

I bound off stitch 28,290 of the yet-to-be-given knitted gift. I did divulge that it’s a scarf because people have strong preferences in length. (We’re both partial to long, dramatic scarves. 😋)

I succumbed to a sale. This could be interesting, although the DNA results will probably be unremarkable. Isn’t that what most people think beforehand? 😋

 #DNATest #Ancestry

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. It’s been a hard, bleak year, no doubt, but…

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 I’m just a round short of 3-1/2 inches of hat ribbing. #FerryKnitting #PlacesYouCanKnit #IslandLife #IGetToLiveHere

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

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

This Käänteinen cap - a public project I can post while knitting a gift I can’t - 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

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.

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! 😜 All so I have knitting to post that’s not the gift I’m making. #KaanteinenCap #MenWhoKnit #GuysWhoKnit #GayKnitter #RealMenKnit #DoublePointedNeedles

New Year’s Eve. My friend’s health was worse. I was determined that he wouldn’t 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.

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

Hello… I decided at the last minute to knit a gift for someone who is very special to me. Of course I didn’t have the yarn I wanted, so I placed an order and crossed my fingers because it wasn’t scheduled to arrive until Wednesday. It got here yesterday (!) and I’m going to cast on this afternoon.

Today, this Santa is a happy man.

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

Island Artisans Holiday Market I look forward to this market all year. Somehow I spent a couple hours admiring artisans’ 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? 😋 I bought another potions bottle from

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 “reverse” or “reversible.” I’m 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

Yesterday was a good day, so I took advantage of a break in the clouds to walk to Jackson Beach for sunset. I wouldn’t say sunset was spectacular, but the sky and beach were lovely. #IslandLife #MyIslandLife #IGetToLiveHere

Yesterday was a good day, so I took advantage of a break in the clouds to walk to Jackson Beach for sunset. I wouldn’t say sunset was spectacular, but the sky and beach were lovely. #IslandLife #MyIslandLife #IGetToLiveHere

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

I’ve been reading posts about people’s “customer service voice” and other professional voices. Now I wonder whether I have knitter voice. I think I used to have tech writer voice.

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.

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

It’s 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

A quick shot looking up at these blooms just to post something while I edit knitting photos. I didn’t expect it to catch my attention - profusion of color, lit from above, reaching toward my phone. This year it’s remarkable that any beauty remains in the world. #Houseplants #Schlumbergera #Flowers

Calm water, misty sky, and Washington state ferry M/V Yakima arrives at the Friday Harbor landing on San Juan Island. #IslandLife #MyIslandLife #IGetToLiveHere

Where my elves at?!

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