Men Who Knit Promoting and inspiring the art of knitting amongst men.

I am working on a Forest Canopy Shawl and remember that some of you have finished this project. I am using a wool alpaca blend on 5.5 mm needles and have about 200 stiches on the needles now.

If you were to knit a hemp shopping bag in the round, what sort of stitch would you use to reinforce the base? linnen stitch? knit into the last row twice?

I'm looking for photos of finished projects knit from my designs.

Anyone willing to send me photos can PM me for e-mail address. (or just send them if you have my e-mail)

I find I am absolutely dependent on stitch markers when I do the Fair Isle pattern knitting. I mark out each pattern repeat by both width and depth.

Okay, MrMFMY. here it is. there was a second page, but it got lost somewhere in the ether... it was just a crude(r) sketch of an idea for the border.

Guys I need help!

I learned to knit over 30 years ago and have done it off and on over that time.

Howdy MWK....yeah, haven't been around. Thesis handed in over a month ago....still haven't heard anything yet.

Those who know me are probably a little surprised by the title of this post - but it's the title of a new book I just received.

Hey from earthquake country-