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

Greetings all,

Some of you may remember that I was working on a cabaret opera based on the true story of the Papin Sisters...well it's on this year in Bath:
http://bathfestivals.org.uk/music/event/an-eye-for-an-eye/

Then in Orkney (I'll be stocking up on their marvellous locally-produced North Ronaldsay wool)

http://www.stmagnusfestival.com/programmedetail.htm

All the examples I see of brioche seem like di weight or heavier. Has anyone ever used finger or lace weight so its airier

I just had the most day-shattering experience. The final height of the Freedom Tower was installed today...making a visible void in the New York City skyline...filled.

Many of you know I have worked on the Village Halloween Parade over the past fifteen years...a labor of love, professional management and shock of the new...on an annual basis.

Here's a recently completed ripple afghan I crocheted for a friend. I followed the Neat Ripple Pattern from Lucy at Attic24. A fairly easy, mindless pattern once you get going.

After about four years I've finally finished this Shetland shawl. The pattern is A Knitted Veil from Victorian Lace Today, the yarn is a natural coloured laceweight wool from the Melanian Sheepgrowers in Western Australia, it measured out at 70cm x 207cm.

I'm not sure what has happened in the past few days, but my blog (knittingman.wordpress.com) has caught fire!!!! A bunch of Ravelers started sharing my posts in forums and I have been seeing tremendous traffic! I love it!!! Thanks for allowing my to explode my excitement all over your day. :)

Knitters are an important genus within the hominidae family. Although much work has been done to describe the various species within the genus, some work remains to do. Here I hope to describe a few of the more common species' characteristics and introduce the uninitiated to some of the lesser known varieties.

One of my first knitted hats was by Woolly Wormheads and they were in the flat. This one is not.

Yarn is like a fine wine. While it can be used immediately upon production, the best yarn goes through a process known as ripening.

After forty-years of knitting, I used to consider myself a more than competent knitter. After seeing so many of the projects from these men, I guess I was very, very wrong. It might be time to stop. I don't think I'll ever reach the level of expertise to knit socks and lace shawls. Knit On gentlemen. I'm putting my needles away.