Today is a good day, I think, to make little guys.

Pattern from Machine Knitting Monthly Oct 2025, which calls for spider legs, but I think the “little guy”-ness is correct without them.

A round little guy made of black yarn with blue safety eyes wearing a pink knit beanie. The little guy is resting on a machine knitting carriage.

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Marty McGuire Marty McGuire at said:

This is a retro-post. Jump scare! I sure have read a lot of 2025-in-review posts recently! I am impressed by all that you have accomplished. Here's my 2025 wrapped (in yarn), in 20 photos about my machine knitting this year! Descriptions and links below.1, 2, and 3: my machine and samples from my first workshop at the Brooklyn Textile Arts Center (TAC). Workshop day 1. Workshop day 2. 4 and 5: my first hats. 6: a Fair Isle patterned hat, made after disassembling and cleaning my machine carriage. …