Today was a good day, I think, for making a little guy.
I started with the base pattern from Machine Knitting Monthly Oct 2025, intending to make the little guy without the hat. Instead of subtracting the rows for the folded brim in the pattern, I left them in, so he became extra looooong. I ended up stuffing some of the body rows inside during the sewing-up process, but he’s still kind of a tall bean.
Instead of the hat, I made a little mop of i-cord hair, inspired by KnitMachineImpl’s “Megan Donner hat” video.
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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. …