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@willygknitter.bsky.social

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ND, knitter, spinner, folk harpist, lover of the obvious I occasionally publish knitting designs on Ravelry When I visit the arboretum I inevitably take lots of photos https://linktr.ee/willygdesigns

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Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 1d

For #ShowMeYourKnits hats week, I'm sharing some of my more costume-themed caps.

1. Baa baa black sheep of the family
2. Where's Waldo
3. Sad panda
4. Anemone hat

#menwhoknit #guyswhoknit

A man wearing blue jeans and a black vest sports fingerless mits and shades, skeins of yarn slung around his chest and a hood with a wooly mohawk and felt ears. He's posing like he thinks he's a rocker.

A man in blue jeans and red-and-white striped shirt and red and white hat poses mid-stride, like the famous children's book character Wally / Waldo

A man looks downward to show off a white earflap hat with knitted black ears, nose, and eyes.

A blue hat with a felted moebius brim and twists all over the top

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 5d

There are more of us than there are of them. Thank you for a truly historic day of peaceful protests across America. #NoKings

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Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 10d

Sad update- Briar Rose Fibers won't be at Rhinebeck after all due to health issues. The stock she was going bring is online at www.briarrosefibers.net

Briar Rose Fibers

unique hand painted yarns

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Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 14d

I had hoped to be done the toe of this sock tonight, but I ended up ripping back twice. As a bit of process knitting, it's at least helped me pass time here and there.

#ShowMeYourKnits sock week

Yarn is by Tamarack Farm

Pattern is Vanilla is the New Black by Anneh Fletcher

A purple and white short sock knit down toward the toe. A ball of yarn with some squiggly mess nearby shows the most recent ripping out

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 16d

Congrats!

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 17d

Yes, I'm enjoying the ribbed detail on the heel and the way it fits my high instep. My partner uses the Strong heel exclusively these days.

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 18d

A little sock action for socktober week on #ShowMeYourKnits
Both socks are based on the Vanilla is the New Black pattern, and both are close to the toe.

Two top-down short socks with a ribbed back of the Strong heel being knit on separate long circular needles. Top sock is a self-striping yarn from West Yorkshire Spinners, with stripes of pheasant colors: red, green, blue, orange, and gold.
Bottom sock is worked in a purple and white handdye from a farm booth at a festival.

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Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 20d

How about some orange-colored flowers for October? #arboretum

A bug catches some sun on the orange daisy-shaped flower petals

A reddish-orange wildflower with a yellow tuft at the center amidst a sunny field of wildflowers

Sunny yellow-orange flowers with four petals, with matching color tufts at their centers

A beautifully exotic combination of symmetry and asymmetry, these flowers have two sides petals in a peachy color framing three yellow petals, two on top, one at the bottom. Each petal looks like it was painstakingly hand-painted with streaks of magenta.

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Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 20d

Several of the oversized butterfly art pieces from the pollinator garden #arboretum

A blue butterfly with its wings painted with yellow and pink flowers

An art sign reads: Vanessa, by artist Anna Sylvan, Material acrylic paint. A great butterfly set over wildflowers is painted with a mirrored image of a woman with flowing hair, flowers in her hair. Over her shoulders are roundish shapes resembling the spots on peacock feathers, yellow with blue centers

An orange and yellow butterfly with a wide wingspan decorated with sprays of flowers and butterfly's in vibrant pink, blue, and green

A great butterfly sculpture with textured salmon, yellow, and sage wings rises from a planting of vibrant orange wildflowers

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 20d

A few colorful close-ups from the #arboretum

A bee drinks from purple flowers with yellow centers

A bee climbs over the great spiky orange center of a yellow-orange flower.

A couple succulents nestle together with their backs to each other as if they are combating the harsh world with their soft green symmetry

Fuzzy pinkish flowery fingers reach towards passers-by

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 20d

Autumn is just beginning to show at the arboretum, the leaves mostly still green. Pumpkins help set the mood, and looking close reveals changes taking place.

A couple leaves framed against the sky, their veins laced with tiny holes that make them semi-transparent

Various purple flowers in the lowering afternoon sun border a paved walkway, with a fountain lined by pumpkins in the background

Red cedar trees with magnificent reddish trunks theat sweep straight upward, partly hidden by a few tiny-leafed branches in the foreground. The greens are vibrant, and yellow sunlight filters through from behind.

An almond-shaped leaf framed against the sky shows patches of red lined up like hedgerows between the still-green veins.

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 20d

I went to the #arboretum recently but haven't shared evidence! Here are a few highlights.

A sun-drenched open hut lined on the outside with orange and white pumpkins. More pumpkins are lined up on the grass behind it. In the background, the left side is shaded by a great leafy tree, whereas the right side has a couple trees that have sparse branches, allowing the sky to show through.

The magnificent katsura tree trunk stands under the canopy of its own still-green foliage, each of nearly twenty branches separating at the base, so that the distinction between branch and trunk becomes blurry.

The katsura tree is viewed from further away, still enveloped by its canopy. There is room enough for a sizeable party under the tree, as the branches don't break into smaller leafy sections until they are far from the trunk. Many of the magnificent branches reach upward, but a couple reach outward and bend back toward the ground, requiring signs to remind people to resist the urge to climb onto them. Great roots wend their way from the trunk, as twisty and beautiful as the branches.

Peeking out from under the backlit katsura leaves, their fan-like vein structure mimicking the tree's general shape.

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Liv Ross @livrunsfast.bsky.social · 20d

Happy #SOCKTOBER knitters 🧦🧶! Surely everyone guessed this week’s theme!? #ShowMeYourKnits week 62: show me your SOCKS!

In honour of the occasion, I am ignoring all other socks in progress & starting a fancy pair of colourwork/ cable socks for myself 💅! Seward Socks by Caitlin Hunter in Exmoor Sock

About 1.5 inches of 1x1 ribbed cuff of a hand knit sock in green wool. The unknit balls of green and light grey yarn are next to it, along with an unwound skein of dusty pink yarn.

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Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 22d

Whooo's a little cutie?

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 26d

I decided to chain-ply the singles because instant gratification. I had spinning bowls on either side of my body on the couch. It was a great time. #spinningyarn #supportspinning

Plying from Russian spindle to a Turkish spindle

Closeup of turtle of chain-plied yarn in blue-green wool, spun from the fold

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 27d

For #ShowMeYourKnits showing care, here are a couple knits for friends as they battled life-threatening illnesses.

1-3: Passiflore by Marie Amelie in Briar Rose Fibers Charity

4: Anemone Hats by Cat Bordhi in Malabrigo Rios
#menwhoknit

The reddish pink shawl is laid out on a bench to reveal its lozenge shape. Garter stitch fabric with a brioche detail near the edges. A Briar Rose Fibers project bag with a colorful sheep silhouette sits on the bench.

Closeup detail of the shawl points, where the brioche joins together. The reddish pink has brown scattered throughout.

A light blue hat with a moebius brim, topped with fantastical twizzles. My friend enjoyed the whimsy as she wore it to chemo treatments. She's doing well these days, by the way; no longer needing to use this hat.

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 27d

I love the framing of this week's theme on #ShowMeYourKnits

I have some free patterns out there for prayer shawls; get free pdfs on Ravelry or read them directly off the web sway.office.com/Y2krqwLRQDtG...

An acquaintance reached out for a prayer square with a heart, and I'm so grateful she did.

A rainbow of multicolored colored knit squares with hearts and tassels. The hearts are traced with a strand of yarn.

A top-down view of knitted heart squares in pinks, oranges, blues, and purples.

Knitted square with a stuffed heart looks a bit like a ravioli with a tassel. A darning needle is threaded with the tail for weaving in, and some loose folds of yarn appear to have just been trimmed from the tassel. It rests on a notebook that reads, "save cut off ends to stuff the next one!"

Three garter stitch squares with double knit hearts rest on a stone slab. The one resting on top has been stuffed. All three have tassels.

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Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 27d

I did a thing this week that I've wanted to for some time: canoe on a river in the pine barrens. The best part is I did it with a friend. While I was waiting to meet up, I got a bit of spinning done, which I try to always keep handy. Not pictured: all the trees we had to dodge.
#getoutdoors

A serene wooded bank of trees, a couple trees tipping into the water

Mostly straight grey trunks as far as the eye can see, with sparse green letting the light filter through somewhat. A couple leaning trees in the foreground break the placid view of the river bank.

A canoe rests on the edge of the sand leading into the water of a densely shaded river. The canoe signage reads "Pinelands Adventures"

A large top-whorl Bosworth spindle, with Bluefaced Leicester wool dyed in a bright (almost) rainbow of colors by Feederbrook Farm. The background is very sandy, with leaves sprinkled through tire tracks.

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 27d

I usually default to spinning from a worsted style prep, but my heart is with spinning woolen preps. I'm currently spinning this Falkland top dyed by Fuzzyfrog Fibers by teasing out a single staple length and folding it over my finger. Works great!
#supportspindle #supportspinning #spinningwool

Braid of handdyed Falkland wool top in blue-green with flashes of purple and white

An airy staple length of wool stacked on a pant leg in blue-green with a bit of purple in the corner

The staple length of wool folded over the spinner's index finger, ready to spin from the fold

A Russian style support spindle resting in a sindle bowl with blue-green and purple singles yarn on it.

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Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks!

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks! Hahaha, I can't figure it out either, but I'm sure it was unflattering.

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · 28d

The #autumnknitting theme for #ShowMeYourKnits is too good; so here's a few more projects on theme
1. Aquinnah Wrap by Kerry Robb
2. Dust Jacket Cowl
3. Aren't We Clever Cowl
4. BRRH (Basic Reversible Ribbed Hat)
2-4 all by me
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#MenWhoKnit #queerknitters #knitsky

Cabled wrap in orange, green, and brown yarn - one hank of Charity by Briar Rose Fibers. Complicated braids flank a central honeycomb cable panel, with simple rope cables interspersed across the wrap. The colors match the fallen leaves.

A man wearing a cowl worked in orange, yellow, and blue bows his head to mimic the posture of a nearby statue. The metal statue wears a robe with a cowl neck or oversized collar that looks like a cowl; he is pulling up the collar as if to protect him against the wind that is blowing his hair.
Yarn is Feederbrook Farm Entropy DK and a solid from a festival booth purchase.

The view looking down when wearing a long cowl, showing a closeup of the cowl fabric next to a hand holding a cup of apple cider. The reds and oranges in the contrast yarn pull in the warmth of the cider against the blue and light brown of the main fabric.
Yarn is Briar Rose Fibers Fourth of July.

A man wearing a brilliant yellow-orange ribbed hat and a doubled-up cowl looks to the side. The orange and blue Dust Jacket Cowl has dotted stripes and boxy patterning alternated. The hat is reversible for two looks.
Hat is worked in Plucky Knitter Legacy Worsted

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Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · Sep 24

Love it!

Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · Sep 23

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Here's the pattern page for the TriTwist Cowl, which is a really pleasing knit and really easy to wear in the autumn sweater weather.

Designed to use Briar Rose Fibers, which embodies what I think of in Autumn knitting. #ShowMeYourKnits

TriTwist Cowl pattern by Will Gillespie

Worked in a light bulky yarn, this loose-fitting graphic cowl is a breezy knit that gives a cozy bit of volume about the neck. It is discreetly shaped to hang attractively for a fuss-free cool weather...

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Will (he/him) @willygknitter.bsky.social · Sep 23

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Here's a hat I designed for my Rhinebeck knit one year that made the front page of Ravelry and people requested a pattern. It's a really easy intro to colorwork if you're looking to dip your toes in. Getting the colors right is really rewarding. #ShowMeYourKnits

Road to Dutchess County pattern by Will Gillespie

Mimicking the colors of the real show-stoppers at Rhinebeck - the trees - this fun toque flies off the needles and onto your head. The banded structure of the design lends itself to knitting in your t...

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