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Woolly Wormhead

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🧶 award winning knit Hat designer, tutor & author ⚙️ special interests: technique & construction 📚 Short-row Colorwork ♿ Autistic + ADHD + CPTSD 🏳️‍🌈 auti/agender enby, social justice leftie 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇪🇪 🌐 join ↓ learn ↓ shop https://www.woollywormhead.com/links

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707Kat @707kat.bsky.social · 10d

Hey germans and any other EU citizens in my orbit.

The vote for surveillance of our online communication and breaking encryption making us vulnerable is happening on the 14th this month.

Please contact your representatives.

#privacy #surveillance
Read how and more here:

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Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Sep 15

It's ready!

The Folineal eBook is published!

I'm really excited about this collection 😁

Members of The Woolly Hat Society will wanna keep an eye on their inbox for their member-exclusive discount!

#KnitSky 🧶 #KnittingPatterns #HatKnittingPatterns

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Folineal - eBook

Folineal eBook by Woolly Wormhead. It includes multiple sized patterns and in-depth photographic tutorials covering the key skills.

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gilafied 🎃👻🎃 @gilafied.bsky.social · Sep 12

Cowl complete! #equalisedcompagne #knitting @woollywormhead.bsky.social

Handknit cowl in grey with fuschia lines, modeled by a very patient and cooperative partner.

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Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Aug 31

Ooh, it's a fun one - I still love the structure of it!

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Chembu🌺🧶 @chembarathi.bsky.social · Aug 31

🧶 Been wanting to make this Tucked hat by @woollywormhead.bsky.social for so long!! I think it is the coolest hat I ever attempted 😎 #knitsky

A wip hat with tucked in ridges of garter stitch

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · Aug 26

You get money from a book you published on a date you can't predict. it will be a sum you can't predict. you will never know if the ranch is saved or not. Everyone makes interest off your royalties before you do, and you're probably not making *any* interest at all

And you don't have dental.

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · Aug 26

No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"

We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · Aug 26

No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"

We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive

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Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Aug 22

My latest YT video has gone live & it's not a tutorial!

I explain how I developed my technique & why, & how it's different to other methods of creating colourwork with short rows. It's something I discuss in my book/classes/lectures, it was tricky trying to keep it short 🧶

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About My Short Row ColourWork Technique

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Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Aug 20

You're welcome!

Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Aug 17

You're welcome!

Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Aug 17

My latest Short-row Colourwork tutorial has just gone live on YouTube, it's something I've been asked about a few times - hope this helps!

(there's more in the works - lemme know in the YouTube comments if there's an area of SRC you'd like help with)

🧶 #KnittingTutorial

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Adding Borders Around Short Row Colourwork

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🌈Rhapsody.in.Rainbow (she/her) @rhapsody-rainbow.bsky.social · Aug 16

3 knitted accessories from 3 different designers in 1 beautiful yarn.
Yarn: Blue Barn Fiber - Squishy Sock in the "Northwest" colorway.
Cowl: "Forest Dragon" by @redandthewolf.bsky.social
Hat: "Cannetella" by @woollywormhead.bsky.social
Gloves: "Suainte" by @lizcorkeknits.bsky.social
#Knitting 🧶

A middle aged white woman wears a hat, cowl, and fingerless gloves all knit in a deep teal yarn. She stands in a lush green leafy setting and looks down to one side as she adjusts the cowl around her neck. The cowl features an intricate lace pattern resembling scales, and is bordered on the bottom with a scalloped edge with leaf motifs. The hat features a twisted rib brim that flows into a lace pattern featuring stacked arch shapes. The fingerless gloves are knit in a twisted rib fabric that flows into an intricate Celtic knot design on the back of each hand.

A flat lay shows 3 items knit in a deep teal yarn arranged on a textured off-white surface. The largest item is a cowl that features an intricate lace pattern resembling scales it is bordered on the top by a twisting cable pattern, and a scalloped edge with leaf motifs extends from the bottom. In the upper left corner sits a beanie style hat. The hat features a twisted rib brim that flows into a lace pattern that forms stacked arch shapes. In the upper right corner are a pair of fingerless gloves. The gloves are knit in a twisted rib fabric that flows into an intricate Celtic knot design on the back of each hand.

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Matthew Gravelyn @mrmatthew.bsky.social · Aug 12

Practicing some short row colorwork courtesy of @woollywormhead.bsky.social.

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Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Aug 1

My latest tutorial has just gone live - Trouble-Shooting The Alternate Cable Cast-on!

#KnitSky #KnittingTutorials 🧶

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Trouble-Shooting The Alternate Cable Cast-on

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · Jul 11

Important firefly news CC @banditelli.org

Seeing fewer fireflies this year? Here's why, and how you can help.

Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. A few landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference.

grist.org

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Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you!

Would you mind popping these into the YouTube comments?

I'm trying to keep them all in just a couple of places so that I don't lose or forget any - thanks!

Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Jul 9

I'm not a leader, but I'm trying to do what I can when I can, I'm very much still learning!

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Kinell @sinistercinemastudios.art · Jul 8

This might be my favourite cat meme of 2025 so far

A photo of cat sitting in some Venetian blinds they have just destroyed with the text JOY DIVISION at the top and UNKNOWN PLEASURES at the bottom

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Jul 7

🧵We're excited to announce a new section of the Cambridge Digital Library for the Fitzwilliam Museum’s collection of Mediterranean embroideries.

View the full collection: https://loom.ly/BPvABM4

Gable section from a bed tent embroidered with many different birds and flower motifs.

Embroidery with checkerboard bands of black and white squares and miniature crenellations divides this panel into eight sections, each with an eight-pointed star within a 'wheel of life' medallion.

Embroidered cushion cover showing a man riding a horse, surrounded by decorative motifs of flowers.

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Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Jul 8

I need some help in naming some new designs - any suggestions?

Watch through the video to see all of them, & if you've a suggestion, leave it in the YT comments (& don't forget to tell me which Hat it's for!)

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts :) 🧶 #KnitSky

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Help Me Name My New Designs!

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gilafied 🎃👻🎃 @gilafied.bsky.social · Jul 2

Started another Accretion hat! #knitting Pattern by @woollywormhead.bsky.social

Red and dark grey striped hat in progress, knit flat.

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Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Jun 21

Ever wondered why I like German short rows so much, especially in my sideways knit Hats? One key reason is because they're easy to graft, and I explain how in my latest YouTube video!

#KnitSky #KnitTutorial 🧶

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Grafting German Short Rows

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Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Woolly Wormhead @woollywormhead.bsky.social · Jun 20

My latest video tutorial went live yesterday - Grafting Garter Stitch!

This one includes extra tips to help with the graft and explain why we set things up the way we do - worth a watch if you've ever gotten stumped grafting Garter Stitch 😊

#KnitSky #KnittingTutorials 🧶

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How To Graft Garter Stitch

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gilafied 🎃👻🎃 @gilafied.bsky.social · Jun 20

A finished hat! Pattern is Nettare by @woollywormhead.bsky.social

Handknit hat grey background and rust yarn for the colowork motif.

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