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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · 12d

I'm the celebrating October by publishing a fun #briochestitch hat pattern with 3d horns. There are so many costume possibilities! #knitting #handmade www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Brioche Horn Hat pattern by Xandy Peters

This playful brioche stitch hat uses a clever increase and decrease method to create 3D sculptural horns. The design began with curiosity about combining the Stacked Stitch technique with brioche stit...

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · 21d

It's a tutorial!

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Leigh, as in free 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ @revafisheye.bsky.social · 24d

I'm currently blocking a stunning, if I do say so, shawlette I made for a sweet friend's birthday. I made a DK version of @xandypeters.bsky.social's Feather Flame pattern, using @isasaxonists.bsky.social's Republic of Yarnia Wintery Muse yarn from last year's Antiracist Craft Club. 🧶

A lace shawlette in vibrant blues, rich browns, and cream colored yarn. The lace motif is a rippling chevron that evokes bird feathers.

Close-up of the lace detail on a shawlette in vibrant blues, rich browns, and cream colored yarn. The lace motif is a rippling chevron that evokes bird feathers.

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · 24d

It's almost as ridiculous as the way physicists at University research facilities treat the knitting machine technicians who are, generally, the ones actually doing the stitch development and engineering, not just the mathematics to explain the fabric.

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · 24d

Obviously physicists, especially those who knit, understand knitting as well as anyone else. They just can't quantify some of these properties using mathematical expressions yet. I don't know why all the knitters are acting like they can do physics better than the physicists.

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · 24d

Anyone with eyes can see straight through a pair of pantyhose, but the only formulas that could explain the properties of knit fabric assumed that the fabric was 100% dense and as the yarn traveled across each row of fabric it had to touch the other yarns.

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · 24d

I often tell my knitting students that physicists are stupid for not discovering that yarn can slide until the year 2015. The example I give is pantyhose. They are made out of a non-stretch filament, yet the fabric stretches because yarn is able to slide between the stitches.

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · 24d

I'm a knitting designer, instructor and stitch innovator with a STEM background. I watched the controversial scishow knitting episode and didn't see a lot wrong with it. @hankgreen.bsky.social

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · 25d

@knitty.com do you still accept NSFW patterns and tutorials? I have a weird one that needs a home.

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knitty® | editor, Amy Sadler @knitty.com · Sep 12

The brand-new issue of Knitty Magazine is up right now! A lovely selection of our quality FREE knitting (and a little crochet) patterns, each tech edited for your yarny enjoyment!

Find the new issue (and 23 years' worth of back issues) here:
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#ShareAndEnjoy #GladToBeOfService
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Knitty.com - Deep Fall 2025

Knitty is the longest-running free knitting magazine on the web. Enjoy our huge selection of high-quality free knitting patterns and tutorials!

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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 🧶

youtu.be/3ekZO5bPqBQ?...

About My Short Row ColourWork Technique

YouTube video by Woolly Wormhead

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Lancaster Yarn Shop @lancasteryarnshop.bsky.social · Aug 1

We’re so excited!
LYS welcomes Xandy Peters to the Lancaster Winter Knitter’s Retreat January 9 - 11, 2026! Local fiber artist Sarah Ulrich *and others* round out a cozy weekend of knitting and community. Join us at the William H Montgomery mansion in Lancaster, PA. Details on our website!

A black and white photograph of downtown Lancaster, PA taken after a blizzard in the late 1800’s. The Watt and Shand building and the Soldier’s Monument are shown with many folks standing around in deep snow.

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jul 10

I read the whole thread before asking this. There were two firsthand accounts of bugs in yarn. The rest were people saying they found bugs months after stashing the yarn, secondhand accounts, and speculation about the bedbug situation in the city of Columbus.

Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jul 9

If I found bug damage in a package of yarn that I had JUST OPENED, I'd take pictures. The one time I had an issue with damaged yarn, the pictures helped prove that UPS damaged the package and it was much easier to resolve. PICS BEFORE AND AFTER OPENING!!!

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jun 30

Idk why they can only use brown. I'm not a cowboy. NYC wants bags with black leather accents.

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jun 30

I saw the one post on reddit, but no other people affected. Bugs can also get in through the mail. Have we confirmed that there are multiple shipments from the knitpicks warehouse with this problem?

Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jun 30

Is this real? Please tell me that you got them to make canvas bags with BLACK leather accents.

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jun 29

I did some math: If the big bill goes through, my healthcare cost will go up 2000%

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jun 24

If somebody with dementia is awake all night, can they still be sundowning after the sun comes up?

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jun 16

Fill in the blank. Delulu is to Delusional as Labubu is to _____

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jun 15

For worldwide knit in public day, I decided not to stick to my knitting. There were other, important things going on. #knitsky

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SenseNSensibility @sensensensibility.bsky.social · Jun 13

So cute! #showmeyourknits 🧶
#knitsky

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jun 13

Is this you? #knitsky

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jun 12

What's one knitting technique that you'll never try?
For me, it's Mosaic knitting. It's very similar to stranded color work, but only one yarn is worked at a time. I think it would feel tedious to me. #knitsky #fiberartist #knitting

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Xandy Peters @xandypeters.bsky.social · Jun 12

Is that Pasadena?