2-18-17 25 Attending 82 Hours of Volunteer Knitting
Old news:
Reminder that the March meeting will be a day long retreat with presenter, Kristina Parker. Christina is a multi-talented multi-tasker who will address many pesky knitting issues and even provide individual attention. Come prepared with questions or projects in knotty condition. Our treasury will take care of expenses, but please bring a dish to share.
New News:
Welcome visitors and new members! Some of the quilters from another part of the building visited to see what we are all about. Certainly they liked what they saw. Also joining us for the first, and hopefully not last, time are; Amy, a talented fiber artist who dyes under the name Little Fox yarn; Annette, a new knitter who will soon have skills she never dreamed of; and Carol, another multi-talented fiber artist, who live in NY, but will join us whenever she visits VA.
Show & Tell:
- Mary showed us an elegant lace shawlette in sparkly black. The yarn was from Wonderland yarns. The sparkle came from a thin fiber Mary added to the plain black yarn.
- Ann showed us a darling baby blanket.
- Lydia showed us the hat she made to donate, and a cowl done in lavender and black. Her yarn was a blend of mohair and silk! Super soft!!!
- Deb T made a hat for charity and modeled her finished cowl done in variegated dark greens and blues.
- Suzane T. knit up a child's vest for donation.
- Amy showed us a few projects, one stunning example was the rust and grey cowl, by Copenhagen Calling, that started in rust at one edge, moved into checkerboard patterns of the rust with grey, then finished with all grey...and she dyed the fibers herself! We are lucky to have this talented lady join our Guild. A real crowd pleaser was a crescent shaped Solange Shawl, done in neutral stripes with lines of other colors coming part way across at interval.
- Andrée restarted an old project, a variegatd cowl in the linen stitch. That stitch can get boring so it's no wonder she set it aside for a while. She is also working on a "Doodler" crescent scarf by Stephen West. It will be white with teal stripes radiating from one end, with a lace border finish. Can't wait to see it done!
- Carol, who supports the Women's March movement, is working on a pink hat, that is quickly becoming an icon of the marchers. On it's top will be done with i-cord, it will have 2 coiled shapes to represent the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
- Jeri is working on a hat for her daughter in fushia with colorful bobbles all over it. She also made one like it for donation.
- Martha donated some washcloths and has a shawl in progress.
- Corky made a "Winter Waves" drop stitch scarf in variegated blues and greens. She is currently working on a Stephen West design of a vest, knit all in one piece, to which she has strategically placed pearly beads. This will be very special when it's done.
- Marie has made more moss stich scarves for her daughter and friends. She also cleaned out a stash of finished ruffle scarves and donated them all to our charity. Great way to start spring cleaning!
- Suzanne K. finish a purple shawl for a friend, and is now also working on a Doodler in grey, with cinnamon, green, and white stripes.
- Elke crocheted a charity hat in natural color. She is also making "pony tail" hats...hats with a deliberate hole left at the top for one's pony tail to pop through. Makes me wish I still had long hair! lol.
-Elaine B is knitting a shrug for her great-niece, who will wear it to her first prom in May.
- Renée is making a Doodler with variegated yarn and neutral/natural colors for the stripes.
-Jennifer finished the red cable headband that she started, under Andrée's tutelage at our Jan. program. She is currently making a cowl done in a basket-weave stitch in cream color.
- Susan S finished a beautiful, cozy brown sweater for her husband, using a Rowan felted tweed. While doing this she learned a new way to add buttons using a single strand while knitting. Sounds like a program in the making!!! :-)
-Katia was a welcome sight to see, returning after a brief furlough, she is working on scandanavian mittens is shades of brown with green stripes and a deer motif. With this project she is well warmed up for our program today.
Program: "The Crazed Scandanavian" cowl/scarf, presented in ongoing mode by Maria.
The for-purchase pattern is available on Ravelry. Make sure you have plenty of ink in your printer, as it's 21 pages long!
Maria had hoped to have a finished version to show, but it is such an extensive and intricate design that she will be showing us more, and providing more tips, as our meetings continue throughout the year.
Her scarf is done in olive and deep cranberry. [See photo in slideshow below]. Today she gave us three very necessary tips:
1. Make sure you use the correct length needles. Using longer or shorter will seriously hamper work and lead to problems.
2. This pattern is knit in the round, yet, at the places that will ultimately be the edges, there is an integrated i-cord. The degree of intricacy of the design becomes evident with the very first few rows. There is no repeating in this pattern, except that you make 2 copies of each row, one of the front and the other of the back. Every single row in the pattern is different, hence the need for 21 pages!
3. It is important to remember to read the charts from RIGHT to LEFT.
This writer is planning to use stitch markers to enable "reading" the row of stitches, for every row, to make sure that nothing was knit incorrectly. An error in this pattern is going to be heartbreaking to rip out!
Old news:
Reminder that the March meeting will be a day long retreat with presenter, Kristina Parker. Christina is a multi-talented multi-tasker who will address many pesky knitting issues and even provide individual attention. Come prepared with questions or projects in knotty condition. Our treasury will take care of expenses, but please bring a dish to share.
New News:
Welcome visitors and new members! Some of the quilters from another part of the building visited to see what we are all about. Certainly they liked what they saw. Also joining us for the first, and hopefully not last, time are; Amy, a talented fiber artist who dyes under the name Little Fox yarn; Annette, a new knitter who will soon have skills she never dreamed of; and Carol, another multi-talented fiber artist, who live in NY, but will join us whenever she visits VA.
Show & Tell:
- Mary showed us an elegant lace shawlette in sparkly black. The yarn was from Wonderland yarns. The sparkle came from a thin fiber Mary added to the plain black yarn.
- Ann showed us a darling baby blanket.
- Lydia showed us the hat she made to donate, and a cowl done in lavender and black. Her yarn was a blend of mohair and silk! Super soft!!!
- Deb T made a hat for charity and modeled her finished cowl done in variegated dark greens and blues.
- Suzane T. knit up a child's vest for donation.
- Amy showed us a few projects, one stunning example was the rust and grey cowl, by Copenhagen Calling, that started in rust at one edge, moved into checkerboard patterns of the rust with grey, then finished with all grey...and she dyed the fibers herself! We are lucky to have this talented lady join our Guild. A real crowd pleaser was a crescent shaped Solange Shawl, done in neutral stripes with lines of other colors coming part way across at interval.
- Andrée restarted an old project, a variegatd cowl in the linen stitch. That stitch can get boring so it's no wonder she set it aside for a while. She is also working on a "Doodler" crescent scarf by Stephen West. It will be white with teal stripes radiating from one end, with a lace border finish. Can't wait to see it done!
- Carol, who supports the Women's March movement, is working on a pink hat, that is quickly becoming an icon of the marchers. On it's top will be done with i-cord, it will have 2 coiled shapes to represent the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
- Jeri is working on a hat for her daughter in fushia with colorful bobbles all over it. She also made one like it for donation.
- Martha donated some washcloths and has a shawl in progress.
- Corky made a "Winter Waves" drop stitch scarf in variegated blues and greens. She is currently working on a Stephen West design of a vest, knit all in one piece, to which she has strategically placed pearly beads. This will be very special when it's done.
- Marie has made more moss stich scarves for her daughter and friends. She also cleaned out a stash of finished ruffle scarves and donated them all to our charity. Great way to start spring cleaning!
- Suzanne K. finish a purple shawl for a friend, and is now also working on a Doodler in grey, with cinnamon, green, and white stripes.
- Elke crocheted a charity hat in natural color. She is also making "pony tail" hats...hats with a deliberate hole left at the top for one's pony tail to pop through. Makes me wish I still had long hair! lol.
-Elaine B is knitting a shrug for her great-niece, who will wear it to her first prom in May.
- Renée is making a Doodler with variegated yarn and neutral/natural colors for the stripes.
-Jennifer finished the red cable headband that she started, under Andrée's tutelage at our Jan. program. She is currently making a cowl done in a basket-weave stitch in cream color.
- Susan S finished a beautiful, cozy brown sweater for her husband, using a Rowan felted tweed. While doing this she learned a new way to add buttons using a single strand while knitting. Sounds like a program in the making!!! :-)
-Katia was a welcome sight to see, returning after a brief furlough, she is working on scandanavian mittens is shades of brown with green stripes and a deer motif. With this project she is well warmed up for our program today.
Program: "The Crazed Scandanavian" cowl/scarf, presented in ongoing mode by Maria.
The for-purchase pattern is available on Ravelry. Make sure you have plenty of ink in your printer, as it's 21 pages long!
Maria had hoped to have a finished version to show, but it is such an extensive and intricate design that she will be showing us more, and providing more tips, as our meetings continue throughout the year.
Her scarf is done in olive and deep cranberry. [See photo in slideshow below]. Today she gave us three very necessary tips:
1. Make sure you use the correct length needles. Using longer or shorter will seriously hamper work and lead to problems.
2. This pattern is knit in the round, yet, at the places that will ultimately be the edges, there is an integrated i-cord. The degree of intricacy of the design becomes evident with the very first few rows. There is no repeating in this pattern, except that you make 2 copies of each row, one of the front and the other of the back. Every single row in the pattern is different, hence the need for 21 pages!
3. It is important to remember to read the charts from RIGHT to LEFT.
This writer is planning to use stitch markers to enable "reading" the row of stitches, for every row, to make sure that nothing was knit incorrectly. An error in this pattern is going to be heartbreaking to rip out!