1-21-17 16 Attending 48 Volunteer Hours / 9 Donated Items
Old Business:
Gloucester Retreat Update: CHANGE of LOCATION!!!!!
new site > Piankatank Community Center, 11888 Harcum Rd., Gloucester Courthouse, VA 23061
9 a.m. - 3 p.m., $5 donation for their charity/Gloucester Humane Society, bring a dish to share ....note: there is a full kitchen available.
New Business:
Next meeting:
María will get us started on the Crazed Scandinavian Cowl. Click here to see Ravelry for yarn quantity, weight, and needles to bring.
Show 'n Tell: See slide show at the bottom for photos of members' projects and some program pix.
Elke crocheted a blue and grey afghan for one of her sons. Now the other wants one, too!
Corky made two hats to donate, a lace bordered one in turquoise, and a cute owl one, with little button eyes. She also made herself a warm and lovely beige cowl.
Marie knit two seed stitch cowls, in heathery colors: one with olive, plum, greys and browns; the other teal blues..... and then made earrings to match. Her daughter has expanded her wish list of her mom's handiwork! lol.
Jennifer knit a market bag, to donate, in lively colors of lime and yellow. She also showed us the book from which she got the Sierra pattern for her mom's claret-red, Christmas scarf. Sock Yarn Shawls, 2 by Jenn Lucas.
Gene is willing to share his book on Tunisian Crochet, which he passed around. He is presently crocheting granny squares for a blanket, in shades of grey and variegated white, black, grey. An ambitious project, for sure!
Deb B. has now been enlisted, by her kids, to made dolls for their toy story in PA. Her 3 latest creations are a curly redhead, a long-haired blond, and an African-American. All have cute outfits which now include bloomers! She's been so busy with dolls, she hasn't had much time for knitting. :-(
Barbara is determined to conquer her semi-finished cable knit sweater. Today's session with Andrée should have been a help to that end.
Martha began mending a friend's feather and fan, rose pink baby blanket, and ended up knitting a brand new one! Such a lucky child! She also wowed us all with a beaded shawl intended for a bride. It was a lace triangle, studded with beads, in the palest blue at the neckline, working down to white by midway. Definitely inspiring for those learning about incorporating beads into projects, one of our programs for today. The pattern was by Hillary Latimer's designer of Criminal Knits.
Gail knit a cleverly reversible, shades-of-grey hat for donation, and is working currently on a sweater for her husband, using Sueño yarn by Hikoo.
Andrée knit a loofah from a very uniquely textured yarn....not from any sheep we've seen before!!!! She also knit hats for donation, including an octopus hat!
Mary S donated a hat with matching scarf, done in variegated shades of lime greens, and showed some of her previously made projects that exemplify the use of beads. She also showed us a novelty yarn with pre-loaded sequins, with which she is making a scarf.
Elaine B. finally finished a triangle shawl in variegated shades of blues and greens, with some beads added to the bind-off. There were other beads worked into the previous few inches, but the lesson learned was that with this kind of yarn, and yarn-over stitches, beads don't show up well at all. Another project was made from a kit, to show incorporating beads into an integrated i-cord edge on a narrow, necklace-like scarf. The last sample item for the beading project was a cowl in fingering yarn, in ombre shades of grey, with silver lined glass beads creating a diagonal swarth down a portion of it's length. The finished project will be 'show 'n tell' for Gloucester Retreat.
Becky knit a 'bias' scarf in brown. It would be interesting to see the pattern to learn how to knit on the bias!
Jeri made a lovely, feminine hat with winding cables crawling to the crown from the brim. Definitely another pattern we would all enjoy having!
Program(s):
Today's program involved a 3-part round-robin.
Our group divided into three smaller groups, which worked well for the tables arrangement. Andrée lead one group through making cables and showing a variety of types of cable needles. Mary lead a group on the crochet method of incorporating beads into a project; while Elaine lead a group on using a variety of tools for stringing beads onto yarn for those projects that require all beads to be pre-strung. Among the tools was a 'fleegle beader." Click here for more information on that tool.
A 3-page hand-out was provided on general bead-with-yarn information, useful to know before deciding to embark on incorporating beads into a project. Also knit patterns were provided for a cowl using the crochet method to add beads, and another for the pre-strung method.
After about 20 minutes, the groups all rotated to a new station to tackle a different skill. Everyone found the 3 sessions very valuable, though more time would have made each session better. Perhaps we can incorporate a Session #2 at the end of another meeting.
Old Business:
Gloucester Retreat Update: CHANGE of LOCATION!!!!!
new site > Piankatank Community Center, 11888 Harcum Rd., Gloucester Courthouse, VA 23061
9 a.m. - 3 p.m., $5 donation for their charity/Gloucester Humane Society, bring a dish to share ....note: there is a full kitchen available.
New Business:
Next meeting:
María will get us started on the Crazed Scandinavian Cowl. Click here to see Ravelry for yarn quantity, weight, and needles to bring.
Show 'n Tell: See slide show at the bottom for photos of members' projects and some program pix.
Elke crocheted a blue and grey afghan for one of her sons. Now the other wants one, too!
Corky made two hats to donate, a lace bordered one in turquoise, and a cute owl one, with little button eyes. She also made herself a warm and lovely beige cowl.
Marie knit two seed stitch cowls, in heathery colors: one with olive, plum, greys and browns; the other teal blues..... and then made earrings to match. Her daughter has expanded her wish list of her mom's handiwork! lol.
Jennifer knit a market bag, to donate, in lively colors of lime and yellow. She also showed us the book from which she got the Sierra pattern for her mom's claret-red, Christmas scarf. Sock Yarn Shawls, 2 by Jenn Lucas.
Gene is willing to share his book on Tunisian Crochet, which he passed around. He is presently crocheting granny squares for a blanket, in shades of grey and variegated white, black, grey. An ambitious project, for sure!
Deb B. has now been enlisted, by her kids, to made dolls for their toy story in PA. Her 3 latest creations are a curly redhead, a long-haired blond, and an African-American. All have cute outfits which now include bloomers! She's been so busy with dolls, she hasn't had much time for knitting. :-(
Barbara is determined to conquer her semi-finished cable knit sweater. Today's session with Andrée should have been a help to that end.
Martha began mending a friend's feather and fan, rose pink baby blanket, and ended up knitting a brand new one! Such a lucky child! She also wowed us all with a beaded shawl intended for a bride. It was a lace triangle, studded with beads, in the palest blue at the neckline, working down to white by midway. Definitely inspiring for those learning about incorporating beads into projects, one of our programs for today. The pattern was by Hillary Latimer's designer of Criminal Knits.
Gail knit a cleverly reversible, shades-of-grey hat for donation, and is working currently on a sweater for her husband, using Sueño yarn by Hikoo.
Andrée knit a loofah from a very uniquely textured yarn....not from any sheep we've seen before!!!! She also knit hats for donation, including an octopus hat!
Mary S donated a hat with matching scarf, done in variegated shades of lime greens, and showed some of her previously made projects that exemplify the use of beads. She also showed us a novelty yarn with pre-loaded sequins, with which she is making a scarf.
Elaine B. finally finished a triangle shawl in variegated shades of blues and greens, with some beads added to the bind-off. There were other beads worked into the previous few inches, but the lesson learned was that with this kind of yarn, and yarn-over stitches, beads don't show up well at all. Another project was made from a kit, to show incorporating beads into an integrated i-cord edge on a narrow, necklace-like scarf. The last sample item for the beading project was a cowl in fingering yarn, in ombre shades of grey, with silver lined glass beads creating a diagonal swarth down a portion of it's length. The finished project will be 'show 'n tell' for Gloucester Retreat.
Becky knit a 'bias' scarf in brown. It would be interesting to see the pattern to learn how to knit on the bias!
Jeri made a lovely, feminine hat with winding cables crawling to the crown from the brim. Definitely another pattern we would all enjoy having!
Program(s):
Today's program involved a 3-part round-robin.
Our group divided into three smaller groups, which worked well for the tables arrangement. Andrée lead one group through making cables and showing a variety of types of cable needles. Mary lead a group on the crochet method of incorporating beads into a project; while Elaine lead a group on using a variety of tools for stringing beads onto yarn for those projects that require all beads to be pre-strung. Among the tools was a 'fleegle beader." Click here for more information on that tool.
A 3-page hand-out was provided on general bead-with-yarn information, useful to know before deciding to embark on incorporating beads into a project. Also knit patterns were provided for a cowl using the crochet method to add beads, and another for the pre-strung method.
After about 20 minutes, the groups all rotated to a new station to tackle a different skill. Everyone found the 3 sessions very valuable, though more time would have made each session better. Perhaps we can incorporate a Session #2 at the end of another meeting.