New Acquaintances

We again gathered around the fire.  People have freedom to come and go as they  please and we discovered that Yogi and Shelli had never met before. I think that at some time they were both at the same meeting but at different times.

Stacy finished her third sock and now has a set! I think she is moving on to bigger socks. Her finished set is so cute. Lynn  helped Yogi with a diagonal stitch pattern that Yogi wanted to learn for a baby blanket for a cousin's soon to be arrival. All in all there was a lot of interaction and enthusiasm. A lovely meeting on a lovely day.

  

 

Another project for the yarntini lunch

This shawl is made with Bernat's Matrix. It starts at the point and increases every other row with just a two row repeat pattern. I originally was running out of yarn but with help from Theresa (my eBay guru) I found  more. Whew!

Cozy by the fire

This week we got a chance to sit by the fireplace. It didn't matter that it was so warm by the time we were leaving we didn't even need coats. We did our usual total rearranging of Panera's, but we were good: we put everything back. Some of us got the overstuffed leather chairs. Comfy! But I think we always have so many things that a real table comes in handy.

Pat has had trouble with the esc sweater ( the darn thing wouldn't grow straight!) and has decided to knit it. So she is swatching in her chosen yarn and beginning with a new mentor. (who knits which is not me). 

Theresa brings so many projects to work on we look away and she has something different in her hands. So we put out 3 of the baby blankets she is working on.

The black motif is being worked on by Chris: a scarf? a shawl? 

Rebecca is showing off two projects we thought would sell at a table (if we decide to do that).

A scrumptious hat and darling child's sweater. 

Lynn was making a sweet baby blanket. She feels the Linus project was really stockpiled and we should look for a group without a blanket connection. 

Finally everyone said we should have a pic of a lace poncho I wore. I made it 2 years ago from Caron Simply Soft and it's such a lovely soft orchid color. So right for spring. 

 

More Projects

Karen sent me the  photos from her camera phone. I really didn't get as much info about each project  that would satisfy the curiosity of those reading. 

I know Karen's knit gloves are a Noro yarn and they are turning out just great.

Becky's top was knitted on the bodice and the "skirt" is crocheted; but I didn't get the yarn or needle size(very tiny).

Lisa is holding up Theresa's panel for a sweater (also knitted).

I feel badly about how many projects I didn't get around to mentioning from Stacy (knitted sox), Lisa (I didn't even get to see what she was working on), and Lynn (a baby blanket). Yogi stopped by to get back into the swing of things after returning home from India. 

This is a really busy group. Hope I can learn to keep up with them. 

More projects

Lots of projects

We had a great group this week. Thirteen people in all. Which makes for great conversation and lots of sharing. Like I promised there are pictures of projects; many of them are are personal and not necessarily for charity, maybe just a way of learning. However I managed another technological glitch. He who shall remain nameless powered  up the camera battery for me; I only managed a few pictures when the camera stopped. When I got home "he" discovered that the charger was not plugged in. So we attempted taking pix with phones and emailing them to me. There seems to be a snafu on that and even then I didn't get everyone's projects. Here's today's offerings. 

Pat is showing off the beginnings of a scarf in Patagonia from Araucania. The colors are great. At first Pat thought a sweater would be nice but a high price with a short yardage meant a very expensive first sweater. So she is making a one skein scarf and we all feel that this particular yarn makes a better scarf than sweater.

Joe is knitting a throw. (Using slip stitch, which is Dutch to me) When asked what yarn he was using he said a long thin one. Lynn intervened for those who really want to know and named Lion Brand's cottonease. I thought that the colors were vibrant and felt southwest.

Rebecca was making a purple scarf from a sale pack she got at last year's Pgh Knit & crochet festival. It was a combination of yarns put together by Pgh Knit & Bead (now gone) :(  and just shows how attractive several different yarns can work up together.

Chris (sorry about your missing head) was working up a cat blanket for charity which she does frequently. She's also working on putting motifs together into a scarf (a coming attraction).

Roxanne designed this potholder using colors she saw in a piece of material. She never works from instructions and thinks up her own designs for potholders.

If we can't get more pics this week, there's also next week. With so many different tastes and talents you can see why we try for a group project once a year.

Satisfying the need to see a project

Last posting I said crocheters needed to see some projects. Both projects were worked in Vanna's Choice from Lion Brand. Why that yarn? That's another story. But it's 100% acrylic and has a nice feel. The square is 41" and the ethnic look ripple is double thick and almost 66' long. Unfortunately the colors on the ripple do not show well; they are more vibrant than shown. Both afghans will be available at the lunchtini next February.