The cats have greatly missed Knitting in the past few weeks. We were so glad to see everyone back!
This is all I have completed in all that time:
I’d finished the beret a long time ago, and just now completed the Garter Stitch Loop-through Scarf from 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders edited by Judith Durant. (The hat was from One-Skein Wonders.) I found the pink Australian tweed yarn at Yarn Basket in Winter Haven; it is Queensland Collection Kathmandu DK, 85% merino, 10% silk, 5% cashmere, and it is sumptuous!We finally got to see Ethel’s carding equipment; she gave us a little demonstration and we were able to compare different fibers.
Rubbing the raw fibers with the carding combs, she prepared some roving to be needle-felted into this little gnome:
Soon on the agenda for Ethel is a range of little felted animals, as shown in this wonderful book:
I showed my book of unique fiber creations as well, Crafting With Cat Hair.
which prompted Ethel to follow Bob around the room in an ultimately fruitful attempt to harvest some of his fur with a carding comb. Bob thrived on the attention and the grooming, thus strengthening his position as Alpha Cat in this expanded community cluster.
Ethel finished the embroidery on the gorgeous amber hat, and showed a new Ice Cream hat she made for one of the grand kids (look for a pattern on Knitting Paradise for Ice Cream Hat or Diagonal Spiral hat). Ethel is still working on Christmas gifts; see the blue washcloth she is making out of silky, exfoliating hemp.Soooo happy to see Tina back in action with another warm, wonderful loom hat in the works. Does anyone else call these ‘boggan hats? My ex-mother-in-law used to say that.
Lois worked on a new hat, and scanned the newest books for more info on fingerless gloves, her newest source of interest for another project.
It was 36 degrees this morning! Yikes, that’s cold for us poor Floridians. If you want to lay in your winter hibernation stores for the next couple of weeks, check out Yarnworks’ holiday hours and plan accordingly!
Thank you to all my knitting sisters who have enriched my life this year so much! At the group, when I told everyone how sad I was that I hadn’t knitted all my family members some really cool gifts for Christmas, they rushed to my defense! “You were sick!” they reminded me. “Start now for next year,” they encouraged. Their warm, supporting friendship and knitting know-how has been the nicest and funnest gift of 2011!
Great pix lass! Not a fuzzy one in the bunch unless you count the pix of Grazie as fuzzy. ;o} My life has been so much richer for having a group of friends to meet and share with. Huge thanks to you for having started this group up! We are in your dept.
Thank you! These were all unedited, but I have found a way to possibly enhance, can’t wait to try! WordPress does have some photo editing tools but I never had any luck getting them to work. And thank you for originating this group! You are the founding member!
as promised, I was knitting along with you.. well when I wasn’t jumping up to tend to mom’s needs.. I got about 6 rows done on a lace scarf for Lucy.
I showed her the shawl and the progress I wasn’t making.. (I got up to row 40 several times and had to rip it out…) at which time she promptly informed me that she liked this other yarn… and other pattern much better…
alas.. one repeat done… lebenty billion to go???
You are keen on challenging projects! We missed you! And hope you are safe traveling all over…
I do love “different” projects… the yarn is the black with sequins that I brought several weeks ago. The patter is another one (a shawl) that was in the same book. It actually seems to be working up better than the first one.. Perhaps it’s the fact that it goes straight instead of having the two “angled” pieces. I currently plan to be back in town by the next get together… That is if it doesn’t snow me in… temps here are in the 20s at night.. 50s in daytime. Good old Sweater weather, but no sweaters…
Can’t wait to see it!