Thursday, May 1, 2008

CLASSES GOIN STRONG!

Hi Knitters, I have several pictures to show this week thanks to a good customer, Joann. She brought me lots of great stuff she has been working on. First is an adorable hat with pom-poms using Plymouth Dreambaby.

Here is one of the coolest scarf's I have seen in awhile. She used 3 different colors of Crystal Palace Fjord 100% wool. Joann then added her own border at the bottom.



Below is a afghan she made. In the picture on the right it's hard to tell but there is a cat! Each square in the middle has a cat's name to go with the cat picture. What Joann did here was use several different washcloth patterns and then put them together. This is an excellent way to practice different stitch patterns and have something large to show for it.

Here is a basket weave scarf using Plymouth Encore and Crystal Palace Musique. We can tell that Joann likes pom-pom's..



This vest was made with Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece. The feel of the vest is sooo soft and the different stitch patterns keep it interesting.

This spring scarf was made with CascadeYarns Luna Cotton. Love the cables. It came out great.

Below is a Rambling Rows Afghan made by Sue. She is attempting to use up all her leftover balls of sock yarn. It's a great idea. We all have leftover yarn we could use for this project. The pattern is from Cottage Creations.



Class reminder: Saturday, May 17th we will be doing a finishing class with JoAnne. Please call ahead to save your spot and remember, there will be homework! (only the good knitting kind) . Yesterday (April 30th) we started the Cable bag. It's sooo Cute! The pattern suggests a 6" circular handle which you can get at Joanne Fabrics if you don't have one already. I have a sewing machine set up here at the shop and will be sewing the linings together for everyone. Linda Miller will be starting a 2 hand 2 color knitting class on MAY 6TH FROM 6:30-8:30. If you would like to join this class please give us a call and we will put you on the list. We will be making and finishing a hat. You will need 2 skeins of worsted weight yarn. 1 solid and one contrasting color, size 7 or 8 16" circular needles. HOMEWORK BEFORE CLASS STARTS: Cast on 96 sts and join. Knit in round until the edge does NOT roll anymore then bring it to class and Linda will help with the rest! Also, Pat will be doing a sock class. She will be teaching 2 socks at the same time on 2 circulars. If you want to join this class it will be on the first and third Saturday in May from 1-3. (May 3rd and 17th) We will be using Cascade Fixation and 2 sets of size 3 - 24" circular needles. (metal) Please call to save your spot.. Wouldn't want you to miss out on all the fun!!


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

OMG! that braided scarf is exactly what i had planned to do, but in red white & blue with the rangers logo on it with hand pouches on the bottom instead of the boarder. how cool!

THE KNITORIOUS MRS. B said...

Besides being incredibly creative, and a terrific knitter, she is one nice lady too!

Laura said...

Wow! great stuff!
I'm drlaura, "sockguru" for Crystal Palace yarns, and we'd love to post the picture of the scarf on our blog and link to You here and this store blog!
in fact any time folks knit with Crystal Palace Yarns we like to post pics!
we have a yearlong color contest on the blog - Lilac and Yellow for May, White for June....and prizes of yarn, knitting books or knitting mags.

CPYsocksandmore

laura
drlauraAsirius@gmail.com

Laura said...

Wow! great stuff!
I'm drlaura, "sockguru" for Crystal Palace yarns, and we'd love to post the picture of the scarf on our blog and link to You here and this store blog!
in fact any time folks knit with Crystal Palace Yarns we like to post pics!
we have a yearlong color contest on the blog - Lilac and Yellow for May, White for June....and prizes of yarn, knitting books or knitting mags.

CPYsocksandmore

laura
drlauraAsirius@gmail.com