TO COLD FOR ME, GREAT FOR WOOL!

Hi Knitters,

I have a few pictures of things customers have made recently. Below is a candy corn washcloth from JoAnne's class. To cute!

These two pictures are of a afghan that Carol made for her son Charlie for his birthday. She used Berroco's Comfort and as you can see she did a great job!

Sandy made the hat with sequins and Crystal Palaces Taos. Very glittery! My kind of hat. The socks were made with Cascade's Fixation, and I sure can't remember who made them...lol...but they do look good! I apologize to the person who did all the hard sock knitting. Maybe Sherri? It's comin to me...Probably after I post this and email it to everyone THEN I will remember.

Here is what I am working on this week. I know it seems kinda lacy and uhhh, not warm, but I thought it would be nice to wear inside with a warm sweater and then in the spring also. (Multi-functional) You cant beat that, or even to send to someone in a warmer climate say, Arizona for Christmas. I am attaching the pattern. I am using SWTC TOFUtsies sock yarn. You could also use 2 balls of Plymouth's Happy Feet DK and cast on less or any left over sock yarn that you have hanging around. Its a multiple of 2 sts + 7 so it's pretty easy to change. Hope you all have a great Halloween. Donna

Hi Knitters,

I have lots to show you this week. Sally from Thursday nights knitting class finished lots of projects. The first picture is a felted knitting basket made with Brown Sheep's Bulky and its huge. You cant tell to good from the picture but you can fit a small child it! Second is a purse that is made with Plymouth's Galway. The colors are great! Third is a neckwarmer and scarf all in one. It's made with Berroco's Ultra Alpace Light. Fourth was orininally a eyeglass case but, you know how felting is, sometimes it comes out perfect and sometimes not what you expected at all. Sally made this larger then expected eyeglass case into a very cute purse. Just big enough to carry keys, phone and money. (Sorry, I cant remember what it is made from.) GREAT JOB SALLY!

Below is a baby earflap hat I made from sock yarn. I'm sure you could make 2 out of one ball of Regia Self -Striping or just use your left overs, add them together as you go and make a very cute baby cool and warm at the same time. It just so happened I was looking for a baby and BAM! In came Jackson! Remember awhile back I posted his newborn picture...I can't beleive he is soooo big already. Man it goes fast. As you can see it fits him to perfection. (dont know how that happened) Can't forget his Mama Steph there in the backround trying to sneak out of the photo. GOTCHA!

Last but definatly not least, the picture below is from JoAnne's class on Wednesday nights. Remember the cable bags they made not to long ago? Well they finished their bags using Fantasy Naturale. Perfect timing to finish the Basket Weave scarf using Berroco's Ultra Alpaca Light. They came out GREAT!

The second picture is of a slipper that I made using 2 strands of Plymouth's Galway held together. They took just ONE ball of each color with some left over, problaby enough to make a pair of short fingerless gloves that I sent out a few weeks ago. If you want to learn how to wrap and turn, Pick up sts and use 2 circ. needles this is a great pattern to learn it on. One of my GREAT customers Carol let my in on the pattern. She found it here at http://www.cocoknits.com/ Click on knit, then go down to accessories, click on Malabrigo Loafers. I bought the pattern and love the slippers. They fit great and are cushiony too. (is that a word?)


I hope all of you have a great weekend. This Sunday Hellertown kiddies will be trick or treating from 4-6pm so be careful out there and stop by....We are giving out candy!

WARM WEATHER?

Hi Knitters,

In case you haven't noticed its mighty warm out there. Perfect to finish up all things that you want to wear when it get chilly out. Fingerless mitts, flip top mitts, ear warmers, neck warmers...You get the idea!

Hope everyone had a great week so far. Last week I posted a picture of the Flip-Top Mittens. This week I finished a Neckwarmer and Earwarmer (headband) all from the same ball of yarn.

1 ball....made ALL of these! WOW! What a great gift! If it's for a guy you could make fingerless gloves, a hat and with whats left over make a neckwarmer too.

These pictures below are of Dottie's great projects. The first one is going to be a shrug and the second is a picture of her 2 socks on 2 circ. This is prob. her 3rd pair. WOW! Her and I sure have come far from where we started! (Paaaaat we don't get it... can you help us?)

Also we just received several new colors of Plymouth Happy feet DK and a few patterns for a 1 ball baby sweater. The colors are great and the sweater pattern is very cute!

That's about all I have for you this week. My comp. had a virus so I have spent the last 3 hrs. trying to fix it and my eyes are blurry but it's fixed! So, don't forget....

Classes:

Pat has a class here Tuesday mornings from 1030-1230

Linda is here the 1st & 3rd Tuesday eve from 630-830

JoAnne is here Wednesday eves from 630-830

Diana is here Thursday eves from 630-830

Pat is also here Saturday's from 1-3

FROST ALREADY!

Good thing I just finished these Flip Top mittens. I might be needing them in the not so distant future! UGH! I used the yarn that was in last weeks blog post. Murano Bulky. Hopefully I will get a pair of mittens and a hat from one ball. You could also use Encore Bulky or Brown Sheep bulky.

I found this pattern here>>

http://www.snapdrive.net/files/508453/bulky%20flip%20top%20mitts.pdf

Its very easy, kinda confusing when you start the Flip Top but just follow the directions line for line and you should have no problem.

Below are 2 scarves that Kathy made. The first is the Drop Stitch scarf and the second is Spectrum Scarf from Knitting Daily. She used Regia Silk and it came out gorgeous! The pattern link is below the pictures.


http://www.knittingdaily.com/blogs/patterns/archive/2008/04/20/spectrum-scarf.aspx

This adorable sweater is being made in Pat's Tuesday morning class. It's almost done!

Don't forget Pat added a NEW CLASS Tuesday mornings from 10:30-12:30.

She is also here Saturday's from 1-3.

Linda is here the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month from 6:30-8:30

JoAnne is here Wednesday's from 6:30-8:30

Diana is here every Thursday from 6:30-8:30

Hope to see you soon! Donna

COOL WEATHER HOT YARN!

Hi All,
Just a quick post today. Been busy! YAY! Below are 3 pictures from JoAnne's class last night.
The first 2 are of Mary's projects. The first is a part of her sweater. Looks great. The second is of the button tab hat that I found a pattern for last week. I will be attaching this pattern and sending it to all of you. Its a great looking hat and it's quick. I have made two. One with Pure Merino and one with Crystal Palace's Creme. You can use any worsted weight. Encore, Brown Sheep, Mission Falls, you get the idea.



This picture is a cute Superman sweater that Holly made for her cute grandson. She used Encore so it is very easy to take care of and looks great even after washing.

Below I tried something new. It's a video of a new yarn I received today. It's Austermann Murano. It uses needle size 9-11 has 262 yds and is washable. It came in 4 great colors!

Don't forget about Pat's new class Tuesday mornings from 1030-1230.

Happy knitting Donna