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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Busy hands

We had a stretch of holiday rest so it was back to some serious knitting today for my Chicks.
We start Show and Tell with Debbie's hoodie sweater. She is using one of those huge skeins of self striping yarn she bought when our local Lion Brand store went out of business. It's a washable yarn, perfect for baby clothes.
 Cinzia is also using a self patterning yarn which looks like it should knit up into a dotted pattern but oddly enough it is working up into a really nice tweedy stripe.
 Barbara's Cabin Fever Buttons cardigan has shoulders and should have sleeves soon. She is holding it by the collar and shoulders so you can see that it is a top down one piece sweater.
 Maureen's baby blanket is longer this week. I think she's getting bored with it. Next time a quick hat pattern Maureen!
 Margaret's top down 5 hour sweater is going on about three weeks now. It's hard to find time to squeeze in a few stitches when you have a full time job and a family.
 Beth is making a baby Flax sweater. You can see the garter stitch feature on the shoulder and sleeve.
 And Dorah's baby sweater has reached the portion where she will insert the chevron pattern with a variegated yarn. You can see the first few rows peeking out at the needle edge.
 Carole is disappointed that it took her two hours to get this far on her Sunnyside sweater but she has all those markers perfectly in place so she can now breeze on through the knitting. It's important to get the markers correctly placed so the sleeves and design elements line up.
 My Baby Sophisticate is at the very beginning so it doesn't look much like a cardigan yet.
 And now for the gallery of FO's. I found a quick bootie pattern last night for some scraps of worsted weight yarn that was too much to just throw away. They were done in about three hours. And I'm a slow knitter!
 My second Dexter vest is for a little girl. I ran out of pink yarn and had to use a sage green to sew up one of the side seams but luckily it doesn't show.
 I had a bit of left over blue yarn so a quick 2X2 ribbed hat used it up.
 Beth was busy while she was away before the holiday. Her cables are beautifully knitted on this cute little hat.
 The buttons Carole put on her little sweater are just the right touch of color for such a cute little pullover.
 Beth's baby socks are cheerfully bright!
 And her cute little tie booties are sure to stay on.
 Another baby hat....
 and two more from Margaret's needles.
 Carole added a sweet little cap with a twisty top knot.
 And these last few are personal items that first up, Beth knitted. A pretty pair of socks called Hermione's Everyday Sock. She said the pattern was very easy for her first pair of two at a time cuff down socks.
 Dorah showed us her Baby Cocktails Shiraz sweater she made for her daughter. We are very proud of her work! She just has to knit the neck band and it will be finished.
Lastly, Beth had put this beautiful shawl into hibernation for a while but finally took it out to finish. The color choices are gorgeous! If you'd like to purchase the pattern on Ravelry, it's called Drachenfels by Melanie Berg.
Well, I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving and have recovered from your turkey hangover. It's time for me to get back to my knitting. Keep those needles clicking!

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