We had a visitor!

We had a visitor this week! Beth, (on the right) a former Chick who moved to North Carolina, arrived in time to meet with us and catch up with news since she's been gone.

Maureen and Barbara K. swapped stories about all the grandchildren.

Beth made a cute pair of baby socks to donate to our inventory. The yarn is adorable and cheerful!

These are the shortie socks she's currently working on. Look at her great colorwork!

Maureen is making baby gifts. She finished this darling Sunnyside Sweater in the boy version. But just in case....

She's making a girl version too.

Barbara forgot her double pointed needles so she couldn't finish up her hat.

So she decided to start another Scrunchie hat right away.

Cinzia is making a beautiful lace scarf with this lovely variegated yarn.

I'm working on the Raven DK hat. It's the same hat Barbara B. made a couple of weeks ago. I modified the cast on by knitting a provisional cast on so I could fold the cuff up and make it double thickness by knitting the live stitch together with the provisional stitch.

 That's all there is this week. Looking forward to cooler days and less humidity. 

Keep those needles clicking!

Just the four of us

The two Barbaras and Liz joined me for a cool afternoon of knitting inside.

I finished a cowl using the texture pattern my daughter designed and inspiration from Casapinka's emPower People Cowl to make a nifty and very warm piece. The yarn is a blend of merino and silk so it is very lightweight but very cozy.

Last night I casted on, cast on??? whatever, I started a 2x2 ribbed hat. Such a quick and easy pattern.

Liz made good progress on the hat she started last week. She's making it long enough to fold the brim up for extra warmth.

Barbara K. just started a hat using Encore yarn.

The pattern comes from her copy of "One Skein Wonders" which was published by Cascade Yarns.

Barbara B. had been working on her Flax sweater for herself but it was being naughty so it's in time out until it decides to behave. In its place is the continuation of the Anisah shawl.

The Malabrigo yarn makes beautiful cables! The true color is more like the previous picture. This is going to be a real beauty!

I have so many ideas floating around in my head but not enough hours in the day to execute them all. So I better get a move on and finish some more projects around here. Keep those needles clicking!

Humidity drove us back in

I tried sitting on the deck before the Chicks arrived and soon discovered that the humidity made it feel like breathing sponge! I'm glad I walked early enough in the day so I wasn't affected.

We had a pretty full house today.

Carole brought in the hat and cowl she has been working on for the last few weeks. The Honey Cowl was made with Berroco Vintage yarn. I didn't catch the yarn she used for the Meshy Squishy Toque.

She started a pair of baby socks using this self striping yarn.

Here are the toes and...

this is what they will look like when finished. Adorable!

Janna's Totally Biased Cowl is getting close to the finish line. And she brought a lovely wooden yarn bowl to contain her stash.

Debbie's striped hat is almost finished too. It looks so collegiate!

Maureen worked on her Noro Striped Scarf. She's using two balls of the same color changing yarn but from different parts of the skein so the colors contrast each other.

Barbara B. showed us the sweater Flax which she is making for herself. The discussion turned to the subject of projects we've started and not finished. I thought I was bad with two shawls sitting in timeout since 2018. I think Dorah and Cinzia beat me by many more years.:)

Cinzia made the pattern for this scarf using fingering weight yarn for a pretty diagonal lace.

Margaret is still working on her Sightseer Cowl. She doesn't have much time during the week to work on knitting so she has to make up for it on Tuesdays.

Liz started a hat this week on big needles. This shouldn't take long at all.

And I made an oopsie this week! I tried making the 1898 hat and used a size 6 needle instead of 7 (I really shouldn't try to rely on my memory) and ran out of yarn before I could finish.

On to Plan B! Make it a pony tail hat!

That's all for this week. So until next time, keep those needles clicking!

 

Better late than never

Ooops! I am a day late posting this week. I think the oppressive heat is affecting my brain. 

Anyway, the Chicks were productive this week.

Janna’s Totally Biased cowl is a perfect pattern for this color changing yarn.

I’m working on the 1898 Hat with a heather green Cascade yarn. You can see one of the ear flaps already.

Dorah started a hat pattern which had cables but decided to make a plain hat instead. The border can be folded or just left long.

Barbara B. found this lovely yarn for a pittance at a garage sale last year and is making the adult Flax sweater for herself.

Carole found this free pattern on Ravelry which uses a DK weight yarn. It looks so luscious!

And Liz is making a baby hat which she found is not the same size as the pattern describes. Not to worry! It will fit someone!

Stay cool and keep those needles clicking! 

Lovely weather for outdoor knitting

I love Tuesdays! I get to meet with my Chicks. The hot topic today was bears! Oh my! The knitters were disappointed that the day a juvenile bear decided to visit my yard about 30 feet from where we all sit, was not a day when we were out here knitting. I know bears visit the neighborhood around here at night because many neighbors have hard evidence what with broken fences, droppings, and crushed bird feeders. This particular day was a shocker because “Yogi” strolled by at 1:30 in the afternoon! Let’s hope he found a nice den somewhere way away from the population.

Janna’s Totally Biased cowl is coming along nicely. And check out how nice it looks against her shirt.

Debbie’s hat has a few more stripes added to it. She doesn’t have much leisure time for knitting since her grandchildren live nearby.

Jan’s Irma hat is slow going. She, much like me, has multiple projects going at once so they take a little longer to finish. But it’ll get done.

Cinzia’s Workday Scarf looks so pretty in this tonal color yarn. Tonal yarns are great for patterns where you want a bit of interest without it interfering with the lacework.

Im using the same stitch pattern from a shawl I made but using the basic pattern from emPower People cowl by Casapinka’s to make an asymmetrical triangular cowl.

Cinzia’s daughter Sofia visited today. She’s working on a nice, cozy scarf using a variation of the Mistake stitch.

Here is Barbara K.’s Mistake Stitch Scarf in a rich raspberry color. The thick fabric it creates makes a warm scarf.

Margaret’s Sightseer cowl is getting longer with every row. Since it’s a slipped stitch pattern technique, it takes a little longer to make progress but it’s looking great.

 Another week gone by which brings us closer to the end of summer. Hopefully we’ll be able to sit out here on the deck well into an Indian summer. Keep those needles clicking!