Here’s a quick one

I went pattern surfing and found this headband/earwarmer that’s knitting up very quickly.

 https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/serenity-smocked-headband

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

From my house to yours, sending wishes for a blessed holiday.

And keep those needles clicking!

Taking a break

 It pains me to say this but in light of the recent spike in COVID cases in our area and to keep everyone safe during the holidays, I’ve decided, that as Mother Hen to my Chicks, it’s my responsibility to put our weekly meetings on hiatus until a safer time to meet. We will have occasional Zoom meetings so we can keep up with our knitting and post pictures of our progress. But I can’t in good conscience risk exposing anyone to this insidious illness.

I will be posting free patterns to keep you busy so enjoy the first called Cowgirl Convertible. It’s a cowl! No! It’s a hat! Wait! It’s both! And the pattern lists the details for either crochet or knit in different weights of yarn. 

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cowgirl-convertible

Enjoy the holidays and check back now and then to see what’s happening on this page. May we all have a blessed Christmas and may 2022 bring good health to the whole world.

Filling the inventory

We have many FO's this week to show you. Jan A. brought a whole pile of lovely hats and scarves of all colors. She's been very busy!

Jan P. finished her 1898 hat from last week's post.

And Maureen finished her pretty self striping scarf.

We have a Declan hat to add to inventory. Love those cables!

And Cinzia made an ensemble from a very soft acrylic.

This is the Workday Scarf from Cinzia's needles. It has an easy lace stitch edging.

Maureen started the Bankhead hat and is enjoying the knit. It's a good one for when you want to talk and knit at the same time.

Jan A. started another hat too.

The blue yarn goes nicely with denim.

Margaret worked on her snowflake hat and by the time we ended our meeting she had finished the crown and proceeded to the I-cord ties.

Cinzia had just started a dress for a little girl, using a sparkly yarn. This will make someone feel like a princess.

Jan P. is also making the Bankhead hat, like Maureen's, but she is not quite as far into the pattern yet.

I started another balaclava but with more stitches so it won't be as tight as the one I made last week.

I made this one exactly as the pattern says but it would fit a child better than an adult. 

That's all for now. We'll be taking a break for the Christmas holidays but will be back in the new year. Sending wishes for peace and good health to all

and keep those needles clicking!

Ready for delivery

As I prepared the Chicks’ most recent project, our blankets for veterans in hospice, I am grateful for my knitters’ generosity and skills. Thank you ladies for stepping up to make a great donation!

 

The blankets are finished

We had a few last minute additions to the blanket donations today. Carole brought her diagonal striped blanket which she steamed lightly. It helps to even out the stitches and soften the acrylic a bit to make it all more uniform.

Janna stayed just long enough to drop off her lovely blanket to be added to the collection.

And Cinzia crocheted her second blanket for the collection. For some reason, crocheting a blanket seems to go faster than knitting. Perhaps because a crocheted stitch is taller than a knitted stitch.

So here is our grand total of 11 beautiful blankets to be donated to the hospice for veterans.

We're all busy with projects for men, women, and children now.

I found a video tutorial for an adult size balaclava (we keep calling it BAKLAVA! LOL!) which had the instructions written in English on the screen which is a good thing since I don't speak Hindi like the woman giving the tutorial! I wrote the directions down so we can all share the pattern. It's knitted flat and then a small seam is sewn to connect the band around the neck.

Jan A. started a hat called...

Bankhead

Jan P. is finishing up the band of her 1898 hat.

Cinzia started a rolled brim hat.

And Dorah was going to make the Declan hat but found out she did the same thing I did today which was knit a 1X1 ribbing instead of a 2X2 ribbing. In my case I could fudge it but Dorah's hat needed the wider ribbing to flow right into the pattern of cables. So Plan B is she will make the Raven DK instead.

Carole's 1898 hat is showing the crown portion now. She's almost done.

And Maureen keeps plugging away on her scarf with that pretty self striping yarn.

 I'm testing out a pattern that is new to me to see if it's a good one for donations so maybe next week I'll have it ready to show. In the meantime, keep those needles clicking!