It's a beautiful day for deck knitting

The heat and humidity have dissipated so we are back outside! Yay! 

We caught up on current events and book reviews. 

It was a perfect setting for Sourdough Snickerdoodle Muffins.

We added quite a few FOs to the inventory. Barbara B's granddaughter, the very talented 14 year old crocheter, made these hats for my Friday group, The Delaware Avenue Stitch Angels. I'm thinking of keeping a few to add to the Chicks' next project, Moms Start Here, in Troy, NY.

Carole completed her Oh Baby! Cardigan and made a sweet 2x2 ribbed hat to go with it.

Cinzia knitted a beautifully cabled cowl...

And Margaret brought a bag filled with goodies! She made two knotted earwarmer/headbands...

four Helix Hats...

A Welter Hat and a Fair Isle hat...

and finally, 1898 Hat, Look Out Winter Hat, and two more of her own design with a pair of matching fingerless gloves.

I completed the headband/earwarmer I designed. I like the way it turned out so much that I immediately cast on for another to donate to my other knitting group. If you would like to knit one, the pattern is written up on my Ravelry page.

For the Falcon Boutique, our current recipients, I started a Helix Hat with small amounts of left over yarns that didn't have enough quantities for anything else.

Jan worked on her Triangle with a Twist Shawl. 

This is a good basic shawl that looks more difficult than it really it to knit.

This hat pattern was available for free for a limited time so I grabbed it for the Chicks to share and...

Margaret was the first to start the Mt. Airy Trail Hat.

Carole just started the 1-2-3 Baby Beanie. It's a freebie on Ravelry so if you have any babies that need a hat, this would be a good one to knit.

Maureen has been busy with grandchildren so she might not have her Reversible Stripes Scarf finished in time for this round of donations. Not to worry, there are plenty of opportunities coming up in the future.

Tina is just starting the One Chevron Scrap Cowl.

As you can see in this picture, it can be made using left over scraps of yarn.

Barbara B is almost finished with her Top Down Raglan Child's Sweater. At least that's what I think this pattern is. She'll let me know if it isn't.

Dorah is working on a Helix Hat to match the fingerless gloves she was knitting these past few weeks. However, she started the hat before remembering that the blue and gray yarns were supposed to be...

used for the thumbs on the gloves! We tried to convince her to just bind off the thumbs now. 

We'll have to wait to see how she resolves this.

Nancy made progress on her Brick by Brick Cowl which uses the mosaic method of knitting. Those colors are glorious!

We are waiting to hear from the boutique to find out when we can deliver so next week we will probably label and sort everything. Until then, keep those needles clicking!

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