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!

 

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!

No rain today

We’ve had so much rain around here lately that rivers and streams are flooding over the banks and washing out roads across the Hudson River from where we are. So while the heat and humidity are keeping us inside to knit, we are grateful for the sunshine.

We can always knit with the AC so first up is Maureen’s project, the Beloved bonnet. We talked about trying to wrap our brains around the beginning portion and how suddenly the light bulb goes on and it all makes sense.

She finished her Sightseer Cowl and it’s looking lovely in the black and pink yarns.

Debbie added some new color stripes to her hat and it’s looking great.

I’m still working on a shawl using a pattern my daughter designed. It makes a lovely texture for solid colored yarns.

It will be somewhat asymmetrical and will have to be blocked to see the lace edging.

Liz worked on a cowl with a creamy white yarn, a good neutral color that goes with everything.

 Stay cool wherever you are and keep those needles clicking!

Killer humidity today

We Chicks opted to knit indoors today because of the high humidity on the deck. We are between rain storms and I don't know about the others, but I'm beginning to go moldy! LOL!

Liz brought a sack filled with the items she knitted over the winter while she was away. There is a cute baby sweater and matching hat, two more baby hats, two Mistake Stitch scarves, a neck gaiter, and two cowls, one of which she added a pin in case the recipient would like to cinch it tighter.

Here is the Mistake Stitch hat she started last week which looks like it could be paired 

with the neck gaiter.

Barbara B. is as addicted to the Beloved bonnet as I am. She finished a toddler sized one and....

has already made progress on another. It's as I said last week, they are like Lay's Potato Chips, you can't make just one.

I'm hooked too! I think this is my fifth or sixth one so far. Once you figure out the pattern, which isn't at all difficult, you can make them any size you like. This one will fit a large child or small adult.

Carol continued to work on her Honey Cowl. Love that deep red color!

And Debbie moved on to the second color in her hat.

Maureen is getting tired of the Sightseer Cowl which must mean it's long enough and time to add the ribbing to finish it off. When I make scarves or cowls I know I'm almost done when I'm bored 

making it.

Margaret still has a bit to go before she can bind off her Sightseer Cowl. It's looking good!

Take a good look at Dorah's ZickZack scarf because she already frogged it due to an error she couldn't fix easily and will make a second go at it. This was one I started and just couldn't stand the torture of continuing it. But Dorah loved knitting this pattern and offered to take it off my hands. 

I hope she doesn't regret that decision!

 That's everything we have to show you this week. Until next Tuesday, keep those needles clicking!

PIE!

The Peach Truck came through town last week and Barbara B. picked up a 25 pound box! We Chicks were the lucky recipients of a Hummingbird Pie she made using the some of peaches, bananas, and pineapple with a crumble topping. Yummy doesn't begin to describe how good it was.

She found the recipe on Pinterest...https://www.pinterest.com/pin/121315783704360584/

I hope this link works. Thank you Barbara!

Dorah finished her ZickZack scarf and it is stunning! She would have cast on right away for another but she didn't have the size needles required for the weight yarn she wanted to use.

Barbara K. cast on for another scarf using a pretty rosy pink. She is wearing an adorable shrug she made with a worsted weight cotton yarn...perfect for summer days in the AC.

Maureen continues to work on her Sightseer Cowl.

This Mistake Stitch Hat is next up on Liz's needles.

She cast on stitches and got right to work.

Barbara B. is knitting beads into her cowl, her first try at bead work.

This is the pattern she's using and it looks beautiful already.

You know how you can't eat just one Lay's Potato Chip? Well, you can't knit just one Beloved Bonnet from TinCanKnits either! I am hooked! The last one to the right is still on the needles and I thought I was going to run out of yarn. But the knitting angels looked down and said, "You can do it!" and it looks like I'll have just enough to finish the I-cord tie!

 We're having a thunderstorm right now so I'll say goodbye before the lightning strikes. Keep those needles clicking and I'll see you next week!

95* but if feels like 100*

The heat and humidity are stifling here in the Capital District. Jan, Margaret, and I had no choice but to sit inside today.

Margaret's Sightseer Cowl is starting to show the mosaic stitch color work. This is a free pattern on Ravelry. 

Jan's Irma Hat is giving her a bit of a challenge. Sometimes we all talk more than pay attention to our work and get carried away with the knitting. We all have to take a step back and make sure we are on the right track.

I bought this pattern called "Beloved" from TinCanKnits and I'm so happy I did! It was a joy to make and took very little time to finish this in a child's size.

I decided to cast on another one right away but this one will be adult size. The pattern contains all the stitch counts for sizes baby to adult. It calls for DK weight yarn or two strands of fingering weight held together so I thought I'd give it a try with the two strands.

Our weather forecast for the next few days shows nothing but rain, possible thunderstorms, and cooler temperatures. I can deal with that if it means no more heat and humidity. I'm not a summer person and tend to spend my days very close to the AC vent. I hope wherever you are, you're keeping cool. And keeping those needles clicking!