We have hats!

Liz finished the Lamb's Pride Mohair and Wool hat and scarf set I showed you last week. We all love this raspberry purple color. And the yarn has a lovely halo of softness to it.

This lovely set will be a welcome addition to someone's wardrobe when the winter winds blow.

Margaret finished her oatmeal hat with the navy Fair Isle stitching at the border.

And Carole added her striped hat to the inventory too.

I needed to knit something quick since my other projects are time consuming scarves. This 1898 hat took only a couple of days to finish. The band portion around the ears is double thickness. No wind will be able to blow through that fabric!

Margaret started the Quick Ombre Hat with this pretty purple and...

this soft pastel tonal. Both yarns are Cascade 220 worsted weight.

Carole was inspired by my Helix hat to start one of her own. The technique is very clever. You never see the change in yarn colors, no jog where it changes, and single stripes that seamlessly run into each other. The yarns get a little tangled when you knit but you can always stop every so often and straighten them out.

Last May when I went to Arizona my friend, Connie, and I picked out the variegated yarn for a souvenir and I promised to knit whatever she wanted with it. The pattern she chose required two complimentary yarns which I picked out from Periwinkle Sheep.

I spent yesterday afternoon hand sewing the grosgrain ribbon on the button band and attaching the buttons with a little help from Joules.

And now Connie's Rickroll Wrap is completed.

I hope she likes it! It can be buttoned in different ways to be worn as a cowl or cape or poncho.

I'll be making one for myself too but not for a while yet. I already have too many WIP's on needles!

Have a great week. I hear the temps are supposed to cool down around here. I'm looking forward to that! I have some warm woolies to bring out of hibernation!

Grey or gray?

I thought we were going to have the opportunity to knit on the deck since the heat wave finally broke but it's been raining for two days and even the cat's fur is frizzy! Who knew cats could have bad hair days? LOL! So we knitted indoors where it was comfortable.

I started a 2x2 ribbed hat which is gender neutral in Cascade 220 silver grey/gray. I never know which spelling to use. I looked it up and apparently either is correct. However, grey is the UK spelling while gray is the US spelling. Whatever! 

 Cinzia's vest is down to the last few inches of ribbing for the finished edge. She used Noro Silk Garden but even with the silk content, it's a little scratchy. Well, it's a vest so it will be worn over a shirt so it shouldn't be uncomfortable. Love those Noro colors!

 Liz is almost finished with her scarf made with Lamb's Pride mohair blend. She finished the hat but put it in her bag before I could photograph it. I think she had to weave in the ends first.

 Barbara's Palindrome scarf grew many inches since last we met. That royal purple color is rich! I believe it's also Cascade 220. We all agreed we like that one as a good all purpose worsted weight wool. It has nice stitch definition which is great for those reversible cables.

 Dorah reached the decrease portion of her 2x2 ribbed hat.

By evening's end she finished it and wove in the ends.

Maureen's Last Minute Cowl is bigger than last week and may well be on its way to completion.

Carole worked on her hat and decided to throw in some random stripes here and there.

I finished the purple hat from last week which was inspired by the pattern Wurm.

Do you ever get the answer to your question and you're sure you'll remember the answer later? Yeah, well...I can't remember the name of this hat pattern. Carol finished it to go with...

the "Swimming with Salmon" cowl. This is a lovely lace pattern which is free on Ravelry.

That's all for now. I hope everyone is safe from Hurricane Florence and pray it doesn't cause serious damage. See you next week!

Someone didn't get the memo

The afternoon ladies chuckled because most of us were knitting something purple.

Barbara worked on her Palindrome Scarf which was a deep royal purple.

Liz worked on her variation of the Mistake Stitch Scarf in a soft Lamb's Pride Mohair and Wool blend in a pretty orchid color.

I knitted my hat with a Cascade 220 soft purple using inspiration from the "Wurm" pattern.

And Cinzia is still toiling away on the edging of her vest but it will be beautiful when she's finished.

Her daughter, Elena, joined us before her school year starts this week. She chose two colors of Lamb's Pride...teal and gold. It's going to be a beautiful scarf.

                                        

Debbie put the finishing touches on her hat and added it to the inventory today.

And Liz brought a few finished items. This baby sweater is a top down simple pattern.

Those buttons are adorable!

She also added two cowls like this for the upcoming donation.

Margaret is almost done with her hat. She needs some color for her next project. The last couple of items have been this neutral oatmeal so she could use it up but it's getting boring. We need to spice it up for her.

Carole worked on Citrus. It's a free hat pattern on Ravelry with multiple sizes from baby to adult.

And Beth almost completed a diagonal lap blanket using Plymouth Encore in a soft pastel.

The calendar says September but the thermometer says summer so we're sticking to the smaller projects until the weather cools down a bit. Personally, I'm looking forward to the days when I can wrap a warm, wooly scarf around my neck and feel the brisk air on my face.

Many hats this week

My afternoon Chicks had the day off today so I used the time to finish a few things. My Helix Hat was a good use of small amounts of stash yarn. Just one of these skeins might not have been enough to make a large enough adult size hat, but combining 3 colors was a perfect plan. I might even have leftovers for another.

 I finished the Mistake Stitch Scarf last week just after our anniversary dinner. I'm going to put scarf knitting on hold for a while since they take what seems like such a long time to knit.

 This hat called Rusty Barn Hat used almost all of a 110 yard skein of Knit Picks yarn. It's a 3x1 ribbed hat and the pattern gives multiple sizes to fit a variety of heads.

 Maureen finished another Squarshy hat with a nice burgundy superwash wool.

And Carole also finished a Squarshy hat.  

 Margaret added a nice warm hat. It has a double knitted edging which will keep the wind out of the wearer's ears.

 Beth brought her completed wrap. The yarn is so soft that it feels like a cloud.

Carole worked on a new cowl tonight. Do you think I can remember the name of the pattern?

 Beth has this beautiful tonal orange yarn to make the Apple Pie hat. It is all cables and really beautiful. Can't wait to see it finished.

 Maureen's Last Minute Cowl is knitting up quickly. The pattern is one of those mindless tv knits we all enjoy.

 Margaret started another hat with stranded pattern work. The color is more of an oatmeal than it looks here. It will be a good neutral accessory.

 And last but not least, Dorah's hat is almost finished. She should be approaching the decrease portion soon.

I can't believe it's almost September already! You know what that means?! We will soon be wearing our hand knits and attending fiber festivals. I can't wait! This summer of 90 degrees and high humidity is not my cup of tea. I'm looking forward to unpacking my woolens and greeting the cold weather. Until then, keep those needles clicking!

Another year for the books

This evening we Chicks celebrated 13 years together! When this group was just an idea in my mind so many years ago I was looking to make it to 5 years. Then we became an active fellowship of knitters and made it all the way to 10 years. Now I'm looking ahead to stretching it out to 15 years! 

We ate a selection of finger foods tonight.

  The afternoon knitters had the chance to schmooze with the evening knitters and we all ate well.

 Not everyone could join us for the photograph but here are:

front row left to right: Maureen, me, Debbie

back row left to right: Barbara, Dorah, Carole, Elaine, Cinzia, Elena

Thank you ladies for another wonderful, productive year! I'm looking forward to many more with you.