Chasing away the chills

Kathleen finished a pair of mittens and a pair of Dorm Booties. By using an acrylic yarn, they are machine washable and dryable. That's a good thing for slippers!

Her next project is a Mistake Stitch Scarf. This pattern makes a thick waffle fabric with great thermal qualities for staying warm.

                                 

It seems Barbara caught the Dorm Boots bug too! 

Carole finished her grey scarf and we all admired the interesting pattern the tonal yarn created. It's funny how it changed in the middle of the scarf.

She also finished her cabled cowl. It has a 12 stitch cable crossover. And looks all warm and cozy.

Her next project is this lovely stitched hat. Can't wait to see it finished! She is using a baby alpaca yarn that feels like a cloud.

Dorah is finishing up her Harry Potter mittens. These are something else! 

Look at the intricasies of the pattern and on both sides too!

Maureen's two tone cowl is about 4 inches from being finished. Almost there, unless she gets so bored she decides to bind off and use the extra yarn for a pair of mittens.

I started the Foolproof Cowl a couple of weeks ago.

It's working up very quickly. It is advertised as no casting on stitches, no binding off stitches and I have to admit, curiosity got me hooked and I had to find out how to make this. It's true! No casting on or binding off! You'll have to buy the pattern to figure it out for yourself.

I finished my cabled cowl too. I used Cascade 220 yarn which is 100% wool. It has enough body to stay cuddled up against your neck to keep the chill away.

While I visited the NY Sheep and Wool Festival this year I saw a scarf that inspired me to make this combination shawl/scarf. My friend fell in love with the one we saw on display so I made this one for her as a surprise.

I hope she likes it!

Mmmm! Warm Woolies!

Last night there were just four of us. Dorah zoomed through the start of a hat using Lamb's Pride yarn. Once she found her escaping ring markers there was no stopping the woman!

 Beth and Maureen made lots of progress on their scarf and cowl, respectively. My guess is that they are almost finished with both.

 I took a class on Saturday for this cowl call Foolproof. It states in the pattern there is no casting on stitches, no binding off stitches, just straight garter stitch knitting with increases and decreases. This designer is a genius! I can't wait to finish it!

  I tend to be a stress knitter. What I mean by that is if I need a gift for someone I wait until the last minute for the stress of gift buying to inspire me to knit something. Sometimes that's good, sometimes not so much. This time it works though.

 My go-to pattern for fancy fingerless mitts is Cafe au Lait. I had some aqua Oh So Fine Sock Yarn left over from my Murphy Catkin and decided to use some of it for these mitts. I love the interlocking pattern. I might have to knit another pair for myself to go with Murphy.

 The past few weeks I've been showing you progress on my Mini Mochi Noro Striped Scarf and now it's finished. I love the progression of colors.

Well, enough dilly dally-ing for me. I have tons to knit with a few deadlines which HAVE to be met! Have a great week and I'll see you next time.

Warm hands, warm heads, warm hearts

Barbara was planning on making a scarf with this fingering weight yarn but it turned out to be too narrow and so "Plan B" has been initiated and it will be a headband instead. It will be lovely with those cables.

Today was a bit nippy out so she wore her hand knit cowl. I don't know about you but I love when the weather turns cold and I get the chance to wear all my shawls and scarves I've knitted over the years.

 Kathleen was absent the last three weeks so she brought many items that she finished over that time. She just kept pulling things out of her magic bag!

 First up was a warm woolen vest.

 These mittens will go into inventory for our future donations as they are probably too small for our current needs. 

 I like how the yarn makes a pattern on these matching woolies.

 These mittens will be just right for the ladies at the homeless shelter.

 Love that April Showers scarf.

 One of Kathleen's daughters gave her a set of light up knitting needles. I guess they come in handy if you have a knitting emergency when you're at the movie theater!

 We were busy bees tonight too.

 Maureen's cowl is very pretty with the two tone pattern.

 Beth showed us her Hanne Falkenberg sweater that she made from a kit. She said it took a year to make but when you take into account how many other things she knitted that year too it most surely didn't take the whole year.

 The sweater uses three colors of yarn held together for some rows and used singly for others to make this interesting texture. It's really pretty!

 Carole's scarf is growing longer while her cabled cowl awaits a quiet time so she can kitchener stitch the ends together.

 And Beth's scarf is progressing nicely too.

 I'm in the home stretch of my scarf also. There isn't much yarn left so it should be done by next week.

 I started a cabled cowl also. This has a provisional cast on so I can kitchener stitch it closed when it's long enough. Depending on how bored I get with it, that might be sooner than later! LOL!

But it has just enough going on in the pattern to hold my interest for now. And it's easy to knit when I'm a car passenger. 

Well, it's not too late so I think I'll get back to the striped scarf so I can finish it off before next week. Keep your needles clicking!

There will be warmth

We Chicks finished lots of hats and earwarmers this week. First up is Maureen's hat with the beautiful textured stitch. She used a 100% wool so this will definitely be warm on a cold winter day.

 Next up is Dorah's earwarmer headband for which she used a Malabrigo Silky Merino yarn. The soft touch of this yarn will surely be a favorite winter garment for a cold set of ears.

 Beth showed us the two hats she made for a nephew and a niece. Their family are avid fans of the Redskins football team and even though it doesn't look it in this photo, the colors are the team colors.

She added a feminine touch for the niece's hat. 

 I used my favorite hat formula to make an original design. Someday I might find the time to write this pattern down and put it up on Ravelry. This hat uses Tahki Yarn called Coast, a wool and cotton blend.

 The matching mittens should have their thumbs by the end of today.

 Carole is almost finished with her cabled cowl. Just look at those beautiful cables!

 Maureen's new project is a two tone cowl using Cascade 220 in peach and a deep burnt orange.

 And Dorah's next project is this lovely beret hat. Can't wait to see how these turn out.

Two more photos of my grands. On their way home from our visit to the NY Sheep and Wool Festival on Sunday (no I didn't take any photos of the festival) we stopped for lunch at the Texas Roadhouse. Leo checked out the drink menu. I think he ordered a marguerita! HAHAHA!!!

 And Moose wouldn't leave until he had the chance to try out the saddle.

YEEHAW!!!

Fall Fun

My grandsons are visiting this weekend so their grandfather and I thought it was a good idea to keep the pile of leaves in the yard until they had a chance to play in them.  Looks like Leo isn't too sure what to do with them.

 Moose knew exactly how to get started!

 Playing hard requires some resting too!

 Now he's getting the hang of it.

 This is fun, isn't it?!

 Pick those legs up high. It's a deep pile of leaves! 

 This is what happens when you have fun in the fall.

 I think Leo is a pro at leaf pile jumping now.