If it's Tuesday, it must be raining

Fozzie was the first one in attendance for knitting today. For some unknown reason, he loves to sit on the velvet chairs so I keep them covered until the Chicks arrive. As soon as I lift the covers off, he's on one of those chairs. I have leather covered chairs too but does he choose those? Of course not!😒

So a quick brush before these lovely ladies arrived made the chair clean of any stray fur. Cinzia arrived a little late so she didn't get in the group picture but her FOs did!

She saw this hat someone else made and duplicated it without a pattern. I had a grandmother who could do that. Such a talent!

And this is her Cassidy Rose Scarf completed in a cheery yellow yarn.

Barbara B brought some yummy brownies today but they weren't sourdough.

I am knitting on the downside of this rippled scarf which means I'm on the decreasing portion to work my way to the opposite point. It shouldn't take me much longer to finish. This is the pattern I found on a YouTube video.

Maureen's Celtic Feathers Beanie is now showing its beautiful cables.

Nancy's Leaded Light Cowl has grown in length since last time we saw it. It requires the mosaic technique of knitting which is easier than Fair Isle knitting since it uses only one color yarn per round.

Jan's ZickZack Scarf hit a snag when she found she was missing one stitch in the sequence. She had to frog back a couple of rows but she's back on track now.

Jan also brought her cabled hat. She popped in some blue lifelines for insurance if she makes a mistake and has to frog back.

Cinzia is knitting a Celtic cable hat. She's brave trying to work such a complicated design while everyone is talking! This would require me to sit alone in a locked room!

She got the pattern from this library book. 

Umm, thanks I'll knit like a drunken sailor on shore leave, thank you.😉

Carole is quite far through her Loop Hat and those cables are looking nice!

The pattern is not on Ravelry though. 

Barbara B has some faux cables working here. It's the Hot Springs Willow Hat from NichKnit Designs on Ravelry. This designer offers matching fingerless mitts and a cowl patterns too.

Margaret is going to add more color to a hat she's making up as she knits. She's good at that!!!

It's still raining and Fozzie is sitting in the window making sure the dogs next door don't get wet.

My husband just came in off the deck and said it's actually feeling colder outside. Thank goodness! I can't wait for winter! In the meantime I'll be enjoying the AC. 

Have a great week and keep those needles clicking!

 

Is it going to rain EVERY TUESDAY?!?!

Someone asked who watched the World Cup Finals and Dorah started a whole conversation just by saying it was boring! Then I chimed in that it couldn't be any more boring than football. So if my grandson's ears were burning today, I'll know why. 😄 And as what usually happens, the topic changed to food and somehow we were wondering who was the first person to look at an oyster, lobsters, and alligators and think, "Gee! That looks like something I could eat." It's a good thing Barbara B makes delicious sourdough treats for us!

 We had strawberry-chocolate chip-sourdough muffins today. Mine hit the spot just right.

There were a few FOs to add to the inventory. My 100 Colors Cowl on which I knitted last week is finished. I used a Wonderland Yarn for the solid gray and Lang Super Soxx for the variegated. It is a little subdued for my taste but not everyone has the same taste so I try to knit outside my comfort zone now and then.

Dorah's Workday Scarf is ready for the inventory and it is beautiful! 

The colors are like a summer sunset.

Maureen finished her Through the Forest Hat using a yarn that was gifted to her. It is a merino and polyamide blend so it's machine washable.

Barbara B finished the Trellis Hat which looks like a gender neutral pattern. I couldn't find the pattern on Ravelry so maybe Barbara B can leave a link in the comments section.

Her String of Lights socks are finished too. They look beautiful and her stitch definition is perfection!

Tina finished her hat from last week. The pattern was from a book. Did I get the name? NO!😖

But I got the name of the hat and a picture from the book. Gotta give me a little credit. When I asked for the name of the hat pattern, Maureen said it's the "Don't talk to me while I'm knitting" hat! Yeah, I have a bunch of patterns like that. 😉

I followed this video to knit this designer's variation on a Sophie Scarf. Susen Mehralieva has a collection of scarf patterns that follow the same basic shape of the Sophie Scarf but she adds her own little bit of spice with cables, lace, and various other patterns to change up a plain garter stitch scarf. Check her out on YouTube. I'm using Plymouth Royal Bamboo Yarn, a fabulous fiber which unfortunately has been discontinued. It has an amazing drape and weight and the luster is lovely.

Dorah took the leftover yarn from a previous project and added a solid navy blue to make her favorite Helix Hat.

And Barbara K is starting the 5" of ribbing for her hat.

Margaret closed the cuff of her 1898 Hat and is on to knitting the crown.

Maureen started a Shelby Nichols pattern called Celtic Feather. 

Her patterns are well written and easy to follow.

Tina started another hat, the pattern she found on YouTube. It begins with a moebius band which is bound off and stitches are then picked up to knit the crown. It is knitted with two strands of yarn and has twisted braids in the design of the crown.

Jan's hat is showing some of the cable work which will follow up the crown to the close at the top.

Barbara B is knitting another Shelby Nichols pattern called Hot Springs Willow Hat. It has a faux cable design up the crown.

Someone is bugging me for food so it's time for me to go.

Have a great week and keep those needles clicking!

Last week it was the rain. This week it's Canadian wildfire smoke and heat. We're inside again.

Fozzie thought he could sneak up on a chair before the Chicks arrived but as soon as people started coming through the door, he hightailed it outta here! 

I guess it was the enthusiastic conversation that sent him on his way. We were quite an animated group this afternoon! Dorah just returned from a Dewey Beach vacation with her kids and in spite of some cloudy days, she had a wonderful and relaxing time. Carole brought us up to date on her youngest grandson, who is adorable with all his rolls of baby love on his arms and legs. And there was the usual comparison of notes about our current projects. 

It's just like show and tell when we were little kids! I love it!!!

Barbara B brought sourdough brownies from her magic kitchen. I am embarrassed to admit I haven't had one...yet😉 I was so busy knitting I forgot to try one. But as soon as I'm done posting, I'm going to pour myself a large glass of ice cold milk and have a moment with the chocolate.

Nancy finished her hat with the Noro yarn Dorah gave her. We all loved the final result. She said in spite of a few splinters, she enjoyed the project.

Tina finished her lacy diagonal cables scarf. 

It blocked beautifully so you can see the movement of those cables.

This will be her next project from the same pattern book. Using the same yarn as the scarf...

she made an easy Italian Tubular cast on which starts with a figure 8 cast-on on a magic loop needle.

I went stashdiving and found these two yarns which I thought would make a nice subtle color changing cowl. The pattern is 100 Colors Cowl, a paid pattern on Ravelry. I thought that not everyone loves loud colors the way I do, so a quiet color combination would be nice for someone who prefers this.

Dorah admitted to not knitting even one stitch while on vacation 

so she has a little bit left to finish her Workday Scarf.

Barbara K started a Benjamin Matthews hat called Dart and Dash Beanie. He's our all time favorite pattern designer because his patterns have easy to follow directions but interesting designs to keep you entertained while you knit.

Jan has started a hat using her souvenir yarn from Ireland. She was disappointed with the uneveness of the stitches but that's the beauty of hand knit items using a rustic yarn.

Carole's Sophie Scarf has grown in length since we last saw it. This is a great pattern for social or tv knitting as long as you keep count of the rows.

Maureen's Through the Forest Hat is gorgeous with those perfectly knitted cables. The yarn has great stitch definition which enhances their depth and contours.

Barbara B is almost finished with her String of Lights Socks. Just a bit more on the toe and then on to the kitchener stitch to close it off.

Margaret's 1898 Hat is almost ready to close the ear and cuff portion. Then she will fold it in half so the I-cord edge becomes the edge of the cuff and will pick up stitches to knit the crown.

Nancy just reached the color work section on her Leaded Light Cowl. The pattern includes instructions for a matching hat and it's all free on Ravelry. This might have to go into my queue for a project soon.

Ok, now I'm going to have that brownie! Have a great week and keep those needles clicking!