Starting a new cycle

Last week we delivered our cute little stuffed toys to the Albany Police so this week we begin a new project. Our latest creations will be donated to the homeless women veterans at Guardian House in Saratoga County.

We already have some finished items for inventory. Barbara B. made the Easy Ombre slouch hat which looks like falling snowflakes on a red background.

She also made the world's softest socks from Loops and Threads yarn. I believe it's a bamboo blend yarn, the softness which I have never felt before.

                          

This little hat will go into a future donation which will include children too.

Cinzia finished the bulky weight yarn hat, another child size for future donations.

And her little romper with the cute little green buttons will be saved for a future date also.

Last week I showed you a scarf in progress which I was waffle weaving on my rigid heddle loom. This week it's done and waiting for the fringe to be twisted before it goes into the bath to bloom the fibers.

Then last night I felt inspired by a silk and merino blend yarn from Malabrigo that I found in my stash. I started warping the loom at 7PM and by 9:45PM I was past the halfway point. I finished it off right before the evening Chicks arrived and took it off the loom, catching a thread on the nylon strap which holds the front apron rod. Did you hear me scream when I discovered about 2 inches of yarn had been pulled out of the pattern?!?! After I said a few choice words, I took a tapestry needle and worked the thread back into place. This scarf is going to be made into a cowl after wet finishing.

The black box on Barbara B.'s left thumb is her row counter. She needs it for the hat she's making with this lovely yarn. 

This is the pattern she's using for it.

Barbara K. was hard at work on her project but we won't get to see it finished until after her winter sabbatical in Florida.

Cinzia started a ZickZack scarf with these pretty purple yarns from Berroco.

And Debbie is working on her hat with a lovely green worsted weight.

I had enough pink yarn left over from the scarf to make a hat to match. But boy! It seems to be taking forever compared to how quickly the scarf was woven!

Margaret almost finished her hat from last week. Those bulky weight yarn make quick work on fat needles.

Carole's hat shows beautiful stitch definition with the Debbie Bliss Cashmerino yarn. And such a lovely lavender color too!

She's made this hat before. I know the ladies of Guardian House will love it.

And Maureen is almost finished with her 1898 hat with the double thick ear flaps for warmth. This is such an entertaining pattern to knit. Everyone to whom I've introduced the pattern loves it.

And I just have to show you the gorgeous blanket Carole wove over 30 years ago on her harness loom. What a beautiful creation!!! She said it's the last thing she wove before she put her loom away in storage. I wonder if I can inspire her to start again! It is breathtaking!

And she wove it double on a narrow loom. That is to say, she wove it in two layers that connect on one edge so when it comes off the loom, she unfolds it to reveal it is double the width of when it was on the loom! MAGIC! I want her to teach me how to do that! If only she could remember...

Have a great week and keep those needles clicking!