If the weather continues like today we'll be outside soon

Well, not exactly like this! These are the children from the South End Children's Cafe in Albany enjoying their winter garb which we made in collaboration with the Delaware Avenue Stitch Angels in Albany and donated last October.

They were waiting for a good day to take a picture of them wearing some of the hats and scarves that were donated. 

 It's nice to know they could brave the elements safely while they had fun.

The Chicks had many FO's today to add to the inventory. This colorful yarn has been calling my name for weeks now and I just couldn't ignore it any longer. There is still more of it in the stash so the next few weeks might feature even more FO's with it.

Dorah completed another lovely "Close to You" Shawl with a variegated yarn we think would look great with jeans. This is a free pattern on Ravelry.

And she also finished and blocked the Easy Scarf which turned out beautifully!

A Jan Abrams hat in a yummy cinnamon color went into the inventory as did...

This pretty pastel hat with a garter stitch ridge feature.

Dorah is on a tear with Helix Hats. She's enjoying making color combos from her stash leftovers. She actually said she thinks she needs an intervention to get away from the Helix. I think they're great and she does a beautiful job making them.

Margaret likes making the Helix Hats too! This one reminds me of a peach ice cream sundae or a creamsicle pop!

She also completed a mobius cowl that is created with only knit stitches in the body of the piece. It looks like stockinette and reverse stockinette stitch without purling...a great trick of the mobius.

Barbara B. completed a sage green hat and is now making...

a pair of mittens to match using an afterthought thumb. That's why you see black yarn in the stitches. She will knit to the spot for thumb hole placement and hold it with the black waste yarn. Then when the mitten is completed, she will pick up the live stitches and knit the thumb.

                                          

Here is Dorah's next Helix Hat. She does a great job with them.

Jan A. is working on the Stitch Sampler Cowl with a pretty variegated yarn. Part way through her knitting she noticed her yarnovers did not align so she frogged back to fix it. She is now back on track and well on her way to finishing.

Margaret has more of the yarn which was dyed by my daughter using Kool Aid and it will become another hat.

Janna has chosen the colors she wants to use for her Arona cowl. This is a purchased pattern on Ravelry which uses the mosaic knitting method or slipped stitches to create the design so there are no floats of yarn on the reverse side that you would see in Fair Isle knitting. And you use only one color yarn per row, unlike Fair Isle knitting.

Here is that self striping yarn again. I decided after knitting an inch of ribbing that it doesn't have the snap that is needed for a hat so Plan B is to make this into a Hepsi's cowl.

It was another delightful afternoon with my Chicks and I look forward to every Tuesday with them.

Until next week, keep those needles clicking!