There's a new Chick in the flock!

No, you are not seeing double! Janna's twin sister, Annika, joined the Chicks. Now that she has retired she has free time to do the things that make life fun...

like spend two hours every Tuesday afternoon getting 

the creative juices flowing with these great ladies.

Annika's first project with us is to finish off a scarf which will go to a fund raising program.

Janna is still cranking out hats with a bulky weight yarn. All the green is used up and now she's working on the red and speckled yarns.

Barbara K. started the Pleated Scarf with this pretty chainette yarn. Instead of spinning and plying lengths of yarn, the manufacturer prepared the yarn in a chained fashion, creating a smooth fiber which should enhance the stitch definition of the pattern. Cinzia is making the same scarf a little further on in this post.

Jan worked out the kinks for her The Simple Thing Scarf. She didn't like the results of the I-cord cast on the way the pattern directs so she did a little investigation on YouTube and found a way to improve it.

Her way produces a nicer edge than the way the directions tell you to knit it. And now she knows that you don't have to do everything the pattern tells you! Sometimes you just have to give yourself permission to think outside the box and try something new. There are no knitting police, after all!

Jan is using a slow color changing yarn so the scarf will have a gentle transition of color 

throughout the fabric.

Margaret is further along on her Helix Hat, using two colors for the single stripes. She was having a time with the transfer point but I think she has a grip on it now. The stripes no longer pull and pucker.

Here is Cinzia's Pleated Scarf. It was a very old pattern that Carole shared with us which is no longer available online. It's a great pattern for people who don't like to block their work because the scarf needs the stitches to pucker to create the pleats.

Barbara B. is quite far along on the reversible hat she is making using Periwinkle Sheep yarns. She and I both bought the pattern and yarns at the Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival a few weeks ago and she is almost done already. I haven't even cast on yet. But I've been busy with other things...

Like this Stair Climber Hat. I used Plymouth Encore and as you can see, there is another project on my needles which will become a matching cowl. I'll knit the ribbed cuff and continue to desired length with the stair pattern and then at the other end instead of decreasing stitches to close the crown, I'll knit another two inches of ribbing and call it a day. I have to admit, I really enjoyed making the hat. I would even go so far as to say it was good TV knitting.

Barbara B. brought a few FO's today. This is her Jesse's Christmas  Hat that has an easy cable detail at the beginning and then it's smooth sailing to the end. She is planning on adding a black pompom and gifting this to a family member.

She also added two more hats to our inventory.

 I need to take lessons from her on how to make such a luscious pompom!

More FO's for the inventory...Cinzia made the tweed black and red hat. 

The other four are from my needles. 

And a pair of socks were also added to the inventory, hot off the needles of Barbara B. 

They are the Mojo Sock That Fits (Better)

Now that the weather is turning colder I'll be knitting...who am I kidding? I'm always knitting!😉

 Have a great week and keep those needles clicking!