Working on our KAL

We had a full house today and this wasn't even all of my Chicks! When everyone attends, we might have to move into the dining room with the larger table.

Somehow our topic of conversation switched from knitting to lost and found in the schools. Dorah's kids would lose jackets every autumn when the days started out cool enough to need them but ended with an Indian Summer temperature which was too warm, making every kid forget that he had one that morning. And the tables set up at the end of the year with all the items which had been collected over the course of the semester would always include one shoe! As Nancy said, who loses just one shoe and wouldn't they miss it on the way home?!?!

Anyway, we finally did get around to our KAL of the Zuzu's Petals Cowl. We all came to the conclusion that this is definitely NOT social knitting. Carol's is coming along nicely but she came to a point in her yarn that was knotted to a totally different color making a sharp change from one color to the next instead of the gradual gradient as in the rest of the cowl. So she put it back in her bag to work on when she gets home.

Luckily, she always carries a couple of projects in her bag 

so she could cast on the beginning of a Helix Hat.

 

Barbara K's Zuzu's Petals was making progress but she hit a snag and had to put it down too.

Then Dorah found she was off on the stitch count and since she had already given the pattern more than enough chances to behave, she decided the yarn wants to be something else. So all this progress has been frogged in favor of a more "fun" pattern to knit. This color is too pretty to be angry at it!

She had these two lovely sock yarns in her bag so they will become her new favorite obsession, 

the LOSY Hat.

 

I had a very rough start on my Zuzu's Petals last week and was ready to ditch it. However, I found the hard copy of my original download of the pattern before the designer decided to "improve" on it and tried one more time and have now reached the bind off row. I think knitting this during the week when I could lock myself in isolation helped too. It's going to need a hard blocking to bring out the lace.

Nancy made it into the lace section and then found the stitch count was off on hers too so she has decided frogging could possibly be in the offing. She is using the yarn I dyed for her and she doesn't want to waste it on a project that is so aggravating.

After seeing all the stress the rest of us are experiencing with the KAL, Barbara B decided to make the Breathe and Hope Shawl by Casapinka. I think this is an excellent decision Barb!

Janna is working on the Dissent Cowl which was designed in memory of RBG. It's going to be lovely!

Cinzia is working on a set of placemats which she will donate to a fund raiser for an organization to which she belongs. The yarn is a soft cotton and a very pretty color.

Annika made the hat on the left and wondered if it's too large but our motto is, "It will fit somebody!" You never know if the recipient might have a lot of hair and this would be perfect. Her second one on the right is still in the ribbing stages.

Carole made a Squarshy Hat for herself with a lovely gradient. 

She explained that if she knitted straight from the ball of yarn she realized she was never going to get to the pretty turquoise/teal section of the yarn so she pulled out yards of dark blue to reach the color she wanted and finished up the crown portion.

I tell you, my Chicks are quite a clever bunch!

There's a very dramatic kitty staring at me for food (when is he not!) so before he starts eating the cable on my computer, I'll wish you all a great week and keep those needles clicking!