Small but mighty group!

Everyone looks so serious as we discussed the aftermath of storms in the south and another Hurricane Milton bearing down soon. A local nursery business, Seven Zocks, is pairing up with a nearby restaurant, Romo's Pizza, to collect items to fill a rented truck 

and drive it down to the survivors of Hurricane Helene. 

We each will be shopping for necessities to donate along with our prayers for those affected.

Nancy completed a lovely scarf with matching beanie called A Cabling We Will Go.

                                          

She also completed this the Grace Gardens Cap which is a purchased pattern on Ravelry.

Dorah finished a hat using a brightly colored variegated yarn that makes the cap look like a Helix Hat.

Her current project is a Helix Hat which before she went home...

she completed the knitting and wove in all the ends.

She immediately cast on for another cap using two complimentary skeins of yarn to bust through her stash more quickly. She learned a trick for making sure the stitches don't get twisted when knitting that first round of a circular project. Just knit the first row flat and join on the second round, using the tail end of the yarn to sew up the little space that's created when switching from flat knitting to in-the-round.

My needles are working with the Willow Oak Toque, another purchased pattern on Ravelry. I was fortunate to have found this pattern on opening day when it was offered for free for a limited time. The pattern offers three different options for knitting the cuff, extra long and folded, single brim, or provisional cast on with stitches knitted together with the live stitches to mimic the Italian tubular cast on. I chose the tubular which was fiddly but it makes a nice warm fabric for over the ears.

Barbara K completed one Upward Bound Beanie and has started a second one. 

The fuschia yarn is a stunning color! The stitch definition on Barbara's knitting is perfect for highlighting the design of the hat.

Jan started the Reverb Shawl after admiring the one Nancy made for herself. This is a good social knitting and TV knitting project which allows the knitter to participate in conversation without making mistakes.

This is Nancy's River Rush Slouch, another freebie on Ravelry. The denim color makes this a good gender neutral hat.

Maureen is making slow but steady progress on her Sunnyside Cardigan, a gift for a friend. The free pattern offers two options for the details on the buttonbands and along the raglan shoulder line.

Well, I need to put dinner in the oven soon and the prep takes time so

 I'll wish you a great week and keep those needles clicking!