Cardigans & Steeks, 10

Looks like we were having fun knitting over the break. There’s a lot of show n’ tell projects. Candi made this cute bunny with alpaca yarn which makes it very soft using the pattern Diane shared with us in class last year.

Here's two sides of Julie's beautiful 3-dimensional, free form purse. The handles are from Mood's in New York, known as the store for "Project Runway."


Diana used yarn bought at Fiber's making this BSJ very soft; the colors are nice too.

Irene thinks she used Red Heart baby yarn and cannot remember the name of it or find the label.

Our class does not like to be in photos, but we do like to see the cardigans on the person who made them. So, here are Bea and Nancy's beautiful handiworks.


Linda demonstrated how to transfer a photo onto fabric using the Australian Photo Transfer method. It works really well, looks good, and takes little time. A couple of ladies are going to use this method for the faces of their knitted icons.

Materials needed are a photo copy of image (copy on the dark side using toner, no laser or color copies), newspaper, fabric (natural fiber such as silk, cotton, or muslin), real gum spirited turpentine, a metal spoon (plastic will break). Turpentine can be bought at Dawn’s next to Raley’s; a 10% discount is given to Linda’s students.

Put newspaper or paper towel on table. Put fabric on top of newspaper. Then put photocopy image face down on top of fabric. Spread turpentine all over the back of the fabric whish is facing you. Burnish (press) with metal spoon until image is transferred on fabric. Rinse the fabric so it does not smell like turpentine. Iron to set it.



Class Schedule
There is no class next week since we voted to take this week off some time ago. There are only two more sessions left, April 30 and May 7. A potluck is scheduled on May 7 and sign ups began on Thursday evening.

Club or Not to Club
We are back to the drawing board on finding a place for our club. Wilta did a great job finding a place and giving us details, but the church turned us down since they felt we did not qualify as a class. We were classified as an event, but the fees are way too high. It is too soon to give up on our first try, so let’s keep looking.

Easter Egg Challenge
There were seven darling Easter eggs entered in the challenge.



First place, Goldfish Bowl w/Surprise, Irene
Second place, Lemon, Teri
Third place, Embroidered Flowers, Diana

Knitted Icons
Linda showed us her Eve doll in progress and how the breasts were knitted in. Diana printed out a list of the top 200 pop icons for us. She also volunteered to take charge of collecting the dolls for this year’s shows such as the Art Walk and Cal Expo. An email was sent out this week regarding the Cal Expo exhibit, and Diana will need a couple of finished dolls before May 29 to send photos to the art committee.

Baby Surprise Jackets for Women’s Shelter
April 30 is the last class Karen will be gathering knitted baby items to give to a women’s shelter. Several hats, blankets, baby surprise jackets, and stuffed animals have been donated.

Enjoy the weather and finishing your projects!

Pat belongs to a vintage doll club and made this peddler. It is absolutely perfect. Linda knitted mini socks for the peddler's tray.

Karen made these nice socks and said it does not take long to make.

Louise made these baby socks using yarn that was partially made with corn.

The baby hat that Louise knitted is very soft; she used soy yarn.

Rosemary found this pattern on raverly.com. It is a drop stitch pattern and very pretty.