Hip 2B Sq, 4

First of all, Happy Birthday October ladies! Thursday was a very special class. We had a surprise party for Noelle to restock her stash with yarn and books.

Where is everyone? Only four ladies were in the room; the rest were hiding.

Noelle’s expression when finding out the party was for her.

Presents!

Looking through the binder of class handouts from the past, a special gift from Diane.

Excellent cake by Cathy, a chocolate Oreo mocha mousse. Mmmmmm!

Handouts
Several patterns were given to us:
Bea’s Mouse and Alligator Scarf, Georgia’s Mitered Bag, and Linda’s personal sentiment, the Christmas Pickle, a German tradition. By the way, Linda mentioned that Knit Picks is having a contest in their catalog: count how many pickles are in the catalog by Oct 5. You will be put into a drawing if you are correct for a shopping spree.


This Week and Next Week’s Project: Incomplete Square Scarf
Linda went over this pattern and drew a diagram on the “board” which made it much easier to understand. Each "L" shaped piece of the scarf is considered a square on your pattern. One row lengthwise is panel 1, and the other row is panel 2. The tabs on one side of the outer rim and the top/bottom of the scarf were attached separately. This is hard to explain since the scarf is laying side ways; for example, looking at the photo above bottom right, you would make orange sq 1 panel 1 first, add sq 2 yellow on top (it looks like it is to the left of orange in the photo but it is really on top when knitting), then make yellow sq 1 panel 2 (it looks like it is on top of orange but it is really to the side of sq 1 orange), last do green sq 2, panel 2.

She suggests laying out your design on paper to plan out your colors. You can have as many colors as you like, and it can be felted or not felted. Even if you do not want to make this scarf, it is good practice making a few to get the technique. She would like us to think of other ways to use this pattern. For example, she would like to make a market bag with this pattern. We will continue this scarf next week to help us catch up on projects, and we will receive more patterns for future projects.

Guests Next Thursday
Also, we will have guest speakers on Thursday, Oct 8. The ladies from Alpaca Solutions, who own alpaca farms, will give a 1-hour presentation on alpacas and yarn. They will start their presentation at 6:30.

We have potholders and a basket!






Sandy completed her basket using Size 1 needles to keep it firm.

More Photos
Bunny made this shawl with a Lion Brand pattern using about 2 skeins of their cotton yarn. She also shared that she bought Stiffy at Beverly’s for $3 to use on her basket.

Nora's sweater with hood.

Georgia's hat.