3d Trimester, Wk 7

Happy Birthday May knitters! The flowers are blooming!

Vickie made two beautiful flowers: a carnation and a dogwood. The pretty tags she made that look like seed packets are all finished. By the way, she has a laminating business on the side if you need anything laminated.

Georgia felted a lovely black eye susan.

Irene knitted pine cones and tassels for Maine.

Linda found an owner who is willing to lend us a metal head board and foot board for our display. Diana sent us an email Friday saying that it has been "decided to continue working on flowers in class for one more week, for those who need inspiration or help. Whether you are in the class or not, anyone making a flower can come to Linda's Thursday night class next week on May 6th. REMEMBER THE FLOWERS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY MAY 13th. THAT IS ONLY TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. If you cannot turn your flower in at the Thursday night knitting class on either 5/6 or 5/13, you need to call me (Diana) to make arrangements to get your flower to me. My husband and I will be delivering the flowers to Cal Expo on Friday May 14th."

Handouts
We received several handouts in class:
1) Felted coaster pattern
2) Needle cozies (this was the secret project)
3) The Modular Purse

Next Week
We will continue making state flowers, learn how to make our own plarn (plastic yarn; it was postponed this week; please see last week's blog for a supply list), finish the moebius scarf, or start the modular purse.

The Modular Purse
Linda went over the modular purse pattern. Please write on the pattern the following instructions for the bottom of the purse.

Row 1: knit 47, purl 1 (the last stitch)
Rows 2-48: slip 1 knitwise, knit 46, purl 1

Here are some tips:
Paste a piece of yarn to the chart or color the squares with color pencils.
The olive and blue green sections use the least amount of yarn.
Using the same color for the bottom and the top edging frames the purse nicely.
Adding an i-cord edging on the bottom of the purse looks great.
Some have added more than one row of i-cord edging on the top of the purse or fun fur for a different look.

The Order Is In
The DVD and book Louise ordered have arrived. The DVD is about 50 socks and 50 states, and the book is about teaching knitting visually.

Jewelry Class
Linda is teaching a jewelry class using tools this Saturday morning. She brought samples to class.

Pat used a pom pom yarn to make this fun scarf.

Happy knitting!