Color Techniques Wk 9

It was Veteran's Day, a holiday for many, yet we had a good gathering.

We dyed yarn with Marigold blossoms which turned white yarn into a pretty butter yellow. Claudia also brought Cosmos seeds to dye yarn with which turns into a pretty peach color.

Spaghetti! Not! Marigold dyed yarn. Depending on the yarn, the colors varied.

Linda also gave us a handout with two patterns for color knitting: Two-Tone Lattice (CO 20 sts) and Three-and-One Stitch (CO 19 sts).

Many of the knitters worked on squares for our charity knitting project. Karen is already crocheting the pieces together.

Bea is sworn in to work on this project.

Guest Speaker Next Week
Lorna Miser is our guest speaker next week. We will have Show 'n Tell at 6 pm, and Lorna will speak from 6:30 pm. Her book on dyed and variegated yarn is about $22, and we found out that she also carries a line of sock yarn. (11/16: Correction--She no longer sells yarn. See Teri's comment.) Don't miss this opportunity to hear her speak; she is very knowledgeable about color knitting.

Charity Project and Gifts to Make
Besides working on the squares for the charity project, it was suggested by Vickie that we make a throw for Jake, the kind, hard-working custodian. The instructions are as follows:
One strand (4 ply) of worsted weight acrylic yarn of a manly color. No girly colors.
Size 8 needles
Cast on 20 stitches
Row 1 Knit across
Rows 2 through 40 - Slip the 1st stitch knitwise, knit across until the last stitch, purl the last stitch.
Bind off. Work in the ends.
We would like each person to make 2 or 3 squares by next week since there will only be two sessions left after Thanksgiving break. Vickie will stitch the squares together over the break.

We also talked about the scarf for Ernie, our Stitches West bus driver. A cable pattern was passed around as a suggestion; a scarf from squares was also suggested. Color and pattern are still undecided. We will start on it in January.

Christmas Party
There are only three sessions left for this semester. A potluck sign up list will be passed around next week for our Christmas party. We will have a gift exchange with a value of $10 if you would like to participate.

Finger Puppets
Karen shared that a box from Bev Mo fits two hand stands with finger puppets nicely. There are seven stands left. Linda will order the yarn this week.

Linda's birthday present, the white board, is up. She wrote Yeah! Thank you Knotty Knitters.

Pat made this mosaic bag a few years back in Linda's first mosaic class.

Karen made the mosaic cats and more Christmas ornaments.

Louise made the two hats below. One is a mosaic design.


Bea had fun making this ruffle scarf that Diana shared with us a while ago. She suggests increasing on the edge instead of on the inside for a better look.

Bea recommends this issue of "Knitters" magazine. It is a double issue for only $6.

Happy Knitting!