Hearth & Home II Wk 4

Teri is featured in Green Planet! The article is awesome with several great photos. She is even mentioned in the Table of Contents. Congratulations, Teri!

Look at Linda B's ball of loopers. It is so huge! We all had a good laugh. She will also bring more t-shirts to class in brighter colors.

T-Shirt Rug
Linda showed us the difference in width and size when cutting t-shirts into yarn. The photo below shows the top rows cut in a 2 inch width making a larger and fluffier rug (24 sts across), nice for bathrooms; the bottom rows on the needle show a t-shirt cut into 1-1/2 inch width making a smaller, thinner rug, nice for not tripping over. The 2-inch thick rug takes 12 t-shirts, and the thinner t-shirt takes 8 t-shirts. Here are 3 steps to follow:

1. Cut hem off the bottom of the shirt.
2. Cut a point and make the shirt strip wider and wider until it reaches 1-1/2 or 2 inches. Every now and then check your width.
3. Spiral up to the arm holes. Cut it off and stretch the yarn until it curls.

We will start this project when everyone is done preparing their yarn. Need size 35 needles.

Also in the above picture is Linda's felted yarn caddy. Karen M's felted yarn caddy is below.

Pillows

We went over the new handout that was emailed to us for the Easy as Pie pillow. The handout contained instructions for wrap and turn, the provisional cast on, and grafting in garter stitch. Tip: when using a provisional cast on, always chain more than you need so you have enough stitches. Next week we will go over the entrelac pillow.

Louise was not sure if the colors in her pillow was going to turn out, but it is beautiful. Linda suggests using a color wheel, a kaleidescope, or wrapping yarn on a ruler to determine if the colors will look good together before starting.

Presidents
Several ladies have started on their challenge. There were a couple of questions on the pattern of the doll's body. Note that the neck color starts after row 25. Vickie is looking for the right skin color for her President Obama doll. Please look through your stash to see if you have something close.

Sip and Knit
Linda brought a menu from the Power's Mansion Inn for us to look over for a night to sip and knit. It will probably be in May. They can accommodate 26 people, and we might need to prepay.

Stitches West
Teri made copies of the $2 off coupon for all of us for the Market Place. Linda will give it to us as we get on the bus. Thank you, Teri! Donations are starting to come in.

Louise used a linen stitch to make this lovely scarf.

Happy knitting everyone!