Hearth & Home III Wk 4

Sorry, I am late getting the class notes up this week. I went to my niece's graduation at Pepperdine University and helped load her stuff and clean out her dorm. A big thank you to Linda L for taking the cute pictures and the class notes for me. It seemed like a fun evening looking at the many presidents that were finished and talking about the tv show.

Class Notes
During class, Linda demonstrated how to make the crochet bullions for the yarn bomb chairs. She also went over the following rugs in our packets: circular rug, half moon rug, and the oval hearth rug. On the circular rug, she suggests using 3-4 strands of yarn to knit it. She pointed out that the half moon rug looks cute over the side of a bath tub. Linda also gave us a Tea Time cross stitch pattern.

This Coming Week, May 3
We will knit the cabled plastic bag keeper and the retro poodle bottle cover. I think the bag keeper pattern was passed out in class. For the plastic bag keeper, bring a size 6 and 8 nine-inch circular needle and a cable needle.

Presidents are due! Many were done this past week, and they are great.

George Washington by Linda L.

John F. Kennedy by Penny

Father and Son Bush by Teri

I'm sorry, I do not know who made this one or who the president is.

Bill Clinton by Karen W.

Gerald Ford by Candi

　
Good Day Sacramento, May 4
We will be on TV! I think this is for the presidential debut. Meet at Auburn Needleworks at the new location on Lincoln Way on Friday, May 4, at 8:15 a.m. It is right next door to a bike shop owned by Sandy's son. Besides your president, bring a project to knit while you are there. The show will be aired that same morning at 9:30.

Guest Speaker, May 10
Lysette Hopkins will be teaching us how to spin in Linda's absence. Louise will host the evening.

　
Sip n Knit, June 7
Sign up and turn in checks no later than mid May. The Powers Mansion Inn is located near the corner of Cleveland and Harrison. Details in previous blogs.

An Amazing Story
As you may know, Cynthia is knitting a beautiful lace shawl. She shared with the class that she ran out of yarn, and when she went to order more, she found out that it was discontinued. Somehow, she got information to contact a LYS in Great Britain, and they had her yarn in the same dye lot. Wow!

Judith models her scarf.

Vickie made this cute bag.

Lynette's felted star-nosed mole.

Claudia's hand dyed yarn using Iris from the yard, in both blue and yellow. Two photos shown.

Okay, who has time to knit a sweater and work on a president? Sandy!

Jennifer knitted two scarves.

Carol inherited an UFO and brought it to class to find out what to do next. The class agreed that it is meant to be a felted bag.

Enjoy your week.
　

Hearth & Home III Wk 3

This week we went over the knitted shag rug. Linda passed around shag samples that she knitted with plastic grocery bags and fabric. The handout is titled "Knitted Rugs."

This is how the 1 inch strips are put on the yarn before knitting.

Vickie and Sandy made their shag samples into dusters.

Next Week
We will continue going through some of the patterns. Linda will show us how to crochet a bullion for the yarn bombing chair. She will also go over knitting circles, half moon, and hexagon shapes for rugs. Bring scrap ww yarn and size 8 needles.

Presidents
Presidential Challenge is due in two weeks!

Franklin Roosevelt by Rosemary. Her husband helped her make the wheelchair out of wood and toy car wheels.

Dwight Eisenhower by Karen M.

Fall Session
We discussed starting the class on Sep. 6 with a one week break in the middle of the session. The last class will be held on the first Thursday in December.

Yarn Sale
Filati's is having a sale. Everything in the store, except for notions, are 20% off. I don't know if this is good for this coming week as well. I am sorry that I did not get the blog up in time for you to see this for the weekend.

Painting with Stitches
Linda is teaching a class on painting with stitches this Saturday (Apr 21). I am sorry that I did not get the blog up in time for you to see this for the weekend.

Sip n Knit, June 7
Sign ups and checks are being taken for this fun event. Details in the last two blogs.

Material Fee $5
Don't forget about this fee. The list is on the table.

Special Class on May 10
Linda will not be here on this date, but she has arranged a special guest for us. Louise will be the host for the night, and we will learn about spinning. The guest speaker, Lynette Hawkings?, will bring spindles for us to try. You can bring your own spindle or spinning wheel.

Sandy's White Star from last week's special project

Rosemary is embroidering on a tea cloth to make a pillow.

Rosemary made this little girl sweater and leg warmers.

Louise made this baby blanket for her grandchild.

Louise also knitted this vest using Marble chunky yarn.

Lynette knitted this little rabbit and also made a little girl's dress out of an adult thrift store find (sorry, picture not available).

Happy knitting!

Hearth & Home III Wk 2

Back from Easter break, Linda had a surprise project for us to celebrate the 100th anniversary of a historical event. Some of the guesses were the Girl Scouts, Red Vine Licorice,  and L L Bean. The answer was the Titanic. We broke up in teams and took a multiple choice quiz. Team Penny, Teri, Pat, and Irene won. Everyone learned a lot about this event. Then the surprise knitting project was a white felted star for the White Star Line.

Next Week
We will knit samples of other rug patterns in our packet. Bring medium wt cotton or poly cotton fabric (tear into 1" strips), cotton worsted wt yarn, and size 8 or 10 straight needles.

Materials Fee 
Don't forget to pay Linda the $5 material fee for this session.

Sip and Knit, June 7
Reservations are being taken for this event on a Thursday from 6:30 to 8 pm at the Power Mansion Inn. Sign up before May 15. Make check out to Linda P; it will not be cashed until after May 15. There are two menu choices:

Savory Tea plus homemade cookies, $21 (includes tax and tip)
Homemade quiche, soup, fresh fruit, scone, and tea

Cream Tea plus homemade cookies, $12.25 (includes tax and tip)
Scone, fresh fruit, and all the tea you want.

A vegan option is also available.

Presidents
All 43 presidents due on May 3. Cynthia is the proud mom of three presidents.

Grant, Adams, and Jefferson whose coat is lined with faux fur. 

Karen M crocheted this beautiful lace tablecloth.

Vickie knitted this lovely scarf.

Teri made this colorful shrug using 2 skeins of Noro.
You can see it on her in the photo above.

Oh no! The ladies model their knitted bras from a previous challenge. Linda L. plans to send it to the Ellen Show.

Laugh and knit!

Hearth & Home

Hi. Linda L. sent us the following email for this week's class.

 "Linda has a surprise celebration for us this week commemorating an historical event. We will be making a small project and playing a trivia game related to this event.

Bring white yarn and needles sized to match. The yarn may be a feltable wool (like fisherman's) or not. If you have an extra skein of yarn or a knitting notion you could bring to donate, we will use it as prizes for the winners of the trivia game. 

If any of you participated in the "Bra Challenge" a few years ago and you still have your bra, please bring it to class on Thursday. I need some photos to send to "ellen" show."

See you soon.