Gansey Wk 11

Craft night!  It was so successful that it might become an annual event. Everyone brought great ideas.  Here are the projects presented.

Gift boxes from Christmas cards

Gift Tags

Christmas ornament made from an almond

Pattern for little bear and rabbit

Decorative gift bags

Felted soap

Row counter

Santa Gnome

Little Christmas Tree

Shawl Pin. Here is the one Lynette made.

Bicyle inner tube earrings, candy cane earrings, snowball ring displayed on a yarn bombed tree.

Wreath pin

Next Week -- Christmas Party
Bring a potluck dish and a wrapped Christmas Exchange gift ($10 value).  Reminder about Jake's gift, please add a couple of dollars to the envelope on the table if you like; some are giving a gift or gift card instead.

December 13 Rug and Skiff Party
The rug meeting will start at 3 pm instead of 1 pm. Even if you are not making a rug, you can come and knit with the group. The Skiff party will start at 6 pm. There is a preference form to fill out, so Nola can bring clothing that we are interested in.

Nola will also have a hook flower pin class for $20. You can make either a sunflower, daisy, or poinsetta.

Show 'n Tell

Penny's elf

Linda's vest in progress

Toni's mini Christmas characters

Sandy's snowmen

Teri's beautiful top. She bought the yarn at VKL in Chicago.

Cynthia figured out how to prevent her sweater from sagging from the weight of the yarn. She added strips in the shoulder areas from the neckline down as shown below.

Happy knitting!

Gansey Wk 10

It was the debut of two awesome Ganseys!

Cynthia designed her own sweater. 



By request from her husband, Toni knitted him a sweater.

Next Class, Nov. 29

The biggest Christmas craft workshop ever for us.  Bring scissors, size 3 knitting needles or dpns, and your team craft project.

 

Christmas Pary, Dec. 6

A sign up sheet for the potluck is being passed around. Bring a wrapped gift to exchange: $10 value, knit related. It can be hand made, equivalent of $10.

 

Hook Rug Pin Class and Skiff Party, Dec. 13

Linda's sister, Nola is coming next month!  She will teach a cute traditional hook rug flower pin class.  I'm sorry I forgot to take a picture. The class is $20; exra kits are $15. She is also bringing skiffs for the party. A sign up and information sheet was passed around for both events.

 

Stitches West

Debi received a box of knitting books from her new best friend, Nicky Epstein. She has donated another fantastic book for the SW bus trip.

 

Good Day Sacramento

Linda announced that Good Day Sacramento would like us on the show again, probably in January!  This time, they would like to see our fingerpuppets.  Please bring them to class so Linda can take them to the show.

 

Happy Thanksgiving

No class next week for Thanksgiving. Linda expressed her gratitude to all of us and how much we mean to her.  She appreciates the old and new friendships. 

 

Jake's Gift

At the next class, please bring a couple of dollars for a group cash gift for Jake, the nice and very helpful custodian at ARD. We will present it to him at the Christmas Party.

 

Show 'n Tell

 Debi bought these kits at VKL and knitted the bottom portion.

 Karen is making this cute Christmas ornament.

Sandy is making slippers for gifts.

 Cynthia's hat made with two strands of sock yarn.

 Penny said this scarf was fast and easy too knit.

 

 

Toni found this vest pattern on Creative Knitting. 

 

 

 Toni also made this darling fairy from the book of knitted fairies she showed us last week. She bought the book at Joanne's. She also does glasswork, making this cute snowman with knitted hat and scarf. She has an Etsy site on the internet. See link on the left.

 

 Happy Thanksgiving!  It's so nice to knit and be together.  I appreciate all of you too.



Gansey Wk 9

Linda is thrilled that we are having tea with her during class. It was a perfect evening for it with the rain and cooler weather.

We did not go over any patterns.  Some are finishing the Gansey sampler, and others are working on the knitting needle knitting bag.  Linda also had several yarn and patterns to give us for her rug book.

Here are the dates that we talked about:

11/22 No class. Happy Thanksgiving!

11/29 Craft Work Stations

12/6 Last class. Christmas Party (Potluck and Gift Exchange)

12/13 Knitted Rug Workshop and Skiff Party. 1 to 8:30 pm. RSVP.

Knitted Presidents
The knitted presidents will be on display in Sauderville, OH starting May 1, 2013 through June. Linda is going to request that they show them for the season ending in October. She is also looking into different places to showcase them. They may be on display for the next couple of years. If you would like your president back, please let Linda know. Some of the ladies expressed their interest in having them back, but they can wait a couple of years.

Linda received a nice message from someone who was at VKL. Here it is:
"I was lucky enough to see the Knotty Knitters' Presidents at Vogue Knitting Live in Chicago last week. I just wanted to send along a link to my blog entry about your group's amazing handwork. 
http://www.carolynnoyes.com/knitwear_designs_by_carol/2012/11/knit-the-vote.html
All best, Carolyn"

 

Fingerpuppets

Some of the ladies asked about their fingerpuppets that are on display at the Loomis Library. Linda L. will call them about it.

 

Kaleidoscope Rug
Linda and Nola has an article about their rugs in a hook rug magazine. Linda designed one of the rugs that Nola hooked. The article is very nice, and the rug is lovely.  Sorry, no photo here.

Show 'n Tell



Penny's Gansey 

Mary Beth's Gansey

 

Karen is proud of her new scarf. It only took two nights to make.

 

Linda demonstrates two ways to wear Sandy's yarn caddy. 

Happy knitting!

Gansey Wk 8

It was a very informative VKL (Vogue Knitting Live) night. Teri and Debi came back from VKL Chicago on Cloud 9. We sat in awe while we listened to them tell wonderful, interesting stories about how fantastic everything was: the outstanding classes, the nicest people, and the most gorgeous hotel (Palmer House Hilton). We spent half the evening soaking it up and looking at the goodies Debi brought back. Debi became buddies with Nicky Epstein and met Debra Macomber who she was mistaken for, both well known authors of many books. Nicky Epstein gave all of the knitters who made presidents a gift with a lot of love and kisses included. Some of Teri's photos are at the end of this blog.

 

 

It may be hard to tell from this photo, but we are mentioned on #6 of the VKL program guide. Every knitter who made a president is mentioned by name. Impressive!

Tea
Bring a cup!  We are going to have tea every week!  Linda is bringing her electric tea kettle, and several ladies donated tea.  If you would rather have coffee or cocoa, bring it and the hot water will be provided.

Good Day Sacramento
Linda would like as many ladies as possible to come to the Good Day Sacramento studio in West Sacramento for the airing of the knitted presidents and one candidate on Election Day. This will take place on this Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 8 to 10 a.m. Be at the studio at 7:30 a.m. Let Linda know if you are interested.

Stitches West
Also let her know if you are interested in the SW trip scheduled in February.

Rug Book Day and Skiff Party
Linda will try to reserve the ARD room for the afternoon and evening of Dec. 13 for us to work on the rugs and attend a Skiff Party.

Crazy Yarn
For one the rugs, Linda is making crazy yarn to use. Please bring 1 or 2 yds of any kind of color or weight of yarn for her to include in this skein.

Knitting Needle Knitting Bag
We went over the pattern converting it to working in the round. Use a crocheted provisional CO stitches (in multiple of 4) and place a stitch marker for the beginning of the round. For odd rows, skip the "k2" and do the opposite of the directions. For example, Row 1 would be: *(p1, k1, p1 ) in next stitch, k3tog* repeat to end. Row 3 would be: *k3tog, (p1, k1, p1) in next st* repeat to end. On even rows, purl (I hope "purl" is correct since we are knitting in the round; that is what I wrote down.) After 9 inches, you will be knitting straight (not in the round), so go back to the original pattern and do exactly as written. Use super glue to add the knitting needle handles.

Cake Covers
Linda mentioned that it was important to do the purl edge on the bottom of the cozies which she didn't notice in the pattern the first time she tried.

Toni's cake cover or yarn cozy

 

Lynette's Gansey

 

Jill's Gansey

Louise is holding the cutest ruffled baby bonnet that Rosemary made.

Teri's VKL Photos:  Wow!  Really inspiring and most creative items!