Shells Wk 2

Bracelets! Teri made these beautiful felted bracelets.



Toni felted the first two by hand. The third one was felted in the washing machine.
She likes the hand felted ones better.

Linda briefly went over all the patterns for class giving us information on the yarn used and needle size. We practiced the Channel Island Cast On which was sent by Irene as "The Sampler CO." This CO is cute making a little picot design on the edge. Linda had two show and tells. One was an afghan from a thrift store that was probably accidentally felted in the wash (thus in the thrift store). The other shown and tell was highlighters that disappear when heat is applied with a blow dryer. (I took photos of both, but they disappeared somewhere in cyber space...sigh) For next week, start preparing for the shell you want to knit.

We also had a special guest who taught us the latest craze for kids.

Linda L and her granddaughter, Alex. Alex made all of the items on display out of bright colored rubber bands and a plastic loom. It is hard to see from the photo, but there are bracelets, a necklace, and a little coin bag.

Alex teaches the class how to make a flower.

 Future Small Projects
One of the small projects that Linda plans to incorporate into the class is the knitted gourd. You can either prepare and bring your own gourd or buy a prepared gourd from Linda for $5. In preparing a gourd, one has to clean and scrape the inside and outside, cut the shape, and drill the holes.

Bits of Info
Rosemary and Linda L shared that the information for Stitches West is on XRX Insider online. Linda P will reserve a bus for Sat., Feb 22.

Linda P read a cute article about knitting up coffin liners from the Yarn Market News magazine.

Marybeth made an announcement about the Flower Farm Inn, a beautiful garden with a nursery, bed and breakfast, and coffee shop that is near this area.

Candi brought in a bag full of Persian yarn and threads to share with the class to decorate the felted bracelets.

Debi knitted these cute baby pants that will be a sock monkey design.



I forgot to mention that Debi is going to have a grandson. Here is a jacket she is making for him.

Toni's hats. She made a unique third one that I didn't get a picture of.

Toni made a dog pencil case for her granddaughter. It is lined and has a zipper.

These ankle slippers are made just like the pocketbook slippers, but the ends have 42 rows instead of 6. The ends wrap around the ankles for a chic look.

Toni's favorite: a garter for her daughter's upcoming wedding. 

 Happy knitting!