We all gathered at Leslie’s house just before the Arctic Blast of frigid weather was due to hit our little corner of the world. Never fear! We have a lot of knitwear to keep us warm.
Carol’s dropped stitch scarf is stunning. The colors are vibrant and the design is beautiful.
Beautiful scarf – beautiful knitter.
This design is one that Linda is knitting. She decided to rip out the old scarf because she was running out of yarn (she wanted a longer scarf than the yarn would allow). She started again with fewer cast-on stitches and is quite happy with a narrower scarf.
I like the skinnier scarf, too.
Marylane finished knitting and felting her slippers using the ‘Duffer’ pattern. I like these. They are less bulky than the clog pattern that we’ve all done. Love the two colors.
I’ll have to give this pattern a try.
Michele is knitting a vest with a cantaloupe-colored heather yarn. Several of us covet the pattern, so she said we could email it to ourselves when we meet at her house next week. Yay! I feel a vest in my future. She was wearing a mobius shawl that she knit from leftover yarns in her stash. Michele, you’re one clever knitter.
I love the sweater vest AND the mobius shawl.
While we were all together, Michele came to the end of one skein of wool, and took the opportunity to demonstrate a ‘spit splice,’ a method of connecting one end of yarn to another. It must be WOOL – any other fiber won’t work with this method. She wet both the old end and the new end of yarn, separated the plys of fiber, then mushed them together (a technical term) and started rubbing them between her palms. In essence, she was felting the ends by wetting, then applying agitation. After a few minutes, she opened her hands and we had a complete, continuous piece of yarn, ready to be knit. There was no hint that two pieces of yarn had been joined. It was seamless. Thanks, Michele.
Rubbing the ‘spit splice’. Remember, ONLY wool and you don’t have to use spit.
Leslie’s sweater is coming along and it is gorgeous. I wish this photo did justice to the beautiful sheen and true color of the yarn. It looks plain brown here, but in reality it is a golden, yummy brown. The stitches are stunning.
Luscious brown.
Okay, I couldn’t stand having only one project going, so I started another with a skein from my stash. I found several one-skein wonders on Ravelry. This one is a cabled neck-warmer knit on 10 1/2 needles. I must say that it’s a nice change to use big needles and heavier yarn than I have in my lace scarf. Easier on the old eyeballs, but this wool/acrylic blend really dries out my skin. It’s very quick, though.
Easy cable pattern. Now I need to find someone to give it to.
Larissa’s skirt is getting longer by the week. Mary brought her arm-knitted Seahawks scarf just to dig it in that they won the Super Bowl. We all agreed, however, that it was an awful game, especially for my poor Broncos.
Larissa’s skirt and the Seahawks scarf to the left on the table.
Julie is knitting another baby sweater from, I believe, the same pattern that she used last time. She has this baby sweater pattern down pat. When she got up to leave, she pulled a neck-warmer over her head – one that she was knitting several weeks ago. I liked that pattern, too.
Baby pattern extraordinaire.
Chiquita bandita.
I didn’t get a photo of Marylane’s sweater vest, but I will next time. And we missed Francy and Deb! Hope to see you next time at Michele’s house. In the meantime, Castoffs, bundle up and keep those needles blazing!
