Close Knitters

There are some knit items that are old favorites around here.

One is the waterfall beaded scarf-

Everybody loves it, and it’s a fun knit. It’s started at the ends, with all the beads. The beads are slipped between stitches. As the beads taper off the ribbing takes over, until it’s just knit two, purl two, to the end of the skein. Do it again for the other end, knit them together, and it’s a really impressive scarf. Inge will be doing two classes to get it started, October 12 at noon, and November 16 in the evening.

The ruffles are fast and fun. Roseanne has been going to town with them

The yarn does all the work- it’s not exactly knit. The “yarn” is a knit tape, which gets poked at the edge and pulled through. It works up quickly and has lots of fun colors.

Kim did this one with one colorway worked two ways. She used the purple edge of it for one skein, and the beige for the other.

And it looks great on everyone-

The full fall class schedule will be on the website soon, to register for a class please call the store.

It’s almost fall- we know that soon the humidity will be gone, and we’ll all be thinking about fall sweaters and scarves.

Fall yarns are starting to arrive

We’ve had Peruvian Tweed before, it’s an incredibly soft alpaca in wonderful colors. And it’s all natural colors, no dyes used in processing.

Stop by the store to see the Wrapigan Kim knit out of it a couple of years ago- a long shawl with sleeves.

Kim’s starting a fall sweater out of Rowans’ Felted Tweed

Lots of cables, and an interesting collar/scarf to come!

Iris is constantly knitting, often for her grandkids. And they are lucky young ones- look at the wonderful patterns she found on the Cascade website!

The teddy sweater is three dimensional- the bear’s snout is knit separately, and then sewn on, with a puff of fiberfill to round it out. She changed the ears- the original pattern calls for pom poms for the ears. The knitters who were in the store when she came in so we could monitor progress all felt that pom poms, while very cute, would not wear well. We encouraged her to try crocheted circles instead (the foot pads for the orange elephant are crocheted circles, so a sample was at hand.) She did make crocheted circles for the ears. They are still three dimensional, but should stand up to washing better than pom poms.

The pirate was a special request from a grandson. The skull and crossbones are the perfect accessory for any pre school pirate.

Iris knits for the grandkids in Berroco’s Comfort. It’s an acrylic and nylon blend, machine washable, very soft, and comes in lots of colors. It’s available in sport weight, worsted weight, and bulky- great for all sorts of baby and kid afghans and clothes. Also clothing for grown ups who will toss everything in the washer and dryer.