CHIX Mtg – August 2017

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

HOMEWORK: Make four small swatches using smooth, light colored yarn.  It is easiest to see with worsted weight yarn, but any weight yarn and appropriate needles will work.  Wet block them […]

CHIX Mtg – Joining Yarn

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

Cindi Thiel will demonstrate different ways of joining yarns.

CHIX Mtg – Matching Cast-Ons & Bind-Offs

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

Sue Werner will do a program on matching cast ons and bind offs.Click Here to find the handout from this program.  

CHIX Mtg – Two-Color Brioche

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

Judith Gerst will teach us how to do two-color brioche.

CHIX Mtg – Buttonholes

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

At January's meeting we will learn how to make sturdy, neat buttonholes.  For homework, using a light-colored DK or worsted weight yarn, cast on 12 stitches and knit 4 rows. […]

CHIX Mtg – One-Skein Projects

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

Due to a scheduling conflict, our February meeting has been changed to the One-Skein Project we talked about at the December party.  In case you missed the last couple meetings, […]

CHIX Mtg – Knit One Below

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

If you like brioche stitch, the knit-one-below stitch (K1B) achieves a similar effect but involves no yarn overs,  burps or barks.   All you need to know is how to […]

CHIX Mtg – Park Avenue Yarn

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

As knitters in the Greater Houston area, we are fortunate to have several very nice yarn shops, but we all have seen a number of our favorite shops go out […]

CHIX Meeting – Substituting fibers

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

Sandy Zeringue (formerly of Knitting in the Loop) will talk about substituting yarns, with the emphasis on different fibers. For example, what can you expect if the pattern calls for […]