Schematics are your friend. Come and understand why they are important. Let's explore how one can make an entire project with a complete schematic. This is good for both knitting and crochet. Bring your pooling project for money bucks.
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 so the edges lay flat. Swatches 1 and 2:Cast on 6 stitches, leaving a 10" tail. Work 16 rows in stockinette stitch, then work 16 […]
Cindi Thiel will demonstrate different ways of joining yarns.
Sue Werner will do a program on matching cast ons and bind offs.Click Here to find the handout from this program.
Judith Gerst will teach us how to do two-color brioche.
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. Don't bind off, just leave your stitches on the needle.
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, here are the details.Either knit a small project using a single skein of yarn or look through the projects you already have finished and pick […]
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 knit and purl. You can create a dense brioche-like texture with a single color or columns of 2-colors in stockinette. HOMEWORK:For the first sample, you […]
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 of business for a variety of reasons. We probably all do some of our yarn shopping online, but most knitters and crocheters want to touch […]
