We are going to focus on color!! We’ll use a fun, interactive technique to sort and select colors for projects from large lots of yarn. We’ll look at how to best choose colors for different types of knitting techniques, such as brioche, mosaic, fades, magic balls and fair isle.
If you have a colorwork item that shows great use of color (or bad!) please bring it, in addition to any regular show and share items.
Don’t put off your Christmas knitting any longer! Let’s talk about planning out our Christmas knitting with ideas for easy and quick projects. Dolores Rose will be our guide to explore options for everyone on your list: articles to wear, items for the home, and things for play and comfort. Plus, share your favorite gift items to make.
Homework:
Bring some 100% wool yarn and appropriate needles or hooks and we’ll get started on a set of felted drink coasters.
Phylis Tomlinson will present the “Yarn Cake Cast On.”
This is a little like burning the candle at both ends! Casting on from both ends of the cake or ball of yarn takes the guess work out of a long-tail cast on. It is simple and can be found on YouTube in a heartbeat, but this is an opportunity to have someone demonstrate and then practice with your fellow knitters.
Please bring a cake of yarn and appropriate-sized needles (straight or circular are both fine.) If you have a hank and no winder there will be a swift at the meeting to create your cake. If your preference is to hand-wind, do so in a manner in which both ends of the ball are accessible.
August is that time of the year when the pace slows down, and all you want to do is find a cool place to sit, knit (or crochet), and chat with your fellow guild members. Bring projects you’re currently working on and kick back – the program’s more casual this month. Tell the group about your favorite tips, tricks, or projects. Sometimes these golden nuggets are game-changers!
KNOW’s July program will be a knit-along presented by Jan Clark. We will be knitting the “Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf“, which is a free pattern available on Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.
This scarf looks great with variegated or self-striping yarn. A good yarn to try would be a DK weight, knit with size 6 needles, or try a heavier yarn with appropriate needles for a faster finish. You can use the same yarn throughout or different yarns in each triangular section of the scarf as a way to use some leftover stash yarn. It’s also possible to use two yarns held together for a different look. There are so many possibilities that you may want to make more than one!
This is a fun project for knitters with limited experience and for highly skilled knitters. If you have not previously knit short rows, this is your opportunity to learn!!
Members are also invited to show and share any of your completed projects.
Members often arrive early to visit over dinner and show their support to the restaurant for their generosity in allowing us to meet there. Visitors and members from other chapters are always welcome.
The afterthought heel is a term coined by the late Elizabeth Zimmerman in her “Knitting Without Tears” book. The heel is knitted after the leg and foot of your sock are completed. It’s a great technique to know for working heels in a contrasting color.
At our July meeting, Irene Piatek will teach us how to knit this heel.
* Details of your homework assignment will be forthcoming prior to our meeting.