Back by popular demand! Join us as we explore making a basket from stash yarn. We will be crocheting multiple strands and your choice of weight of yarns using a N or P hook.
The pattern is available on Ravelry: Big Beautiful Basket
If you want a preview, there is also a YouTube video.
To complete a basket, you will need 300 yards of three worsted-weight yarns, one P or N crochet hook, and at least two removable stitch markers.
Our September meeting will take place at the Jim and Joann Fonteno Senior Education Building at 6600 Bissonnet St., please note that is a permanent change in meeting location.
Our program this month will be knitting stacked increases and decreases. Hazel Kjos will be presenting this program and has asked that members bring a skein of yarn of their choosing and circular needles with a long cable.
Amy Campbell will be presenting a program on mosaic knitting. If you would like to try it yourself, please bring two contrasting colors of yarn in the same weight and appropriate needles for your yarn. A pattern for a sample square will be provided!
Guests and members of other chapters are always welcome!
NOTE DATE CHANGE – 1 week later than usual
This month will be the first installment of Connie’s class on cast-ons and bind-offs.
Ziggurat Chevron Mosaic Crochet Blanket
We will watch a Marley Bird video on mosaic crochet. She demonstrates the beautiful, crocheted pattern used in the Yarnspirations “Ziggurat Chevron Crochet Blanket.” There will be free copies of this pattern. If you’d like to follow along, bring two contrasting colors of worsted-weight yarn and a Size H crochet hook.
Homework:
With Color A, chain 36
1st row: Using Color A, 1 sc in 2nd chain from hook and each ch to end of chain; 35 sts
Row 2: ch 1, 1 sc in each sc to end of row, changing to Color B in last stitch
We should have some extra crochet hooks if you don’t own any. (If the crocheters among us, if you can, bring a couple of extra crochet hooks.)
SOCK will be having a class on double knitting.
Participants need to bring DK or worsted weight yarn, and the appropriate needles and two-color ways.
Join us for a sit n’ knit. No program – just knitting, crocheting and socializing.
Many of our members often come early to dine at the restaurant and show appreciation for their generosity in allowing us to meet there.
All KANG members and visitors are welcome!
KIK President Maggie was selected to host a KnitStars meetup!
It will take place at the same time and place as the normal KIK chapter meeting.
As we may need to get a larger room this month, please let Maggie know if you would like to attend by emailing knitatnightguildkik@gmail.com or texting her at (916) 802-9246.
SoCK: Planning, Sit-and-Knit, and Finished Projects
The program combines a sit-and-knit session with planning for next year’s programs. We’ll ask volunteers to claim a particular month. We don’t need you to know your exact program, just volunteer for a time slot. We’ll do the same thing for Door Prize volunteers. After that, we’ll show off finished projects and have a relaxing time sitting and knitting (or crocheting). Please join us!
At our July meeting we will be stitching together blocks for the charity blankets to donate to the Linus Project. It looks like we have enough knitted blocks to complete at least 3 older children blankets. Please bring your darning needles. At our last meeting it was suggested that we crochet a border around the edges of the blankets, so if any of the members would like to participate in this part it would be appreciated.