Tag: SOCK

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK) – Saturday, April 13, 10:00am – 12:00pm

WHEN: 2nd Saturday of the month, 10am-12pm.

WHERE: Zoom and Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX 77433

Release your inner geek! The April program explores Ravelry and KnitCompanion. Both of these applications are very powerful aids to your knitting and crocheting. For Ravelry, learn how to build robust queries to search for particular designers, patterns, yarns, and LYSs. Get help and inspiration from project posts and community forums. Ravelry lets you save your searches and build collections of your favorite patterns. It also seamlessly feeds your patterns into KnitCompanion. KnitCompanion, an indispensable tool, is available for both Apple and Android devices. It stores your patterns in electronic format so you don’t need to keep track of paper copies. Learn how to create a project, customize counting, mark up patterns, track progress, customize charts, make notes, and more!

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

WHEN: 2nd Saturday of the month, 10am-12pm.

WHERE: Zoom and Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX 77433

 

The March program will be a check in for SoCK’s year-long knitting/crocheting challenge. Bring your project to the meeting. If you’re stuck, have questions, or need encouragement, we’re here to help! If you want to show off your progress, we’ll celebrate with you! As always, bring your show and share and charity items.

SoCK Meeting – Eek! Let’s Steek (pt. 2)

For January’s meeting, Annette Willis introduced us to steeking and when it is used in knitting.

This month, we will steek the coffee cozy we made during and after the January meeting. For those who may have missed the January meeting, “Steek this Coffee Cozy” by Rachel Molenaar, is the free pattern we used.

If you want something simpler, cast on about 40 stitches in worsted weight yarn and knit about a 3-4-inch band in the round. We will provide all the supplies to steek your cozy. If you have ever steeked a project, please bring it to show the group.

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK) – Saturday, January 13, 10:00am – 12:00pm

 

WHEN: 2nd Saturday of the month, 10am-12pm.

WHERE: Zoom and Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX 77433

 

EEK! Let’s Steek!

The January and February SoCK meetings are about steeking – What is it, and when is it used in knitting? Annette Willis will show us different steeking techniques, focusing on the most common version. For Part 1 in January, we will start a simple steeking project that will be completed in February’s Part 2 program. Bring 3 or more colors of fingering yarn scraps and corresponding needles. If you have ever steeked a project, please bring it to show the group.

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

WHEN: 2nd Saturday of the month, 10am-12pm.

WHERE: Zoom and Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX 77433

Join the SoCK group for our annual holiday party. Formulate your gift-stealing strategy for our White Elephant Gift Exchange Game. Bring a wrapped gift ($25-35 value) without any name tag. The gift should be related to or themed after knit/crochet/yarn, etc. Participation in the White Elephant is optional, but it’s a lot of fun and can be quite competitive! Bring knitting-friendly snacks or finger food. With any luck, the weather will be cool enough to show off lovely hand-made scarves, shawls, or sweaters. Come join us!

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

WHEN: 2nd Saturday of the month, 10am-12pm.

WHERE: Zoom and Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX 77433

 

The Basics of Tunisian Crochet

 

Tracy Reid will teach us about this beautiful style of Tunisian crochet. No homework is necessary, but those who would like to try making a small swatch can bring some light-colored worsted weight yarn and an 8mm (11/L) or 9mm (13/M) straight, non-ergonomic crochet hook. A Tunisian crochet hook is not necessary but if you already have one feel free to bring it. We will have extra regular 9mm crochet hooks available.

 

An instructional handout will be provided for those who want to try practicing on their own. 

You can use any weight yarn to practice just use a crochet hook that is 2-3 sizes larger than what is normally suggested.

 

Tracy will bring finished projects, swatches, tools and a couple books to share as well.

 

Free pattern used for the demo and swatch: 

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/big-leaf-maple-bandana

 

SoCK Meeting – Kickoff for KAL/CAL

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK) – Saturday, October 14, 10:00am – 12:00pm

Back by request, SoCK will begin a knit-along (KAL) and crochet-along (CAL). You decide which program you want to participate in — one, both or none. Debbie Smith will take us on our journey as we work on our projects. The goal is to show off our gorgeous items at our meeting next June.

  1. Choose a project that has a new technique, skill, or something that you have always wanted to do, but haven’t.
  2. Bring the project to our monthly meeting, October thru June. Share your progress, if you need help, reach out.
  3. You can work on more than one project.
  4. Looking forward to hearing everyone’s plans!

 

SoCK Meeting – Intro to Cables

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK) – Saturday, September 9, 10:00am – 12:00pm

 

WHEN: 2nd Saturday of the month, 10am-12pm.

WHERE: Zoom and Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX 77433

 

Introduction to Cables: Marla Morris will introduce us to cable knitting. This introduction to cables is designed for fairly new knitters who can knit and purl and are ready to increase their skills. She will present a variety of cable stitches, their uses, cable needles, and descriptions. We will look at a chart and a written pattern for the same sample, learn how cable stitches appear on the chart, how they are used in patterns, then how to make them—with and without a cable needle. A Powerpoint presentation and pattern are part of this class, originally designed for a knitting guild format of one hour.

 

The free pattern (on Ravelry) is Hugs & Kisses Wristers by Marla Morris

 

Homework: Using DK or Worsted weight yarn and the appropriate needle sizes, Cast on 27 stitches [3 x 3 rib for 5 rows]

Row 1 (rs): k3, p3, k3, p3, k3, p3, k3, p3, k3

Row 2 (ws): p3, k3, p3, k3, p3, k3, p3, k3, p3

Row 3 (rs): k3, p3, k3, p3, k3, p3, k3, p3, k3

Row 4 (ws): p3, k3, p3, k3, p3, k3, p3, k3, p3

Row 5 (rs): k3, p3, k3, p3, k3, p3, k3, p3, k3

Row 6 (ws): p4, k1, p17, k1, p4

Row 7 (rs): k4, p1, k17, p1, k4

SoCK Meeting – Row Counters

How do you count your stitches or keep track of your row repeats? Bring your favorite way of keeping track of your rows or repeats to share. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Join Debbie and Frannie as we make a row counter!

SoCK Meeting – HFF Show & Share

Take a break from the heat and join us at SoCK’s July meeting.

We’ll elect officers and have a Show and Share about the Houston Fiber Fest, the classes we took, and the treasures we brought home with us.

Bring your HFF goodies to the meeting!