Blocking Makes It Better!
Join us for a discussion on blocking your knitted and crocheted items. We’ll talk about why to block your items and explore the methods and tools to achieve the results you want. Plus, there will be examples of blocked and unblocked items. Bring your questions and blocking tips to share!
Knitting with Wire
Kathy Wells will show us how creativity abounds as we make a necklace using knitted wire shapes, beads, and various cords or ribbons.
Bring your own needles (sizes 5-6), double-points, or an E-F crochet hook. Wood/bamboo is less slippery. Don’t use your good needles; wire is rough on them!
Bring 2-3 stitch holders and jewelry pliers, if you have them.
For those who RSVP, wire, jewelry findings, cords, and a selection of beads will be supplied. If you bring beads, they should be M-L and have holes big enough for fingering-weight yarn to pass through.
Sweater Construction
What makes one sweater style fit perfectly while another style isn’t so great? What’s “ease,” positive or negative? Why are some sleeves comfortable and others not? Sweater construction is the foundation of how a garment looks and fits. Marla Senter Morris will guide us through the basics of sweater construction and help make the thought of such a big project less intimidating.
The February SoCK meeting is cancelled because it overlaps with the KANG Spring Workshop with Dawn Barker (Assigned Pooling and Rhythmic Slip Stitch Colorwork on February 13 and 14). Enjoy the workshop, and we‘ll see you in March!
Beaded Key Lanyard
Do you find yourself rooting around at the bottom of your purse, looking for your car or house keys? Join us at SoCK to make a key lanyard. This project uses beads and clips to attach the lanyard to your purse (or knitting bag). Your keys will always be at hand! We will provide kits with all the basics.
Join us for our annual holiday party!!
Formulate your gift-stealing strategy for our White Elephant Gift Exchange Game.
Bring a $25-30 value wrapped gift without any name tag (stash dive if you want). Gifts should be related to knitting/crocheting/yarn, etc.
Participation in the game is optional; it’s still a party!!
Bring yarn-friendly snacks or finger food.
Hopefully, the weather will be cool enough to show off lovely hand-made scarves, shawls, or sweaters!
SOCK’s regular chapter meeting is the same day and location from 10am-noon, all are welcome to attend! There will be plenty of time after to go get lunch, then return for the charity event at 1:30.
If anything changes and it doesn’t make it into the newsletter, be sure to check our website and Facebook group for the most up-to-date info.
November is Yarn Adoption Month! Bring yarn and other fiber-related beauties you would like for someone else to adopt.
We’ll hold our regular meeting, then adjourn to the parking lot. Those holding trunk shows should park near the side door. We’ll move this inside if the weather doesn’t cooperate.
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.
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.)
