Tag: SOCK

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

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.)

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

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.

Executive Board Handover Meeting

The Handover Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, August 2nd at 8:30a-11:30a at the Trini Mendenhall Community Center!

Meeting is intended for all outgoing and incoming members of the Executive Board and the Chapter Presidents. Membership persons from the chapter level also welcome.

Please bring your green KANG binder for the handover meeting!!

Refreshments will be provided.

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

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!

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

Granny Squares are Still HOT!

Have you ever wondered what a granny square is? Join Debbie at the June SoCK meeting as we explore the basic construction of a granny square.

HOMEWORK: 
Bring four colors of worsted-weight yarn and a 5mm crochet hook.
“Basic Granny Square” by Kristin Campbell-Harris is a free “starter” pattern on Ravelry.

If you are new to crochet, a great (and inexpensive) book is “Crochet Granny Squares” by Publications International Ltd., available on Amazon.

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

3D Printing in the Fiber World: Revolutionary or Blasphemy?

The world of fiber arts has always been a creative realm rooted in tradition and craftsmanship. However, in recent years, 3D printing has emerged as a groundbreaking technology that is enhancing and revolutionizing how these age-old techniques are approached. Join us as SoCK member, Lauren Levy, leads a program exploring some of the opportunities and challenges surrounding this topic!

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

knitCompanion Part 2: More Tips and Tricks

This is a follow-up to last year’s knitCompanion presentation. Learn tricks, including ways to set up projects and pattern pages, using highlighters to help you focus, creating one-tap row highlighters and automatic reminders, bringing a printed pattern into knitCompanion, and scanning paper charts to include in a pattern. Bring your tablet or laptop to follow along.

For a refresher, the March 2024 program handout (Ravelry & knitCompanion) is in the members’ section of the knitatnight.org website.

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

*Location Change!* Zoom and Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX 77433

Why does that knitter have the yarn around the neck? Come explore a “new” style of knitting (in existence since the 700s) where the purl stitch and rib stitch are a breeze. Bring a swatch with 20 stitches and 3 or 4 rows if you want to participate. Worsted or DK is probably the best. You can use your practice swatch from last month!

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

DIFFERENT LOCATION!!

Are you a thrower, picker, or flicker knitter? Learn about the different styles and their uses. You’ll also get an introduction to backward knitting and double knitting. We’ll try different styles, so bring a cast-on swatch for practicing.