Stitch and Chat

I met with Marianne, Puja, and Kathy tonight at Cosi. Puja and Kathy were coming back to knitting. They both remembered it very quickly and went on to trying border stitches, ribbing, and seed stitch. Ultimately they are going to make scarves with a garter stitch border.



We talked about the different weights of yarn, different needles sizes, gauge and what would happen if you put a thick yarn on thin needles or thin yarn on big needles. Puja remarked that there is a lot to remember without looking at a pattern or notes. She's right and sometimes as our skills grow, we take for granted the skills we found challenging in the beginning.



Marianne brought a bunch of projects to discuss. We went over her questions for each project and then they were set aside to pursue at home. She bought lamb's pride yarn in beautiful sea greens (with a purse handle to match) and is going to make a bag from the Berroco free pattern website. We were going through the pattern repeat and there is a funky purl stitch on two of the rows. It was just not coming easily; so in Marianne's flair for the creative, she is going to make her own pattern repeat.

There won't be a stitch and chat next Tuesday night. Tuesday stitch and chat will resume the following Tuesday.