Stitch and Chat

Michelle had some Kitchener stitching to do on her Wonderful Wallaby: the hood and the sleeves. During the course of the chat, she finished the wallaby and it's adorable! She's in the midst of turning the heel on her sock for the Knitting Central Sock Club . She's noticed a few mistakes as she knits along and knows what she would want to do better and/or differently on her next pair of socks. Michelle is going to knit her husband a cable scarf (the same cable used in the scarf from earlier posts) in Lobster Pot Cashmere (worsted weight 100% cashmere from Cape Cod which is truly dyed in Lobster Pots). Knitting Central has an amazing assortment of new colors in.
Mary! Mary knit her cotton hat up to the crown shaping and it looks great. She began to shape the crown during chat time and next week we can pick up stitches for the brim. Mary is loving working with the cotton. She may combine the Blue Sky Organic cotton (on Blue Sky Alpaca yarns website you can check out the dyed cotton) with variegated cotton to make an afghan. She showed me this cut purse she bought at a craft fair. We're going to come up with our own pattern for making little gift bags.

We came to the conclusion that Sheilah is project oriented (and Michelle I think you are too) Robin, Mary and I are more process knitters. Robin likes the mindless activity of knitting while Mary and I enjoy the whole picking it out starting it part. We teased Mary about finishing her hat and Mary wanted to start something new. The "village" voted that she finish her hat and maybe the cotton bag that's been hibernating. The Ariel shawl is near halfway done too.

Sheilah (who always comes in looking great in one of her hand knits) came in wearing a sweater from Mango Moon . It's knit with Mango Moon's Recycled Silk. The pattern is free on their website (click Mango Moon above).