Stitch and Chat

While we knit, we talked about where we were in our current projects and what we were interested in next.

I'll have to find a picture of the Daffodil bag from the book, 25 More Bags to Knit: Beautiful Bags in Stylish Colors . The link doesn't allow for searching inside the bag. The daffodil bag is a medium sized purse. In the picture it's done in a sparkly yarn, so I imagine it could be a purse for dressier times. The pattern calls for a flat, cotton, ribbon that gets 3 stitches/1", and the pattern requires approximately 308 yards. The bag was pictured with bamboo handles and we could order those.

For anyone looking to make a felted bag, these books offer great choices that have a good range from beginner to intermediate: Pursenalities: 20 Great Knitted And Felted Bags and Pursenality Plus: 20 New Felted Bags .

Elizabeth learned the Kitchener stitch by watching an online tutorial. It takes a very ordered mind to learn it this way. Kudos, Elizabeth, it came out great. I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished garment. She's knitting a contrast variegated Koigu lining to keep the cardigan fronts from rolling too much.

Sara's cabled sweater for her husband was a big success. (we'll have pix after Thanksgiving). Her 99 year old grandmother was very impressed, it fit her husband perfectly, and her brother and father were trying to place orders for their own sweaters. Next project is for Sara though! Well, maybe after the baby hat. Here's the first ruffled edge of the baby blanket.

Robin is knitting a seed stitch scarf in Noro Silk Garden and while she likes the colorway, she's not sold on the yarn or the seed stitch. Time will tell. Noro Silk Garden continues to be one of my favorites. Well, Noro yarns period. I think every year I make at least one garment out of a Noro yarn.

We had an interesting discussion based on a recent 60 minutes segment entitled,

"The "Millennials" Are Coming; Morley Safer On The New Generation Of American Workers". To paraphrase a bit, the article says that the generation of kids coming of age now were raised in an environment where their every action was rewarded with praise and/or trophies regardless of whether they were mediocre, average, or excellent. As a result, these kids can't handle criticism and it's changing the workplace.