Full House

One by one as people came we caught up on life and the latest projects.

Michelle is working on a gorgeous silk v neck top in Tilli Tomas Pure & Simple yarn, the pattern is called "Flower Top". The color is a great blending of shades of beige.

She also brought me a "present". She inadvertently sewed her box pleat sweater on the wrong side (easy to do in the boucle). Anyway, she tried to take it out and learned that she sews (and weaves) a mean seam! The knitting fairies smiled on us and I managed to take out the seams. Now the ball is in your court. Michelle.

Claudia was doing the last few rows of her adorable shrug from the book Fitted Knits: 25 Designs for the Fashionable Knitter. I'm looking forward to hearing what your Mom says when she sees you in it!

Mary brought in the miter-metered square vest and it is really a work of art. Hey, what's happening with the spiral blanket. Michelle and I are thinking of knitting that blanket in Tahki Torino, it'd be really soft and the colors are beautiful.

Unfortunately we missed Mary on the Maryann radio show last week. She even gave us a shout out! I've never had a shout out before. Next Thursday she's going to be on the radio again @ 5pm, click here for the schedule. Can we have another shout out? Please?

Shelly was back from Florida and we picked up where we left. She had to re-swatch for a kid's sweater because neither one of us could remember what needle she was using. Next up will be a lovely shrug knit in a pretty ribbon yarn.

Robin brought out the booties that have been in the "parking lot" and worked on her yellow kids cardigan.

Hopefully her knitting will get her through mid-terms! Good Luck!

Karin joined us today. Karin and I met last year. She just finished her first sweater and it's a beauty. The yarn is Karabella Boise and the pattern in from Karabella as well, Boise striped boat neck. The yarn is a soft cashmere blend. Her knitting looked great. She came to learn how to finish it.

As I introduced Karin to the group we talked about different projects and yarn. Robin and Claudia commiserated in their mutual dislike of Rowan Kid Silk Haze. They did not enjoy knitting with it. They did agree that addi turbo needles made all the difference though. Personally I enjoy the Rowan Kid Silk Haze (I made the Modern Quilt Wrap from the Folk Style book with the Kid Silk Haze.

I think Karin was slightly surprised at how many projects we have going at once. We admired her resolve to work on one at a time. I think Mary summed it up best by saying that she never knew what mood she was going to be in when she took out her knitting. She's a knitting Sybil. She's also the most organized Sybil! Her circular needles are neatly encased in a circular needle case that she got at Knitting Central and she's got them marked with their size. I keep trying to get organized and get distracted by "sparkly things" (as my sister would say) and the sparkly things are always more fun than keeping up with my attempts at organizing.

Oh! Robin showed us a great little organizer for notions that she found at Michaels. We just love little bags, boxes and containers. Here she's doing her best "Carol Marral" interpretation to show off the container. (I'm sure I'm spelling the name wrong, and Carol Marral was from the price is right and showed off all the prizes)