Second Club Package Colors

Hi Everyone!

Just a bit of club news

We will be posting pics on our two new colors this Saturday, March 21st. We need to have everyon's color selections in by Monday, March 23rd. We will send out invoices on the 24th, and those need to be received by the 27th.

Anne's has finished her and blocked her piece for the club, and it can be found on her website, www.knitspot.com

I am so excited for this next selection. The yarn is one of my true favorites, and Anne's pattern looks spectacular.

Everyone's cowls have looked amazing, and I really hope that you have all enjoyed knitting it up.

We will be sending out our first full newsletter tomorrow, and we will be sending out reminder emails for all of our club members on the upcoming dates.

Happy Knitting

Finished my first cowl

I finished yesterday. This was a great pattern. I really like how the finished product came out and really liked this binding off method I'll definitely use it again. I do have one question any recommendations on what I should (or should not) wash my cowl in?

Tasty knitting

I finished my cowl last weekend. I really enjoyed the pattern stitch--interesting enough but not brain-freezing. I had not worked with a yarn that has so much lanolin in it, so I found that an interesting experience. I soaked the finished cowl in Eucalan and then blocked it. That softens it up a lot. I'll be shipping it off to my mom. All in all, I'd call it a tasty little knit!

Blocking

I gave my project a bath in my brand new grapefruit scented Eucalan (yum!) and looked around for something to block it on. As I was looking, the bowl in which my husband collects wine corks caught my eye. This bowl (or whatever it is...I've never really been sure since I found it at an antique store) was just the ticket. So, here are some photos of my cowl drying:

Finished

I'm not big on anything snug around my neck due to a thyroid thing, so I used the yarn to make a modified Victorian Shoulderette. Didn't have enough yarn to complete the border as written, so I switched to a 4-stitch sideways edging. It's been washed and is now drying. I have to admit that I had a bad time with the amount of lanolin in the yarn. I frogged, reskeined and washed it once in Eucalan, and almost did it a second time. This time, I used shampoo to really (hopefully) get it grease free.

FINIS!

Well, I finished my lovely project last night. As I was admiring it and stretching out those lovely dropped stitches - POINK! - a stitch that was NOT supposed to be dropped popped and started running down the knitting. All I could say was ARGHH!! It took me about an hour, but I think I figured out what I did wrong (I'm certainly no expert knitter). SO, today it will get it's soak and blocking and hopefully I will have photos to post within a few days!

Another Satisfied Knitter

Received my package last Thursday....the yarn is lovely as are the pattern and markers. Looking forward to getting to work on it!