The Most Beautiful Quilt!!

Hi all,
Your knitting is much better than my photography but i think that you can get an idea of just how lovely our quilt is going to be!! I’ll get the last few squares and have it all together within a couple of days.
Sara

Noro Squared blanket update

Hello Knitwits.
At our meeting today we counted our blanket squares and began the lay out. Amazing looking colours ~ it's going to look terrific! Finish up those final squares, get them blocked and sew in those loose ends. December is just around the corner ...
Cheers, mtc

Margaret Atwood knits penguins

National Post article of Atwood's "foray into a new artistic genre."

New group project idea

Hi,

I don't know how far we are with ideas but, just in case, I thought this mitered square quilt block looked like it had potential. The knitting is pretty basic but it's the colours and how they are organized that will make all the difference. Psychedelic Squares Afghan: Stocking St Version.

Cheers, Sharon

Amazing Technicolour Quilt poster

Tickets are on sale now!
Draw will be during the Library Winter Wonderland luncheon, Wed Dec 15th in the SUB Ball room.

Big Blanket project update ~ renamed Amazing Technicolour Quilt

Hello all,
We're close to having all our squares knitted. Next steps are arranging them into our desired pattern, blocking, sewing together, and finishing.
Then we can start advertising our finished project and selling raffle tickets for charity.
Here are the pictures from our meeting today.
Cheers, Meg

Leftover yarn afghan idea ~ Noro Squared

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well, and that the needles are still flying. I happened across this Noro Squared pattern - and I thought of our group: http://www.canknit.com/free/ns.html. I'm not sure how much Kureyon and/or Cascade the group might have laying around, but I think you could see how a nice blanket could come out of whatever you all might have left after two years of blanket knitting. Even if you had to buy more yarn - neither is very expensive and you could have a lot of fun putting the plain and the variegated yarn squares together ;-0

cheers, Shawnna

How are those squares doing?

Knitwits met for their usual weekly meeting. Here are some more snaps of our Big Blanket project squares.

It's hip to be square

The first squares for our Big Blanket project are done. What a beautiful collection of colour and texture. We're off to a great start ~ Keep up the knitting & crocheting :)

Knitwits new project: Big Blanket

Hi all,

We have made a great start on our Big Blanket project!!

Edita bought 14 skeins of yarn yesterday, and today we wound it into balls. I have two balls not yet claimed - navy blue, and a purpley blue one. We are quite certain that each ball will make at least 2 squares. Leftovers from your first square will be used in solid coloured squares or mixed up for multi-coloured squares.

I have attached my list of the folks who are participating. Once I have confirmed the number of us participating, I'll ask you to reimburse Edita for a portion of the yarn expense (it's going to be less than $10).

To remind you of the inspiration for our Big Blanket, check out the photo on the blog shown below. This is not a pattern so we're on our own for figuring out squares. If you're unsure about a pattern - reply to the Knitwits and someone will be able to help you figure out a pattern.

Getting started:

We are going to aim for our squares to 10" by 10".

You'll need to do a swatch to check your tension and to try out your pattern. Do your swatch in stocking stitch (or the pattern that you intend to knit) at least 4" by 4". Use 4.5mm or 5mm needles. (Use 5mm if you are doing cables or twists.)

To determine how many stitches you'll need to make a 10" by 10" square, count how many stitches you have per inch on your swatch. Multiply that by 10 and you'll have the number of stitches to cast on. Based on Edita's sample you should have about 42 or 44 stitches. (If you knit tightly you'll more, if you knit loosely you'll need fewer).

Our wonderful collection of Cascade yarns


Tracking our colour choices


A getting started lesson


Turning skeins into balls using wheel


We used two wheels to get the job done

The Knitwits consider a new project

Hello knitters,

I mentioned today during our knitting session that I saw a blanket made by many people and sewn together on a blog.

Here is the link to that blog. It looks little bit like the beautiful sweater Sara showed us today.

Just another idea to consider:

http://cmeknit.blogspot.com/2009/06/many-hands.html

Edita

Lizard Ridge project being prepped for sewing

The Knitwits met today to organise and strategized how to put our afghan together. Lots of collaboration and a sewing lesson. Seven of us took 4 squares to sew together, and will meet again soon to sew the 7 rows together. Next step is to crochet a border. Getting exciting!
Photos: Our squares, #1 pattern, #2 pattern (selected for its wavy look), pinning coordinate labels, and our coordinate list.

Lizard Ridge Feb 25 09

Hi all

Thought I would share photos from our last Wed meeting.

Cheers
Merry

Knitwits: Video clips, updated pattern chart, needle request, next meeting

Hello Knitwits,

We had an excellent meeting today in LPC. A lot of one-on-one lessons were given, and I believe the dim lights are beginning to get bright!

We shot the following two clips today to be helpful - Sara is teaching.

Wrap & Turn knit stitch from the purl side:



Picking up your Wraps from the purl side (re-loaded):




Additional clips found on YouTube:








Attached is Sara’s Lizard Ridge chart. Corrections have been made and saved in excel.


If anyone has an extra paid of 5mm needles, Sharon Yee needs a pair.

If anyone needs some easy practice yarn, please let me know.

Next meeting: KR 7 lunchroom 12 noon.

Lizard Ridge pattern has been nicknamed the Booby pattern. Check out the boobies below!

Cheers, Meg

A great knitting project!!

Hello Library Knitters,

Our knitting for Covenant House was a big success - valuable to Covenant House and fun for us.

Shawnna Parlongo has great idea for a prject that we could all do together. We talked a bit about this during one of the Koerner knit sessions in November. We could all knit squares, stitch them together and have a beautiful afghan that we could raffle off and send the raffle proceeds to a local charity. If everyone on this email knit one or two squares we could probably make two afghans.

Shawnna found a fantastic pattern that uses yarn available at Urban Yarns (and probably other places too). Have a look at the pattern below. Each square requires 1 ball of Noro Kureyon, $9.95 each.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall06/PATTlizardridge.html

It would be great if we got busy with this project before the Fall. We'd have more time to show it off and sell lots of raffle tickets!!

If you decide to particpate, please choose any of the Noro Kureyon colours. The multi coloured result will be gorgeous!! Shawnna has worked out a couple of difficult bits on the pattern, so please consult her before you start.

Lastly, we could ask the Human Resources Committee for funding from their 'Funding for Community Event's' pot-of-gold!!

Let me know what you think..............Sara.