Fun crochet

Shawnna told us about this fun, modern looking crochet that has become very popular. She brought in 2 books for us to see. Her cat loved the little mouse she made.
Amigurumi!
Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts: Lacy Crochet

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.

Long tail cast-on technique

At Edita's Introduction to Knitting - Part 1 course we learned the long tail cast on technique. This technique is leaves a lovely finished & stretchable edge. Here are two videos to demonstrate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwCrIwSOqlQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f2LXGqLCPs

Yarn Bombers Book Launch

The book launch for the Yarn Bombers was at ThreeBags Full on Sept 17, 09. Here's a link to the book… http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=294

And here are photos:

I spotted guerilla knitting at my Community Garden at Davie & Burrard

Hi everyone,
It was so cool, on my way home last night I walked by my gorgeous Community Garden [http://vancouverpublicspace.ca/] and spotted something bright and wooly. The guerilla knitters had been there, and they had left behind, on the fences, brightly coloured knitted sleeves! Looked great and made me smile.
Cheers, Meg

Crochet Class

Hi everyone,

Well, it seems like crochet embellishments are the hottest thing in knitting right now - our blanket is a good example....I don't know how to crochet at all and so I've just signed up for a crochet class that's starting up at the end of the month at Urban Yarns on 10th. If anyone else is interested, it's 4 Monday evenings: May 25; June 1,8 & 15, from 7 - 9pm, $95.

Link: http://www.urbanyarns.ca/index.php

Cheers,
Shawnna

New UBC Knitter's site

From Regina:

Also, just to let you know, there is a new UBC Knitter's site on Ravelry:

http://www.ravelry.com/groups/ubc-knitters