We enjoyed a mini show as well as tea & scones this evening

Cathy brought her finished sweater she knitted  out of Elsebeth Lavold’s V-Silk yarn. The pattern is also found in Elsebeth’s book, Lazy Days. Cathy made some changes in the pattern which called for the lace pattern on all the sleeve, and she just made an edging of it with stockinette for the remainder.

Laura’s cowl from Bambool by Elsebeth Lavold was a delightful success for her becoming more of a collar than a cowl.

First time socks for Josh and he’s very pleased with the heel flap he has executed using the Magic Loop method.

Kaye showed off her Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Baby Surprise Jacket she had made.

Cathy also showed off her lace shawl she recently finished.

Kay shared her finished baby sweater with us at Stitch Time Thursday evening. She is expecting twin boy grandbabies soon and is enjoying knitting everything double. Mary in our group is also expecting twin grandbabies later in the year, and decided to be a sweet grandmother by knitting a pumpkin hat for grandson already here because she doesn’t want him to feel forgotten when the twins arrive.

Kay was also a smart shopper on vacation and found two little fleece vests on sale to go with the sweaters. I think the second sweater is going to be out of the Indulgence yarn in shades of blue.

In and around all the “baby talk” about sweaters, we enjoyed tea & scones this first Thursday of the month.  Join us on April 7th for tea & scones. Lovely if I do say so myself.

 Thursday evening at the shop

BJ modeled her outstanding Elsebeth Lavold sweater that we have watched in progress over the last couple of months.  I’m sorry the detail did not show on the sweater but this is the celtic cable pattern that extended from the bottom of front on one side to the bottom on the other. Also on both cuffs. Just really an exquisite design from Elsebeth in Silky Wool and accomplished by BJ.

BJ had spied a mobius cowl in the shop earlier in the day, and jumped right into a moebius cast on for her cowl. Kaye is cheering her on (or is she saying “you do what??”) and that’s Josh on the floor fixing mistakes. No, we didn’t make him sit there.

  We meet every Thursday evening from 6-8. Just drop in and bring your hand work. Dan even made gingerbread for this evening’s meeting so you can never tell what’s gonna happen.

Peaches and cream and not the yarn

What a delight to be able to zip to the market this morning before coming into the shop and pick up fresh produce. We do miss our farm in that respect. This morning I made a beeline for the truckload of peaches which Cathy, in Stitch Time Thursday night, said were wonderful, as in juice dripping down your chin. Okay, got the peaches, but what about those cantelopes sitting on the back end of that truck? Gotta have one and that honeydew too. How do you tell when those things are ripe? I have been so disappointed on more than one occasion cutting into one with great anticipation only to find it still green. The farmer this morning assured me this one was ripe and ready to eat. Will let you know after the chilling how good it is. But now my shop doesn’t smell like luscious yarns, but luscious peaches and cantalope. Oh well, I think we’ll grin and bear it today.

Just wanted to share photos from our last Knit Knight on the farm. Our daughter Sarah and her two children were there also.  Ann was kind enough to show Naaman how a spinning wheel works. Hope her wheel survived!  

Baby Caroline quickly found her favorite toy – the buttons!
YIKES! Maybe the cookie will distract her.

 Michelle’s beautiful shawl she finished and we loved it. Gorgeous from alpaca yarn if I remember right.

Gerry was finishing up a lovely summer sweater for herself (which really pleased her that it was for herself for a change

Knots which seemed hopeless when she arrived, disappeared with a little help from friends. Hey! Did you finish that sweater Susan? I want to see a photo of it please.

Knit Knight is a mini education for us.

The conversations fly at Knit Knight and if you have a question you toss it out. If someone doesn’t know, then probably the next week we’ll have the answer. I have a loom that I bought several years ago with great plans (don’t you have some great plans that are on the back burner) and Ann took it on as a project to get it up and running or weaving I mean. She got all the heddles and parts connected and wove this lovely sample. She tried to get me going on it and I did weave a little, but with the move looming, over me, I didn’t want to start a new project. It is just nice to have it in workable condition.

Someone asked about broomstick lace crochet and Michelle proceeded to show us how it is done. Her grandmother taught her. Aren’t grandmothers wonderful! Sorry I didn’t take any photos of the finished piece.

We hold Knit Knight at the shop every Thursday night from 6-8pm. Schedule over summer changes sometimes so please check the schedule on our web site for updates.