Everyone chose their hemp yarn and bead colours,
some of the beads were prestrung and others were added with a small crochet hook,
and everyone ended up with a fun bracelet as a sample of the different techniques.
Friday, January 17, 2014
October 2013
The October meeting was all about knitting with beads. We learned 4 different ways to add beads to our knitting.
some of the beads were prestrung and others were added with a small crochet hook,
some of the beads were prestrung and others were added with a small crochet hook,
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
September Meeting
Tonight was our first official meeting of the new Knitting year.
As usual the show and tell part of the evening was amazing and we saw finished projects and projects still in the works.
Plans were made for future meetings. October - bead knitting, November - learn to spin on a drop spindle, December - Christmas party, January - knit doilies, February - entrelac.
The topic of this month's meeting was learning how to knit backwards. We had lots of fun with this knit little decorations for Halloween.
We also started making plans for a road trip to the Woodstock Fleece Festival in October.
Carol showed us this great idea of how to keep your yarn clean while you are knitting with it. I thought it was the bottom of a sleeve but I think she said it was the bottom of a girls legging. Either way it is a creative idea!
As usual the show and tell part of the evening was amazing and we saw finished projects and projects still in the works.
Plans were made for future meetings. October - bead knitting, November - learn to spin on a drop spindle, December - Christmas party, January - knit doilies, February - entrelac.
The topic of this month's meeting was learning how to knit backwards. We had lots of fun with this knit little decorations for Halloween.
We also started making plans for a road trip to the Woodstock Fleece Festival in October.
Carol showed us this great idea of how to keep your yarn clean while you are knitting with it. I thought it was the bottom of a sleeve but I think she said it was the bottom of a girls legging. Either way it is a creative idea!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
March 2013 - Mystery Project Reveal!
It was a lot of fun seeing the creativity that went into these projects. I was too busy admiring the knitting and didn't get pictures of all the projects but I will share the few that I do have.
The rest of the evening was spent knitting
and visiting with friends!
February Meeting - Steeking
Yikes, it is only a few months into the new year and already I am behind on the Knitting Goddesses Blog!
At our February meeting, our topic was steeking and cutting our knitting. We had so much fun with this. This was the first time a lot of our group had done this technique and it helps to have the support of other Knitters when you make that first cut!
As you can see in the above and below pictures, we used a contrasting colour and with a crochet hook we single crocheted on either side of where we wanted to cut to secure the sts.
At our February meeting, our topic was steeking and cutting our knitting. We had so much fun with this. This was the first time a lot of our group had done this technique and it helps to have the support of other Knitters when you make that first cut!
As you can see in the above and below pictures, we used a contrasting colour and with a crochet hook we single crocheted on either side of where we wanted to cut to secure the sts.
more careful cutting
and success!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
January 2013 Meeting
The Knitting Goddesses met last night in Springfield for our first meeting of the year. Everyone had lots of show and tell, both finished projects and projects on the needles.
Our topic of the night was different ways to cast on. We experimented with:
The 2 Needle Cast On
Twisted Loop Cast On Chezch Variation
German Twisted Cast On
Long Tail Cast On in Pattern (ribbing)
Alternate Cable Cast On (ribbing)
Twisted Italian Cast On
The Stitch of the Month was the Dimple Stitch
Plans are underway for our workshop on April 6 with the Yarn Harlot. Only a couple of spaces left. Our mystery projects will be revealed at the March meeting.
The next meeting will be Feb 20. See you all there!
Our topic of the night was different ways to cast on. We experimented with:
The 2 Needle Cast On
Twisted Loop Cast On Chezch Variation
German Twisted Cast On
Long Tail Cast On in Pattern (ribbing)
Alternate Cable Cast On (ribbing)
Twisted Italian Cast On
The Stitch of the Month was the Dimple Stitch
Plans are underway for our workshop on April 6 with the Yarn Harlot. Only a couple of spaces left. Our mystery projects will be revealed at the March meeting.
The next meeting will be Feb 20. See you all there!
Friday, August 31, 2012
Next Meeting
September is just around the corner and that means that our official guild meetings are starting up again!
Our September meeting is Wednesday, Sept 19 in Springfield at the Malahide Community Place from 7-9pm. We are going to kick off our Charity Knitting Challenge with a pattern swap for scarves/neckwarmer/cowls. So start looking for a favourite pattern or one that just looks like it would be fun to knit to share with the group.
Our September meeting is Wednesday, Sept 19 in Springfield at the Malahide Community Place from 7-9pm. We are going to kick off our Charity Knitting Challenge with a pattern swap for scarves/neckwarmer/cowls. So start looking for a favourite pattern or one that just looks like it would be fun to knit to share with the group.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Knit In Public Day
We had a great Knit In Public Day today!
Our table was full of hand knit items, a variety of different fibres for people to feel and to guess which one was which, scarves on needles for people to give knitting a try, yarn and instructions to knit a flower, all the supplies needed for making pom poms and a jar filled with tiny leftover balls of yarn for people to guess how many balls there were.
We had a great turn out of Knitters join us at the booth. I couldn't manage to get a picture with everyone all at once but here are some of us!
We had lots of kids stop by to try knitting with needles and to make pom poms.
We had a great day and had lots of interested in the guild meetings.
Our table was full of hand knit items, a variety of different fibres for people to feel and to guess which one was which, scarves on needles for people to give knitting a try, yarn and instructions to knit a flower, all the supplies needed for making pom poms and a jar filled with tiny leftover balls of yarn for people to guess how many balls there were.
We had a great turn out of Knitters join us at the booth. I couldn't manage to get a picture with everyone all at once but here are some of us!
We had lots of kids stop by to try knitting with needles and to make pom poms.
We had a great day and had lots of interested in the guild meetings.
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