CompassionKnit

'Getting our knit on' is now a MVCS club!!!

Yes, it's true.  Our Marchterm knitting course has evolved into a full fledged club..with president(s) and an advisor and a place to meet and ....well lots of knitting and having good times!

For those of you who want to be part of the fun, here's what you'll need to purchase to get started:

Knitting needles (no, duh) - start out with straight needles (size 10) for beginners.  Those of you who took Marchterm knitting, you can now advance your skills by getting different needle sizes - try 24 inch circular needles (size 6).  You can do alot with a pair of these!!!!

crochet hooks - a couple sizes...not itty bitty and not HUGE.  Just a couple middle sizes.

yarn darning needles - these are really important, they will help with weaving in yarn ends and sewing up seams.

stitch markers - we can make these during our club meetings.  It's fun and you'll use these alot.  I'll talk more about what to get before we meet.

yarn - yup, you'll be buing LOTS of it, it's addictive.  This will depend on what article you want to knit, its purpose and who its for.  We'll talk about how to design things based on these and several other factors.

Peyton Pless will be contributing to write club guidelines: like when and where we will meet, how often to attend to get credit, etc.

See you at school!!!!

Waiting for Snow

I started the 2006 fair isle sampler ski hat last winter, noodling around with it during our trips to the mountains. It was a welcome relief to focus on such a meditative pursuit....a needed break from teaching. I just kept trying new peeries, different color combos taken from my humungous yarn stash. I had so much fun playin around that I didn't really check the length. If I roll the brim under (but then a few pattern areas are lost) I can get it to fit fairly well. Otherwise, it'll fit a conehead. Thought I'd show it to advantage, better than on my pointy pate from previous post.

2007 Long-tailed Ski Hat: So, since there's no new job on the horizon and I've got a goodly supply of classic movies to watch (ala Netflix), it's time to start the new version. This one will be a long fair isle hat, complete with goofy tassle or fuzz-ball. I invision a tail soooo long, it can wrap around my neck as a scarf, too. Again, no pattern to follow, just whimsy as my stash allows. I can't really care too much about color combos, since I'm the one wearing it; I don't really worry about having to please a client's personal palette. Here's the work-in-progress.

Close up of the pattern/colors. Not sure I really groove on the orange/purple zigzag bit. Will I rip it out? Not bloody likely.

Cats a'plenty Dinah "the best cat" demands cuddles when John comes home.

Nelson - who should really be renamed "Lenny", since he loves the bunny and doesnt' have the sense to come down out of trees on his own (we had a tree service get him down once at $50.00 a pop). Most times he's touchy and temperamental, being cuddly in the early morning interrupting my REM time.

Squidgey, the cat I can't get rid of. What a lovely boy he is, full persian, given to me by a neighbor who was moving to an apartment that didn't allow pets. He's sweet and very cuddly.....but he likes to chase Dinah. I'd like to find a home for him, preferably one to whom he'd be an only cat. In the meantime, he's ours.