Maureen P. was crocheting a baby blanket to give away. She purchased her pattern and yarn on a recent visit to Turkey. The pattern is called Merry Go Round and the raspberry and cream acrylic yarn is called Elsan Elyof. She crochets because her husband makes beautiful crochet hooks in exotic woods.

Flora L. showed her Baa Baa Lamb backpack from Vogue Knitting Bags & Backpacks. The pewter body was worked in stocking stitch. The face was worked in blue gray mohair. The lamb was stuffed with assorted yarn from Flora’s stash. Inside the backpack was a cute child’s sweater she knit for Nova House. The sweater was knit in stocking stitch in acrylic in a light aqua colour. To accent the sweater a fine red ribbon was threaded around the neck, the cuff of the sleeve, and the seams of the body and sleeve.

Wendy E. modeled her lacey short sleeved white cotton and acrylic pullover. Yarn was called Cotton Ball. She used a pattern from a recent Vogue Knitting magazine.

Jane S. was working on and is almost finished a Debbie Bliss jacket which she is knitting for herself. It has an all over cable stitch which she loves working. The steel blue yarn was purchased in New Zealand and is an 8-ply Merino-Possum blend.

Joan T. and Linda H. modeled and talked about their Ponchettes together. The Ponchettes were knit in a cool AllHemp6 yarn purchased at Three Bags Full. Both were knit in garter stitch on the top half, with a lacy pattern in the bottom half. Joan’s was a light pewter colour and she opted not to wash hers to block it because she likes the crisp look and feel of the hemp yarn. Linda’s was a pearl white and she washed hers in Eucalan so soften it and change the drape.

Joan T. was also working on a mocha coloured diagonal front long sleeved jacket from a Sirdar pattern. She used S. Gedifra yarn in cotton, viscose and polyester blend, made in Italy.

Anne W. was finishing her short sleeve raglan cotton sweater in butter yellow. The simple but effective pattern was stocking stitch with a purl row every 6th row. Jean W. had given Anne a lesson in invisible cast off for finishing the neck edge.

Paulette L. brought her beautiful crocheted afghan that she created in ecru colour speed Cro-Sheen about 30 yearns ago. The pattern was four panels of open double crochet with a design worked in bobbles. It also had a long fringe. At about 10 years of use, her dog had fun chewing off a few of the bobbles. Paulette learned a lot about repairing crochet when she had to restore the chewed areas. The pattern was from a 1970s McCalls magazine. Pat L. chimed in that she had crocheted the same afghan 30 years ago.

Marjorie N. brought in eleven blankets for Project Linus which were given to her by a lady she met in the entrance of her friend’s apartment. While waiting for her friend, Marjorie was knitting a Linus blanket and explained to the interested woman about Project Linus. To Marjorie’s amazement, weeks later she received a message from the woman to pick up the blankets that she had knit.

By Yvonne J.

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