May Show & Tell
Posted June 24th, 2008 by maureenp
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by Maureen P.
Wendy E. modeled her project at the meeting. She had completed the Marion Toppings ‘Yellowknife Vest.’ A very happy completion from the UFO portion of Wendy’s knitting bag – good work.
Debbie M. had chosen the Bee’s Knees Knits glove pattern to make herself her very first pair of handknit gloves. She used the Opal self patterning yarn for her project. A great way to assure warm hands for next winter.
Eleanor M. It was great to see a living model of a Kaffe Fassett sweater. Eleanor knit the Fassett split diamond pattern in Rowan yarn for her daughter Judy D. who modeled it for us. Her main challenges were matching the diamonds and all those ends – great to see.
Marjorie N. knit ‘The Sheep Tote’ from a Fiber Trends pattern in Fritidsgarn Multi yarn by SandnesGarn. Three times was the charm to get the right density for the felting and it then became a very beautiful and useful bag for her.
Valerie P. chose Sirdar Baby Bamboo for knitting a baby sweater for a colleague’s baby. She used the Debbie Bliss classic baby sweater pattern. She triumphed over confusing collar directions to make a very cute sweater.
Joan T. had been to a very interesting workshop. Using a knitting machine and 2 skeins of dyeable wool a swatch was knit, then painted. This swatch will now be unravelled and reknit to make a most unique and colourful garment.
Holli Yeoh brought three skeins of hand-dyed yarn.
“I participated in a hand-dying workshop at the Fun Knits Spring Retreat on Quadra Island in April. We watched Judy MacLean demonstrate her method of dyeing:
The bamboo/merino blend skein was dyed in silvery purples.
The merino/nylon blend skein was dyed in pinks and oranges with a touch of yellow.
Then we had the opportunity to try hand-painting. We were given three colours (red, yellow and blue) to paint onto our skein of cashmere/silk. I’m not thrilled with the colours of the hand-painted and I’m considering overdyeing it. Perhaps I’ll knit it up first to see if I like it and then overdye the whole project if I need to.
I also brought my project from the recent WCKG Spring workshops. I took Carmen Craig-Martin’s workshop on embellishment. She provided hat forms which we were able to embellish with knitting, crochet and embroidery. I chose a grey one and found some lovely yarns to complement it. I also brought some Noro Silk Garden Lite and used that to crochet flowers and embroider stems/branches for them. When I was looking at the yarns I chose to use they made me think of an ice queen because they were all muted greys and icy whites. I chose to create a frozen, wintery garden feel. I finished the hat just in time for a weekend trip to Whistler.”
