Marjorie N. knit a baby sweater for a friend’s grandchild from Blue Sky Organic Cotton. She took the pattern from The Knitter’s Book of Yarn by Clara Parkes. She chose heart shaped buttons as a finishing detail. Her only challenge was the baby’s gender – was it a boy or a girl. Marjorie decided that she would make the placket and button holes for a girl.

Nigel P. chose a hand dyed merino and nylon blend from Rabbitch to knit himself a pair of socks using a simple rib pattern using the toe up technique.

Linda H. had two beautiful projects to show this meeting. The first was a elegant lace shawl using Sivia Harding’s Norwegian Woods pattern and I quote: “the best yarn I’ve ever used”. This yarn was so great to work with that Linda even knit at the breakfast table. What is this yarn you ask? Alberta Rose Alpaca, 2 ply fingering weight in cream.

Linda’s next project was more of a challenge as she had great difficulty getting more yarn. Her cardigan was knit in black mohair with long sleeves, an overlapping front and a tie. The pattern was from Rowan’s ‘Dream’ book, called ‘Ghost’. After all her effort in finishing this warm, versatile sweater Linda is keeping it for herself.

Lorna B. has exciting news. She has a grandbaby due in September and as any knitter would do with such news she grabbed her needles and knit a baby afghan. This colourful afghan used the Log Cabin design as the basis and is done in Astra with a little help from ‘Look at Me a slightly lighter weight yarn. The central area is done in a rich purple with four large squares forming a cross.

Fran R., using her own pattern, took left-overs and handed down wool to knit a multi-coloured pair of baby socks for Benjerman a new born in her life.

Tis the season (and the meeting) for shawls. Dawna E. chose Sivia Harding’s Diamond Fantasy Shawl pattern and Louet Gems Merino in a rich blue to make herself this beautiful, lightweight shawl just perfect for a summer evening.

Judy D. followed Elizabeth Zimmerman’s great pattern ‘Baby Surprise’ to knit a delightful mulicoloured sweater for her niece. Although this is a most unusual pattern – thus the name surprise – Judy’s only problem was finding buttons special enough for her beautiful sweater.

Maggie L. is a new member to the guild but not to knitting and crochet. Maggie was wearing a gold cotton sweater she had knit 20 years ago. It had been too warm to wear in her homeland but is just perfect for the climate in Vancouver.
Maggie also modelled a lovely crocheted shawl done in a rich magenta using the pineapple pattern.

Meg H. had just completed a beautiful scarf. She found the pattern in a book called Knitting New Scarves and the name of the pattern is Drifting Pleats. Meg used a pale blue wool from her stash and found her only challenge was knitting with 6 needles and trying a new pattern.

Janis W. wanted to experiment with needle size and gauge and brought the results of her experiment to illustrate the importance of checking gauge.
Using the same pattern, same yarn and same knitter – but different needle sizes - Janis knit three pair of baby socks. Her result was demonstrated when she held up three very different pairs of socks. A good reminder not to skip the gauge swatch process.

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