Eastside Stitchers talk Turkey

Hello!

Tonight the Eastside Stitchers met at Crossroads Mall for some serious talk about Thanksgiving.  Tara1682 told us about trying to put together Thanksgiving while living in China, and having to substitute KFC for the turkey.  Redbird1, who is transplanted from the East Coast, was distraught earlier because she had left one of her Gourmet Magazines back in Massachusetts, the one with the stuffing recipe.  However, thanks to a very friendly King County Library researcher, Bellevue branch, she was able to locate the magazine, and get a copy of the recipe.  See the fun you are missing when you can't make stitch night?

At some point in the discussion, we actually started knitting.

Who was there, and what were we knitting?

Redbird1 brought her Guilder to share.  This is yet another Jared Flood design, but so complicated that Redbird1 doesn't actually work on it at stitch night, she just brings it to make us all drool.

She was starting a new Jeweled Cowl by Sachiko Uemura.  The big question was, which beads to use?

After some discussion and voting, she picked the lighter ones, bottom left in the photo above.

Anerenbe brought her almost finished 2nd Cecily Beret. She had a little more than half of her skein left after finishing the first one, so thought she would make a second.

She finished the beret before we left with just enough yarn to spare.

Tara1682 was knitting a Boho Lace Eternity Scarf designed by SweaterBabe.  The yarn is Chickadee, the sport weight yarn by Quince & Co.

Sorry, blogger flipped the photo, but I think you can still see how nice the stitch pattern is.

Vanesapolo was working on a secret, so I can't show the project, just the yarn.

She was using this yarn to design something... and will let me know when the design is ready to be released.  However, she had also brought some Christmas trees to show and tell.

She has been working on some designs, and has her first one up on Ravelry.  It is an I-cord Cowl.  Please check it out.

Vanesapolo also brought another of her designs, a scarf.  This design should be up on Ravelry, soon.

Amigirl joined us tonight, and it was wonderful to see her again.  She brought a newborn hat that she was knitting on 4 dpns.  There was some complicated story about where her size 3 circs were.  I can only say that it involved an UFO.

The hat was really pretty, I think she called the pattern the Sprout Hat by Melissa Goodale, and she is using yarn by Hazelknits.

Hvrdmnky made it before we had left.  I must say that once she showed up, we had a very interesting discussion about the Twilight books and movies in anticipation of the final movie's release this week.  I believe that Anerenbe and Hrvdmnky were the only two of our group who admitted to actually seeing the other movies.  Too funny.

Anyway, Hvrdmnky brought her beautiful Barndom by Stephen West.

You can't see the sparkle in this beautiful shawl, but the Christmas themed colors are visible.  I can't wait to see the FO.

So, a small group tonight, as we were missing some friends who were sick (skeinherder), working (GwenS, Ellyol, Allifer), on vacation (Wajai), or busy elsewhere (Chockelet).

We talked about meeting on Tuesday, November 20, next week, rather than the day right before Thanksgiving.  Please be sure to check the discussion threads for that information.  Also, if you can make it tomorrow at 2:30, we are doing High Tea in Redmond.  There is a thread with the restaurant's name and address in the Group on Ravelry.

Stay safe and well.
Yours,

f1bercat
shaping the planet with stitching buddies.