OOW Eastside Stitchers Meet and Frog on a Friday Morning

Hello!

The Out Of Work part of Eastside Stitchers can't seem to get enough group stitching in, so we met at Crossroads Mall for a Friday Morning stitch.  What a great way to start the weekend.  Presiding over the table were Skeinherder's Purled Christmas Tree and Jolly Wee Elves.

Some other people were in our usual spot!  (the nerve of them), so we moved to the middle of the mall,  discovered that the lighting was actually a bit better there.


MsWiz brought a variety of WIP's but settled on a lace scarf, once she figured out which row she was on.

Redbird1 cast on 264 stitches to begin a lovely new cowl,  Biscuit by Bonnie Sennott.

Skeinherder was knitting away on a Snug As A Bug Sleep Sack by Robyn Devine in Michigan State colors.

 I am totally making one of these for my brand new niece (more on her later).  And I am very tempted to make the Biscuit cowl, too. 

As usual, Vanesapolo was wearing some gorgeous thing she had knit.  Today it was her Strata Sphere by Sandra McIver in Noro Silk Garden.

She had brought quite a bit of show and tell.  Most were her new designs, so I don't have photos of those as she is not quite ready to make them public (I will be sure to post with links as soon as she gives the ok), but I do have a photo of her finished Habitat by Jared Flood,

 and a finished garter stitch baby kimono.

She was working on a Wingspan by maylin Tri-Coterie Designs with the Noro that was left over from the Strata Sphere.

We had a new Eastside Stitcher join us at the table.  It is so nice to meet new fiber friends.  There is always room for more.  If you are in the Bellevue area on a Wednesday night, or now a Friday morning, stop by, and bring your stitching.

By the end of the morning, Redbird1 had discovered a dropped stitch in her newly cast on cowl (remember that was 264 stitches!).  So, she.....

Ripped it.

Peace,
f1bercat
shaping the world with great friends.

Mini-Eastside Stitchers Meet for Brunch

Hello:

This morning, on the radio, the announcer said that the rain had stopped in Seattle, and while it was still raining in Bellevue (across the lake from Seattle), the rain would soon stop, and it would be a relatively nice day.  LIAR.

As far as I could see, it rained almost all day, and was freezing.  Well, not actually freezing, but not in the upper 40's either.

This morning, some of the Eastside Stitchers who couldn't meet last night got together at Crossroads for breakfast/brunch and some stitching.

Who was there and what were they working on?

There was a bit of colorwork show and tell.  Skeinherder brought some wristers.

And Redbird1 brought her first pair of colorwork mittens.

She was finishing the 2nd thumb.
Redbird1 was just starting a new scarf, Autumn Scarf, by Annie Lee, aka JumperCablesKnitting. 

Chockelet was working on some Ribbed Fingerless Mitts from the Ella Rae pattern book.  Her yarn was Ella Rae, also.

VanessaPolo was wearing the first sweater she had knit, by Stephanie Japel.

and knitting a Habitat hat by Jared Flood.

Skeinherder was working on a pair of slippers, "Easy House Slippers."  When they are finished, they should look like Grinch Shoes.

Redbird1 and Skeinherder both wore their Dropped Stitch Scarves.

Next week on Wed. January 2, I won't be able to get together with the group, so we plan to have a second meet up on Friday, January 4, also.  Hope some of you can make one of those.

Peace.
Yours,
f1bercat
shaping the planet with 2 stitching meet ups.

Eastside Knitters Celebrate Boxing Day

Hello:

I heard a lot of cawing this morning, looked out and there was a murder of crows (that is the name for a flock of crows.  Don't you love it?) in my front yard.   Actually, the above photo is of our neighbor's yard, because when I went outside to try to take a photo of the birds, they all flew across the street.  It was so weird.  Not only were there a ton of them on our grass, but when they flew away, a bunch went over my head as there had been a lot on the roof, too.

Very weird. I felt like I was in The Birds.

Except that they didn't attack.

Tonight, I met up with my Eastside Stitchers at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, as we do every Wednesday night.  We had a smaller group tonight, only needed one table, as some people are out of town, and others were celebrating Boxing Day.

Ok, enough about who was not there, and on to who WAS there.

Hrvdmnky has finished her Pagona  by Stephen West, with just a few inches of yarn to spare.

She bound off tonight.

This washed out photo does not begin to catch the beauty of her yarn.


Wajai was working on some new socks.  She is using the Shur'tugal pattern by Alice Yu.  This beautiful sock pattern uses twisted stitches and traveling stitches. The yarn is Renew Wool by Universal Yarn.  It uses 35% repurposed wool reclaimed from the mill.

2-at-a-time on 2 Circular needles.  I almost always use 2-at-a-time magic loop, and Hrvdmnky said that she likes to make socks 1-at-a-time on dpns.  Go Diversity!

VanessaPolo has started a new hat, Habitat, by Jared Flood (Redbird1's boyfriend).

She brought a friend from across the Lake (Washington) to join us tonight, Fincharm.  She was knitting one of VanesaPolo's designs, the Garter Stitch Keyhole Scarf.

Later on, the two brought out Owls sweaters, by Kate Davies.  They are knitting them in a mini-KAL.

Colleen was knitting a charity scarf for the Bellevue Y.

She was wearing her Irish Hiking Scarf.  The cable work is lovely.

Since she had finished her shawl, Hrvdmnky began crocheting a cowl in a yarn, a merino/silk blend from Fresh from the Cauldron, called "Poseidon."

She had her yarn and hook in a beautiful project bag from Second Avenue Swag, on etsy.com.

That's all for tonight.  I won't be able to meet with the group next week... boo hoo.  But on January 5, I will be celebrating St. Distaff's Day with NwRSA (Northwest Regional Spinners Association) in  Everett, WA at Cavelero Mid High School, in Lake Stevens, WA.

Peace.
Yours,
f1bercat
shaping the planet with friends who stitch.

the sun TRYING to break through the clouds