Eastside Stitchers Cheer On MsWiz and Rain of Terror

Hello!

Great night at the Eastside Stitchers meet up at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue.

First we are all congratulating our friend MsWiz who was not present because she was at the Westminster Dog Show in New York with her champion Eskimo, Ms. Wiz's Rain of Terror.  Rain won best of opposite sex in the show.  So absolutely exciting!

So, who did show up to knit, and what were they working on?

Skeinherder has finished the first of her Smaug socks.

She was casting on the second sock in the scrumptious Miss Babs Yummy in the "Oregon Mist" colorway.

Skeinherder brought her Christmas Gnome Family, made with the Jolly Wee Elf pattern from Churchmouse Yarn and Teas.  She has finished herself, her husband, and 2 of their cats.  Yes!  Cat Gnomes!

Tara1682 was making French Press Slippers version 2.  She made a beautiful pair for herself already.  I had fun listening to her describe the felting process.

The new ones are still in pieces.

But, she is well on the way to owning two pairs of beautiful French Press Slippers.

Colleen was once again working on her crocheting techniques.  She is making headbands with flowers for an upcoming YMCA fundraiser.

GwenS was working on her Clockwork shawl. She is using yarn from Huckleberry Knits and Periwinkle Sheep.

We had a visiting Stitcher from Canada, Lookout.  No, don't you look out, "Lookout" is the name of our Canadian visitor.  She was working on a pair of socks in a pretty blue yarn from Austermann Step.

Redbird1 was working on her beautiful Biscuit cowl.

Vanesapolo was swatching for a new sweater she is designing.

She was wearing a beautiful Mona's Jacket by Mags Kandis. 

And last, but certainly not least, Hrvdmnky was knitting a second Log Cabin Afghan.

Many of us will be at Madrona this weekend.  I will be there on Friday.  I don't plan to take a class, just hang out and knit (as usual), and perhaps look for yellow sock yarn in the market. A warning to those who might want to join us at Crossroads on this coming Wednesday (Feb 15, 2013), there will be no Eastside Stitchers Fiber Friday as most of us (including me) will be at Madrona.  I hope to see you there.  Please come up and say hi.

Those of you who are sick (there are a few bugs going around here), get well soon.  We missed you.  And once more, Congratulations MsWiz and Ms. Wiz's Rain of Terror on your victory at Westminster.

Peace,
f1berrcat
shaping the planet with stitching buds.

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.