One Eastside Stitcher Spins (the rest knit)

2012.03.22

Hello,  f1beristas!

Eastside Stitchers
Last night the  Eastside Stitchers  met, as usual, at Crossroads Mall, in Bellevue, WA.  People started arriving at about 3:30 pm, and well, I'm not sure how late they stayed since I had to leave at 8 pm to go defend a fort.  (Long story, especially if you do not play on-line games).  But, who was there, and more importantly, what were they working on?

In no particular order:

Cleothyla started a pair of lace i phone Mitts.
 She brought her second Brambles Beret, as well,

and this really cool tool for making cord called a Lucet 

Chockelet brought some recently spun yarn to share, some fiber,

AND her drop spindles for a demonstration

MsWiz brought a WIP that I can actually post as it is not a secret.  It is the lace shawl she tried to start a few weeks ago, but couldn't because counting and Eastside Stitchers, do NOT go together.

KateSchechter showed up.  She has been working on some fiberbombing projects in Redmond, WA, and was working on a swatch for a new stripe for one of the trees.

Colleen brought another Fun Fur Scarf.  She is making these for the YMCA's fund raiser.  Did I mention that I saw Colleen at the Y last week?  It was one of those weird seeing your teacher at the mall experiences.  She recognized me right away because I had my knitting bag with me, since I am knitting while riding the exercise bike.  But as she did NOT have any knitting, I had one of those, is that Colleen??, moments.

She also brought another mint baby blanket.  She makes these in super soft yarn for preemies.

Guess what I was working on?  You are right!  Sweater sleeves.

Where in the World is f1bercat?

Today I knit for 6.43 miles and reached 89.1 total miles knit!    On my way south, I stopped by Faith, Fiber & Friends Yarn Shop and Fiber Arts Studio, in Yelm, WA.  

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They have a farm!  16 alpacas, chickens, and a babydoll sheep.    They carry handspun yarns, and process and spin their own fiber from their own alpacas.  They mix it with other fibers, too, like wool, cashmere, and angora.  And that is not all, they also carry a nice selection of "factory" yarns.  The owner, Rustine, is very nice.  Remember, if you stop by, tell her, hi from f1bercat.

and on the big map:


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It's funny, I think I am making progress.  And, then I look at the big map, and I am still all squished up at the top.  Well, nothing to do but keep knitting.  At least I am no longer stuck on the side of the road by   Lewis-McChord.

Yours,
f1bercat
shaping the world, one successful fort defense at a time

(time to go take a nap)

Eastside Stitchers Meet New Friends on Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Good Morning.

I always want to follow my salutation with a cheerful exclamation point (!), but then I think, wow, that looks like shouting, so I go back and edit it out.

But, a cheerful Good Morning to all you stitching cats.  (I really want to call my readers my Kittens, because when I say, Good Morning, Cats, I feel like I'm talking to Jazz Musicians, but I can't decide if calling you stitching kittens or my f1ber kittens, makes you feel too young.)

Enough of this rambling and on to the Eastside Stitchers' Wednesday meet up.

We met at  Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, again, conveniently near the Starbucks, Half Price Books, and JoAnn's.  Convenient, that is, for feeding our coffee, stitch book, and yarn addictions. 

We were missing a few of our regulars, Jenknotsed8 and Chockelet.  Hope they are both feeling well.  We did have two new pairs of knitting needles.  SeattleAmy and Magpel, who normally stitch with a group from Renton, dropped in to check us out.  How fun.  We had to pull up a second table.  It is nice to see our little stitching group growing.

Here are the WIP's and a few show-and-tells that came to Crossroads:



Cleothyla brought two fabulous finished
pieces for Show-and-Tell

her Harry Potter Illusion Shawl

Isn't this amazing?  My youngest son, L, stopped by
for some dinner after ballet (his absent mom was knitting instead of cooking), and kept saying, "how can this be?  how does that work?"

Cleothyla also brought a beautiful beaded bag


She was working on a second Brambles hat, but I was so amazed by the bag and shawl, that I forgot to get a photo!

MsWiz (fresh off the high of her beautiful dog's
Best in Breed victory last week), was starting some lace in a gorgeous handspun yarn.

Magpel was learning socks.  Get this:  she was beginning her first socks ever, Two-at-a-Time, with the Circle Socks by Anne Campbell.  Brave woman.










She did have a great teacher sitting right next to her.

In addition to coaching Magpel, SeattleAmy worked on a Baby Sophisticate Sweater by Linden Down.

Looks like the body is just about finished.

BrainLady also brought a baby sweater, a beautiful cream cabled piece.

Allifer came for the last half hour. She dropped by after work, and was crocheting placemats.  She gave us some story about cleaning her apartment after getting a new couch, and for some reason that meant new placemats for her table.  Makes perfect sense, right?  Have to admit that I love the color.













I was once again working on the Red Hot Sweater I am knitting for my friend, Lewk, who is serving in Afghanistan.  I like to bring this sweater because I have the pattern memorized so I can mindlessly knit it while chatting, taking photos, eating dinner, and drinking coffee.  However, how many weeks have I brought this same sweater?  Not only that, but how many weeks have I brought the FRONT of this same sweater?  I am starting to call this project the "Never Ending Sweater,"  though BrainLady called it the "Slow Sweater."  Ha!

Hope to see those who showed up again next week.  Hope to see more new faces.  There is lots of room at the table in the corner, and if we fill up that table, we will just pull up another one.

Have a great (though cold) day.

f1bercat
shaping the planet one stitching group at a time