Ice Cream, Tri'Coterie, and Knitting

Hello:

Eastside Stitchers met at Crossroads tonight for some ... healthy... ice cream treats, and yummy yarn.

We had a nice size group, partly because we are just awesome, but partly because we had some guests.  Maylin, of the gorgeous Tri'Coterie Designs (including the beautiful wingspan) and beautiful yarns was in town for a Cat Bordhi retreat.  Maylin and our own Hrvdmnky attended the retreat, and then local members of the Tri'Coterie Group on Ravelry stopped by our knitting group to say hi to Maylin, and get a chance to see some of the yarn up close.  Hrvdmnky often knits with Tri'Coterie Yarns, and designs for the label.

GwenS finished the Aviatrix (except for weaving in) she is making for a friend's baby shower this weekend.  The color is really purple, the yarn is Debbie Bliss Cashmerino.  What a luxurious hat.

Hrvdmnky was almost finished with a new sock, "Grape Sock."

Skeinherder has finished (all but weaving in) her Footsies.

She also brought her finished Rasta Bag.  She still needs to put in the lining, she brought 2 choices, but the knitting is finished.  Another Malabrigo March project finished.

Colleen is making great progress through her donated stash of fun fur with this very pretty pink fur scarf.

I asked Colleen how her baby sweater is going.  She closed her eyes, and just shook her head, no.  I dropped the topic.

Chockelet brought a new incarnation of her attempt at a Charlotte's Web Shawl.  You might remember that she did a spectacular frog last week of her first attempt because the yarns were just not doing it for her.   This one is with two colors of Madelinetosh Tosh Marino Light, French Grey and Pop Rocks (guess which yarn in the photo is which), and a skein of Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in Boheme.

She also brought a new shawl, Sundry, also being knit in Madelinetosh Tosh Marino Light (is it Mad May? I think so).  The colors for this shawl are not pink, but rather Red (Tart), and Gray (Tern).

WireKnitter  brought a beautiful sweater, Pebble, by Laura Aylor, in "Logwood," also a Madelinetosh yarn, this one Tosh Pashmina.

I don't know how well you can see the stitches in this photo, but the "wrong side" or inside of the sweater is really beautiful.  WireKnitter thinks the sweater will be reversible, and I agree.

Our Celebrated Guest, Maylin, was working on a mobius cowl (what else would you  be inspired to make at a Cat Bordhi retreat?) in her own gorgeous yarn.  The colors are Iron Throne and Frost.

Congratulations are due to Hrvdmnky who announced that she is expecting GIRLS!  I expect to see quite a bit of pink around the tables at Crossroads soon.

I won't say who was eating the ice cream.  Just that they used the excuse of needing calcium.

We missed all our members who couldn't make it tonight, and hope to see you next week.  Remember, we need to discuss the North Sound LYS Tour.  And we missed our East Coast member.

Peace,
f1bercat
shaping the planet with some ice cream envy.

West Coast Eastside Stitchers Miss East Coast Eastside Stitcher

 

 

Hello:
We went from what looked like a pretty nice day, to big rain and wind, then by the time the Eastside Stitchers met at Crossroads Mall tonight, back to a pretty nice evening.

We had a nice group, but we were missing our buddy, Redbird1, who is now our East Coast member.   CathyC was there, but left before I could take a photo of her Potato Chip Scarf.

Wajio was trying to work on what she learned in her Vogue Knitting Live, Seattle Bellevue class on Lace Knitting with Beads. 

Colleen was making good progress on a scarf for the YMCA Charity sale.

Hrvdmnky was knitting her beautiful socks made with the wild pink and black yarn dyed by her friend,  Tri'Coterie.

Anerenbe is almost finished with her Yvaine shawl. 

Skeinherder brought her There and Back Again Socks, by Dawn Hansen. These are being knit in Malabrigo Sock. 

She also brought her Donnie's Hat, also in a Malabrigo Yarn.

VanesaPolo also brought a variety of projects.  She has finished her new hat.  This is the one in the Yak Yarn.

We got to see her new fingerless mitts (also her own design).

she brought a Potato Chip Scarf she is knitting for her mother out of some blingy yarn.

VanesaPolo also brought things from the classes she took at Vogue Knitting Live.  She took classes in sewing zippers in your knitting, as well as seaming.

zipper front

zipper back

Look, it opens:

Tara1682 was not working on the beautiful Cloisters Wrap she is knitting for her Grandmother.  Instead, she was working on her Cobble by Kitman Figueroa.

WireKnitter was knitting a V-neck sweater.  It has a set in sleeve, that is knit in.

Before the night ended, Hrvdmnky had finished her socks:

ok, back to my Sock Madness knitting.

Peace,
f1bercat
shaping the planet with prolific knit buddies.

can you see the wind?