Friday, November 18, 2022, Issue 272: Happy Friday....What is on your needles?

• Posted on 17 November 2022
• By Susan Wong-Tsang
• Posted in Fall Knitting, Gift Knitting, KAL, knit-along, November 2022, sweater weather
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It is cold out there today so it really feels like sweater weather out there! We are not always wearing out hand knits during our Tuesday Knit Afternoons but because it is sweater weather, this week six of the group had on either a hand knit sweater or skirt!

From left to right: Debbie (Debbiegodfrey) is wearing her Koivua by Caitlin Hunter; Jocelyne (jocblais) is wearing her Ranunculus by Midori Hirose; Marilyn is wearing her knit skirt (not sure of the pattern); me (sue2knits) I am wearing Fireworks by Marie Green and Swirl Skirt by AnneLena Mattison; Jan (mrsjanknits) is wearing Compass by tincanknits; and Debbie (swifty849) is wearing her Elizabeth the First from Alice Starmore’s Tudor Roses Book.

Just before we were leaving, Debbie said she had her hat which I didn’t get a photo of and Jan put on her mitts! The pattern she used is The World’s Simplest Mittens by tincanknits.

Sometimes winter catches you by surprise and you need a pair of mittens, quick! These are a perfect quick knit or a blank canvas for mitten fun! The World’s Simplest Mittens by tincanknits is sized for toddler (child, adult S, M, L) and includes the instructions for any weight and gauge of yarn.

Alexa of tincanknits made this marled pair following the worsted weight instructions holding a strand of worsted weight yarn held double with a strand of mohair.

Their helpful tutorial can be found HERE.

Ysolda Teague’s Musselburgh is a favourite hat pattern that includes 9 gauges for yarn weights between light fingering and DK and 6 sizes. Are you an adventurous beginner looking to grow your skills? Use the pattern to learn how to knit a hat from the top-down: clear directions and linked tutorials are included.

In what is essentially a three step project you’ll start with a centre-out cast-on and increase for the first crown; the next part is a beautifully meditative knit (perfect for those zoom calls!) of stockinette in the round; finally, you will finish off the hat by mirroring the initial shaping with decreases. This simple canvas is perfect for exploring your creativity through yarn choice, stripes or colour blocking. The hat is fully reversible, so working each half in a different colour or stripe sequence can turn it into two completely different hats in one.

Yarn
Heavy laceweight to DK weight yarn.
Exact yardage will depend on size, gauge and yarn used.

This is Oddlyhappy’s Musselburg which knit using Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in 3 colours.

FOs and WIPs

My Easy V by Caitlin Hunter is finished and blocked that I knit using my hand spun yarn!

Here’s the back…I knit the size 3 and the before and after blocking measurements are pretty close. My sleeve cuffs are 7.5 inches so snug to my wrists the way I like them. I knit my sleeves to a 15 inch length and the body length is 11 inches which on me is not cropped. I have not calculated the spun yardage that I used yet.

MC: Ashford Montage
CC1: SweetGeorgia Corriedale in Midnight Feast
CC2: SweetGeorgia Polwarth+Silk in in Tofino Roadtrip
CC3: Ashford Corriedale Sliver in White

One sock is finished and the other started on my Lonely Forest by Caitlin Hunter socks! I did forget to knit the last 4 rows of the chart on that first sock…not sure I am going to frog back to fix it! Yarn - The Fibre Co. Amble held double with Garnstudio Drops Kid Silk.

KNIT GROUP AND GALLERY

Here’s what’s currently going on:

The newest Knit-Alongs are:

Caitlin Hunter (Boyland Knitworks) KAL. Choose from the Ninilchik Swoncho, the Koivua or Koivua Light or any pattern by Caitlin;

and the Knit Any Project: our everlasting knit-along to encourage and support you to knit between now and December 31st.

Don’t forget to post a pic to the finished object (FO) thread whenever you finish a project during the Knit-Along so that you will be included in the next draw! We will also add the option of posting your finished project to Instagram using the #sue2knitskal or #sue2knitscaitlinhunterkal so that I can find and see them!

At the top and above Debbie (@love.knit.spin.weave) is wearing her finished Wavebreak by Rachel Illsley.

Elaine finished the Ranunculus by Midori Hirose that she knit from a Kit she bought from the shop. Yarn is Garnstudio Drops Belle.

Rosemary was inspired when saw Jean had knit one for her granddaughter to knit one for her own granddaughter. Pattern is Stripes! by Andrea Mowry. Yarn is Garnstudio Drops Baby Merino.

Mary Jane brought this for show and tell at the Essex County Library Knitters/Crocheters Group on Monday. This is Fleckit by Kate Davies.

Love the details, and the ribbon sewn down to secure the steeks.

Two pairs and one WIP! Big Diamonds by Christine LeGrow from Saltwater Mittens knit by Mary Jane.

This shawl and the one below are Mary Jane’s Ka’ana Shawlette by Jennifer Weissman both knit with the same colour changing yarn.

She knit one starting from the centre and one starting from the outside of her cake of yarn.

The last one that Mary Jane brought was The Observatory by Kate Davies.

Here’s Paulette (psknitting50)’s Marshland from the Strange Brew book by tincanknits! She knit it to use up a lot of stash yarn!

Jeannie (@jeanniegalt) finished her The Twigs by Junko Okamoto using Garnstudio Drops Flora.

My sister Mary (maryv1981) often frogs a sweater she has knit and worn for a year or so and then knits a new pattern. The yarn here was Cascade Ecological Wool and this is her third finished project using it. The pattern she has used this time is the Carbeth Cardigan by Kate Davies holding it double with Garnstudio Kid Silk.

Here are two pairs of socks that Beverley knit this past summer using her favourite for socks yarn, Zen Yarn Garden Serenity 20. On the left in Frosted Lilac, she uses a Roman Rib Stitch. On the right in Tiger Eye, she uses a Shadow Rib Stitch.

Donna (Donna775) finished this test knit of #fuzzyfeetsocks for Forest City Girls. Yarn is Leo and Roxy Yarn Co. MCS Sock and Mohair/Silk.

Here is Sandi (sandima)’s November Gnome! She used Nice to Gnome You by Sarah Schira.

Hunter crocheted this cool bag out of 2 skeins of Estelle Colourbraid. Now she’s planning to make another one!

Rita (ritz) finished and loved knitting the small size Purl Pouch by Tori Yu so much that she started another one!

Happy Friday, Happy Knitting, Crocheting and Crafting! Keep calm and keep on knitting and making!