Knitting Retreat

April 28th and 29th was our knitting retreat and fun was had by all. We met up at the Green Hills Hampton Inn and even Ann Shayne joined us for Saturday's class. We learned some wonderful techniques. Saturday was the Fair Isle Tam and Sunday was the Gansey technique. There were 20 of us for the Fair Isle class and the color choices for the tams were very diverse. We learned how to knit two colors at a time, one in each hand and we learned some wonderful cast-on methods. Sunday's Gansey group was a tad smaller but again we learned some new techniques.


Beth Brown-Reinsel was a very patient and accomodating instructor and she was a joy to have as class instructor. We even took a moment to share the Parthenon with her Saturday evening, so she could see a little bit of Nashville.

One of the things we learned on Saturday was the corrugated ribbing. You can see an example of that on this tam, purple and orange make such a wonderful contrast and you can really see it.






Below are some pictures of the tams, some finished, some in progress.
























Below are some pictures of Sunday's group.

March 2007 meeting

We had a good crowd in March. 14 attended of which 2 were guests.

Members were: Anne, Alice, Charisse, Liana, Peggy, Eleanor, Sue, Julie, Elaine, Mary, Janet and Joann, the guests were Barb and Kim. We went around the room and introduced ourselves and told a little about our knitting background.

Charisse then called the meeting to order, Liana briefly reviewed last months minutes and Alice gave the treasurer report.

Charisse announced that she is with child and due late August.

We discussed events such as Beth's class and the Fiber Fest at Montgomery Bell the weekend of March 23-25.

During Show and Share, we saw the following from the group:

Keep in mind, if there are underlines below, it is a clickable link.

Alice: Easter dress for niece, Robin's pattern.

Ann showed us a Fair Isle sweater that she had been working on, it was beautiful. She is also working on a shawl using Schaeffer yarn.

Peggy was working on a sock using self-striping yarn.

Sue is one of the Falk-Along members and she showed the progress of her Hanne Falkenburg Blue and Off-white Studio Sweater.

Sue is also working on a spring shawl, wavy pattern, using Malva and Tiago yarn in pink & yellow.

Elaine showed us her knitted lace jacket from the Fall 1998 Knitters magazine. She pointed out that there are wonderful patterns in those old magazines, so don't throw them away.

Sue modeled the jacket.

Elaine also shared her red and white norwegian sweater from the Poetry in Stitches book.

Elaine is also working on Mock Croc Socks, a free sock pattern from KnitPicks in taupe wool from a yarn shop in Italy.

Julie was working on Monkey Socks, pattern from Knitty, with Riley yarn by Ruby Sapphire.

Barb, a guest to the guild, but you can find her at most knit-n-stitch get-togethers, is working on a swing coat for her granddaughter using Blue Sky Organic Cotton as well as a mitred square afghan using Boku.

Kim, another guest to the guild, was working a Cardigan for Arwen using Karabella Aurora 8 yarn. Pattern is from Interweave Knits, Winter 06.

She is also working on a sock, Oktoberfest Sock Kit, the sock is supposed to look like a mug of beer with foam on top.

Mary was working on a Modular Throw using Jo Sharp Cascade 220, Julie.

Joanne was working on her lace shawl made from Louey silk, a sweater for her grandson using organic cotton and socks.

A picture of Joanne's lace shawl.

Charisse showed off her project using the new Denim yarn.

Liana showed the multi-colored hat, Ollie from KnitWhits, the knitted cupcake she received for her birthday and the silk scarf.

February Monthly meeting

It was a small group this month. 4 members and 1 guest.

During Show n Share, Charisse showed off her multidirectional scarf using Mountain Colors "Montana" from a free pattern from the internet.

Janet (guest) shared her Icarus shawl from Interweave Knits, Summer 2006, using a kid merino yarn "Crystal Palace".

Joanne shared her almost finished blue sweater, Raindrops, using a merino wool/silk combination yarn. It was lovely and we loved the buttons she chose for the sweater as well. She also shared a lace scarf in burgundy color and the Calorimetry from Knitty.

Marjorie shared her navy top down sweater using Nany Calmer, Alice was casting on a lime green dress for her niece and Liana shared her almost finished 2 socks at a time (Mock Croc socks) using Knitpicks merino wool/silk combo and also a lace scarf using 100% silk.

Eventually pictures of objects will be added so stay tuned.

Charisse, Alice and Joann are starting a Falk-a-long. The Diva sweater from Hanne Falkenberg.
See it here.

January Monthly meeting

A good time was had by all and we had some beautiful items in the Show and Share.
Elaine was working on a beautiful mohair lace scarf for a going-away co-worker from a pattern from the book Victorian Lace Today. Kay was working on a Tunisian Crochet baby blanket. Peggy was knitting a pair of socks as was Liana who was knitting 2 socks at a time on one circular.