Thursdays Are For Knit Group

Today, we were treated to creativity plus at knit group. Sandy's sister Sue - I call her bag lady Sue -

is in town to hitch a ride to the K.W. Knitters Fair on Saturday. Of course she brought with her some of her fabulous hand knit, felted bags.

Gob smacked I was. Who has the brain to think these things up and then the hands to create them? Obviously not me.

Not to be outdone in the creativity department was Ingrid. This beautiful piece was knit by Ingrid's daughter.

Boy, my DNA sure got short changed. I missed out totally on a creativity gene such as these and also the knitting-daughter thing. How unfair is that?

We now return to normal knitting. Bonnie - remember until this time last year, Bonnie the life-long knitter, had never knit anything for herself - finished her brown denim sweater. Another nice fit, Bonnie.

And Sandy, sister of bag-lady Sue, finished another baby outfit.

It's very nice Sandy. Don't compare yourself to your sister. Really, please don't. Your baby outfit is very nice.

Choices

Let the fun begin. The colour work portion of my Elizabeth Zimmermann's 50th Anniversary Sweater has begun.

Row one of the yoke pattern calls for one row- and one row only- worked with a 'surprise' colour. Meg Swansen describes this 'surprise' colour row as being 'optional'. My option, because I think surprises of that sort are fun, was to include that row. But, what colour will surprise against my caramel background?

Like Denise of Needles and Pins, it took some time to decide. I looked at a few.

Green. Very nice. Calming, inoffensive. Think of a walk in the woods.

Lilac. Soft and feminine. Think of a flower garden.

Navy. Great contrast but a bit masculine. Think of a guy's sweater.

Black. One of my favourite colour combos- caramel and black. Think sophistication. Before I started the selection process, I was sure black was the colour I would prefer.

But in the end, I chose - red.

After all, it's meant to surprise.

Dorothy And Her Socks

Friday night, I finished Dorothy's socks - just in time for her Saturday visit.

Yarn - Regia Flusi
Needles 2.25mm
I cast on 68 stitches and worked a 2x2 rib for 2 inches. Then deleted 2 stitches to make a multiple of 6 and worked a 5 x 1 rib down the leg and on the top of the foot.

Remember me saying that I chose the yarn because it 'looked' like Dorothy? Cheerful and fun-loving? Here's what I meant. This is Dorothy, modelling her new socks.