UFO's No More

 I am so glad I took my camera to our Odd Balls group tonight.   Two UFO's (unfinished objects) are now finished!
Vicki is showing off this absolutely spectacular shawl.  There are two yarns used in this, both being held together as you knit.  One yarn is a designer yarn with great texture, metalics and variations of yarn, and the other is a light weight baby alpaca which is so ultra soft it is like a cloud. 

I don't have the pattern info for this but I am sure you could get it out of Vicki since I am pretty sure she will not be letting this out of her sight for quite some time.

 Happy Camper #2 is me and I finished in a record slow time my little summer cardigan.  It was knit up in Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece and fits good, and has a great drape I think.  Kristen finished hers last month and I just loved how hers turned out so I had to make one too.  This yarn is at the shop in several colors.   Its relatively light and can be lengthened if you want.  I like this length which is what the pattern suggested.

 I thought the pattern was easy to follow but a bit loosely written and easy for advanced beginners - No Problem!   For hours its only stockinnet stitch!  Then the little lace panel which is a row of purl and then a row of knitting two together alternating.  I mean really, you can do this!  The pattern is on Ravelry, its free, called Summer Waves Cardi
Summer Waves Cardi (not sure if this link will work since you need to sign in to Ravelry to dig around, and right now at 5:35 there are 2566 people on the Ravelry sight!   If you want a copy of the pattern drop me a note.  tobascokat@yahoo.com

 Last month Vicki and I each got a skein of the Blue Heron coveted yarn when it was on sale.  Cotton Rayon Seed.  Who knew it was going to be such a challenge to find a pattern for this and we had limited yardage too!   Because of the nature of this textured yarn anything that has a pattern is not really going to show up, so the search began for a open looking pattern with skinny yardage needed for the project.  We only have roughly 400 yards in this ball to work with.

Its funny because we both tried this yarn and ripped out what we started - heck, will this be a ball that we will store away never to be seen again!  NO!!!!  I spent 3 days on Ravely searching for a lacy vest I could use this in and finally found this pattern in an old Vogue magazine Spring Summer 2010 and the projects on Ravelry that others have done just were fantastic.  I thought to myself - this is the pattern for that yarn.   BUT the pattern was only in the magazine, the magazine must have been popular as all get out because everywhere I looked it was sold out.  Finally I located one and it came in the mail yesterday.   Got out my size #15 needles, cast on 82 stitches and now its a wait and see game.  Will this knit up and be a happy vest or not.   If nothing else the color is outstanding and coveted.
Cheers!

Bird Of 4 Stitches

 Heriloom Afghan blocks are popping up all along the knitting table now.   What once was just an idea has blossomed into some of the prettiest knitting ever.  In past posts the patterns for the blocks January - June have been posted and everyone is working on a different color theme.  This first block I believe in July and done in cream but it appears more white in this image.  Vickie, AKA Rilpey the leader and teacher has done this block.

 I believe this block is Elm Leaves or seeds and Candy AKA Fifth Avenue knitter is working in white.

 I think Sara is working cables now with this image, its hard to keep track now - the color is a really rich hare brown.

 Again I believe this is Sara's block, which is January block all finished now.  Lovely work.

 Peggy is trying to beat a deadline for finishing up her afghan, I think this might be July pattern , and it really has so much movement and texture in it that its makes me just want to reach out and touch it, just beautiful, work by Emergency Peggy!

 Postal Peggy has her January block completed too, and  works for the post office but she never goes postal with her yarn when Ripley is there to show the way.  This is the most unusual color and we all are fascinated with it as its so much prettier knitted up than in the skein!   Nice job.

Candy brought some of the coolest dish cloths she knitted in a really cool cotton yarn.  I got gifted one of these and just love it.  We all have the pattern now to make our own.  As a joke the pattern is named Bird Of 4 Stitches.   This is an inside joke and unless you are an Odd Ball you will never know the "real story"!


Cheers!