November 2014

November 10^th 2014

Using Leftover Yarn

This was a real mixture of techniques and patterns.

We started with suggestions for patterns from our website:  there are quite a few which only take small amounts of yarn.

Some of the items laid out before the meeting.

Pat showed us a Christmas stocking she had made from a pattern found via Ravelry:

which had then inspired us to make a miniature for the Christmas tree [pattern here]:

We then moved on to demonstrations of some of the suggestions: making flowers, making a cast on rag, and using weaving as a way of incorporating small amounts of yarn into bigger projects.

Then we discussed stripes, using a variety of methods to generate patterns.

Link to random stripe generator

Link to Ravelry page with excellent illustration of stripe knitting

Our pattern this month incorporates stripes into leggings: LEGS

Some of us are also knitting baby blankets for the Norfolk and Norwich Neonatal Unit, and we have patterns for standard gauge and Passap blankets.

Last, but not least, members showed items they have knitted.

Lynn used overlocked rectangles of knitting to combine into an extremely interesting jacket, modelled here by Margaret.

Doris showed how prolific she is as a knitter by producing many items to show,and here she is showing one of the patterns she has used.