Wednesday, September 26, 2007

September 21, 2007

During today's group we continued to talk about what fun we had at the Knit Out last Sunday. One of our clients learned the broomstick stitch and is making a scarf along with teaching the rest of us how to do this. Many clients have been knitting wool handbags to be felted. We have been building in the strap on both sides of the bag joining the two straps with the kitchener stitch. And I, after watching a tutorial on line and trying many, many, many times, am finally able to teach it! I had a computer set up during this group so that everyone at the same time could share in seeing our map online and see all of the places that have visited our blog. Thanks to everyone for the good wishes. It is inspiring.

Our clients are getting ready for the soon to be cool weather and are making scarves and headbands both for themselves and for their families. Many tell me how excited they are to be able to teach their children when they visit on weekends.


Above: a first project, a washcloth. Each new knitter gets to knit their very own washcloth!
This is the broomstick stitch that our client learned at the knit out. And below is a bag to be felted with the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness.


Above: one of our clients learned flowers at the knit out! She wants to try felting them and use them as embellishments on her felted handbag. And below: this is a scarf that Zelphia, our volunteer, knitted.

Lucia is working on a sweater and Zelphia is working on socks on circulars.
Above: a red fun fur scarf modelled by our client who has been knitting for about three weeks now! Below: Leslie felted her sweater turned handbag.

Above: Welcome Lisa another grad school intern here at IH. She has started her very first project, a washcloth, of course. Below: getting ready for winter!

This yarn is beautiful and our client is making a blanket for her little daughter. Below: very fancy yarn that my camera didn't really capture.

Above and below: more scarves.

Above and below: our handbag collection in all stages of development.