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Some have started this project and some haven’t… no...

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:42:00 -0400

extra rows to pattern on one side

right side of slit

left side of slit

folded handle, opened

folded handle, closed

Some have started this project and some haven’t… no worries… I figured I should at least be working it out to pave the way for the rest of us.

Here are some photos of the Herringbone Clutch that some of us are knitting together. I decided to use WigWam by Colinette. Even though the color seemed like it was weak when viewing the skein… when knit up it I love the color and feeling to it. The stitch is so beautiful that I don’t think one can go wrong with any yarn choice! I knit this while in the hospital last week and made some mental notes… oh do I wish I wrote them down because now it’s tough to remember but I’ll give it a try.

I started this project a few times because I couldn’t understand how it was supposed to work. The pattern says to work the Herringbone stitch pattern for 16 rows before shaping for the clutch handle… each direction of the arrow (herringbone) is 12 rows… so this meant that working 16 rows would be a complete first side of the arrow but only 1/3 of the other side of the arrow.

So smarty pants (me) looked at the photo and didn’t like how my version compared to it and decided to work the total of 24 rows before working the rows for the creation the handle for the clutch. Well…. of course this meant more rows resulting in the second side of the arrow being much longer than the first… not supposed to be.

But when I folded it.. you couldn’t detect this difference. I decided that I like this approach and kept it even though it was incorrect according to the pattern… here’s why: I liked the wider handle this gave me for the handle AND I felt that the pattern ‘looked like’ it was ending at the end of the Herringbone pattern instead of midway.

Another observation… the tension of the two sides of the slit for the handle is different… this happens all the time in knitting… we see it in socks, necklines, mittens etc. I’m not going to worry about it and tidy it up with some extra stitching in the end.

I have completed close to the whole front side. This is a lot of knitting because of the slip stitches in the pattern. When stitches are slipped they don’t advance in rows… so two rows need to be worked to advance one row. I do think it’s worth the extra work though… can’t wait to get to the embroidery.

Some of the recent finished objects in our classes! See captions...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:10:45 -0400

Julie's sweater front view

Julie's sweater back view

Maria's springy scarf

Stacey's Shawl

Stacey's headband

Sue's vest finished and complete with cr

Some of the recent finished objects in our classes! See captions for details.

Introducing Jessica!

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:23:30 -0500

Jessica is a new member of the In Stitches family. She is an expert knitter, writer, web maven and Ravelry member. She started working at In Stitches today and we will be seeing her quite a bit I hope. Check out her very fun sock in the previous post. Jessica’s Ravelry pen name is ‘Curlygirly’.

Some of today’s projects…. Jamie’s sock from...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:19:04 -0500

Some of today’s projects…. Jamie’s sock from beautiful hand-dyed yarn… Jessica’s electric sock… and Mary’s knit-sculpted, felted bag. All amazing!!!

Wow… what a holiday!!! We had cupcakes from Melita (Jean...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:13:15 -0500

Wow… what a holiday!!! We had cupcakes from Melita (Jean and Tom’s daughter)… Cookies from Sue… more cookies from Stacy…. dutch chocolate from Judi…. coffee from Mary… and red velvet cupcake delights from Jamie!

And here's another bunch...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:51:34 -0500

In this post, Patti’s pink cowl and mittens. In the post just before, Kristen’s fair isle hat, Cathy’s sheep sweater, Lynn’s Habu scarf and Barbara’s finished green tunic!

Photo

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:24:00 -0500

Kristen's Fair Isle Hat

Cathy's Sheep Sweater

Lynn's Habu Scarf

Barbara's Green Tunic

The Queen Bee! Isabella Rosalini with her pink boa!

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:07:58 -0500

The Queen Bee! Isabella Rosalini with her pink boa!

Some fp's (finished projects) from Tuesday!

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:10:00 -0500

Sue’s vest is well on it’s way… with a crochet primer under her belt this afternoon… she’ll be finishing the trim by next week. The only choice left is which fabulous button shall she use? And Maria’s felted crochet bag is confection…. I mean perfection!!

Also, a few more…

Patti finished her pink mittens (darn, no photo)

Mary’s bag is beautiful!!!! But we’re waiting until the buttons are on before posting.

… and we’re all drooling over Kristen’s fair isle hat!

more soon..

Special Visitor...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:04:17 -0500

Jethro joined us for knitting on Tuesday morning! And he was quite a celebrity..

Oh yeah…. Lynn was there too :)…

A.D.Y.D.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:52:36 -0500

Attention Deficit Yarn Disorder!

crazy for crochet, I guess :)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:32:12 -0500

Found this on a Vogue Facebook post… I think it happened in NYC during Vogue Live…

Yarn bombing at DeCordova!

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:20:44 -0500

Cure 'Empty Net Syndrome'...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0500

Cure 'Empty Net Syndrome'... :

a call to action for needlearts designers… this means you :)

(click title above for link to site)

From Judy :)

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:15:23 -0500

Thought we might tackle this if knitting ever palls……

This is from Finland. Granny square project went on for a one year and blankets just kept coming. All the blankets were sewn together and laid down on the steps of Helsinki Cathedral church. The blankets were donated to the needy after the project was over.

Anniversary Sweater #2

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:51 -0500

January 10, 2012…. ‘nuf said :)

Katie deciding on the next knitting project....

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:28:13 -0500

Judi’s pet monkey deep in thought in the closet!

Some fp's (finished projects) from today!

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:26:44 -0500

Kristen finished some mittens for her trip to Colorado… great color and beautiful cabling!

Judi is working on another set of star placemats that will be felted… this is the ‘before’ image.. we’ll catch the ‘after’ photo after they’re felted.

Crochet as Playground

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:05:21 -0500

Check out this sculpture park in Japan where the kids are allowed to play and climb…. and it’s all crocheted!!

Visit this blog for more info…
http://playgrounddesigns.blogspot.com/2011/10/playground-crochet-by-toshiko-horiuchi.html

The South End Knitters

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:12:54 -0500

Participants in the DeCordova Biennial this year. Check out what they’re up to…
https://www.decordova.org/south-end-knitters