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June 2009 - June 2010

	June 2010 A new pair of socks for Stephen, well he won't get to wear them for a while because they are on display. The yarn is Fabel.
	Sock Monkeys are addictive - this one has eyes from Polar Knit
	Here is a quick and easy project, I had fun designing this, only a few rejects!
	My latest Sock Monkey Georgette - she has curly hair and that makes her mine. Stephen and I now each have a sock monkey cozy in the car for those take out hot and cold drinks.
	I really, really like my linen sweaters. This is the same design at the yellow one with beads except I used a very simple lace pattern on the bottom, the sleeves and neck line and only used 3 skeins.
	This is one of my holiday projects, I've been wanting to knit a shoulder shawl or shawlette and liked this one because it's square. Each section is repeated four times and so it sits and stays on the shoulders. I used just 3 balls of Sandnesgarn Mini Alpaca on 4mm needles. The pattern is from Knitty and called Frost Diamonds
	Tuesday Night Knit and Chat - March 2010 I took this on one of our Tuesday evenings, the number of people who come to knit, sometimes there is only six of us and then another week there can be twelve. We have a great mix of people, not everyone comes every week but some people do.
	The new Punta Yarn Montoya Beach 100% linen, the label says 20sts to 4ins on 4.5mm needles. I disagree, the bottom of the the swatch was done on 3.5mm, the middle on 3.75mm and the top on 4mm. As I was knitting the swatch I kept pulling on it as it did not look very nice, I decided I needed to knit a second swatch to show what it looked like before I pulled on it and I would wash the original swatch. What a difference after knitting, the stitches are smooth and even and the gauge changed! The washed swatch is a lot narrower. I went with the 4mm needle and on the washed swatch my gauge was 24sts to 4ins.
	This is the first sweater I've knit with the Punta Yarn Montoya Beach. The pattern is from a SandnesGarn book #0803 and calls for Mandarin class with a gauge of 22sts. Because my gauge is 24sts I had to make one size larger then I needed so my finished size was the right size. As I was knitting the back I realize the K1 in the pattern of K4, P1, K1, P1, every 12 rows was a perfect place to add a bead. I had two packets of beads the right colour and I used a crochet hook to put the beads on as I knit the row. When I had completed the front I had two beads left! I changed the neckline, the pattern called for a crochet edge but I just picked up stitches around the neck line and worked a couple of rounds in garter stitch. I can see this as being a favourite sweater especially in the hot summer, it is so light and drapes nicely and I only used three skeins!
	Nicole showed me her sock monkey and I knew I had to knit one. The pattern is free on ravelry, if you haven't joined ravelry yet you should check it out. I changed the pattern slightly, I just added three extra rows as my son always has a large coffee. He chose the buttons, he thought the worn down edges looked like the whites of the eyes.
	I found this pattern for a Christmas ball using left over sock yarn at I was told it looked more like a hackey sack until I put the loop for hanging on, maybe next one I'll put some beads on it
	Gloves from Holli Yeoh's pattern, these were knit by Doreen.
	Quick and Easy Earflap Hat, one of our free patterns using Punta Yarn Meritwist 100% Merino Wool. The wool is so soft.
	The Easy Scarf (another free pattern). I wasn't planning on knitting this scarf but the yarn did not want to be the scarf I had planned to knit. This is a very easy pattern with stocking stitch panels to show off the colours of the yarn which is Punta Mericash hand painted. A blend of merino and cashmere which, according to the label, is a sport weight but my opinion is that it is more like a four ply fingering.
	Ladybug Slippers, aren't they cute! I'd been looking at the Polarknit yarn for sometime and when I saw this pattern I couldn't resist any longer. Polarknit have a great selection of free patterns, just check your gauge, my knitting came up a little bigger.
	The PolarKnit worsted (more like a chunky) knit using our free Chunky Hat pattern, this took just one ball.
	Stephen's Fame Trend sock in progress. I didn't give Stephen a choice of yarn for his socks as I wanted to knit the new Fame Trend for a sample in the store but I felt guilty so I agree to knit the Stephen's Sock pattern. Not a difficult pattern you just have to keep track of 4 rows.
	More PolarKnit using Cabin Fever's Adult Flap Hat, there is an extra flap around the back of the neck. I added the loop to the top thinking my son could hang it up in his workshop - the loop was unpicked after Christmas!
	Charleen in her top down cardigan knit using SandnesGarn Tove. The pattern called for 22sts to 4ins and Tove knits to 24sts so Charleen knitted a larger size. To add some interest there are three small cables of varying heights on the fronts.
	Christmas presents - slippers for my Mum and Mother in Law knit using the PolarKnit. I was knitting the fourth slipper when I realized I hadn't read the pattern correctly. The toes were suppose to be knit in stocking stitch. I have a good excuse - by the time I got to each toe it was usually gone 10:00pm!
	Thursday morning Knit and Chat. Just some of the ladies who come to Knit and Chat on Thursday mornings.
	One of Mum's Christmas presents. Gloves with I-cord so she can take them off and not worry about losing them. I put a small button on the inside of the gloves so that she can take the I-cord off if she wants to.
	Sheila in her first sweater!
	Stephen's socks finished!
	The Dragon Scales Scarf, I had planned to knit this with the Mericash Hand Painted but it did not want to be this. This scarf is knit with the Fame Trend and, I think, this colourways really works well with this pattern.
	The Olympic Torch on it's way through Kelowna. I was walking to work and wondered why there were people standing around on the sidewalk. I don't usually see many people on my walk. As I walked towards the people I realized one of them was wearing the white Olympic tracksuit and hat. Further down the road I could see a slow moving police car with it's lights on. The Olympic torch was on it's way. As I'm walking along watching people with their cameras and phones with cameras I remembered I had my camera in my back pack! Now I have a photo of the Olympic Torch.

	This is a new yarn from SandnesGarn call Duett, it is 55% cotton and 45% wool. The gauge on the label says 22-20sts to 4ins (10cms) on the label. So far Stephen has 18.5sts on a 4mm and 20sts on 3.5mm. My swatch (which hasn't been blocked yet) is 21.5sts on 4mm and 23sts on 3.5mm!
	The Waiting Glove, so called because I had a call from a nice gentleman who said he had my Mum in the back of his ambulance! She had passed out and because she had bumped her head he was taking her to emergency. Once I was reassured she was OK my next thought was - what am I going to knit! I had no knitting at the store, I had been thinking about the new Zealana Kauri 4ply and decided that would be my project - a glove. I picked a pattern off the rack, found needles and a ball of yarn and I was ready for emergency. When I started reading the pattern it turned out this pattern was knitted flat - not going to happen. So I used their number of stitches cast on in the round, finished the ribbing and we still waiting to see the doctor. Worked my regular thumb shaping, still no doctor but a paper clip works as a stitch holder! Mum had blood tests and a cat scan but they could not find a reason why she passed out. I found out I can knit all the way to finger shaping in 6 1/2 hours! I finished the fingers using Bees Knees Knit Guess Who? pattern. I loved this because the little finger is knit first and then you knit two rounds before knitting the other fingers. It fits great and the fingers are longer then they look in this picture - but not much!
	The Snowy Evening Shawl from Queen Anne's Lace was my holiday project this year (June 2009). Although the pattern didn't call for it I added beads using the crochet hook method. The yarn is from Zealana, Kiwi lace weight a bland of merino, possum and cotton. I found this an easy pattern to follow and really enjoyed knitting this.
	Quick and easy wristwarmers made from Sandnesgarn Alpakka and Punta Yarns Mericash another free patterns. I had a booth at our local quilt show and knit the second Mericash wristwarmer on the Friday. I started knitting a pink Alpakka wristwarmer on Saturday but had to rip it out when a lady wanted all five balls of the pink Alpakka I had taken with me.
	Here's a 'manly' scarf knit from the Punta Yarns Mericash, this is a merino/cashmere blend. A nice one row pattern with an I-cord edge. The pattern is one of our free patterns.
	Kathy's Scarf. Kathy fell in love with colour of this yarn when I received a sample skein and she just had to have it! This simple pattern is ideal for the hand pained kid mohair from Punta yarn. The pattern is a simple K2tog, YO pattern, I've added it to our free patterns.
The is my Tech Square Afghan which I will be teaching this fall and winter. It was very interesting to knit and considering that I don't get much time to knit was finished very quickly. I started on March 4 and finished on May 15. I don't usually keep track of my time but because this was going to be a teaching project I kept good notes. The afghan is knit using Sandnesgarn Perfect which is a great afghan yarn as it is 85% wool, 15% poyamid, machine washable and $3.99 for 100m	Holiday Socks! using Trekking XXL the leg of one sock was knit from home to the cottage where we stayed, the other leg was knit from the cottage to Nelson to join the Nelson knit and chat. The heels were turned on the way back from Nelson to the cottage and one foot was knit from the cottage to home. The other foot was knit waiting at various doctors offices! June 2009

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	Here's my Duett sample finally finished and blocked. My tension worked out to 20sts to 4ins on 4mm needles and 22sts on 3.5mm needles. I found the 3.5mm needles a little hard to work on but that maybe because I was using Brittany needle, I would probably have found it easier if I'd used addi Turbo.
	I decided I wanted to teach something different this fall and thought thrummed mittens would be a good idea. I added them to the class schedule and then thought I'd better knit some! Jennifer Appleby's pattern Fuzzy Fingers was easy to follow and the mittens took me a week to finish. I've working on another pair just to make sure I actually follow the pattern and not make it up as I go along.
	This is a new free pattern knit from Punta Yarn Meritwist. A really quick and easy pattern that I knit in one evening!
	With my last order from Fleece Artist I received some Blue Face Leicester Slubby, this is a bulky yarn and I thought I would try and get a wave pattern in the dropped yarn by working first one wrap around the needle, then K1, wrap the yarn twice around needle, K1, wrap yarn three times around needle, K1, wrap yarn around needle twice and so on. Well, I didn't get the wave pattern I was looking for, maybe because of texture of the yarn doesn't allow it to pull through smooth, or maybe my whole idea was just slight off! Anyway, I have a great scarf in soft Blue Face Leicester and an idea for the next scarf. September 2009