Baby clothes everywhere

It was a full house again this week with 19 Stitch Angels in attendance.

Two of those attending today accompanied our friends who drive across the Hudson every week to join us. Alison and Jamya are both new to the world of crochet. Gerry is teaching Alison in the first picture and Jim is teaching Jamya. I remember when Jim first started coming to our weekly sessions, he was just learning crochet and now he's passing his knowledge on to others.

Barbara brought her FO's (finished objects) to inspire us. The first hat is the "Look Out!" Winter hat, a cute little cap with ear flaps that reach down to cover a wee one's chubby cheeks. The center hood is called Hoodola. The designer just updated the pattern which was originally written for adult sizes only to include sizes from baby up to adult sizes. Last week I showed you the start of the baby socks and now they are complete!

Tina finished a cute little pair of socks too. Now she is working on...

a pair of socks for her daughter. She said she really enjoys knitting socks and has learned how to magic loop them two at a time.

I am also knitting two at a time socks from the toe up. If I made them one at a time, I might never get to the second one! SSS (second sock syndrome) is a real thing. ;) These are fraternal twins since I'm knitting from both ends of the ball of yarn which sets up the stripes in a different order.

Anne finished this lovely capelet which I showed you last Friday.

Those colors look great on her!

Now she is working on another shoulder capelet using a gorgeous color from

Plymouth Encore Yarns.

Ooops! I almost forgot to show you Barbara's current project, another Look Out! Winter Hat. This is the single layer version of the 1898 Hat. Both patterns are free on Ravelry.

Pam has a 1,000+ yard skein of yarn to knit her DASHA Blanket. She will probably get more than one blanket out of this much yarn. She told us the pattern is easy to memorize and makes for a pleasant experience.

Gerry's baby blanket uses a chenille yarn. She said she was making it with a single crochet stitch but it was taking FOREVER to grow so she is throwing in a repeating pattern of double crochets interspersed with the SC.

Charlene is knitting a spring sweater for her granddaughter and will be finishing up the sleeves soon. The style is so cute with the flouncy little hem.

Bob added a new color to his blanket this week while Darwin crocheted his with a vibrant red yarn. Edgar's crocheted hat is almost long enough to sew the seams and finish it off.

We double checked and it looks like he has only 3 or 4 inches to go.

Pat's baby blanket is knitted holding two strands of worsted weight yarn together. While not exactly reversible, both sides of the blanket are lovely to see.

Keiko will be returning to Japan soon so she packed her red version of the Cathedral shawl to ship it back home. Until then, she will have a pretty blue one to knit.

Debra started a baby sack using a self patterning yarn. The yarn is dyed in such a way to make a flower accent without having to knit Fair Isle. You just knit according to the gauge and it magically appears!

Tomasa's little hat will have ear flaps knitted into the cuff.

Ceil continues to add length to her lovely Richland Shawl.

It is knitted from side tip to side tip.

Yvonne finished her colorful hat for our November yarn bombing.

A few weeks ago I showed you Tomasa's hat she was knitting with a subtle striped yarn which she jazzed up with a vibrant mohair. Today she told me that subtle yarn was one she dyed herself as an experiment. Now I'm really impressed!!! She finished her hat and wore it today and it looked great on her!

This week starts the Friday Night Fish Fries at one of our local fire stations so I don't have to cook tonight. I love to cook but sometimes it's nice to let someone else do the work. It starts soon so I'll sign off for now. Have a great week and keep those needles clicking!