It's getting crowded

Our group has held steady at about 19 Stitch Angels each week and today two more people stopped by on their way to get books and asked if they could join! At this rate the library is going to have to expand the room! LOL!

We start this week's show and tell with Jim. He finished his combination knitted and crocheted bag and added a shoulder strap which he demonstrated how to wear it two ways. He has already started another project making a tightly ruffled coil.

Athena continued her bead work belt while Kathy made necklaces. Gerry ran out of yarn to finish her triangular scarf and couldn't find the same dye lot so she bought a completely different yarn and is starting a whole new scarf. Her yarn changes color and design as she uses it to make a pretty patterned scarf with little effort.

Bob keeps plugging away at his knitted blanket. It's going to be a cozy one!

Missy put the finishing touches on her hat in time to model it...

And it looks adorable! She didn't use a pattern, just followed her instincts and it turned out a perfect fit!

Speaking of following instincts, Kevin saw a sweater pattern which inspired him to "go rogue" as he put it.

And now he has this delightful, super bulky pullover which reminds

me of confetti or jelly beans.

Kevin's sister is visiting him from out of town so he brought her along to meet the Angels. Her mother crocheted the hat for her and she looks adorable!

Pat put down her knitting needles and picked up her crochet hook to start a granny square blanket for a grandson. It had been a while since she made her last granny square so between Google and YouTube, she was able to pick it right up again.

Gail is finally on the bind off row of her Geogradient Scarf and it is beautiful! The colors are reminiscent of the seashore. You can almost hear the waves.

Ceil worked on a sweater for herself called Vanilla Sweater. It is knitted seamlessly, from the top down to the cuff and can be tried on as she knits to get a custom fit.

Keiko started another Throwback Pixie Hood with yarn that remained after she completed the vest and hood last week.

Barbara has chosen two complimentary yarns to make the....

Breathe and Hope Shawl by Casapinka. It looks great with the highly contrasting yarns.

Yvonne is using a self striping yarn to make her scarf and didn't notice until it was photographed that it is forming an almost argyle pattern

just by the colors pooling as she knits.

Pam has chosen an acrylic fingering weight yarn that has a touch of sparkle to make the Musselburgh Hat. It starts at the top of the first hat and is knitted down to the cuff, then without binding off, it continues up to the crown of the second hat, decreasing stitches until it is closed. Then one hat is tucked inside the other and you have a double thick, warm hat which can be worn cuffed or slouchy. On the far right is Janna's Dissent Cowl, a pattern which was designed in memory of RBG. It mimics the lace collars she wore over her robes.

Debra rescued this yarn from an afghan she knitted in 1972 when she was a just a teen. She unraveled the wool and soaked in in a no-rinse soap made for delicate fibers and wound it up to make...

little mittens! This is the cuff at the beginning. I'm sure they'll be complete by next week.

I had to drop off a donation to a local yarn store and before I could leave this 100% baby alpaca JUMPED into my purse. Don't worry, I paid for it. LOL! I had a vision of a shawl or cowl that started from the bottom point with an I-cord cast on, then grew upwards with a lace section down the middle and garter stitch wings out the sides. There is a total of 220 yards of yarn between the two skeins I bought and they didn't have any more so I'm limited on how large it will be. I have to admit, this is the fifth or sixth try at working out the correct needle size and tension to get it just the way I see it in my mind.

No one ever said pattern designing was simple.

So I definitely have my work cut out for me. I know what I'll be doing this weekend. Do you?

Have a great week and keep those needles clicking.