#28 - New Coffee Shop: Third Street Stuff

Today we held our weekly knitting gathering at a coffee shop I hadn't had the pleasure of visiting.

Third Street on N Limestone is so unique and awesome. The atmosphere is very different than the other coffee shops in town. My coffee and bagel were delicious! (forgot to photograph them though).


I love the art from the outside to the inside! It's everywhere! Check out some of the art on the outside wall of the building! This type of art is all through the coffee shop and handmade items are sold there too!

Here's the lovely group I knitted with. :) That's me in the white scarf knitting away. :)

Sarah and Sara knitting away!

Jenn and Grace

Matt and Becca

   

Ali learning to knit. :)

Sara and her awesomely completed fingerless gloves!

Amanda :) 

She was the photographer today so no pictures of here today so I stole one from her facebook page so she wouldn't be left out. :)

#27 - Stranded Knitting: Selbu Modern

I have finished and blocked my very first stranded knitting project!

This hat pattern is available for free on Ravelry (click here).

Stranded knitting is so much easier than it looks. You simply leave two yarn skeins attached and knit from the color you need as you go. The other color just floats across (don't pull too tight...let it float loosely behind your work).

Here's some photos of the process. It took me about 3 weeks to finish it (it wouldn't take that long except I kept getting distracted by other projects and of course there's the job...which I'm grateful to have but cuts into my creative time. LOL)

Pattern printed and yarn chosen :) The brown is "bark" and the pink is "cotton candy". Both are from knitpicks and were only about $3 each! Yay for a $6 knitting project!

Contrast band (brown) casted on and first row of pink completed. Stitch markers are your friend! Trust me on this one!

 Ribbing band completed. Stranded knitting begins!  

Hat completed!

Hat completed. Soaking in water to block. Blocking evens out the stitches. Oh my...blocking wool yarn stinks!! Apparently wool releases sulphur when it's blocked and it smells horrible. I guess that's what a wet sheep smells like! yuck!

Hat finished!! :) (still a little damp so no pictures of me wearing it yet)

#19 - Selbu Modern Hat - Importance of Stitch Markers

Three of us in our knitting group are doing a knit-a-long for this hat. You can get the pattern for free on revelry!  (click here) After frogging (taking out the stitches for those of you who don't knit) my hat twice, I've finally got the correct number of stitches and started the colorwork for my hat. :) Today I learned the importance of stitch markers! I've never really done any projects that truly required them until now! They make life so much easier! My stitch markers are the boring ones from the local chain craft store...they aren't nearly as cool as these on Etsy!

Arabian Nights Stitch Markers by LadyDanio on Etsy

Here's my progress on my hat. You can see my boring little stitch markers in there. I've just started the colorwork in this photo.