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  • Knitting Day in Bowie–Tropical Storm Edition

    Today we had our monthly gathering at the Borders Books in Bowie. Despite the threat of bad weather from Tropical Storm Hanna, we had a good sized group today, including one newcomer. Welcome, Ann!

    Click on the picture in the gallery to embiggen the photo!

    As for me, I picked back up on the brown ripple afghan today. Marie has kindly offered to help me with my ends next month, so I am inspired to knit on this project once again! Must keep knitting… Ciao for now, and thanks for a great day, everyone!

  • Bowie Borders Knitting Meetup

    Time: 2:00 p.m.

    Location:
    Borders (in the same strip as Target)
    4420 Mitchellville Road
    Bowie, MD 20716

    Phone: 301.352.5560

    See you there!

  • Knitting Day in Bowie

    baby sweater with sleeve stitches on holders
    baby sweater with sleeve stitches on holders

    Well, I was successful in getting the sleeve stitches onto holders today before knitting group, so here is the latest photo of the baby sweater in progress. It finally looks like a sweater, no? I’m finally seeing a light at the end of this tunnel.

    Now some scenes from today’s knitting group:

    rhoda knitting on the BYOB bag from Knitty.com
    rhoda knitting on the BYOB bag from Knitty.com

    Rhoda knitting on the BYOB bag from Knitty.com

    Jo knits a shawl from handspun yarn
    Jo knits a shawl from handspun yarn

    Dina is camera shy
    Dina is camera shy

    (Dina is our new group member. She didn’t want her picture taken, but here she is!)

    Lola knits a sweater
    Lola knits a sweater
    Marie was knitting and sharing her book stash--thanks!
    Marie was knitting and sharing her book stash–thanks!
    Me knitting on my baby sweater
    Me knitting on my baby sweater

    Lola saw that I posted on Ravelry to Jo the other day, asking if she had a drop spindle that I could play with at group today. Jo said no, she didn’t, but then Lola surprised me with this:

    drop spindle with fleece and first attempt at spinning yarn
    drop spindle with fleece and first attempt at spinning yarn

    A drop spindle to play with and a bit of roving! I tried for quite a while to make yarn tonight and it was interesting to say the least. It looks so easy when I see others doing it! Maybe I’ll have to ask Lola to give me a lesson or two. I’m thrilled that she’s letting me borrow this spindle before I buy my own, though… it’s good to figure out whether I can even do it first. So far I’ve had yarn falling apart and lots of spindle crashing to the floor stuff, and very little yarn stuff, but I think I’ll get there. Wish me luck, and what a great afternoon it was. Thanks again, ladies! I had a great time.

  • Something I Noticed at Knitting Group Today

    Everyone was knitting socks:

    group of hands all knitting socks

    Even me!

    me knitting toe of sock

    And the thing is, even though we were all knitting socks, we were all doing it differently. Shelley was knitting top down on DPNs. Lola, who happened to be knitting way cool purple socks, was doing top down on two circulars. Rhoda was doing a second striped sock top down on magic loop. And me? I’m doing one toe up on magic loop. Isn’t it great how the same thing can be done in so many marvelous ways? That’s the coolest thing about knitting to me. I’ve learned that there’s no right or wrong. I don’t have to be concerned that my hands won’t work a certain way to use this certain tool or that certain method. There’s always another way. And that’s cool!

    Shelley and Lola

    Shelley and Lola both like spinning and had lots to talk about. Lola reported that she just got a new spinning wheel.

    Lola and Rhoda

    Rhoda knits away on her second striped sock. Looks like she’ll be done soon!

    I of course could not get out of the store without buying another book. More on that tomorrow.

  • Bowie Borders Meetup

    4420 Mitchellville Road
    Bowie, MD 20716
    301.352.5560

    2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

    Visit this page for a map and directions

  • Not Too Hot for a Knitting Day

    winding the yarnbarf into a ball

    It is uncharacteristically hot for this early in June in these parts, and some folks on some of my knitting groups are complaining about how it’s too hot to knit. No! It’s not! I can attest to that. My Bowie group met today for our usual first Saturday of the month meetup. And it was such a good time that most folks stayed beyond the two hours I usually allot.

    Lissa came all the way from the other side of the Potomac to help me untangle my yarn woes! And she stayed at it for about three hours, too. Amazing! The hank was in such a mess though, I’m sorry to say, that even after all that, it still wasn’t done. Oh my, why am I so clumsy with my yarn? Not to worry, though… my dear friend Rhoda volunteered to take it home and keep winding. (She said her daughter actually likes to do these things… I don’t get it, but more power to her!

    Speaking of Rhoda:

    knitting a sock

    She’s back! After having foot surgery a couple of months ago she was finally able to join us again. Rhoda is my main knitting buddy and I have sorely missed getting together with her, as we have somehow managed to do every couple of weeks over the last couple of years. Here she is knitting a sock from some Opal yarn that I covet!

    yvonne knitting shell top

    This is Yvonne, our newcomer for this month. She is a wonderful teacher of amazing second graders, and she is making the fabulous Frock Camisole
    from the Spring 2008 Interweave Knits. Lissa, who had showed Yvonne how to pick up stitches without a crochet hook, really coveted the yarn, which I forget what it is. Yvonne returned the favor by showing Lissa how to do a gusset in the tank top she’s working on (demonstrating with Rhoda’s sock). Aren’t knitters great? This is one of my favorite parts of knitting group–that everyone learns from each other.

    jo knitting socks from her own handspun

    Jo came along and was knitting away on a purple sock (which I, as a lover of all things purple, drooled over). We all practically squealed when she said that the yarn was her own handspun. It was surely gorgeous! Spinning is something that eludes me but I admire people who can do it! Go, Jo!

    marie

    And this is Marie, who brought along a baby sweater and hat that she was working on with some red and white yarn. We all agreed that it would make an ideal Christmas sweater. Now Marie just has to meet some lucky baby to give it to!

    We survived the scorcher of an afternoon with good friends, good air conditioning, and plenty of slushy cold drinks from the coffee shop. I already can’t wait until we meet again.