Yarn Gallery Blog

It has been quite some time since I posted photos here, so I have a million of them.  Some are from before the holidays and frankly, I don’t always remember who the projects belong to so I apologize if I get anything wrong.  For example, here is the danger of saying “Don’t take my picture, just get the sweater.”

Mystery Sweater

Beautiful sweater, isn’t it?  For the life of me, I can’t remember who is lurking behind it, insisting I cut her head off.  Red Queen, that’s me!

We held a drawing from our frequent buyer cards, finally – we drew for 3 $50 gift certificates because it had been such a long time since we did it – and here’s who won:  Jettie Hunt, Margitta Pfleger, and Evie Braun.  Congrats!

I saw Patty Kroppe, a fledgling knitter, out running with a friend the other morning, looking lithe and energetic while I was plodding around the block with the boys.  She stopped (well, she kind of danced around me the way runners do when they don’t want to cool down) and said she had been up till 1 in the morning catching up with this blog and was really inspired by all the great projects everyone does.  Wasn’t that sweet of her to say?  And nice reinforcement for me, too, to keep this up.

Okay, on with more inspiration.  Here are a few of the scarves that Becky Steltz finished before Christmas.  Becky also brought in our first two Cat Hugs – thanks, Becky, for getting the ball rolling.  I’ve only finished one so far, but I hope to  empty two bags of leftovers by the end of March. Becky is also jumping into the Great North American Afghan class – she’s a fearless knitter!

Speaking of Fearless Knitting, I finally got the book in.  It’s a good practice book for anyone who is at brginner or advanced beginner level.  There are only a few projects in it, but if you work through the sections and complete the swatches, you will learn an extraordinary amount about knitting in general.

Geri Kozloff completed this smart little jacket just before the holidays (in black boucle, for Pete’s sake! talk about fearless knitting…)  She loves it (you can see why) and is making a second one in a more casual colorway.

Diane Huddleston completed this little jacket in Como and of course looks adorable in it.

I love this yarn and used it to make this cabled cowl/capelet for my niece.  I know it looks weird but it’s just covering up a big pot at home.  It’s really very cute when it’s on a person. I modified a Classic Elite design to add the turtleneck to make it nice and warm for Manhattan winters.

Barbara Haag used both ends of a ball of Zauberball sock yarn to make a really neat little scarf.  Using both ends blends the colors of this random-striped yarn, without taking away from color effects.  She also bought the little Zecca Pod pin, it was just too perfect.

And here are some socks Janet K made from Zauberball (it’s out of stock but I’m getting more, I promise!).  The label warns you that your socks will not match – random stripes of color! – so I had to laugh when Janet said she drove herself crazy trying to make these socks match each other.  As she said, that’s just the way she is!  She couldn’t do it, and that’s just the way Zauberball is.  They look great anyway, don’t they?

Here are some projects our other teachers finished:

Donna Guthrie made another lace beret.  She’s teaching this hat beginning soon.  It’s beautiful and there are a couple places left in the class:

Karen Walter brought in this crazy looking thing which is the Abstract Leaves Vest with the steeks knit in but not yet cut.  Maybe next week we’ll be able to show it with steeks cut!

And, because of course you can’t knit this intensely all the time, she also was working on other things, such as this wildly pink scarf for her daughter Alex:

Karen Wenrich was in wearing her beautiful latest Napa pullover done in Cleckheaton Country 8-ply superwash wool.  Love it!!!  And so cozy on cold days like we’ve had.  She’s working with a group from Lititz who are all making the Napa as their first sweaters.  Geordie was so happy to see her, he couldn’t let her be.)

And Karen brought this little beauty in, a summer lace and cable pullover she made in Classic Elite’s Cotton Bamboo.  It’s just lovely, design and yarn (and knitter!) Not meant to be worn over a turtleneck of course, but it was just too cold in the shop to take it off.  Poor Karen, she’s in Florida visiting her mom right now, don’t we all feel so sorry for her?

And Linda Dawe, a new knitter who is really doing well, came in with her daughter Amy who’s home from college, and modeled this vest, her first project more complex than a scarf.  She did a wonderful job on it, and is now signed up for our upcoming sock class.

Okay, that’s more or less it for this week. Whew! A reminder that there are spaces available in the Fair-Argyle hat class and the Puzzle-Me-This Jacket class that start this coming weekend.  If you’ve been on the fence, now is the time to call!

Thanks, and see you soon…

Trish