Another Month of Sundays

The Valentine's Cloth is complete and now it is on to March's selection from KrisKnits.  I plan to knit up several large cloths and smaller cloths.  Lovely patterns and easy too!

As each month progresses, I will be updating this post.  So stay tuned!

Anyone interested in knitting these cloths is welcome to stop by Sunday afternoon at the shop and get started!

Shamrock Cloth Progress

The Shamrocks are starting to magically appear!

Shamrock complete despite some Leprechaun Mischief!
Another Kris Knits charmed pattern!

Now it's on to an Easter themed cloth!

A beautiful lace egg washcloth pattern by Obsidian Kitten

Oh such Hippity, Hoppity Fun!  Enjoyed this lacy knit so much I've made two in short order.  There is plenty of yarn left to make a set of four. Learned some interesting new stitches - a 4 stitch decrease, a 3 stitch cluster and a new way to knit an M1 (make one - a 1 stitch increase).  

After completing this set, it will be on to April's selection in a nod to Arbor Day -  Twining Trees by Sarah Bradberry.  Cables will be the lesson here. As soon as I select the yarn, I will post a picture of the start.

The Easter Set is complete so there was still time to make some more Shamrocks!  I used KrisKnits St. Patrick's Day pattern in the smaller cloth size and they make excellent coasters.  A very quick knit and I should have a set of four ready to use on the big green day!

Enjoyed a wonderful St. Patty's Feast of Corned Beef Brisket and the fixings and still had time to start one last cloth for March.  I chose a spring theme - a butterfly floating over a field of lacy eyelet.  This pattern is by Rachel van Schie and this and other lovely patterns can be found HERE.  You can just see my butterfly starting to take flight - she should be ready to set free at the end of the next 'therapy' session!


My completed Butterfly took flight in the garden!

I will be continuing this monthly series but not on this blog.  You can follow my Month of Sundays on Lori's Frames, Fibers & Frills Forum under the discussion thread titled 'A Month of Sundays (Wash Cloth Therapy).

A Month of Sundays

One month into the New Year I’ve finally decided on a knitting resolution for this year -  knit up at least one themed washcloth a month knitting at Lori’s on Sunday from 2 PM to 4 PM.  So in a month of Sundays, one washcloth is certainly plausible.  I find this kind of knit very relaxing and I love to watch the pattern develop so quickly plus there are so many cute and fun FREE patterns available.  

Kristen Knits is a site I found through Ravelry that is extremely creative.  She offers free patterns and sells some wonderful assortments of cloth set patterns at very reasonable prices.   I will be knitting several of her designs including a mystery Halloween cloth.

Here is my Month of Sundays Schedule and the completed projects pictured which illustrates that anybody can do this!

February: A KrisKnits Valentine Surpise Cloth 

March St. Patrick’s Day (a KrisKnits shamrock pattern) Washcloth & Coaster

KrisKnits Small Shamrock Cloth/Coaster

'Coasting' until the Big Day!

March Easter (a lacy creation by ObsidianKitten)

March Bonus Pattern: Lacy Butterfly Dishcloth by Rachel van Schie 

Butterfly beginning to take flight!

April Arbor Day (a beautiful twining tree pattern)
May (A Field of Flowers KrisKnits Cloth)
June (A Father’s Day KrisKnits)
July 4 (A patriotic knit not yet selected)
August (A Dog Days of Summer Dog Day Print Cloth)
September (An Autumn Equinox Moon & Star Illusion Cloth)
October (KrisKnits Mystery Cloth)
November (Happy Turkey Day Cloth)
December  (A KrisKnits selection)

I welcome company and will keep you posted on each cloth -

Happy Knitting and Crocheting!

Ellen

Forest Path Shawl

In June, a group of us got together at Lori's to start a summer project. Lead by Athena, we all casted on to make the Forest Path Shawl. (the best pictures I have found on a finished Forest Path Shawl can be found here)

The start was a little slow going, getting comfortable with the pattern, the charts, and some of us had to also get acquainted with lace weight yarn as well......but everyone seems to be progressing each of us at our own pace.

After the first tier the shawl starts to take shape and you can see the different panels start to work together.

Athena is now working on the border and on the home stretch. Seeing a Forest Path Shawl in person is enough to keep us all motivated and inspired to continue our journey.

Stay tuned for updates and postings of finished projects. This is a project that is engaging, at times challenging, still very rewarding as it starts to develop through your hands.