Today's Stitch n Bitch Report!

   This morning, I was the first one to get to Cranberry's. That's not unusual, as I live really close to it. Jan, Bella, and our fearless leader, Kim, also came! We had our breakfast, and got to work on our projects.

   Jan is knitting a beautiful intricate shawl made with yarn that OFL (Our Fearless Leader) custom dyed for her. It also has beads in it, which she is doing in a really interesting way. She was worried about threading over 1,000 beads onto the working yarn; they would probably wear through the delicate yarn. So she knits until she needs a bead, the uses a tiny little steel crochet hook and slides the bead onto it, then uses the hook to remove the stitch from the needle, and slide the bead over the stitch. Then the stitch goes back on the needle. It's working well for her so far!

   Kim is knitting a rug with a big giant circular needle and 4 strands of cotton. It's for our friend Deborah, who is getting married soon, and moving into a new house. The rug is for her kitchen, I'm assuming in front of the sink. It's really thick and soft, and will be a pleasure to stand on while doing >shudder< dishes.  It is a measure of how much love there is for Deb, when Kim knits garter stitch, which she hates ("it's boring!"), and knits with cotton, which she also hates!

  As for me, I'm still working on my granddaughters crocheted sweater. I'm nearly done, working on the second sleeve. After consulting with my expert friends, I will be making the back and two fronts a big longer at the neckline.  I just hope I can get the sleeves to stretch to fit.

   It was very good to see Bella today, she hasn't been able to make it for a while now. She actually wasn't working on a project today, but had brought some yarn to ask for OFL's opinion on it.

   All in all, we had a great get-together, with great food, great friends, and lively conversation! I can't wait for our next meeting. Hopefully by then I will be assembling the little sweater.

   Now for some photos. I have the promised ones of the adjusted sweater pieces, even though they need to be adjusted further. Also, I took one of a different wooden tray table from the set my mom painted. Here goes!

  
  In a later post, I will share photos of the other tables. My mom is a really talented folk art painter. I should devote a whole post to all her various pieces that I have! That's a great idea! I better get to work!