Boulder Community Knitting

 Hi knitters, Our next meeting will be this Wednesday, March 12, from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library. Giselle will be doing a surprise project this month. You should bring an assortment of needles. This is Giselle's last Community Knitting meeting, as she's moving to North Carolina. We all wish her well and thank her for her years for contributions to the group.  If you're interested, Maggie and Judy will have yarn for sale at the meeting (cash or check only).  Hope you can make it!

Hi knitters, Our February meeting will be this Wednesday, February 12, from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library. We will be making a child's earflap hat, pattern courtesy of Lynn. Please see below for details (click images to enlarge). Hope you can make it!

Hi knitters, Happy New Year and welcome to 2025! Our next meeting is this Wednesday, January 8, from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library.  For January, we have a hat pattern from Barb. You'll need worsted weight yarn and size 8 (5 mm) needles for knitting in the round. Hope you can make it! Pattern by Barb Gardner

 Hi knitters, As promised, here are the last 2 months of square patterns for the 24 in 24 project (go HERE for more information about the project). I hope you had fun with these. I'll format them all together into a single pattern as a New Year's gift for you. But in the meantime, if you want to make any or all of them, you can find the patterns here: January (squares 1 and 2) February (squares 3 and 4) March and April (squares 5-8) May (squares 9 and 10) June (squares 11 and 12) July (squares 13 and 14) August and September (squares 15-18) October (squares 19 and 20) November and December (squares 21-24) below: SQUARE 21: WAVING RIB Cast on a multiple of 6 stitches plus 2. Row 1: P2, (K4, P2) to end Row 2: K2 (P4, K2) to end Rows 3 and 4: Repeat rows 1 and 2 Row 5: K3, P2, (K4, P2) to last 3 stitches, K3 Row 6: P3, K2, (P4, K2) to last 3 stitches, P3 Rows 7 and 8: Repeat rows 5 and 6 Repeat these 8 rows, ending with a row 4 or 8, until piece measures 10 inches from cast on. SQ...

 Hi all,  I'm here with an update on our donations for 2024. (And I haven't forgotten I owe you blanket squares for November and December. Stay tuned!) The end-of-the-year sort yielded: 978 hats 24 sweaters 36 vests 85 scarves/cowls 49 pairs of mittens 162 bears 4 kittens 19 headbands 33 blankets Total items: 1390 It was another great year, and we made a big difference in our community. Thanks to everyone for contributing your time and talents. A special thanks to Twyla’s daughter, who bought all the bags and t-shirts this year.  Enjoy some photos from sorting and distribution!

Hi knitters, Our December meeting will be Wednesday, December 11 from 3 to 4:30 at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library. We will be making the pocket scarf pictured above. You will need to bring about 100 grams of worsted weight yarn in the main color and 25 grams in a contrasting color, along with US 8 (5mm) needles. The pattern is below (click to enlarge). Hard copies of the pattern will be available at the meeting.  And check out Linda's great big collection of little bears to donate this year! Here they are posing for photos and then all packed up and ready to go to some children in need.