Our next meeting will be Wednesday, March 13, from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library. The pattern for March is this striped and textured hat (pattern below, click to enlarge). You will need about 100 yards each of two colors of machine washable worsted weight yarn and a US 7 or 8 (4.5 or 5 mm) 16 inch circular needle and DPNs. An update/correction on blanket squares: you don't have to seam them yourself, though you certainly can if you want to. Just bring finished squares, strips, or blankets to any meeting, and we'll make sure they all end up becoming blankets! Roylene dropped off 60 hats at EFAA this month. There's plenty of cold weather left this season, so the hats will come in handy for families in need. One more thing - Maggie and Judy from Shuttles will have some yarn for sale at the March meeting, and they will take cash or checks. No pressure, just if you're interested. And here's the March hat pattern:
Hi knitters, Our next meeting will be Wednesday, February 14 from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library. We will be making a simple colorwork hat. If you're not up for stranded colorwork, you can always do the color panel as a simple stripe. You will need machine washable worsted weight yarn - about 120 yards for the main color and 20 yards each of two other colors - and a 16 inch circular needle and double point needles in US 7 or 8 (4.5-5 mm). Here is the pattern (click to enlarge): We also have 2 blanket squares for February. See this post for details about the blanket square project and the patterns for squares 1 and 2. SQUARE 3: CHECKS Cast on a multiple of 4 sts. Rows 1 and 2: *(K2, P2), repeat from * to end. Rows 3 and 4: *(P2, K2), repeat from * to end Repeat these 4 rows until piece measures 10 inches from cast on, ending with a row 2 or 4. Bind off all sts in pattern. SQUARE 4: GARTER STRIPES Cast on any number of stitches. Rows 1-5: K acr