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September meeting and new signup for email notifications

  Hi all,  Our next meeting will be Wednesday, September 14 from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Boulder Public Library Meadows branch. We are making adult-size hats. You can choose from any of your favorite patterns, or you can try this ribbed one ( PATTERN HERE ), which is very stretchy to fit almost everyone. You will need about 2 ounces of machine washable worsted weight yarn and US 7 or 8 (4.5-5 mm) needles (16 inch circular and double points). Email notifications: I'm moving email notifications to Substack, which should fix the problems with people not getting emails before meetings. Everyone (even if you already subscribed) please go HERE to sign up, or you can email me at amysantamaria@gmail.com and I'll sign you up. If you know someone who hasn't been getting email notifications, please forward this on to them. I'll also collect emails at the next meeting for anyone who is having trouble. Upcoming Community Knitting dates: October 12, 2022 November 9, 2022 December 14, 20...

August meeting

    Our next meeting will be Wednesday, August 10, from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library. We will be making a ribbed neckwarmer, pattern HERE . You will need to bring 2 ounces of worsted weight machine washable yarn in one or more colors and a 16 or 24 inch circular needle in size US 10 (6mm).  Upcoming Community Knitting dates: September 14, 2022 October 12, 2022 November 9, 2022 December 14, 2022 January 11, 2023

Correction to July mitten pattern

I just updated the mitten pattern from July to include a correction (it's in round 5 of the gusset for the right mitten). Note that the revised pattern has a revision date in the upper right of the first page.   You can go directly to the revised pattern HERE , and it has also been corrected in the original post .

Next meeting July 13: Mittens

 Our next meeting is Wednesday, July 13, from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library. We will be making Chunky Mittens with a Seed Stitch Insert provided by Diana. You can find the pattern HERE .  You'll need to bring 3 1/2 ounces of bulky weight wool yarn and double point needles in US 9, 10, or 10.5.   If you're more of a novice knitter or you just want a simple project, we can always use more hats. Feel free to dig into the archives to find a hat pattern that suits you. Remember that Judy from Shuttles will be at the meeting this month with some Encore yarn for sale (it's a favorite for charity projects).  Hope you can make it! Future Community Knitting dates to put on your calendar: August 10, 2022 September 14, 2022 October 12, 2022 November 9, 2022 December 14, 2022 January 11, 2023

June meeting next week: A scarf with pockets

  Hi knitters! I hope you are all having a good start to your summer. We are having our next meeting Wednesday, June 8, from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library. We will be making a scarf with pockets. You need to bring: Machine washable worsted weight yarn:      3 ounces for the scarf      1 ounce for the pockets US 9 (5.5 mm) needles You can get the pattern HERE or I think we will have printed copies available at the meeting.  Judy from Shuttles will be at the meeting and will have some Encore yarn available for purchase. Encore is an acrylic-wool blend that is a great machine washable option for charity knits. (EDIT: THIS IS FOR THE JULY MEETING.) For you plan-ahead types, here are our meeting dates from July through January (so you don't have to dig into the blog archives to find them!): July 13, 2022 August 10, 2022 September 14, 2022 October 12, 2022 November 9, 2022 December 14, 2022 January 11, 2023  Hope...

Meeting May 11: Sweaters

Hi all! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, May 11 from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Meadows branch of the Boulder Public Library (large meeting room on your right when you enter). May is traditionally our kid vest/sweater month. Roxana has donated a fun side-to-side bulky weight sweater pattern for us to use. You can find the pattern HERE , or we will have printed copies available at the meeting. You will need 450-500 yards of bulky weight machine washable yarn and a US 9 (5.5 mm) 24 or 32 inch circular needle. If you don't have enough bulky weight on hand, you can hold two strands of sport or DK weight together, or you can work on any of our past patterns, or any kids sweater or vest pattern you like. Here are a few that are all in worsted weight: Striped vest and hat set from 2021 (photo in this post ) Mosaic vest and hat set from 2020 (uses slip stitch/mosaic colorwork) Flax, a free pattern by Tin Can Knits (seamless, top-down raglan sweater) Hope to see you there!