March 2008

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This hat was made by Elizabeth. Her ribbing has come a long way in 6 short months!! I believe that this hat was for her daughter.

March 2008

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Originally uploaded by The Gathering Place: A Refuge for Rebuilding Lives

These washcloths were donated to the Denver's Road Home Welcome baskets by Elizabeth. It's fun to see on these simple washcloths, how even her stitches are getting, and how much her knitting is progressing!!

Feb 2008

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Originally uploaded by The Gathering Place: A Refuge for Rebuilding Lives

This washcloth was made by Elizabeth. She is doing a great job of keeping her stitches really even. This was donated to the Denver's Road Home Welcome Baskets.

40 Washcloths!!

This week, we hit a landmark of 40 washcloths being donated by the women to The Gathering Place!! I could not be more proud of the way the women have taken this project and committed to it. Way to go Ladies!!

We have a couple of finished knits to show. First there are these three pretty washcloths donated by Elizabeth.

This scarf was made by Elizabeth. It is knit and purled in pattern giving it a seed stitch look.

Happy KNitting!!

12/21/07

This hat with the double pom pom was made by Elizabeth. It was purled all the way around, great practice of a new skill for her. And the best part is that it looks great on!!

These washcloths were made and donated back to TGP by Hilda. She doubled her yarn with larger needles to make knitting comfortable with her hands. Then she worked with adding new colors, so each is different.

This is a neck warmer made by Ponsi. It will have a button on it and fit snuggly around the neck for an added layer of warmth.

Happy KNitting!!

Dec. 14 2007

There has been lots of great knitting going on at The Gathering Place!

The first photo is Kathy modeling a scarf that she made out of a black sparkle yarn. It looks beautiful and I am sure it is warm as well!!

This washcloth was donated by Melinda. It is hard to see in the photo, but there is a purled flower in the center of the washcloth. I believe that this is the seventh in a series of washclothes with photos that Melinda has been knitting! Beautiful!

This beautiful blue and white washcloth was made my Melinda in crochet for donation as well!

This child's hat was made by Darlene. It was knit flat then seamed at the end. She practiced her colorwork on it. I am sure that it will be enjoyed - it is made of very soft cotton.

The red hat was made by Elizabeth. This is knit flat then seamed and pulled together at the top with a tie. It fit beautifully!!

Happy Knitting Ladies!!

12/6/07

There were a lot of beautiful finished objects at knitting this week and we donated our second round of washclothes to the shower room!! We are up to 16 wash cloths made by the women in knitting class to be donated!!

The first wash cloth here is from Liz, for a donation. Then we have the red hat that she made as a Christmas gift.

The multi colored wash cloth was made by Kathy for donation. We had fun looking at this and comparing it with her first wash cloth, so much improvement!

The bag was knit by Darleen. She had some help with the felting and the finishing. It turned out so pretty and she was really excited to get to use it!

The bottom two wash cloths were made by Hilda for donation. She doubled the thin cotton yarn to make it easier to see. The result is the beautiful pink and brown color combination!

There will be more beautiful objects and progress next week, I am sure. It is so great to
see how much the skills of everyone attending
class are improving! And we had 5 new knitters this week!

Happy Knitting!!

11/16/07

Here we have a couple more examples of projects from TGP knitters to be donated. These washclothes were made by a volunteer, Shelly and one by Elizabeth practicing her color changes. I am sure these will be appreciated by whomever receives them!! Great job ladies!!

Happy Knitting!!

Progress...

Lots of exciting progress today!
First we have a photo of wash cloths started by Melinda, Rose, Tyra, Debi, Sylvia, and Cathy. Everyone is doing such a great job.

The finished washcloth is from Kathy. This is her first knitting project. She learned to knit last week, this week she learned to bind off - and she started the October washcloth!

Finally, we have Elizabeth's hat. We were working on a k2, p2 rib, which got twisted, but really looks great and fits her head very well! A new hat was cast on before the end of class. Elizabeth learned knitting in the round, purling, k2tog, p2tog with this project. That's a lot of new knitting skills!
Happy Knitting!!