Feb 2008

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

These two washcloths with the lace borders were made by Kathy. She has been knitting up lots of washcloths for the TGP washcloth project. In the process, her knitting has improved so much, that she is now a community volunteer for the knitting class!!

End of the year knits

We had a small class this week, but look at the beautiful washcloths the women made to donate back to The Gathering Place!!


The beautiful washcloth was knit by Gloria, who then crocheted the border in the contrasting blue.


This pretty blue washcloth was made by Darlene. Such nice even stitches.


These two beautiful washcloths were made by Melinda. The larger blue one was crocheted.


Finally this set of washcloths were made by Kathy. She used two different strands of yarn on these to achieve these beautiful, colorful results.

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!!

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!!