March 2008

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These two washcloths were donated by Melinda to the Denver's Road Home Welcome Baskets! She is using her washcloths to increase her knitting skills by practicing new stitches with every washcloth.

March 2008

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

This washcloth was crocheted by Melinda and donated to the Denver's Road Home welcome baskets. She did most of it in class, her skill is amazing!

Feb 2008

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

This mitered square washcloth was made by Melinda. She has been using the washcloth project to make washcloths using different stitches and patterns. There were a few trials on this and she learned a lot! Thank you for donating this, Melinda!

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!!

October part 3

There were more beautiful finished objects! Its fun to see how much everyone is improving and the new skills being acquired!

For starters there is Rose's Spiritual Washcloth



Melinda's frog washcloth

melinda's tulip washcloth (both of these washcloths were donated back to The Gathering Place to be given to other women!!)

Bernadette's crocheted edge washcloths

Liz's white hat ( a couple views as the pattern is really pretty) and the matching red and white scarf! I believe that these are gifts to her daughter.

More of a good thing...

There were a bunch of finished objects this week!!
Starting with a blue washcloth that Melinda is donating back to The Gathering Place. A great example of the washcloth we are all starting with.

This is Darlene's bag that she has been working on for the last three weeks. It will be felted, the strap cut into two pieces, and assembled in the coming weeks.

This is the scarf that Bernadette knit then crochet the black edging onto. Its pretty, sparkly and soft!

This is Liz's second hat in the same twisted rib pattern. While the pattern is free form, the knitting is improving each time, as is the finishing! Now she is working on a scarf to match.

This is the washcloth that Bernadette donated to The Gathering Place. This is her first project that involved purling. She crochet the edge onto the washcloth for a pretty finished look.

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!!

First Post!

This is the first post of the success of The Gathering Place knitters.

These hats were made and felted by Melinda. She did a beautiful job, knitting and felting these hats and flowers. Even the flowers have pretty matching beads attaching them to the hats.

Happy Knitting!!