Summer-Knitting and Some Finished Projects

Well, Summer is here and many of us are taking mini vacations at the moment. With that our knitting circle has been small over the last couple of weeks. But that is ok as it gives us a little more time at being able to talk with everyone.

I myself have finished knitting a couple of projects. Finished a felted modular purse for my step-sons girlfriend and a stole for myself.

Wanted to share the projects so here are the pics:




And a little fun thing I did:

Resources

6-21-10 Another update on Stretchy Bind off and another way of doing P2togtbl (together thru back loog)

Stretchy Bind/Cast Off:

Knit 2, slip both sts back to the left needle and K2togtbl.

*K1, slip 2 back to left needle and K2togtbl

Repeat from * until you are finished with your bind/cast off

P2togtbl:

Here is another version of this stitch that was recommended to me from another knitter on ravlery.com, I love it as I always find doing this st a little hard:

Purl the first of the two stitches with yarn in front, slip the purled stitch back to left needle and slip the 2nd stitch over it. Then slip the stitch over to the right needle.

Updating, here is another link I found:

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knitting-tips

Well here are a couple of different blogs and/or resources for your reference. All you have to do is click on the links I have shown below:

Judy's Magic Cast On and How to do 2 socks on 1 needle: http://www.persistentillusion.com/

This site brings you to Judy's site. Click on techniques and then you will see a couple of different techniques listed. You will want to click on the link that says Judy's Magic Cast On (knotless version) and then you will want to click on Judy's Magic On instructions. Her site gives you some great information and a couple of free patterns.

Tech Knitting
Planet Purl
Knitty.com: Knitty
Knitting Videos
Free Knitting Patterns from Crystal Palace
Graph for Working in Charts: http://www.tata-tatao.to/knit/matrix/e-index.html
Homestead Heirlooms for orderding Belts: http://www.homesteadheirlooms.com/index.html
Free Knitting Patterns from Knitting Pattern Central: http://http//www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory.php

Berroco Web Site: http://berroco.com/
Knitting Help: http://www.knittinghelp.com/

I came upon this one today (9-11) and think you will enjoy this one.

Coco Knits, this site provides some excellent tutorials and other stuff: http://cocoknits.com/
I'll add more as some are either recommended or I stumble across them.

Mary Ann's Comes Back

Well we had a nice visit and Mary Ann last week. She and Mark were up for the weekend as Mark goes on a bike ride annually with some of his male buddies. So Mary Ann came over to the shop and knitted with us all. We then went out to lunch for some great Mexican food.

It was a great visit and we all enjoyed seeing her.

Right now, they are staying at an Extended Stay until they find a house down in So Ca. They may have found a house, they are just waiting on the appraisal and some other stuff to be done.

Summer is getting into full swing so many of the knitters are coming and going each week as they are doing travel trips.

One of our knitting pals is doing a cross country trip with her hubby. They are now up in the Maryland area. They plan on traveling all the way up to Nova Scotia.