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The image above was posted on the WGSL Facebook event page, and shows one of the items I will have in the sale. And here's a link to the WGSL 2025 sale info on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeaversGuildOfStLouis

I'll have items in the WGSL sale this year!!

  In addition to knitted & crocheted shawls, wraps, purses, etc., by Norah's Knits, I plan to offer my niece's hand-sewn flannel baby blankets at the sales that I do this fall. (Other than at the Weavers' Guild of St. Louis sale, which will be Oct. 24 & 25, 2025.) These blankets are a generous size and made of two layers of sturdy flannel with quilt batting in between, and can be used through toddler-hood.

The pattern is Trellis Leaf pattern, the yarn is Noro Yukata. 

We took a class on Granny Squares (Making a Crocheted Granny Square Scarf) at the Midwest Fiber Festival last weekend, and really enjoyed it! Granny squares are addictive - once you start making them, it's hard to stop. In the weeks before the class, I used up all of my scrap yarn making squares (which will become a small blanket), and also made some potholders using some Queensland brand yarn from littleknits.com (95% recycled cotton, made in Italy). The potholder square patterns are from Ravelry. The "solid square" pattern needed a little bit of modification, namely, turning the square over and crocheting every other round on the opposite side. Otherwise, the square biases or skews (at least, it did for me in this yarn). I used the cotton yarn single for some squares and double for the light green one, with the back side of all three potholders in plain single crochet with the yarn doubled.  

I'm blocking these today - on the left, DK weight yarn in Thistle Leaf stitch, on the right, Cascade blue-faced leicester wool in Oriel pattern. (Both lace patterns from Barbara Walker books.) I used size 8 needles for the Thistle Leaf stitch and size 6 needles for the Oriel stitch, and both items are edged in crochet to make blocking easier.