norahsknits

I had a great time at the Holidays in Old North sale. Such a feeling of community, along with food trucks, Crown Candy, LaMancha Coffee House, and lots of nice people shopping. Here's the knitting I had with me at the sale, photographed on my lap at home. Berroco yarn, very soft with a little sparkle. This was finished up as an infinity scarf with the ends put together in a three-needle bindoff. It blocked very nicely, is now drying. Will be a Christmas present. I'm now working on finishing a few projects that were started and set aside, may post about those later!

I'm looking forward to the Holidays in Old North sale this Saturday, December 12, 11 to 4 pm. It's the 5th annual event. Vendors will be located in several storefronts around the intersection of North 14th Street (where I used to have my law office) and St. Louis Avenue. (That intersection is also where Crown Candy Kitchen is located.) Here's a link to more info:   Holidays In Old North event St. Louis Magazine has a write-up also:   stlmag.com/events/holidays-in-old-north-festival--craft-market/ I'll find out the exact location for my "booth" on Saturday morning when I check in before set-up. Meanwhile, the knitting continues. Here's a lace wrap in process from a few days ago. I blocked the finished item yesterday (it blocked beautifully). The yarn is called Filisilk, and is lace-weight wool and silk with a nice gloss, purchased a few months ago at  Kirkwood Knittery.

A small scarf or neck wrap. Would be worn with a shawl pin. Yarn is Haiku Yarns of Transformation lace-weight kid mohair and silk, a lovely yarn.

Starting to get ready for the Holidays in Old North Sale. I am planning to bring some new items and some discounted items. Looking forward to the event. Here's something I am working on right now. A crocheted wrap using left-over yarns. Here's a link to the Facebook page for the Old North sale: https://www.facebook.com/HolidaysInOldNorth/

I will be participating in this as a vendor: The 5th Annual Holidays in Old North is set for Saturday, December 12th, 2015!  Time:  11 am to 4 pm      Location:  2700 North 14 th Street, St. Louis, MO  63106 Join us in Crown Square for free photos with everyone's favorite Santa provided by Photomaton, hot cocoa, carolers, and arts. After your photo with Santa, visit the shops along 14th Street to view more than 30 artisan, vintage, and handmade craft vendors, each showcasing unique items perfect for gift giving! With food trucks, Crown Candy Kitchen, and La Mancha Coffee House all on the same block, you won't go hungry as you finish up your holiday shopping.   Interested in becoming a vendor, bringing your food truck, or volunteering? Contact Jessica at jessica@onsl.org or 314-241-5031 x 102. Small shawls - mohair laceweight yarn

Quick photos of several items I will have in the Weavers Guild Sale, Oct. 23 & 24, First Congregational Church of Webster Groves.  See prior post for details on the Sale!

Location:  First Congregational Church of Webster Groves More info:   Weavers Guild StL website I will have some items in the sale!

The WGSL Spinners & Knitters Study Group meeting on Sept. 1st was an introduction to hand-dyeing yarn. Very fun. I started with a skein of hand-spun wool yarn purchased at a WGSL meeting - looked like the one the right below. The one on the left is the product of the meeting. I'm picturing a big, puffy cowl knit out of this yarn, perhaps with the natural color yarn in stripes or on the edges. Some folks dyed fiber for spinning and others dyed yarn. More info on WGSL study groups here:   weaversguildstl.org The next WGSL meeting is on Friday evening, September 18, at the Brentwood Community Center. Go to website for details.

I'm submitting a few items for the Weavers Guild of St. Louis' October 1 Fiber Confluence Fashion Show. More info here: http://www.weaversguildstl.org/fiber-confluence---art-to-wear-fashion-show.html Here is a photo of one item I submitted (excuse the mess on the desk, please). The yarn is a lace-weight yarn from Noro called Kirameki, which is a very fine single-ply thread-like yarn with some puffy slubs. The design is my own, of course.

She bought the yarn, I'm knitting it. Almost finished, just adding a row of half-double crochet around the edge. The yarn is 2 balls of Artful Yarns Olympic, rayon, cotton & acrylic.

I was elected President of the Weavers Guild of St. Louis in May of this year. I have been participating in the WG sale for about 6 years.  The sale is held in the fall of the year, and will be October 23 and 24 this year, at the Webster Groves Congregational Church. WG members are fiber enthusiasts of all kinds, including felters, spinners, knitters, crocheters, basketweavers, bead weavers and jewelry makers, and doll makers in addition to weavers. Purchasing a small rigid heddle loom has moved up on my priority list. Here is a link to the WG website:    http://www.weaversguildstl.org/    and here is a link to our Facebook page:   Weavers Guild of St. Louis FB page Pam de Groot lecture. The WG is sponsoring a lecture on Sunday, August 2nd at The Foundry in St. Charles, 1 to 3 pm. The Foundry Art Centre is located at 520 North Main Center, St. Charles 63301. Pam de Groot is an Australian felt maker who will be speaking about her work. The lecture is being underwritten by the

I finished this yesterday evening: The stitch pattern is a crocheted version of the Old Shale ripple pattern. This wrap used about 450 yards of yarn, about 25 yards per row, 17 rows total, plus fringe. The yarns used are various fibers and weights, with some lace weight mohair used double or as a carry-along with a lighter yarn. Leaving an 8 inch length (will be part of the fringe), loosely chain 206 stitches. You can chain a few extra and undo them at the end of the first row after checking your stitch count. Row 1:  Double crochet ("DC") in each stitch. Row 2:  DC in first 4 stitches, * DC two stitches together 3 times; chain 1, DC in next stitch 6 times; DC two stitches together 3 times *.  Repeat across the row, DC 4 stitches at the end of the row. Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 13 rows are worked. For the final row, omit the chain 1 and work 2 DC in each stitch instead. Turn the work and work one row into the starting chain, reversing the shaping and using

For the last few months, I have been working on developing written patterns for my knitting and crochet designs. Before the patterns are ready to launch, I will need to figure out a sales mechanism. I'm not sure if this will be a shopping cart on my site, an Etsy shop, or submitting patterns to patternfish.com or another site. Here are photos of a few things I have been working on: Ribbed Fingerless Glove, worked on straight needles, almost finished. Back view of Sideways Shawl Close up of edging on Sideways Shawl I bought the equipment to take studio photos and am working on figuring out how to use it!