norahsknits

Norah's Knits will be at this sale event on Saturday, May 13th, 2017, 10 to 4. The location is Crown Square, on North 14th Street on the block south of Crown Candy Kitchen (corner of N. 14th and St. Louis Avenue in Old North St. Louis, a few blocks west of I-70 north of downtown St. Louis).  I'll have lighter-weight knitted and crocheted scarves & wraps for sale, along with some hand-crocheted handbags (lined with buttons or magnetic closures). I'm also hoping to have some hand-spun yarn for sale - hand-spun by other Weavers Guild of St. Louis members.  Should be a fun event - Old North House Tour is the same day - click here for info on that:   old-north-community-house-tour-tickets

I've been blocking some items that were finished and set aside - including several more blue items -- a shawl/wrap in a sky blue color and a crescent-shaped scarf in a darker blue. The light blue item is an alpaca blend, sport-weight, and the darker one is sock yarn. The medium gray item is a garter-stitch crescent-shaped shawl made from a lovely yarn that seems to be discontinued. It's a lace-weight Suri alpaca blend yarn. I was trying a different method of starting the shawl, casting on 18 stitches at the center back neck rather than 6 stitches. I think it does give a better overall shape to the top edge of the shawl.

Two possible "Blue" items for the Weavers' Guild of St. Louis' May 20 meeting - this year's Challenge is something blue. These are layed out for blocking. The pale one is actually a pale blue. Yarn labels are below. (Calista was used for another item not shown - a crocheted scarf.)