I finally got around to finishing these beauties. Once I got going, the knitting went fairly quick which is what you’ll typically find in color-stranded knitting. The key to CS knitting is that your tension should be rather loose or else, the knitted piece will have a pucker appearance - Yuck. Practice by holding each color in each hand; try throwing with the right and picking with the left (a good start to continental knitting, if you’ve not tried so).
I encourage you to give it a go. You may find that you’ll like it.
Pattern: Endpaper Mitts by Eunny Jang
Yarn: Jamieson Shetland DK (I found that the DK, rather than fingering, weight was ideal for the pattern.)
Grand Prize winners:
Karen Fogel of Florissant, MO
Jessica Hecht of Saint Louis, MO
Holly Hoffman of Fenton, MO
Margaret Robinson of Saint Louis, MO
Pat Williams of Saint Louis, MO
Lisa Wilson of Troy, IL
Shop Prize winners:
Barbara Bennett of Saint Charles, MO
Liz Cauble of Saint Louis, MO
Linda Evelsizer of Mascoutah, IL
Anita Helstrom of Ballwin, MO
Maggie Massey of Saint Louis, MO
Angela Wohlfarth of Manchester, MO
Gift Certificate winners:
Janice Christ of Marshall, IL
DeAnna Dobbs of Highland, IL
Deborah Hyland of Saint Louis, MO
Jolena Mayfield of Saint Louis, MO
Robyn Schrager of Saint Louis, MO
Diana Shaw of St. Peters, MO
Congratulations to these winners and a BIG THANKYOU to everyone who participated in the Yarn Crawl! We hope you had a blast crawling!
What’s a vacation without a ready-to-go board game? How about tic-tac-toe?
For the Crawl, each participating shop is offering a free pattern in line with their theme. Knitty Couture’s theme is the Lake so I’ve incorporated fish into the pattern. Pull on the cord to cinch the board into a bag to carry your fish pieces in!
If we’ve forgotten to give you a pattern during your visit this weekend, click here for a copy.
