Please plan to join us for A Knitter’s Fantasy!!! Sponsored by the Northcoast Knitting Guild

Saturday, April 10, 2010 Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm Location: Chaney High School 731 S. Hazelwood Avenue Youngstown, OH

The cost is $45 for early bird registration (the cost for late registration received after March 20 is $50). The fee for Yarn Market attendance only is $3, payable at the door. Lunch and Yarn market only is $11. Only at the door registrations after March 27.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: We have obtained a block of rooms at Best Western Meander Inn for $68.00 a room with up to four people per room. Call-330-544-2378 and mention A Knitter’s Fantasy by March 25th for this price. Prices may be lower on-line. There are several eating places within a 1/2 mile radius of this Inn.

MORNING, AFTERNOON & ALL DAY CLASSES (52 total) 31 VENDORS - a gymnasium full of vendors KNITTING MACHINE Demonstrations REFRESHMENTS CATERED LUNCH FASHION SHOW FREE SWAP TABLE RAFFLE (there is an additional cost for tickets) DOOR PRIZES GOODIE BAGS CAPS FOR KIDS (donations accepted and prizes awarded for best original design and best commercial pattern)

PLEASE BRING YOUR CAPS FOR KIDS TO A KNITTER’S FANTASY !!

Members of the NCKG are making mittens to donate to a shelter. These will be on display at the event.

52 CLASSES including:

Knitted Lace Borders Knit a Triangle Shawl Angora Spinning Intro to Spinning Feather & Fan Lace Blocking Buttonholes Magic Loop “Knot” a Sewn Jacket or Poncho Beaded projects Discover Shetland Lace Beginning Crochet 2 Handed Fair Isle Purse Felted Bag Workshop

PHOTOS OF THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE TEACHERS AND WE WILL POST THE ONES WE RECEIVE TO THE NCKG WEBSITE

For more information email: infoATnorthcoastknittingDOTorg

or visit our website:http://www.northcoastknitting.org/

Registration is being mailed soon!

Over 400 people have attended this fabulous event in the past.

Class size is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis, so be sure to register early.

GREAT LAKES FIBER SHOW

This past weekend was the annual

GREAT LAKES FIBER SHOW

held at the

Wayne County Fairgrounds in Wooster, Ohio.

From WEAVERS LOFT, I purchased MOYA

in color SUNSET

Cotton/ Rayon combination

1 skein of 260 yds. and a pattern to make a one skein sleeveless top.

At PER ARDUA FARM, Christy was knitting a felted bag on size 11 needles straight from the roving !! This looks like a fun idea, so I purchased these 4 hunks to try it myself.

Other popular booths were KNITTING NOTIONS

and the beautifully hand dyed yarn at

CREATIVELY DYED.

Toy Competition

Here's the winner of last night's knitting guild

Toy Competition...

Thank you, LINDA !

P.S. My entry is the blue felted lamb on the right...

The toys are delivered to the local police department and children's hospitals.

OBI JACKET

obi complete

I'm happy !!!

The only problem is that I would have liked it to be longer......

but not badly enough to rip and add to !!

Original pattern by Liz Tekus, owner of

FINE POINTS

in Cleveland, Ohio

A Day with LILY CHIN

REVERSIBLE CABLES WORKSHOP for the

Northcoast Knitting Guild

with

LILY CHIN

Who doesn't love cables? Lily explained cables like I've never seen before. Using her hands, fingers, and descriptions of people that I will never forget.... I now understand cables !

Plus, she makes it so fun and entertaining.

Her NEW METHOD of charting makes it so much easier to understand and follow. You can visualize the way the knitting will look.

AND IT'S REVERSIBLE !!! It's amazing how she figures this stuff out....the secret is that it comes out reversible by doing RIBBING....

Now I'm ready to try to make her beautiful Reversible Cable Rib Shawl from Vogue Knitting Winter 1999/2000 and in the book "Vogue Knitting American Collection"

Isla Mujeres Mexico

I'm back from my fabulous vacation at

Isla Mujeres, Mexico -

a beautiful island 30 min. ferry ride from Cancun.

Portals to the Self: A Woman's Circle by the Sea

I stumbled across this small yarn shop.....

met the beautiful Cecilia and her

children on the beach

and visited the Mayan Women's Beading Collective.

ON VACATION

I AM GOING TO BE

in Isla Mujeres, a tiny island off the Yucatan coast in Mexico for

YOGA, RELAXATION, WOMEN'S RETREAT, SUN, BEACH, SHOPPING and

I'm delivering beads to a group of Mayan women and their small beading collective.

SEE YOU IN APRIL !!!!

Clapotis in progress

Gedifra California Color
How much?
8 skeins = 840.0 yards (768.1m)
Size 8 needles

Clapotis is the winner of the "What to make next?" question.

I'm using yarn from my stash !! What a great project.

Very fun to knit and

the online spreadsheets at

soulknitting.blogspot.com are extremely helpful.

Wish me luck !!

What to make next???

Inspired at my recent guild meeting.....what to make next??

REVONTULI Northern Lights Shawl

in Evilla 100% wool

OR

the one and only CLAPOTIS with Crystal Palace Panda Silk DK

CAST YOUR VOTE !!

For those of you who know me, I can't wear wool, so the clapotis in the silk looks and feels the best. But the shape of the Revontuli is nice and covers up alot! Which is easier? Both have charts and neither one uses anything in my stash !!

Field Trip !!

I'm looking forward to visiting the following two places in nearby Canton, Ohio with my knitting friends

Kimono as Art Exhibit

Yarnia - Yarn Shop and Cafe

Free Baby Blanket Pattern

KNITTING FOR CHARITY.ORG

I am making a baby blanket from one skein of

LION BRAND "POUND of LOVE" in color pastel green.

Here's an easy pattern for the baby blanket pictured here:

BRICKY BLANKIE

Size 8 needles, appox. 1 pound worsted weight yarn

Gauge: Doesn't matter

CAST ON 168 stitches

ROW 1: *K3, P3 repeat from* to end

ROW 2: same as row 1

Repeat these two rows once more then

ROW 1: *P3, K3, repeat from* to end

ROW 2: same as row 1

Repeat these 2 rows once more.

Continue working these two patterns until you have repeated them twice total (16 rows)

NEXT ROW: K3, P3, K3, P3, *K12, P12, repeat from*to last 12 stitches then

K3, P3, K3, P3

Repeat this row 5 more times then

NEXT ROW: P3, K3, P3, K3, *K12, P12, repeat from *to last 12 stitches then

P3, K3, P3, K3

Repeat this row 5 more times then repeat the first set of repeats 6 times (18 rows total).

NEXT PATTERN: P3, K3, P3, K3,*P12, K12 repeat from* to last 12 stitches then

P3, K3, P3, K3

Repeat this row 5 more times.

By now you should be able to see how the pattern is developing and

you should be able to continue with the pattern without more instructions.

NOTE: Finish off the blanket with 18 rows of the smaller squares as a border.

My Shawls and Scarves

More completed projects

My Felted Bags

Women4Women-Knitting4Peace

WOMEN4WOMEN-KNITTING4PEACE

The mission of Women4women-knitting4peace is to craft peace one simple stitch at a time by creating peace shawls for women and knit toys for children in areas of conflict around the world.

Founded in June, 2006, the group is now in 41 states and Canada.

Over 1,200 peace shawls have been created and sent to women in Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Guatemala, Sudan, Peru, Rwanda, and Haiti.

Shawls of any construction are welcome that somehow incorporate the number "3" which represent the creator of the Peace Shawl, the recipient, and the Divine Creator of all women. The number "3" also signifies the 3 major faiths - Christian, Jewish, and Muslim.

Each item is praised and blessed with a special (nondemoninational) prayer by the group before it is sent.

Participation is open to all, regardless of age, gender, or level of knitting or crocheting experience.

The first group formed in Ohio currently meets at the Beachwood Library. "These shawls are made with love, and each one is blessed upon completion" says Beachwood's "peace pod" leader, Iris November.

Free patterns for shawls and doll packets (with instructions and yarn) are available for your use.

Stash yarn is always welcome.

For more information contact Iris at lbrtyclub@aol.com

I am a MOBILE DENTIST !!

MOBILE DENTISTS

Mobile Dentists and its Smile Programs is an innovative, on-site, school based, dental outreach provider.

Our mission is to bring state of the art, preventive dental care to those students in need in the most comfortable and effective way possible.

Many children sadly find themselves without easy and affordable access to necessary dental care. We use the latest technology in portable equipment, to provide all services directly at schools.

We set up in the classroom, auditorium, gym and transform it into a fully functional “dental office” for the day.

For those students without Medicaid or private insurance and lacking sufficient funds for a subsidized fee, Mobile Dentists provides generous grant-assistance.

NO CHILD IS EVER TURNED AWAY

for lack of resources.

Free Patterns from Rosie's Yarn Cellar

ROSIES YARN CELLAR

I came across an ad in my new Interweave magazine

for this unique shop in Philadelphia ......

New Free Pattern every month....

check out this free Noro hat pattern and more....

Thank you Rosie !!

Thank you Secret Pal !!

Thank you secret pal for this terrific package !

2 skeins Knit Picks Felici color "Coastal" - my favorite colors !!

For socks.....soft and yummy

Interweave Magazine Winter 2008 - fireplace reading material

Knitting Noro book by Jane Ellison - my FAVORITE yarn

Best Buy gift card.....who knows what I'll find there....

and a soft cuddly pair of lamby slippers to wear while

knitting, reading, lounging...

THANK YOU !!!

BABY SURPRISE JACKET

Is too early to start knitting for future grandchildren?

This pattern is just TOO CUTE !!!

Elizabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket

Flower Patterns Blog Brought Back to Life

Many new free patterns and inspiration have been added to my blog:
Check it out and submit your patterns and photos !

FLOWERS TO KNIT BLOG