Stricktreff October 2010

I had a lot of fun, but was busy talking, eating and knitting, so only a few pictures.

Backnang - the bounty

Non Lace Yarn that I bought

Yarn Pool Catch 1

Yarnpool Catch 2

Lace yarn that I bought

A new hoby: Naalbinding

Knitting with beads

Backnang - the yarnpool

Backnang - the people

Backnang - view of a mascot

2. German Ravelry Meeting - I am back

I made it back and the damage to my wallet was not too bad. I will try to upload photos tonight, yesterday when I got home MyGuy needed some attention.

I loved the classes and enjoyed spending time with my knitting cirlce ladies and hope we get to do it again next year.

2. German Ravelry Meeting

We are going today, happy, happy, happy!

August Stricktreff

Knitting Meeting at my house

I am looking forward to seeing all the Bodensee knitters at my place tomorrow!

Colorful Results

All my new skeins in one picture

Triadic Colors: Purple-Green-Orange

Almost Solids Raspberry

Sorbet

Ocean

Spice Rack

These are finally pictures of the dye meeting of my knitting group, as you can see I got 5 different skeins, and am looking forward to knitting them up, soon.

Ice Sandwich Socks

Eissandwich Socken

I have finished those socks on Thursday and hadn't taken a picture of them when at the Dyeing meeting we figured they fit Eva better and I have given them to her. However I managed to snatch a pic before they went to live with her.

This is the second pair I have done from the Socks form the Toe up book and I have decided to knit them all, joined the KAL at Ravelry and started July's Snaking Socks.

Old news

Finally a few pictures of the last knitting group meeting.

March Knitting Meeting

Just two impressions of yesterday's meeting which was lovely as usual. We got to meet some additional knitters/crocheters and to see Anouschka after her move.

Some others were missed and knitting was set a side to fondle yarn and have a look at books and patterns.

More pictures

More pictures from the last meeting to be found at Betty's blog: Meeting.

Knitting at Eva's

Some busy knitters with our mascot Emily Strickliesel before the migration to the couch happened.


Hish is fighting with her wool to get it wound up.


Betty3 with her newly aquired wine red yarn before taking on the wool winder. (Betty your eyes were about the same color as the yarn, hope you don't mind that I changed that.)

I have ribbed back the top of my hat twice at home. Once due to not liking the result as per pattern and once due to not being able to count to 13 more than once. Now I am on track again and hope to have another hat finished soon.

Seeing all the lovely Calendulas makes me want to dig out my Ringelblume from Ramona and cast them on, but I have a few things to finish first. Among them my Ravelympics socks.

Another Hat rework

Last Saturday we also had the first knitting meeting of 2010 and as usual a lot of fun. I showed the others my "slightly" oversized hat (fit for a teapot not a human head). If you want to see a picture head for this post in Nadelfee's blog. Today I had a day off but due to a cold could not do much, so I followed last Saturday's suggestions and ribbed the ribbing, decreased (64 out of 192 stitches) and reknit the ribbing. It was still a bit large on me and the colorwork was wonky. However I fear the bath I have given the slouch hat might only have helped with the second problem. I have a feeling the knitting loosened up again, but only time will tell, as the hat is currently drying.

Picture of the 28th of November Knit Meeting

Anouschka with her Victoria-Mathilda-Josephine-Tuch. Newly bound off.

The only other halfway decent picture.

Chez Leon

Outside our normal meetings we had a little one in the Café Chez Leon in Singen on Saturday. It was lovely, even though it was very loud. Thinking about that I believe home meetings are more us. It was nice meeting Babblesock and finally seeing Socke again. I am looking forward to the next meeting on the 28th.

My red sock is close to the heel so should get finished this week and then a pair for Bettina's kids will hopefully be done by the next meeting.

Sunday we lazed around and I cross stitched on my Indian lady.

Bodensee meets Backnang

The knitting group Bodenseetreff from Ravelry went to Backnang on Saturday to participate in the first German Ravelry meeting. As you can see breakfast and knitting were combined. After that the "feeding frenzy" for yarn bloomed and every single one of us has made some nice stash additions. Lovely day, great work by the organizers.

As a matter of fact I did not want to come home, not only does Backnang have a lovely yarn shop with lots of different brands, there is a quilt shop and I found 3 book shops just in the inner city. Heaven!

Knitting Meeting

Our monthly knitting meeting was on Saturday, but I forgot my camera, so you will have to go to our hostess's website: Sylvia