Saturday, August 2, 2008
August Event
Our next event is on Friday, August 15th. It's a Yarn Crawl in the Sacramento area. Julie suggested Filati Fine Yarns in Rocklin and we are adding lunch and Babetta's Yarn in Fair Oaks. Be sure to mark you calenders.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Munching (and knitting) at Marcia's
Summer in northern California has been difficult for many because of the early summer fires, but even for those of us who don't live in the the affected areas, air quality has been terrible. So, today was a wonderfully welcome change. The sun is shining, it's not too hot, and the air is cleaner. Lunch on the patio and visiting with friends was lovely!
And then came the knitting....
Margaret showed us some new sock yarn made from corn fiber.

Julie's working on a scarf for her mom and Pam's working on her French Lace and Ribby tank for the Tour de France knit-along.

Sue's done a beautiful job on this sweater for her sister. It's only her second sweater ever and she's learned the mattress stitch as she finishes seaming it up.

Julie's our newest member and she recently finished this mobius caplet from her stash, a perfect design to show off to the math gang.

Shigemi didn't have a knitting project today, but she's sewing some cleaning rags from old dish towels. She also brought some cool knitting books she picked up while in Japan this past year. I must say, the designs are very depeche mode, however, the directions were all Greek (uhh Japanese) to me.
This is Robin's first top-down sweater. It's her own design, but she's using some elements from a Stefanie Japel pattern. Robin's not sure what kind of sleeves she'll add yet, but she's doing a beautiful job on it so far. This photo doesn't really do it justice, you have to feel this yarn to know what I mean.

Rapti's experimenting with some lace patterns and gauge. She's not sure what she'll be making yet. Marcia's making a quilted wall hanging. She's an awesome quilter and a great cook!

Margaret is making a pair of lacy socks, but I think they fit her hand perfectly... gauntlets anyone? These are gorgeous socks!
I promised everyone a contest with prizes. I've seen some amazing examples of Fearless Knitting, but only one person can win the prize.
Here are the rules:
And then came the knitting....
Margaret showed us some new sock yarn made from corn fiber.
Julie's working on a scarf for her mom and Pam's working on her French Lace and Ribby tank for the Tour de France knit-along.
Sue's done a beautiful job on this sweater for her sister. It's only her second sweater ever and she's learned the mattress stitch as she finishes seaming it up.
Julie's our newest member and she recently finished this mobius caplet from her stash, a perfect design to show off to the math gang.
Shigemi didn't have a knitting project today, but she's sewing some cleaning rags from old dish towels. She also brought some cool knitting books she picked up while in Japan this past year. I must say, the designs are very depeche mode, however, the directions were all Greek (uhh Japanese) to me.
Rapti's experimenting with some lace patterns and gauge. She's not sure what she'll be making yet. Marcia's making a quilted wall hanging. She's an awesome quilter and a great cook!
Margaret is making a pair of lacy socks, but I think they fit her hand perfectly... gauntlets anyone? These are gorgeous socks!
Here are the rules:
- Post a comment below or send me an email telling why you should be considered Most Fearless Knitter in the Knit Theory group. (You must be a member of Chico Knit Theory to enter.)
- Visual aids (photos) are encouraged and may be emailed.
- Entries will be judged on creativity and how far you've stepped outside of the knitted rectangle.
- The winner will be decided by the KT executive board.
- In order to give everyone an opportunity to enter, the contest will open on Monday, July 21st and close at midnight on Sunday, July 27th.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Wedding bells rang
We've done a bit of secret knitting in the last 2 years. One of the projects was a wedding afghan for Debbie. I don't know how we pulled that one off, but somehow we did.
Here we are with the finished product.

Sweetpea loves her new blankie.

The most difficult part of this project was not being able to include Debbie when we put it all together at Margaret's.


Here we are with the finished product.

Sweetpea loves her new blankie.

The most difficult part of this project was not being able to include Debbie when we put it all together at Margaret's.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Cinco de Mayo Tricoteria
Tricoter is the Spanish word for knit. Debbie had us over to her wonderful cottage in the woods on cinco de mayo. The theme was 'Show and Tell.'

Taa daa
Debbie showed off her pre-felted clogs.
I think they're a little big for you Robin!

And just to prove that I finished the project that I started on Monday night in time for the Friday baby shower....Sue is almost finished with her first sweater!
Margaret's husband made her some needles for those extra special BIG projects. Here are Mary and Lori giving them a whirl.
Taa daa
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Knit Theory Beginnings
This is a blog space for the members of Chico State's Knit Theory group. We are all associated with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics either through our own or a spouse's employment, past and present. Some of teach, some support, and we are friends who love to knit. My name is Pam and I'm the administrator of this blog and original organizer of Knit Theory. My hope is that this will be a group blog and the members will post their own projects and stories. I will add photos and reports of the monthly meetings.
The group began in January 2004 when I mentioned to Sue, Debbie and Margaret that I had recently taught myself to knit and had heard about something called Stitch 'n Bitch. I found out the Sue, Deb and Margaret are all knitters too and suggested we get together to knit sometime. Margaret said, "If you organize it, we will come." The first meeting was at Rapti's and we had about 7 knitters show up. It was very peaceful and Zen-like, no bitching involved and we shared our childhood knitting and crocheting stories. That all changed once Katy joined. Katy is the life of the knitting party and now at some of our gatherings we can on occasion be quite raucous, but we never 'drink and derive.'

Today there are 18 people on our email list and we usually have about 10 or 12 at our gatherings. We started out knitting for charity and then a friend outside of the group announced the upcoming arrival of a girl baby. This began a series of friendship afghans which I will chronicle in upcoming posts. We've done afghans for one baby, a wedding and 2 retirements.
The group began in January 2004 when I mentioned to Sue, Debbie and Margaret that I had recently taught myself to knit and had heard about something called Stitch 'n Bitch. I found out the Sue, Deb and Margaret are all knitters too and suggested we get together to knit sometime. Margaret said, "If you organize it, we will come." The first meeting was at Rapti's and we had about 7 knitters show up. It was very peaceful and Zen-like, no bitching involved and we shared our childhood knitting and crocheting stories. That all changed once Katy joined. Katy is the life of the knitting party and now at some of our gatherings we can on occasion be quite raucous, but we never 'drink and derive.'
Today there are 18 people on our email list and we usually have about 10 or 12 at our gatherings. We started out knitting for charity and then a friend outside of the group announced the upcoming arrival of a girl baby. This began a series of friendship afghans which I will chronicle in upcoming posts. We've done afghans for one baby, a wedding and 2 retirements.
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