Horses

I've been a long time no see. I've been busy knitting, both for The Clinic II and for Christmas. The Clinic II was held Nov. 15 and it was a huge success. I was told that the church gave away over 300 knitted and crocheted items. We had an abundance of hats, a bunch of mittens, a few shawls and several baby blankets. What hats were not given away at The Clinic, were given away when the Christmas food baskets were given away. We start in Jan. to do it all again for 2009.
My husband has been having therapy for a ruptured Achilles tendon, and while he has his therapy, I sit out in the waiting area and knit. I get a lot of comments and people asking me what I'm knitting. Well, I was knitting a horse this last month and the owner of the Physical Therapy Business wanted to know what I was knitting. He told me he might want one for his little girl who is horse crazy. Well, I finished the horse, the Mustang, from Dream Toys by Claire Garland. And I took the horse into show him to the gentleman and he surprised me by wanting the horse I had just finished. Anyway, I ended up selling that horse to him and I hadn't taken and pictures of the dear toy. So he sent me pictures of the horse and here they are! Also, by sitting in the waiting room, I've gotten inquiries about teaching knitting classes and an order for knitting another horse this one in pink and purple.(I think it's for a granddaughter) I hope to finish this horse in a couple days as now I have the pieces knit and it's sewing, stuffing and putting the pieces together. I'll post pictures when it is finished. Well, that's about it for this post.

Granny Square Queen Size Bedspread

I've been working on this bedspread for several months. It is for my friend, Pat, at Trinity Lutheran Church, who helped me get the knitting group started. She gave me the yarn, Red Heart Super Saver, and was going to make this spread herself. But her hand wasn't able to take the work of crocheting, so I offered to do it for her. I took the basic square from Vogue Stitchionary Vol. 4, geometric square #19. I used a border from 50 Crocheted Afghan Borders, by Jean Leinhauser. The border that I used was #33. I finally finished it this week. I think it's ready to give to Pat! It is 16 blocks square, and I crocheted the squares together. I had originally planned on it being 20 squares on a side but laid it out on my bed and decided it was big enough. So I added the border and so FINISHED!

3 new baby blankets

I've been knitting for the past 2 months, and I've gotten 3 baby blankets made for the Clinic, being held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Roselle, IL, this fall. I have a group started that meets every other week at church. There are 2 of us, Elaine crochets and I knit. We have a fun time visiting and showing each other what we're doing. So far together, we have 6 blankets made.

What I'm Knitting Now

Well, I've gotten 2 baby blankets knitted and a hat, scarf and mittens set done for the Clinic. So now I'm working on a sweater for myself, that I designed myself with my Knitware Sweater Design Program. It's a thigh length cardigan with drop shoulders and tapered sleeves. Right now it has a round neck, but I'm thinking of changing it to a v neck. I'm thinking that would look classsier. The yarn is Alpaca that I had gotten on EBay and was in my stash. It's an eggshell color. I went to the Fox Valley Knitters Guild meeting in St Charles last night and Neil Edmundson of Wool and Co fame, in "Geneva" gave the program on getting around on the net. It was very well done and very enjoyable.

Knitting for charity

Today I have been working on a baby blanket for my church's "Clinic" that is to be held this fall. I've started a knitting and crochet group at my church, Trinity Lutheran, in Roselle, Ill. The Clinic is an event for low-income families and individuals, to provide them with food baskets for a weeks supply of food and a meal for that day. Free services like blood pressure, screenings for medical tests, hair cuts and prayer counseling. Trinity held their first Clinic last fall and it was a huge success. So, as a result they found a need and call for baby blankets, scarves, hats and mittens for babies and children. And so, that is what I have formed my group to do, knit and crochet needed items for the Clinic. So far we've only had 2 meetings and I have about 5 to 6 ladies who are interested. I plan on posting pictures to this blog of what we make. Till then, have a Blessed Day!

NickysKnits

This is my first post. I'm a constant knitter, collector of yarn and patterns. I love knitting and have been knitting and crocheting since I learned how, 44 years ago. I learned to knit when I was in 6th grade and my sister and I taught ourselves to crochet out of the little green Coats and Clark, How To Book. I've been doing my craft almost without interruption since then. I did quit for a few years after my youngest son was born in 1992, but I picked it up again about 4 or 5 years ago and have been going strong since then.