One Day Cowl

On Monday Donna received her monthly knit kit from Mary Maxim.

The next day was the Veterans Day Holiday and she was lucky enough to have the day off. 

Here is how she spent part of her day - making the Highland Cowl.

She used size 35 needles and Mary Maxim Titan - a bulky yarn and Woodland Yarn. 

If this cowl doesn't keep you warm I don't think anything will.

Anatomy of a Sweater

Recently we had a request to make a baby sweater. 

The customer bought the yarn and it was up to us to find a pattern.

We found a nice pattern from an insert in one of the British knitting magazines we like to get.

Here is the actual sweater in the book.

Now let me take you through the process of actually making this sweater.

Here the sweater is on circular needles. 

Since there were a lot of stitches we felt a circular needle would work better than straight needles.

Here is a close up of the lace pattern. 

I do have to tell you that you really had to pay attention to what you were doing on the pattern rows.

 I had to rip rows out a few times. 

Now we are starting to see the foundation of a sweater with no sleeves.

Here are the sleeves.

When you sew all the parts together here is what you have.

The customer also requested a hat and booties to match.

I certainly hope this will keep the baby warm this winter.

November Holiday Craft Show Schedule

The holiday craft show season has kicked off.

Saturday we were at the Penn Hebron Garden Club Show in Penn Hills.

So here is the rest of the schedule for November.

November 8

The Bands of Gateway 13th Annual Craft Show

Gateway High School in Monroeville 

10a - 3p.

Mon Valley School Holiday Craft and Vendor Show - 555 Lewis Run Rd - Jefferson Hills, PA 15025 

9a - 3p

November 15

Swissvale Farmers Market

This is the last market for the season.

(Weather Pending)

9a - 1p

November 16

Thirteenth Annual Holiday Craft Show at Bishop Canevin High School

2700 Morange Road - Pittsburgh, PA 15205

10a - 3p

We will be in the cafeteria this year.

November 22

The Penn Hills Parks and Recreation 17th Annual Holiday Craft Show

Linton Middle School - 250 Aster Street - Penn Hills, PA 15235

8a - 4p

This is a great show - you don't want to miss this one!

Hope to see you at one of our upcoming holiday craft shows.

Camo Neck Warmers

About a year ago I did a blog on neck warmers and the fact that I was thinking of making them with camouflage yarn. 

Well this year I have made some and will have them at the Swissvale Farmers Market as the item of the week on Saturday, Oct 25, 2014.

Here are some pictures.

Camouflage

Urban Camo

Pink Camo - I call it female camo

It is amazing how many different camo themed yarn Red Heart has.

Camouflage

Pink Camo

Urban Camo

Desert Camo

Mirage Camo

This is truly a unisex item as they would make wonderful gifts for both men and women.

I have also made them in solid colors as well.

These can be made in any color. Don't like what you see here and want something different - just ask and we can make you whatever color you want.

Bi-Annual Swissvale Library Book and Bake Sale

It will be a ghoulish good time at the Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale Book and Bake Sale over the next three days.

Here are the hours for the sale:

Thursday, Oct 23 - 4p - 8p

Friday, Oct 24 - 10a - 4p

Saturday, Oct 25 - 9a - 2p

This sale has a huge amount of donated books up for grabs. 

On Saturday the books are $2 for a whole bag. That is quite a deal!

Knitting by Pam and Donna will be there with a whole host of ghostly goodies.

Eyes

Spiders and Ghosts

Pumpkins Cup Cozy

There are some wonderfully talented bakers in the Friends of the Library.

Take a look at these tasty treats from past sales.

So come out and help a worthy cause - proceeds from this sale go to the Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale.

Socks vs. Hats

This month Donna received her knit kit and it was for socks. 

She doesn't like to make socks, in fact if someone asks us to make socks for them we tell them to go to Kohl's. 

With that in mind she made a hat using the sock yarn.

The yarn is from Three Irish Girls Yarn, Inc. from Duluth, MN. Each skein is hand dyed.

The name of this yarn is called Adorn Sock Yarn and the color is Spokane River Walk.

This yarn did make a very pretty hat, don't you think?

October Craft Show Schedule

In October Knitting by Pam and Donna are doing several events that we would like to share with you.

October 4 

Pam will be at St. Thomas More Church at 126 Fort Couch Road in Bethel Park. 

The hours for that show is 9a- 3p.

Donna will be at the Swissvale Farmers Market from 9a - 1p.

October 10 - 11

Donna will be at St. Nicholas Church at 903 Ann Street in Homestead. 

This event is both Friday and Saturday from 10a - 6p.

On Saturday Pam will be at the Swissvale Farmers Market from 9a - 1p.

October 18

Pam will be at St. John Cathedral at 210 Greentree Road in Munhall from 10a - 3p.

Donna will be at the Swissvale Farmers Market from 9a - 1p.

October  23 - 25

The weekend of Oct 23 - 25 will be an all Swissvale weekend.

The Swissvale Library will be having its Book and Bake Sale.

The hours will be as follows

Oct 23 - 4p - 8p

Oct 24 - 10a - 4p

Oct 25 - 9a - 2p

We will also be at the Swissvale Farmers Market on Saturday, Oct 25 from 9a - 1p.

We hope to see you at one of these events!