Spring Craft Show Season

The month of March is almost upon us. 

That means the spring craft shows are just around the corner as well.

Knitting by Pam and Donna have two events scheduled for March. 

Here are a couple of venues where you can find us.

14th Annual Spring Craft and Vendor Show 

Sponsored by the Penn Hills Council of PTAs

March 5, 2016

10a - 3p

Linton Middle School

250 Aster Street

Penn Hills, PA 15235

White Oak Recreation Board Spring Craft Show

Sponsored by White Oak Athletic Association

March 19, 2016

10a - 4p

1798 Lower Heckman Road

White Oak, PA 15131

We hope to see you at one of these events!

Stay tuned for more craft show events in April.

Bottle Cap Trivets

During the winter months Knitting by Pam and Donna are always looking for new patterns to make for the upcoming year.

Donna was looking through her pattern books and found something to make using metal bottle caps.

The first thing we had to do was find a place where we could find metal bottle caps. So a Facebook friend suggested going to the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse. As you can see we did and we found some there.

Donna came home and started crocheting covers to go over the bottle caps ... she sewed 19 caps together and came up with the bottle cap trivets. 

Donna used cotton yarn and of course metal bottle caps so these trivets can definitely be used for placing hot items on. 

This will be a new item for us this year at various events we will be participating in this spring and summer. 

Vintage Afghans

Update - two afghans have sold. I will mark the ones sold in the caption.

If you are into vintage afghans - do we have a treat for you!

Knitting by Pam and Donna did not make these afghans - we are helping a friend/neighbor who wants to sell these vintage afghans that her mother made approximately 30 years ago. We have seen these afghans and all are clean and in excellent condition as each blanket was packed away in their own individual wrapping. 

Below you will see each afghan along with their sizes.

Pink/White/Lavender Afghan - 52x85

White/Pink Afghan - 51x70

Coral/Beige/Brown Afghan - 45x78

Green/Yellow/Brown Afghan - 53x60

White/Black/Orange Afghan - 44x82

Red/Beige Afghan - 47x58

SOLD White/Lavender/Pink/Wine Afghan - 45x75 - SOLD

White/Blue/Wine Afghan - 42x68

SOLD Shades of Green Afghan 53x78 SOLD

Please let us know if you are interested in any of these afghans and we will coordinate an afghan viewing for you.  

New Year - New Projects

Happy New Year - 2016 is now upon us!

Knitting by Pam and Donna are already busy coming up with new items for the new year.

These scarves we're going to show you are made using remnants from projects where we had a little bit of yarn left. Basically you knit this scarf using a circular needle so you can cast on a lot of stitches and knit a row or two of each ball selected. 

You leave a good bit of yarn at the beginning and end of each row to make fringe.

Take a look - no two are alike - all unique pieces!

For those of you who know knitting terminology - this is a real stash buster.

Happy New Year!

Special Orders

Knitting by Pam and Donna sure have had a lot of Special Custom Orders this year. 

Let's start out with a couple projects inspired by colleges.

Nebraska Cornhusker Headbands

Penn State Hanger

Head gear has been very interesting this year as well.

Slouchy Hats made using Alpaca yarn

Fox Hood  

Ninja Turtle Hat

One of the ladies from the Friends of the Swissvale Library asked us to make her Dobby, the house elf from Harry Potter. 

We did not think he would be as big as a small child until we started working on him.

Dobby

As you can see some of these custom orders were quite challenging - but that is how you learn how to do new things.

I am proud to say that we figured out each and every project.

Both Donna and I as well as the customer were very pleased with the outcomes.

December Holiday Craft Shows

The beginning of December will be very busy for Knitting by Pam and Donna.

Here is where we will be during the next couple weeks.

Wilkins School Community Center Holiday Gift Shop

7604 Charleston Ave - Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Dec 4 - 4p - 9p - Opening Party

Dec 5 - 9a - 6p

Dec 6 - Noon - 5p

CC Mellor's Holiday Sale

CC Mellor Library

1 Pennwood Ave - Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Dec 5 - 10a - 4p

Dec 6 - 10a - 4p

Holiday Bake Sale

The Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale

1800 Monongahela Ave - Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Dec 11 - 10a - 4p

Dec 12 - 9a - 2p

The Procrastinators Ball
Spirit Lodge, 51st and Butler Streets in Lawrenceville
December 19, 2015
Noon - 6p

As always if you need something small for a gift - let us know!

HO! HO! HO! 

Merry Christmas!

November Craft Show Schedule

It's November - the busiest month of the year for holiday craft shows.

As I did in October I want to let you know where we will be for the month of November.

Clover Commons Community Craft Show

Saturday - Nov 7, 2015

9a - 3p

Off Route 286

Plum, PA 15239

Anne Ashley United Methodist Church

Saturday, Nov 14, 2015

9a - 3p

334 22nd Ave.

Munhall, PA 15120

The Bands of Gateway 14th Annual Craft Show

Saturday, Nov 14, 2015

10a - 3p

Gateway High School

Monroeville, PA 15146

14th Annual Holiday Craft Show at Bishop Canevin High School

Sunday, Nov 15, 2015

10a - 3p

2700 Morange Road

Pittsburgh, PA 15205

Penn Hills Parks and Recreation 

18th Annual Holiday Craft Show

Saturday, Nov 21, 2015

8a - 4p

Linton Middle School

250 Aster Street

Penn Hills, PA 15235

Happy Holiday Shopping!