Busy fingers .... and Tip of the Day

Busy fingers are visible all around our table at the moment. It is really interesting to see how the different members of the group develop their knitting skills. Each week we seem to learn something from each other, regardless of whether we are experienced knitters or beginners.

Tip of the Day
Caroline has been frustrated by the "wrong" side of rugs looking like a "wrong side" when new colours are added. Searching through the books on the library she came across an ingenoius solution. When joining a new colour in a garter stitch rug, the first row in the new colour should be knitted in k1p1 rib. The rug then continues in the new colour and garter stitch. This leaves a a very subtle, neat pattern on both sides of the rug. The first two photos below show the" front" and "back" of the rug using this method. The last photo shows how the colours meld together as the rug grows. Genevieve is using a similar method in a slightly different way - I'll try to post photos next week.













































Another rug has been completed. Amanda took the squares from our pile of ready-to-be-sewn-together wraps and brought the completed wrap today. She has used a very pretty join on these squares - taught to her by Chris. At first glance it looks like a feather stitch. There's no close-up but here's the completed rug - it looks really good:



More news soon.