theraineysisters knitting and so much more

Yesterday was World Wide Knit in Public Day, as I mentioned a couple of days ago.  I did make it to Barnes & Noble in Blaine to meet up with Mary and her knitting pals, Tessa, Becky, and Emily — very nice young women.  A few of MY knitting pals also showed up: Marilyn, her daughter, Nicole, Julie, and Emily.  My oldest daughter, Laura, came with me with her current knitting project.  It was a lot of fun.  Mary et al are just starting out on their knitting journey.   Some of the rest of us have “been on the road” awhile!  It was fun to share our love of knitting and help out some of the newbies as they interpreted the sometimes confusing world of knitting patterns.  I’ll be there next year, Mary!

I bought this magazine at B&N because of the pattern for the sheep puppets — I do not spin and do not plan on ever learning.  I only have time for knitting.

Are these the cutest things you’ve ever seen?  I think you could substitute fair isle weight shetland.

Sunrise is setting:  I am finishing Sunrise.  What intrigued me about this pattern was the possibility that the entire outer perimeter could be handled as one big circle, instead of working it in pieces — neck, lower back edge, front half circles.  So, I decided to do an I-cord bind off around the entire perimeter (instead of a purl turning row as shown) and then I will pick up the facing and knit it in one piece in the round.  To do this, I’ll either need several sets of circular needles, which I own but probably can’t find, or buy one really long needle.  I had been thinking that the bottom back hem did not need a facing, but I think I’ll go ahead and do it to prevent curling.  The sleeves will not get a facing. 

This in-progess view shows the right front I-cord bind off completed.  The bottom back edge is also finished.  There is a way to do an i-cord bind off and keep live sts so you can keep knitting.  It was not worth the trouble here and does not turn out as well anyway.  As you can see, this is a fairly slow process, so I doubt I’ll get it done today.  Button shopping is next 🙁