KNITTING & CROCHET BEE Coming this Fall to Lola’s Tea House KNITTING & C RO CH E T B E E Gathering Schedule: Sept. 24 Oct.22 Nov. 19 Dec. 17 June 25 July 23 August—off www.littleknits.com YARN ESTIMATOR...How much yarn do I need for …? www.knittingfool.com/pages/yards1.guest.cfm www.knittingbrain.com/calculators.php Lola’s Tea House Knitting & Crocheting Bee brings together the tradition of tea and knitting. Come eat, drink and stitch in an atmosphere of friendly helping hands that will make sure your project is a success. Lola’s Tea House offers a unique, one-of-a-kind place to enjoy the simple pleasures of drinking tea. RAFFLES! Our menu consists of the finest hot Knitting/Crochet and cold beverages, specializing in merchandise raffle at each meeting! specialty and blended teas, as well as fresh baked pastries, cakes, pies, salads and sandwiches. America’s Yarn Store www.yarn.com www.lolasteahouse.com 4th THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH (Except August) 7:00—9:00 pm KNITTING PROJECT Elizabeth Zimmerman’s “Surprise Sweater” The Baby Surprise Jacket was designed by Elizabeth Zimmermann in 1968 and remains a popular baby garment to this day. It is an excellent pattern for making use of oddments of yarn or self striping yarns with long colour repeats, but looks equally nice knit in a single colour with a contrasting button band. The jacket is knit in a single piece with just two seams that run across each of the shoulders and down the length of the sleeves. It includes extra ease across the back of the garment to fit well over a nappy. This is a great project that can utilize all the “extra” yarn we have stored and stashed away in our closets. CROCHET PROJECT EZ’s Baby Surprise Jacket modified for Crochet http://mrsfife.wordpress.com/ezsbaby-surprise-jacket-modified-forcrochet/ Since the single crochet stitch is squarer than the garter stitch which Ms Zimmermann uses, we are using James G Davis’ stockinette version as our basis for the crochet BSJ. The shaping (increase/decrease) is therefore distributed over 4 rows, the first 3 of which make changes, while the 4th is worked even (1 sc in each st). For decreasing, I’ve used sc3tog, which is worked as: (hook through next st, yo and pull loop through) 3 times, yo and pull through all four loops on hook (2 stitches decreased). For increasing just do 3 scs in one stitch. When increasing/decreasing, remember to place the 3sc in one/sc3tog in the increase/decrease stitch of the previous row. If the previous row was worked even, then your shaping will be placed into the sc immediately above the increase/decrease in the row below it. You could use a spare bit of contrasting yarn to mark your shaping points if it will make it easier to spot them. Going into the exact stitch is important if you don’t want a misshapen end result! You can purchase a copy of the surprise sweater from Schoolhouse Press http://www.schoolhousepress.com/spunout.htm With the hook and yarn appropriate for the size you want to make, chain the number of stitches EZ asks you to cast on, plus 1. A-B-C-SJ (Adult, Baby, Child’s Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmerman and Meg Swanson) - $10.00 + s/h The jacket is knitted back and forth in garter stitch. This updated pattern the adult surprise sweater along with the baby and child versions. Visit: www.youtube.com with search word: surprise jacket or L2Belt. and watch step by step video presentations on making the surprise jacket (Six episodes) The pattern for this sweater is available for a small price of $6.50 at http://stitchstud.podbean.com
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