Knitting and Stitching for Charity
Stashes. We all have one. Even if we don't want to admit it out loud. Check out TheStitchin' Den's featured charity knitting projects.
North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley is looking for knitted and crocheted hats for babies. These hats are for premature and normal newborns especially in Weld county. Thanks to Janet West of Greeley for providing the knitted pattern for these hats. It was posted in our December Newsletter and is now on the Yarn page at www.thestitchinden.com
Warm The World focuses on US children in our foster care system as well as seveal targeted orphanges overseas and at risk adults. You can donate handmade afghans, hats and scarves or your left over yarn (nicely balled).
www.warmtheworld.com
The Estes Valley Knitter's Guild is supporting the Estes Park police and ambulance service. They are in need of blankets to be kept in their emergency vehicals. You can knit or crochet asny worsted weight machine washable yarn into 10 inch by 10 inch squares. thanks to JoAnn Mullen and Liz DeCleene for orgaining and coordinating making these donations into squares.
www.thecenterforfiberarts.com
Susan G. Komen is one of our favorite foundations. They need donations of knitted or crocheted hats and scarves out of machine washable pink yarn. All proceed from the sale of these donations go to fund breast cancer research.
www.komen.org
Hats and scarves for the childen of Nepal began seveal years ago and was brought to The Stitchin' Den by Collette Smith. Collette worked at the shop for several years and has continued to inspire people to created beautiful knitted items.
www.thestitchinden.com
Yarn at the Stitchin Den
The big – and we mean big! – fall and winter trend for 2011/2012 is funky scarf yarns! These new yarns are designed to be knitted using different but simple techniques which produce some exciting effects, including ruffles, flounces and swirls. It’s not difficult to learn how to knit with these, and once you get the hang of it you won’t be able to put these yarns down.
Click on the links below and watch the helpful video tutorials from Trendsetter on how to use these exciting yarns. Then, whip up a new scarf (or several) for some great holiday gifts.
Want to know more??? Come on in and chat with one of the staff at The Stitchin’ Den.
Trendsetter: How to use Cha Cha yarn
Universal Yarns: How to use Rozetti Marina
Trendsetter: How to knit Improv Yarn
Hat Pattern for Charity Knitting
I have a request from Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley for hats for babies. Especially five pounds and up.
Janet West has forwarded the pattern they are using and I have copied it below. Drop off finished hats at The Stitchin’ Den during shop hours.
The picture isn’t of the exact hat, but is shown ribbed all the way up. I didn’t have a picture of a finished hat made for this charity yet.
Infant Knit Cap – Instructions for All Size Infants
All sizes follow the same instructions.
- Newborn uses size 8 needles and a superwash worsted weight yarn like Encore.
- Small size hats uses a size 4 needle and DK yarn
- Medium size uses size 6 needles and uses a DK weight yarn such as Dream Baby by Plymouth or Baby Ull by Dale of Norway.
General instructions:
CO 54 stitches. Work in K1, P1 ribbing for 16 rows (about two inches)
Change to Stockinette stitch (Knit one row, purl one row) for rest of the hat. Knit 24 rows in any gauge of yarn to complete the crown part of the cap.
Decrease rows:
Row 1: *Knit 3, K2tog repeat from star across row.
Row 2: *Purl 2, P2tog repeat from star across row.
Row 3: *Knit 1, K2tog repeat from star across row.
Cut a long length of yarn for sewing. Gather remaining sts and sew securely.
Continue to sew back seam.
Add pom pom or bow if desired.
:: One Skein Wonders for Sock Yarn
:: Knitting Off the Axis
:: Best of Knitscene
:: Little Red in the City by Ysolda Teague
:: coming soon… Shelter yarn and patterns from Jared Flood, and the immensely wonderful patterns of Stephen West, Ysolda Teague, and French Press Knits
A few of the marvelous classes at The Stitchin’ Den are:
Damson Shawl
French Press Knits Felted Ballet Slippers
Snapdragon Mitts & Tam
Koolhaus Hat
New Yarns have arrived at The Stitchin Den!
:: Rozetti
- Marina and Marina Glitz
:: Paton
- Wild Child
- Lace Sequin
- Moxie
- Pirouette
- Canadiana
:: Trendsetter
- new colors of Flamenco
:: Tahki
- Ritratto, in an array of gorgeous new colors
:: Mountain Meadow Wool
- “Laramie” worsted mountain merino in natural and hand-dyed colors
- “Powder River” worsted mountain merino, alpaca, and black rambouillet blend.
- “Mountain Fusion” handpaint mountain merino
- “Sheridan” 3-ply bulky mountain merino
:: Cascade
- Superwash 220
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Brown Sheep
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Mountain Colors
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Cascade
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Farmhouse Yarns
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Lonesome Stone Alpaca
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Plymouth
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Knit One, Crochet Too
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Crystal Palace
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Tahki Cotton
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Dye Lot Yarns
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Universal yarns
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Point Protectors
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Stitch Markers
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Clover Wooden Needles
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Susan Bates Metal and Plastic Needles
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Fiber Trend Patterns
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Oat Couture
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Timeless Totes
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Scissors
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Stretcher Bars
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Needles for ribbon, needlepoint and cross stitch
Lots more!!!!
The Staff Stitch of the Month is the Cevron Rib.
This stitch is worked in a repeat of 18 sts plus one knit. So cast on your project in multiples of 18 plus one.
Row 1: (RS) P1, *K1, P2, K2, P2, P1; rep from* to end.
Row 2: *K3, P2, K2, P2, K1, (P2, K2) twice;rep from *to last st, K1.
Row 3: *(P2, K2) twice, P3, K2, P2, K2, P1; rep from * to last st, P1.
Row 4: *K1, P2, K2, P2, K5, P2, K2, P2; rep from * to last st, K1.
Rep these two rows.
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Knitting Margaritas
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Kids Can Create
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Sweater Knit-A-Long
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Needle Nutz Coming soon.
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Yarn Whisperer
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Open Knitting
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Social get togethers
Want to know more?
Check out the Home page for times and dates.
Hand Knitters Master Knitter Program
Susan, Donna, Pam, Deb, and Liz are all starting the Hand Knitters Master Knitter Program sponsored by The National Knitter's Guild.
We are meeting regularly at Kind Coffee in Estes Park to make sure we all stay on track. It is a lot of fun and is helping us fine tune all of our skills.
Interested in forming a stitchin' group?
The Stitchin' Den would like to help. We have several opportunities to meet in the shop. Monday afternoons, Tuesday mornings, Saturday all day or Sundays during the summer.
Join groups already in session at Notchtop every Thursday at 2PM or the 1st and 3rd Monday night with the Knitting Margaretas at Casa Grande
Novice stitchers, experts or stitcher wanna bes are all welcomed. A lot of help and support will be available at each group.
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Stitch Nivh
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In Good Company
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JR Designs
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Shelly Tribbey
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Cooper Oakes
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Sundance
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Floss Cards
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