Friday, December 11, 2020, Issue 178: It is two weeks until Christmas!

The shop will be completing all business on a non-face-to-face basis…

Everything is available online so if you need yarn, needles, books or anything else, you can shop online and we can carry it out to your car for you. If there is a Ravelry pattern you want that isn't listed online, it can be added and printed for you, just let us know.

If you prefer or need help with your orders, give me a call at 519-726-4226 and we can help! I am not very good at using Facetime or Facebook Messenger video calls but we can do that too so that you can still see colours and suggestions!

Christmas 2020 is going to be very different one! If you do a search on Ravelry for Christmas, 499 pages pop up unless you narrow down your search!

Just before December Connie (knitnut246) told about Arne & Carlos's Sit and Knit A Bit Christmas Countdown with a pattern for 24 (new) Christmas Balls which you can buy HERE! for $8 usd They already have a book of 55 Christmas Balls to Knit which celebrates its 10 year anniversary.

I have watched up until the podcast from December 8th!

I have enjoyed watching especially since they are relatively short! These are 5-10 minutes in length so while I enjoy a lot of podcasts, I don't have the time to watch!

The one I chose to knit first from the 24 new Christmas balls by Arne & Carlos is Old Fashioned from December 2nd. Now I have three knit Christmas Balls on my tree!

Tiny Sweaters by Malia Mae is a free Ravelry download for great little Christmas ornaments that are quick to knit!

The Christmas Balls and the Tiny Sweaters ornaments aree knit using DK weight yarn. Suggested yarns are Bergere de France Ideal, Berroco Vintage DK or for a rustic look Rowan Felted Tweed.

Wouldn’t this Fox Hat with ear flaps and a crocheted edge by Drops Design make an awesome Christmas gift! It is a quick knit using Drops Andes, a super bulky yarn, 8 mm (US 11) needles and a 7 mm crochet hook!

The Suffolk by Jo Storie is a snug fit cabled beanie with a ribbed double cuff hem knit on big needles for a quick knit! Knit it in Drops Andes or Malabrigo Rasta.

New In

This beautiful display for the new Katia United Socks arrived on Wednesday! There are 24 colours in a 25g format of 109 yards (100m) for $3.95 a ball! Great for the heels and toes of socks or when smaleer amounts of fingering weight yarn is needed.

A big shipment arrived of Koigu including Mori Pencil Boxes (Merino/Silk blend mini skeins), Sparkle Pencil Boxes (Merino/Lurex mini skeins) and regular Pencil Boxes (Merino)!

WIP's and FO's

I am ready to separate the yoke and the sleeves on my Stripes! By Andrea Mowry! I haven't had a huge amount of time to work on this especially with all of the little WIP projects I have on the go!

I am on the third colour of 25 on my ADVENTuresome Wrap by Ambah O’Brien where I am using a Koigu Advent Kit in Mica.

KNIT GROUP AND GALLERY

The current Knit-Alongs are the Any Sweater / Shawl KAL and the Knit Your Project: the everlasting knit-along to encourage and support you to knit is running from October 1 to December 31, 2020.

Don’t forget to post a pic to the finished object (FO) thread whenever you finish a project during the Knit-Along so that you will be included in the next draw! We will also add the option of posting your finished project to Instagram using the #sue2knitskal so that I can find them!

Angela’s stranded sweaters are always amazing as you can see in the photo at the top! She says this one she knit a couple of years ago!

After telling Angela about the gnome designs by Sarah Schira (@imagined_landscapes), she knit two Gnome Is Where You Hang Your Hat for her mantel using leftover Lichen and Lace Rustic Heather Sport from finished projects.

Natalie (abrnat) loves the Arteixan Hat by Kristel Nieves that she knit with the Malabrigo Rasta and pompom she won in my last draw!

Lise (Mattedcat) test knit this Aspen Cable Hat by Lara Simonson that is now available on Ravelry!

Nancy crocheted these to send to her grandkids! The red ones she learned are Marshall from Paw Patrol.

Rita knit this hat for her nephew as a Christmas gift. Berroco Vintage - colour 5107. Pattern: The Harbour Hat by Cold Comfort Knits.

Sonia (@soniabknits) finished this gorgeous Escher’s Dream Cowl by @sweaterfreak.

Jen (@seaturtlecraftco) finished her beautiful marathon knit Slipstravaganza by Stephen West! Kay finished hers too and Heidi is almost finished hers but I don't have pictures of them!

Christina finished this modified February Hat by Kate Gagnon Osborn.

Christina crocheted this pocket shawl to gift!!

Andrea (Marti) finished the Auster (for Her) by Michele Wang that she started in 2018, frogged and restarted!

Kim finished Joji’s Boxy using a SweetGeorgia Party of Five kit and Cascade 220!

Amy knit two pairs of socks with Bergere de France Goomy - this stripy pair in Imprim Gris...

Amy knit this the gray pair with Bergere de France Goomy in Aluminum!

Elizabeth (@su11ysmom) finished Lulu, Anisa and Willow to send to their new homes!!

Debbie (debsnubs) knit this super cute Tiny Elf by Susan B. Anderson from part of an advent calendar she won!

VIRTUAL SOCIAL KNITTING

Virtual social knitting using the Zoom app! It has been a great way to knit together through social distancing! Join in with us either Tuesday afternoon from 2 - 4 pm or Thursday nights from 7 - 9 pm. We are continuing to hold our Zoom meetings each week until we can meet again in person. Clicking on the link will take you to our Zoom meeting.

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Happy Friday. Happy Knitting, Crocheting and Crafting! Keep calm and keep on knitting and making!