Sunday 4th March 2012

Yes I'm late. Got 2 sickies in the house that needed looking after so please bear with me.

Ok, just very quickly, Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th March is the Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts fair at the SECC (me too skint to go - boo hoo) so pop along and you just might find a bargain! And if you're going on the Saturday... keep your peepers out for our Aileen!

Ok, finishes:

Janette's Pretty Picture

Pretty Picture by Janette. I adore this!

Crochet Hat by Doreen

Doreen's crochet hat.













On the needles/etc:

Aileen - Lace heart socks
Doreen - Crochet Shawl
Julie - Cardigan
Margaret - Jumper
Gillian - Baby Waistcoat
Janette - Embroidery
Jean - Jumper
Rosemary - Short Row Scarf
Me - Cable Throw (centre section)

See you all next time (won't be so late next time!)

Sunday 26th February 2012

 Hello everyone!  OOPS! Blog is late again and I do apologise!

Only a few us today, but lots got done (eventually) and lots more chatter.  Gillian... how did it go on Monday with your 'non' fancy design? lol

Got a lovely email from Jean during the week.  Jean and Margaret had a good conversation about how long it would take to knit an item.  We'll all find out soon enough.  Jean has now started a ladies long sleeved jumper in DK and has looked out a digital timer.  While counting stitches or if stitches get dropped the timer will be switched off so that the only stitches that count are the ones that are knitted.  I would love to find out the outcome of this.... GO JEAN GO!!!!!

There was also a chatter about smoking as I have quit (feels good!) so I had more time on my hands... managed to whip up 6 knitted dolls (pic below).


Janice popped in for a few minutes to have a quick coffee... pity she couldn't stay on.

A couple of finishes this week:

Margaret's Jumper

Margaret has now finished this lovely jumper... I just love these colours!!!!

Emma's Jelly Babies and Superhero

Jelly Babies and a Superhero for my friend who is an officialk fundraiser for Help the Heroes
















On the needles/hooks:

Margaret - Baby Cardigan
Gillian - Baby Waistcoat
Jean - Jumper
Julie - Cardigan
Doreen - Crochet Shawl
Me - Cable Throw

Gillian!!!!  Where's the pics??? lol

Until next time... Keep Calm and Carry On Knitting!

- Emma

Sunday 19th February 2012

HELLO!!!

Nice turnout again this morning.  It's really good to see us all together. 

Janette got her new phone with her Orange phone fund which she is very pleased about, and quite rightly so. Her goldwork piece is coming along really well.  I can't wait to see it completed. 

Margaret ran out of yarn needed for the little cardigan she was knitting.  She's using different shades of pink and didn't have the third shade to continue.  I'm pretty sure Watt Bros. came to the rescue though :)

Two pictures of finishes this week... I would love to see more completed projects so bring them in ladies and I'll get the pics up!

Fingerless Gloves

Aileen's fingerless gloves for hubby... even though he says his fingers are still cold.  No pleasing men is there Aileen? lol

Baby Socks

Baby socks knitted up from the free kit from this months issue of Let's Knit.  Socks on the left on straight needles and socks on the right on DPN's (my first project on DPN's I might add.... probably why the feet are too long... lol).










On the needles/Hooks/Frames this week is:

Margaret - Baby Cardigan
Gillian - Baby Waistcoat
Rosemary - Seaweed Scarf
Aileen - Lace Heart Socks
Jean - Jumper
Me - Jelly Babies
Julie - Cardigan
Doreen - Crochet Shawl

Until next week my readers!

- Emma xxx

Sunday 12th February 2012

Big turnout this morning!  It was great to see you all there!

Lots of chat this morning. Plenty of natter about everything and nothing really.  Rosemary brought a pattern book in of glamourous knits.  It had some gorgeous patterns including a bra! It did have some stunning projects though, may be worth a read.

Everyone was very chatty, it was good to see more of us there and being busy.

Finishes this week:

Emma's Stitchable Journal & Keepsake Box

I did this quick project to take a wee knitting break.

Fiona in her hat

This hat was finished by myself last weekend (modeled by the recipient).

Toni in her hat

 I also finished this one Monday (also modeled by the recipient).













 

Julie's 'Pink' Panther

 Julie's done a great job with this 'pink panther'.  I thought he was brilliant!

Julie's Cowl, completed this morning

Was on the needles when Julie arrived and completed this mornoing :)

Julie's Baby Waistcoat, also completed this morning

Gillian has finally finished the baby waistcoat, this was also on the needles when she arrived. :)

Gillian, I'm only jealous of your ability to make your own buttons! ;-p








On the needles/hooks:

Rosemary - Cable Hat
Aileen - Fingerless Gloves
Gillian - Baby Waistcoat (see above)
Doreen - Crochet Practice of Colonial Ripple
Jean - A Jumper (Jean, it'll look lovely, you'll see :-D)
Margaret - White Jumper with different coloured chevron stripes
Julie - Cowl (also see above)
Me - Cable Throw

Until next week.... :)

Night night

-Emma

Sunday 5th February 2012

Good morning all!  Emma here. My apologies for the lateness of this post.

Well, on Sunday we got another new member.  I would like to say a warm welcome to Rosemary!  Hope to see you there again soon!

Lots of chat with a couple of finishes to show.  Chat was actually about how thick people can be.  I know it may not have been appropriate conversation but we were talking about nice things too :)

A couple of finishes to show to you :-)

Doreen's Crocheted Cowl

 This is beautiful.  Margaret and I couldn't tell if it was crocheted or knitted!  We had to ask! :-0

Rosemary's Wee Doll (flower basket was a hit!)

Such a cute wee dolly.  I think we liked the flower basket.  Little flowers were so intricate.













On the needles and hooks:

Doreen: Crochet Cowl
Aileen: Lace socks
Gillian: Baby's Waistcoat
Margaret: Cross Over Style Pullover
Rosemary: Phone Holder
Jean: Sorry Jean, forogt to ask before you left :-(
Me: Slouchy Hat (the second one).

Until next week my friends.

Emma out!

Sunday 28th January 2012

Hello again!

Emma here.  Lovely wee morning in the group this morning. 6 of us attended today and I'm not sure if we done more chatting or more crafting!

Lots of talking about mobiles and tariffs.  Gillian showed some beautiful photo's of a 400 year old table she had restored, so simplistic, yet just beautiful... the kind of table you would find in the kitchen of a castle in Tudor times.


Finishes (yaayyy):

Fingerless Gloves by Aileen for Janette

 I just love these Gloves... The colourway is just so funky!

Felted Critters by Gillian

 Janette honey, it's not a real one!!!

Beaded Hairband by Margaret

Coat For Kaylee by Me (Emma)

I adore the use of the beads in this project.













This is for my youngest daughter, slightly too big but so what, "She'll grow in to it".














On the needles/embroidery frame:

Aileen - Lace Heart Socks
Janette - Goldwork Piece
Me - Slouchy Hat
Julie - Baby Cardigan (for Theodora)
Margaret - Hairband
Gillian - Baby Waistcoat


Have a great week everyone, see you next time!

- Emma

Sunday 15th January 2012

Hello everyone! Well, it's been a while since this was updated! Lol

I'd like to introduce myself first of all. My name is Emma and I'm a new author of the Glasgow Central Stitch 'n' Bitch blog. I'm 32 and I have 3 children and like to knit, read, write and cross stitch. I'm also an Avon Sales Leader.

I went to the group today (Sunday 15th Jan 2012) and I was delighted to meet such wonderful people. I sat next to Doreen who is just lovely. Everyone was very welcoming.

This blog entry is just an introduction to myself really. I will be continuing to make weekly contributions and keeping you all updated with the happenings of the group. I'll be taking photo's of WIPs and projects we are all currently working on. There will also be news of any special events that are taking place.

I hope you enjoy reading my entries week by week and hope to see you at the group on Sunday!

Until next time!

Emz xxx

Sunday 27th Feb

We had our busiest day at Cafe Nero so far, with 9 of us there. We did have to shuffle up a bit to make room but we were all very cosy!

Julie gave us a very pretty handmade card as a thanks for the wedding present:

Also we were discussing the fact that the groups 'birthday' is on 7th March. I cant believe the group is 2 years old already, it only seems like yesterday that I joined a few ladies knitting in the basement of Borders ... *sniff* a borders how we miss you!

Anyway we have decided to have a Birthday/late Xmas Lunch on Sat 12th at Cafe Wander at 1pm. All are welcome to join, and there will be cake :)

Finishes

One finish this week, my owl socks:

These are a present for my sister, Lorraine, who has 2 owls as pets (a Bengal Eagle owl and a Barn owl) The socks are knitted in Opal Eule (barn owl) coloured sock yarn and have beads for the owls eyes. This was my 1st time really doing cables of any sort.

WIPS

• Me - Orange cabled 'Apple' gloves
• Janette - Gold hand quilted piece
• Gillian - Green crocheted phone case
• Avalon - Purple Crocheted scarf
• margaret - Blue/sea coloured Cardi front section
• Tracy - Hand embroidery based on a russian foltale for an exhibition
• Julie - Cream Socks
• Doreen - scarf on Thai knitting loom (attempt 2)
• Donna - Blue/white self striping yarn baby blanket
  
  
  
  
  

Next Sunday the Creative Stitches fair is on at the SECC so many of the group will not be there on Sunday 6th March. You are of course still wecome to go along to Cafe Nero, please just be aware that the attendance may be thin on the ground!

Again dont forget the Birthday Lunch on Sat 12th at Cafe Wander at 1pm. And of course mettings will be back to normal on Sunday 13th March.

See you xx

Sunday 20th Feb

Well we seem to be settiling into Cafe Nero very well - we are even starting to encourage the staff to start knitting too!

The lovely Juile came back from her honeymoon in Florida with her new hubbie Doug. Janette and I had collaborated together and made her a small had quilted/embroidered cushion in her wedding colours.

We borrowed the heart stencil from the front of Juile's evening invitations. Janette hand quilted the heart in each corner...

and I hand embroidered it in the centre...

We have another new friend who joined us today, Avalon. Originally from California, she is mainly a crocheter, although there is a plan afoot to teach her to knit too. She found out about the group through my Craftster post.

WIPs

• Janette - Celtic gold hand quilting
• Margaret - Blue knitted cardi (for my Mum)
• Me - Owl Sock #2
• Romy - Floral embroidery and white knitted bed jacket
• Doreen - embroidery surprise
• Avalon - Purple crocheted scarf/ hood.

See you next week. bye x

New Year, new venue (again!)

Well the new year is well and truly here and we have found ourselves a new home.

We are now meeting at Cafe Nero, at Buchanan Galleries. They do open from 8.30am on a Sunday, but we are still meeting from 10am to 1pm. (although these days we seem to start closer to 10.30am!)

As always all are welcome to join us

A x

Merry Xmas...and some sad news.

We had our final meeting of 2010 today - just a small group of myself, Janette, Gillian, Julie and Margaret.

And I'm afraid I have some bad news.... until further notice we have no new start back date or venue for next year.

Cafe Wander will be closed every weekend during January for refitting, and after then they are going to have to seriously consider whether they will be opening on Sundays. Which means we will have to consider either moving the day we meet or the venue. All suggestions are more than welcome.

We do hope to continue the group but at the moment we dont know when/where it will be.

In the meantime....

Have a very Merry Xmas and
a Wonderful New Year!

Love A xx

Knitting Still On

This is just a quick post to say that despite the lack of Blog posts the group is still meeting as normal. I just have had life-stuff to deal with recently.

Back at Last!

So after life being mega busy and then first losing and then finding both my camera and the camera cable I am finally going to get the last few meeting posted up!

A lot has happened in the group as well -  Donna got married and went of on her honeymoon, and Janette has moved into a new house!

I can now also post the finished pictures of the quilt I made as a present for my best friends, John’s wedding to his lovely Mary-Anne. I’m glad to say the loved it.

I owe a huge thanks to Janette for not only helping me cut, design and make the quilt but for also making the adorable matching doggie!

Spot Janette! And here’s the label from the back:

and the matching doggie  :D

 

And here are the Lovely Couple with their newest member of the family – Humphrey!

And this is the miniature hat I made and wore at the wedding :

 

Here’s Me wearing it at the wedding with Mum wearing the seashore necklace I finished on the 25th.

 

Sunday 25th July

Finishes

Julie has finished crocheting this pale lime coloured shrug…. and the decided she didn’t like it! But luckily Doreen does so she made a donation to Janette’s friend’s Chromosome 18 charity fund and is now the proud owner. In the meantime Julie has started on a different shrug pattern.

This is the seashore necklace I finished for my Mum to wear at the wedding.

 

WIPs

• Janette – Knitted child's snood
• Me – Seashore necklace
• Erin – Baby Booties
• Margaret – Blue Crochet wavy cardigan
• Romy – Sewing up knitted purse
• Doreen – Green stripy boys top
• Julie – Crochet shrug

 

Sunday 1st August

We had Donna’s (Belated) wedding shower! We all made Xmas ornaments for her & her new hubbie.

Here she is opening the pressies:

 

And here are the pressies:

 

I also taught a mini class on Beadweaving to Julie and Margaret, with Doreen looking on to get a taster.

Finishes

A couple of finishes today. Gillian has finished these cute cabled hand warmers.

And I finished this necklace last week (also for the wedding)

 

WIPs

• Erin – Red Baby Hat
• Donna -  Blue blanket
• Margaret, Julie & Me – Beading tutorial
• Doreen – Green stripy Boys top
• Romy – Yellow/White baby Cardi
• Gillian – Autumn coloured cabled hand warmers.

I wont be at the meeting on the 8th, but I will be there the following Sunday. Have a good one!

Aileen

Cosy Day

It was a cosy (if not always quiet!) day today with only 4 friends knitting. Margaret was supposed to also be there but had to call Cafe Wander and give her apologies after a slight incident with a whole pack of eggs and her kitchen floor!

 

Finishes

There were also a few finishes today. I have a few finishes but will not be posting pictures of them for a few weeks as part is a Wedding gift and the other is part of my outfit for the same wedding so you will have to wait a week or so. :D

 

Janette stuffed and finished this darling dog today. He will be part of a ‘Name the dog’ fundraising competition at the upcoming Chromosome 18 Europe conference.

Isn’t he cute!

WIPs

• Janette – Finishing the above dog and also finished knitting a child's snood in rainbow striped burgundy.
• Carol – crocheted blue and coffee coloured little boys hoodie top
• Doreen – Green self striping knitted boys cardi
• Me – beaded seashore necklace

Donna should be back from her honeymoon next Sunday so I look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible .

Take care, Be safe.

 

A x

A wet & windy sunday...

This morning the rain was pouring! Six brave souls ventured out to Cafe Wander for coffee, cake & knitting. And for once all of us we were knitting!
Just one finish this week, I finally finished my guinea pig cross stitch, I think he looks pretty cheeky!
The works in progress were:

• Janette: scarf
• Romy: bud stitch bag
• Margaret: socks
• Gillian: fisherman's rib jersey
• Doreen: boys waistcoat
• Me: alpaca socks

And as if by magic, at 1pm the rain had disappeared & the sun was shining :)

Tracey x

Back Again

I’m back now from a week in wonderful Orkney – having  gained much inspiration and a small increase to my wool stash!  Pictured above is the Orkney breed of North Ronaldsay Sheep who are normally seen feeding on the seaweed on the beach – which means they have a very soft undercoat that makes amazing yarn. The lamb in the picture still had very wobbly knees so he couldn’t have been more than a few hours old!

If you would like to see more of the many photos I took whilst I was away then just click here.

 

Sunday 13th June

We had a new friend join us this Sunday – Julie. She saw the group listed on Ravelry and thought she would pop along and see who we all are. Welcome Julie :D

No photos of finishes this week although Janette has said she has some photos from the last 2 weeks when I was away, so I shall get them up as soon as possible

 

This Weeks WIPS

• Me – Beading a Necklace for Mum & knitting more of my entrelac sock
• Donna -  Blue Baby blanket
• Gillian – Kilt sock #2 from own spun yarn
• Margaret – knitted pink ladies top
• Doreen – green tweed cardi
• Julia – light green crochet bolero
• Janette -  purplish/red knitted snood.

See you next week

A

The White Quilt top is done!

Sunday 9th May

Celebrations were had today as Janette revealed the fully finished white on white Celtic Quilt top.

Being white on white, it was a little tricky to photograph but I think I managed to capture some of the details.

 

 

 

Gillian has also finished this cute toddlers jumper (last week when my camera had died)

She has also spun up the 1st half of a large batch of hand-dyed silk that I bought at the Embroiders guild Regional Day a few weeks ago.

The silk yarn is super soft and silky and had to be almost forcibly pried from the stroking hands of several people – including Donna who took to stoking it on her cheek!

See you soon  A