Complete projects/patterns on DVD!  This is what is in the works at Knitting Board Co.  Many knitters have expressed an interest in this venue of receiving some larger projects.  Now, we would love to hear from all of you with your most favorite ideas for these videos.   We would appreciate some feedback from everyone.

Check out this list of pattern ideas and let us know which one you would most like to have.  Just leave a comment-its that easy to leave your input.  Thanks in advance.

Crew Neck Ribbed Sweater,   Turtle Neck Ribbed Sweater,   Cable Sweater,   Willobee Boots,  Easy 2 hour projects,  Baby Items,  Slippers and accessories,  or  Home Decor.

Working on a new bag and thought I would share. I have been seriously getting into intarsia designing. It is  alot of fun and doesn’t take gobbs of yarn. You can just draw out a design on graph paper and then follow line by line. It gets the creative juices really flowing because you can basically create anything. So here’s my Beagle Bag….

HSN was a great time for us, and going to Florida gives me an opportunity to visit my family.  We just celebrated the birth of my second granddaughter in 14 months.  So now we have Jaedyn who is 14 months old and her new sister, Madison, was born on Oct 6, 09.  They are both beautiful, but that’s coming from a proud grandma.

Thanks for everyone that watched the HSN shows and cheered us on.

Also, Jo-Ann’s super stores (200 of them) will be having a live in-store demo of the knitting board on Saturday, Nov 7.  If you live near one of these super stores, be sure to check it out.  Take your knitting board and join the fun of sharing all that you now know.

The holidays are coming up quickly.  What are you all knitting?  I’m excited about some of the great holiday yarns that are out.  I’m currently working with the holiday Homespun from Lion Brand-a scarf with some snowflakes on it.  I’ll post it once I have it complete.

We are also once again doing a drive for women awareness.  If you want to make some hats or scarves and send them in, we will get them out to needy women and children.  We still love to send warm items to our military for the winter.  Let me know if you can help.

Watch for some new patterns coming to Free Pattern Library in November.

Pat

We appreciate everyone’s patience on shipping your products out and filling all orders.  We will work really hard on Monday, Sept 21 to get everyone shipped out.  Thanks for your patience. 

Kim and Pat

Its time to start thinking about holiday knitted gifts.  If you are hunting for some new projects, we encourage you to share your thoughts and we can all come up with some great gifts knit on our knitting boards.  I think knitted toys are great gifts as well as simple scarves and hats.  We have knitters ready to plan some new patterns, just hope everyone will share some ideas.

It comes with a new! knit hook and pattern booklet with illustrated instructions and the 7 starter projects.  Lots of Fun!

Butterfly Intarsia Block

This butterfly intarsia pattern can be used for a number of different things.  You can use it as a wall hanging, afghan block or make a back and sew it together for a pillow.  You could even adjust the main color rows to make placemats, or use cotton yarn for a dishcloth or pot holder, or use wool and felt it for a bag front.

I really hope you enjoy knitting this up!  Intarsia designs are a great use of “extra” yarn.

Supplies: 18”or 28” small gauge Authentic Knitting Board using 36 pegs, spacers set at ½”.

Yarn: One skein (approximately 400 yards) #3 or #4 weight yarn, single stranded for background color.  Small balls of yarn are all you need for the contrasting colors, use double strands for all contrast colors to make it a little fuller. 

Stitch: Stockinette cast-on and stitch used throughout. 

Finished Size: approximately 10” x 10”

Cast on using main color in stockinette stitch 36 pegs, count cast on row as first row of pattern.  Lay anchor yarn. 

Row 2-5: stockinette stitch in main color.

Row 6: start with contrast color (double stranded) and place slip knot on peg 17 (top or bottom of board doesn’t matter) work to peg 19 in stockinette stitch.  Skip over to peg 25 and continue to 27 in stockinette, turn and work back over remaining contrast color pegs.   You’ll place the working yarn across the top of the main color.  If you ended with the working yarn on the top of peg 19 you start peg 25 at the bottom of the board (it’ll form an “x” over the main color - see photo).  Make sure you leave the yarn a little loose in the “x”, or it will pull the design to the middle on the finished project.  Knit off.  Lay contrast color 1 down after knitting off and pick up main color.  Knit in stockinette stitch skipping over the contrast color one pegs.

 Repeat pattern from chart.  Make sure you start each row with contrast colors and knit those off before going to the main color.

When you finish with a contrasting color cut the yarn leaving a 2”-3” tail and lay it across the center, you can tuck some of it under the “x” from the main color to hold it in place. When you finish with contrast color 1 in row 16, cut and “lay-in” tail.  Restart color with a slip knot on row 19, peg 9.  Make sure slip knot is snug. Continue with pattern from chart.

Bind off and tuck in all tails!

The winners are……..

1st place goes to Faith Schmidt with the Cable and Lace Scarf. 
Faith did a very thorough job of writting her pattern and her detailed photos were just super. Congratulations, Faith.

And, we have a 3-way tie for second place.   Kelly Jones submits a great Bunny design, Ella Roby knits a beautiful Patrtiotic Bag , and  Sue  Kreitzer shows a unique Scarf with a pocket.  Check them all out!

Congratulations to all our winners on a job well done!!!