The Epping group meets at the Epping Creative Centre on Stanley Road in Epping at 10am every Monday. [map] The Convenor is Sue Wise. To contact the group, send e-mail to the Convenor.
On the final day we met in 2011 Brenda and Helen brought along their finished work. Each meeting over the previous weeks they were quietly working on these two beautiful projects.
Brenda's lace scarf comes first. It is hand spun camel plied with wool, in a leaf pattern. The centre section is in a larger leaf and the two end sections in a smaller leaf, surrounded by an edging. The two end sections in smaller leaf both hang down with the leaves facing upwards. This means at one end the pattern changes direction. This is achieved by using a provisional cast-on, returning later to pick up the stitches and knit in the opposite direction. Brenda picked up 1008 stitches around the edge and by the edging cast-off there was approximately 1100 stitches. In sequence: the whole scarf, the second photo shows the large leaf across the top and the changeover to the small leaf on either side with the change in direction on the right hand side, the third photo is the changeover in close up where the leaves change direction and the fourth where they do not change, the fifth and sixth is each end looking like exact replicas, the seventh shows the edging at the side with the changeover visible at the bottom right, and the eighth shows turning the corner in the edging.
The final photo is Helen's blanket using all the different variations of WWL square patterns except corner-to-corner. The colours are a careful mixture of solid and varigated. Her edging is double edged crochet and small scallops.
Both are unbelievably beautiful examples of knitting.
The last day at Epping for 2012 will be Monday 12 December. Last meeting we were hopeful for the 19th as well but too few were available to make it worthwhile that close to Christmas. We will resume for social knitting on 9 January 2012 in the morning only. There will be no crochet in the afternoon. Our first formal meeting for 2012 will be on the 12 February.
Hazel's S&T is a bag decorated with pansies by members of the Group as a thank-you for sharing her skills last month in double knitting.
Other S&Ts below are Phyll's beautiful wedding pillow slip with silk crochet design of Australian Christmas Bells and eucalypt caps. Phyll lives in the Sydney suburb of Belrose which is named after the flower. The final skein is for the initials of the recipients - Phyll's niece and her husband. This is followed by Eleanor's lovely machine knitted baby blankets for premmie babies. Then a Yarn magazine photo (by Michelle Moriarty) of a Vertical Eyelet A-Line Dress which one of our visitors from the Northern Group, Veronica, has designed together with Jude Skeers and it is featured in Issue 24 December; and finally a sock which Margot is very proud of completing.
Our Epping Group will be celebrating Xmas after a very quick monthly meeting on Monday 5 December.
It is all at the usual time 10-12 in the AM - just formalities kept to a minimum and then the party.
If you wish to join in the Kris Kringle it is a $5-10 gift more or less related to knitting and crochet.
We also like to support the Exodus foundation for Christmas so if you can, bring along something from the following list (but there is no need to wrap the items):
Deodorants, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothpaste, Tooth brushes, Shavers, Shaving cream, Nail clippers, Brushes, Combs, Toiletry bags, Mouthwash, Sunscreen, Soap, Talc or Nail files.
Those in the kitchen would appreciate contributions to eatables and drinkables too.
Epping Group
