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.
