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Celebration of Jean’s 80th Birthday

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Friendship, knitting, tagged , , , , on July 18, 2016| 2 Comments »

IMG_0156What better way to get back to the blogging world of Skein Lane but by sharing the celebration of Jean’s 80th birthday. She is much beloved by her fellow FMKG (Friday Morning Knit Group) knitting gang and it was much fun pulling 11 of the gang of 16 or 17 together for a surprise lunch at Skates on the Bay this past Friday. (Thank you to Merle for being the master organizer.)

Jean knew she was being taken to lunch….the surprise was the lunch location….as well as her joint gift certificate to Avenue Yarns (our favorite LYS). Those who weren’t able to join the celebration due to work commitments or travels were certainly missed…..they sent their greetings to Jean.

Jean_80thBD_07.15.16

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Saturday Workshop Celebration

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Celebrations, Events, Friendship, knitting, tagged , , on December 13, 2015| 2 Comments »

The Saturday Knitting Workshop Group just celebrated the first of two December celebrations. This one was to “shout out” birthday greetings this weekend’s gals – Diane, Maurie and Carole – as well as all those we may missed during last few months. Several of us in this group like to cook and others bring the complimentary foods – fruits, dips, cheese, cracker, chips, candy and drinks. We often want to share recipes so a new tab “Food Recipes” was begun yesterday on this blog site…..we will be adding more recipes as soon I hear back from the group.

New week we will celebrate ’tis the Season!

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Susanne’s “Wallaby” Cable Hoody

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Dogs, Friendship, knitting, Shopping on March 16, 2015| 1 Comment »

Before Susanne and her husband moved to Chico, they use to live in Pinole. She was a “regular” at Saturday morning knitting. We were blessed with a visit from her this past Saturday. Not only did we do some of the familiar….walk, knit, eat and yarn shop….Susanne shared her latest project. She said it is her most challenging…she has used life lines to stay on track. She so often knits patterns/designs that have challenge and the results are always beautiful. I asked her to send photos….here they are. I can hardly wait to see this when done. It was so good to see Susanne. We are going to have a knitting weekend in Chico during May….thank you Susanne!

Oh….here is the info re: project….Vogue Spring/summer 2014. Yarn Joyland Tonic 85 Acrylic / 15
Wool, color Gingerbread

The “Wallaby” Cabelled Hoody
New pattern…Susanne and I went shopping!
The “Wallby” Cabeled Hoody
Lucy - first day home

Lucy – first day home….May 2009

BTW….my Lucy dog was more than a little happy to see Susanne. She drove with me to Manteca area to pick up Lucy to bring her home….that was almost 6 years ago. Lucy turned six today!

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Celebration of three…

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Friendship, knitting on February 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

It was another knitting gathering of celebration of three birthdays….Patricia, Sheri and Karen. We also celebrated (show & tell)  our recent additions to our stashes….some from Madrona and some from Stitches West. I personally said I wasn’t going to purchase a thing….that was before the three new projects and one book became mine. More about that in next post.

We also celebrated Jean’s recent finished project….you can see her “show & tell” photo below.

Sheri gave a review of her Knitting Ergonomics Class at Madrona….great knitting tips to keep us healthy (free from pain in wrists, arms, backs, etc) as we knit. One that really stands out for me is …. knit for no more than 20 mins; then give yourself a break. Move those hands, wrists and arms around. Think the tips work for iPad and computer use as well. I find myself bent over both for way too long when I am not knitting.

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Rocky and Taffy (Photo Transfer) Pillow

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Friendship, knitting, tagged , , , , , on February 8, 2015| 1 Comment »

I have been dreaming/thinking about photo transfers onto fabric for awhile. Recently I had a “vision”….Kimberly’s dogs on a pillow.

This photo transfer process is so much easier than I imagined. One simply needs to print “your” images onto Fabric Sheets for Ink Jet Printers. (There are several suppliers…just google.) Here are the steps that I took.

  • Trolled through Kimberly’s FB photos and found several…..the great news is that Kimberly loved them all and three of those chosen were her very favorites.
  • Created a collage of six photos…..then printed that collage onto the fabric sheet. In hind sight I realize I didn’t want to see as much white background. The pillow cover was already assembled when I had the thought of larger photos framed in ribbon before adding the fabric quilt type pieces. My solution to the white was to sew lace flowers around the photos. Even though labor intensive (each one sewn on individually) Kimberly loved the look as did I.
  • Framed the photos with fabric in quilt style to a finished size of 18″x18″.
  • Chose the closure of the pillow to be an envelope style. This style made for easy pillow insertion.

Kimberly saw the project at the beginning stages….photo with fabric lined up by printed photos….but she was wonderfully surprised and pleased when she saw finished result. It was really a fun project!

Kimberly’s BD Celebration
Rocky and Taffy
The beginnings of the pillow
It’s finished..ready for delivery.
FB message from Kimberly…”Best birthday present ever – a puppy pillow with my own.”

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We knit and we celebrate

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, knitting, tagged , , on February 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Another birthday ….. another round of celebrations and sharing. This week it was Bonnie from FMKG (Friday  Morning Knitting Group). The knitting table was full not only with chairs filled but with wonderful friendship. At one point there were more than a couple folks singing a camp song from their youth camp days.

Jan arrived looking stunning in her lovely knit shawl. Here are the details from Jan. “The shawl pattern is “Irish Moss” from Verybusymonkey.  And the yarn is Blue Moon Marine Silk (fingering weight) – 51% silk, 29% merino, and 20 % sea cell rayon.  The color is Sky Blue Pink.  487 yds per skein and one skein should have been sufficient but wasn’t.  Fortunately the pattern includes a shortened version and I was glad of that anyway since it would have been too long in the back otherwise. Verybusymonkey patterns are all beautiful, but they also are designed to curve around your shoulders, making them stay put a little better than other shawls.”

I did manage to whip out the iPhone for a few photos…but still way below my norm. Happy Birthday to Bonnie!

The BD girl with her pal Kimberly showing off one of her latest in knitting.
Jan and her beautfiul shawl
Another view of Jan’s shawl
The champagne and pie cutting commences!
The “official” and current photo of last week’s BD gal

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We celebrate Sarah!

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Friendship, knitting on February 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Sarah - the birthday girl!

Sarah – the birthday girl!

Last week….Jan 30 to be exact…we (the Friday morning knit group aka FMKG) celebrated Sarah’s birthday. I always take photos and somehow I lost the plot on this celebration….so the good news is that Sarah hasn’t “aged” a year when I share a joint birthday celebration from last year.

This past Friday’s celebration was lovely…champagne accompanied with strawberries and toasted almonds, gifts, and most importantly – friendship. Yep….we did find some time to knit. I saw that Sarah was working on a project that had a sheep theme. Many of us share a similar love of sheep…the main source of our yarn.

Happy Birthday again to Sarah!

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Ringing in January with a Birthday Celebration

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Friendship, Jewelry, knitting, tagged , , , on January 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Our Friday morning knit group (FMKG) celebrated it’s first birthday of the year….Kimberly. She was treated to cheesecake (specially made by Merle for Kimberly),  champagne and a variety of gifts. Cheers to friendships and celebrations.

ps….we did some knitting. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post re: Karen H’s finished garment.

The Cheesecake
The Champagne
Kimberly loves the Cheesecake
It’s gift time
Kimberly’s BD Celebration
Beautiful “gifted” jewelry

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Gifted…..

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Friendship, Jewelry, knitting on October 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

A belated shout out for my September birthday celebration…..within these bountiful gifts were some hand-crafted items as well as “bubbly” to enjoy while having another read of the wonderful cards! The most recent gifts were homemade potato soup (delicious) and purple flowers (my favorite color) and a handcrafted pillow. Notice the embroidery on the cat. Many heartfelt thanks to the wonderful friends of the Friday Morning Knitters!

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We celebrate Debra…

Posted in Birthday Celebrations, Friendship, knitting on August 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Back to the keyboard with a post celebrating Debra’s birthday…..it was spontaneous meaning she’s just returned from a family vacation in Hawaii and she just might not be here next week which is closer to her birthday. However, without any planning, Connie brought snacks and I had champagne on ice….yeah!

Between sips and tasting we did find time to knit.

Whoops…..thought I had photos of both sides of the table…..it was a full house!

The Birthday Girl
FMKG knits

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