Guild Scarf

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Hiya,


Recently, I joined the Liberty Bell Knitting Guild in Philadelphia, PA. This guild was founded in 1987 after several Philadelphia area knitters met at a knitting convention in the Washington DC area.  They didn't know each other until meeting there and decided that when they returned home they would continue to meet and knit.  This is a diverse group of crafters who have been meeting ever since.



The guild meets once a month.  For those who are not able to attend this gathering, the guild also meets four times a year on a Saturday.  The Guild promotes and fosters our interest in knitting, it provides an opportunity to study and sharing,  to broaden one's skills, and to encourage high standards of design and technique in various forms of knitting.  



In addition to traveling together to knitting events in the area, guild members have the opportunity to support our local fiber companies and dyers with special workshops, etc. as well as supporting local shelters; i.e., gathering knit hats, scarves, mittens etc for families at Stenton Manor, a facility that helps people dealing with homelessness.   To round out the year, the guild has a luncheon.  Along with this fun and lively event is the presence of yarn designers.



This year, the summer knit along project requires a project in either brioche stitch (quite popular) or cables (a timeless favorite), or lacework, the Calais Shawl.   I chose to knit Briochelusious by Andrea Mowry.  After arriving at the knit on broader, I decided that I didn't like the color combination.  Therefore, I frogged this shawl for the time being.  To meet this requirement, I decided to knit the Calais Shawl (free pattern on Ravelry), in Alergia from Manos del Uruguay.  This yarn is an easy-care yarn, hand-painted.

The pattern was quite easy with written and chart instructions.  There are a few of eyelets separating the body from the edging. The edging is an Estonian pattern and you can keep knitting this lace pattern until you have used the entire skein of yarn.  The pattern uses an Estonian traditional double-strand cast-off.  I am looking forward to learning this new bind-off technique.

 As you can see below, I am finished.  





Enjoy Knitting Each Day!



Jackie



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