That’s it! The waiting list is full. Thanks, everyone!
I’ll delete this link after the list has reached 200 names. If you click the link and the page says that the list is closed, don’t bother signing up, even if you can. I’ll delete names added to the list after that time.
Thanks, everyone!
Hi, all!
Thursday the 18th is going to be the day I open up a new club waiting list. I’m going to do it all at once, at 12 pm EDT, and close it when it gets to 200 names.
Convert 12 pm EDT to your time zone here.
I will post in a new thread in the Hello Yarn Ravelry group and post here with a link to the form for signing up at that time. Do not email me about getting on the list. You are going to be signing yourselves up for it online.
The signup form is going to ask you for your full name, email address, and a backup email address, the last of which you may provide or not. You will receive a confirmation email that you MUST respond to in order to get on the list. You will then receive an email confirming that you are on the list. So, quick like a bunny after filling out and sending the form, check your email. This will prevent problems with typos in email addresses.
I know the time is not great for everyone in the world, but it’s okay for most. I thought about offering multiple signup times, but that would still give preference to the people who signed up the first time, and since I have no idea how long it will take to get up to 200 names, it seems like a bad idea.
Depending on the crush of people, looking on Ravelry for the link will probably be your best bet. This website might get bogged down.
200 names might not seem like many, but it should keep me busy for probably 2 years, depending on how serious the people signing up are. We’ll have a repeat of this event when I get close to the end of that list.
Thanks, everyone!
I’m not even doing any actual Christmas knitting this year, but I’m knitting like I am. This week alone, I’ve finished 4 projects. I think my favorite is this pair of mittens.
Pattern: Horatio and Oren by Barbara Gregory
Yarn: Plymouth Yarn Tweed in 5302 (ivory) and Rowan Scottish Tweed DK in 007 (charcoal)
Needle: size 2.5US for the mitten and 3US for the thumb
Gauge: 21 sts = 4″, so larger than the largest adult size in the pattern
I changed these a bit to suit my fit taste and the yarns I had on hand. Without even realizing it, I chose an Aran weight yarn for the contrast color. It looked like it was the same diameter as the charcoal, but it’s nowhere near as squishy. So, I ended up with a larger gauge and figured I’d line the mittens.
Since the mittens were quite large and I wanted them to stay on well, I cast on fewer stitches (4/5) for the ribbing and increased before I started the colorwork. They’re actually really comfy like they are and stay on fine, so I think I’ll leave them as they are.
Do you do like I do and use a larger needle for the thumb? I could see in the pattern photos that the sample knitter had the same issue that I do- knitting a very small circumference makes for a much tighter gauge than knitting a larger one on the same needles. I went up half a needle size for this pair and could have gone up more. I went up two full sizes on mittens I’m currently making and that did the trick perfectly.
The pattern is very fun to knit and the product couldn’t be lovelier. I recommend it!
The mittens are shown laid out on our Christmas tree, which we cut yesterday at the coolest farm. The people at Pieropan Christmas Tree Farm practice “stump culture” to grow trees repeatedly from the same stump. Some of their stumps are more than 50 years old! Isn’t it strange to see someone cutting a tree that starts at eye level?! It was so interesting to look at the landscape that’s created by these trees growing on trees.