Casa Ruby

  This last Wednesday Marie told us that The Reston Stitch & Bitch has been meeting for 13 years!  That is crazy cool.  My mom and I joined in April of 2009.  We have been with this group in four different locations and I'm so glad we have stuck with them.
  Before we started our White Elephant swap we had someone mention Casa Ruby.  They aim to help LGBTQ people in the Northern VA\Washington DC area.  While the LGBTQ community is more accepted than it has been in the past, there are still a lot of people who don't accept them.
  They are asking for some warm things because it is really cold out and not all of these people can get their own.  No one should have to feel ashamed because they can't afford to buy nice warm things for themselves when we can make things for them and help them out.

  This hat, while cute, is not what I was hoping for.  I saw a hat online and thought I could replicate it.  I got close, but not quite there.  Still cute though, so not a total failure.

  Elizabeth made a hat following this pattern and we all fell in love.  For some reason the pattern isn't on Ravelry, but it is on Lion Brand Yarn's website.  You can see closer to the top why they call it the Virtual Cable Hat.
  I didn't make the hat as tall as they suggested because I was hoping to be able to make two hats out of the yarn I had.  Elizabeth also made a cowl out of this pattern by casting on more stitches and adding ribbing on the end as well.
  Time for me to go and get ready for Bill's birthday, which is today!

Some People!

  Some people make me feel like a slacker!  First I saw someone knit themselves a pair of leggings (Cathy), and now we have someone else knitting wedding dress.  It isn't totally done, she still needs to add the edging on the shoulders.  That means it has been finished before you even are reading about it.

  My co-worker, Beth, has a friend who likes crocheting.  Kathy H D Kingsbury made all those bags, hats, and the mitten and hat/scarf set.  She wings a lot of the patterns but also follows a few.  I asked Beth if she has a Ravelry page, so we could look at all of her other things, but as of right now, she doesn't have one.

  I have a bag of hats and squares that I believe we got from Alison.  I put off taking pictures for way too long and don't totally remember any more.  Carola will make some really cool monsters out of the squares.

  I've finished this hat recently.  That's all I can say is really totally finished.  I finished knitting the sweater, but it still needs the two buttons picked out and sewn on.  I also have a couch crochet scarf that I keep working on, but haven't finished yet.  I'm really close though.

  I even started another hat this last Saturday.  It has been so long since I worked on the blanket that I forgot that I had to throw another skein of yarn in, so I only got one more row done before I had a short tail dangling off my project.  My knitting bag looks quite full because I have a bunch of yarn I want to use next in it.  I usually forget this and pick something else, but this time I was forced to use some of it. I also seem to have a color theme going on between the peach blanket and the coral/flamingo hat.
  I need to get busy!

2018

Here is a quick list of everything I got done in the year of 2018.

Crochet: 2
Hats:
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Scarves:
~~~Blue and Pink Feather and Fan
~~~Beadspread Scarf
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Shawls:
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Other:
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Knit: 15
Hats:
~~~Copy CC Brown Hat
~~~Striped Copy CC Hat
~~~1x1 Ribbed Hat
~~~Em-chan Decreases
~~~Three Tone Brioche Hat
~~~Sparkle Wish Hat
~~~Leafy Hat
~~~Shear
~~~Not so Shear
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Scarves/Cowls:
~~~Two Tone Brioche Not a Hat
~~~Color Change CC Cowl
~~~Leafy Cowl
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Sweaters:
~~~Combo Corset-T
~~~Ribbed Cowl-Neck Sweater
~~~Leafy Dress
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Sewing/Fabric:
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Other stuff:
~~~54 Issues of Shonen Jump
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Others Work:
~~~Mock Cable Basket Weave
~~~Crochet Monsters
~~~Knit Monster
~~~Purple Face Cloth
~~~Faux Cable Mitts
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