Knitting Weekend

This week, I am prepping for my knitting group's annual weekend away.

This is our 17th year of taking a three day, two night trip to the Twin Cities for yarn shopping, knitting, and food.  When we began in 1997, Rochester didn't have a yarn shop, so having a chance to check out the yarn shops was a real treat.  (Catalogs and web shopping are nice, but getting your hands on a skein of yarn is so much better.)  Of course in the last decade, knitting interest has exploded and the yarn offerings close to home have greatly increased.  The number of shops in the Minneapolis / St. Paul metro has also increased, so we visit some old favorites and some new shops each year.

This year we are planning to check out Northfield Yarn, Knitter's Palette, Bella Lana, Lakeside Yarns, and 3 Kittens.  We are also attending the market at the Minnesota Knitting Guild's Yarnover.

We'll stay at a B&B, and, since someone else will be doing the cooking & cleaning, we'll have time for knitting.

Adding 2nd Skein - Hawkeye ShiBui

I avoid knitting in ends as much as possible.  When working in the round, it is especially nice to add a new yarn with a 'knitting in' method. (future blog post as I can find no videos or pictorials to explain my method)

But sometimes for the good of the work, that just won't do.  For this infinity scarf, I took that approach.  When there was about 4 inches of black yarn left, I set it aside and picked up the next ball, and continued in pattern.

Ready for second skein of main color

Second Skein of main color added

When my knitting is finished (although with this project, I could do it at anytime) I will go back with my yarn needle and weave in the ends.

As the black yarn doesn't lend itself to tutorials, I didn't try to post pictures of the join, but I still wanted to show my progress on the scarf.