Author: Regina Harris

baby hat with snow flake newborn

Hi All,

While at the quilt shop yesterday, I ran into Jan and we chatted about the baby hats I knit and patterns used. The attached pattern is a free internet pattern I found a while ago and would like to share.

I do, however, don’t follow the pattern when casting on my stitches and marking the beginning/end of the row. My mother taught me the following:

1. Per pattern cast on 72 stitches
2. Divide those stitches onto 4 needles: 20/20/20/12 (the last needle with the least stitches always signals the end of the row (easy for color changes as well)
3. This also helps for counting the headband pattern of 2 knit, 2 pearl (start a needle with knit and end with pearl) – not need to constantly check your stitches
4. I like to knit little patterns using different color yarn into the hats. Those patterns need to be divisible by 4 or 8, or 16 (since there is a total of 72 stitches) to finish a round nicely (I will bring some pattern to the next meeting)

Enjoy and happy knitting 🙂

Regina

For those of you participating in the weaving class in November, Hobby Lobby has a ribbon sale going on. Prices are between $0.49 – $0.99 depending on width.

Hi All,

During Saturdays’ class the conversation went to machine repair services within and/or near Savanah. Shortly after moving here in October, I read the ‘Penny Saver’ newspaper that so notoriously shows up on my laws and leaves the neighborhood so unsightly (in my area people don’t pick it up until its almost dissolved from the rain 😉 )…

I promised the ladies that I’ll post the repair service add I found in that paper and also provide the name and phone number of the place I took my machine to in Connecticut (I believe he still ships machines at the machine owners cost, of course).

The add I found is below. It seems this person started his businesses some time last year.

My Stitch Doctor, Statesboro, GA, 912-852-5283.   www.mystitchdoctor.com

they pick up and deliver!!!

The one I used in Connecticut (located in Danbury, CT) is called:

“A Stitch in Time”, Danbury, CT – 203-748-7283. The man that makes the repairs will not work on any machines that are not metal!! His father was a Singer dealership and Repair service and the son now does the repairs and as said he will only work on machines that are made of metal.  He has been preparing machines for over 40 years, starting as a teen in his father’s business. The repair guy’s bedside manners are a bit crude but he loves and treasures those machines. I cannot recall if he still ships machines (at the cost of the owner) but it is worth a try.

Regina