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Triaxial weaving workshop

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Several people have asked me about the amount of ribbon needed for the project in this workshop. I have measured my examples and you will need 12 18” strips of each of 3 colors. So (if my math is right) that is 216”, which is 18’ which is 6 yards. So you need three colors, 5/8” x 6 yards. You will also need a set of Wefty weaving needles. They are available at Missouri Star Quilt, Etsy, The Fat Quarter Shop and Amazon.

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Fraudulent email

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Several folks have received an email supposedly from Sandra Ailio’s husband, Jukka, concerning Amazon. He is aware of the situation-please disregard if you are sent any such emails.
Theresa Sapp

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Knit Designs for baby hats

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I wanted to share these 2-color knit designs I occasionally add to the baby hats. Note that the original “heart” design is upside down as it came from a pattern used for socks. When using for a baby hat, turn it so you can read the handwritten details.

I have have a design for knitting “hugs and kisses” into a hat which I will upload separately (once I locate and translate from German to English).

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Baby Hat Knit Pattern

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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