Saturday was World Wide Knit in Public Day and we did our best to be visible. We met in the coffee shop downtown and knitted (and chatted and ate and drank) for a couple of hours. We got a few curious looks and some inquiries - especiallywhile we were winding up Liette’s skeins with the swift and ball winder.
 
There were seven of us all together and I think we did a good job of displaying some of the variations in knitting. There were knitters with many years behind them and others just starting out. There was wool and hemp and maybe some cotton. There was lace and cables and garter and stocking stitch. There was flat knitting and knitting in-the-round. There were strait needles and circular needles and double pointed needles, fat needles and skinny needles.
 
Unfortunately I didn’t take my camera, and I’d probably have forgotten about it anyway, so there are no pictures of our group. The picture above is of the project I started while I was there. A simple garter stitch scarf on big needles. I finished the lace squares before starting this - pictures to come later this week.

Pattern: The Purl Beret from The Purl Bee
Yarn: 1 skein Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock: mediumweight in “Rolling Stone”
Needles: 3.00 mm bamboo circular (16”)
Modifications: None
 
This project was also finished over Easterweekend but wasn’t blocked until a week later. I think it turned out really well. I love the way the colours blend around in the crown of the hat.
 
If I make this again - which seems likely - I think I will add a couple of extra needles to the pattern. The ribbed band would look tidier compared to the stocking stitch if it was done on a smaller needle, maybe 2.00 mm or 2.5 mm, and the body of the hat would fit better around a 24” circular; The 16” circular was a bit of a squeeze.