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~ Non-Superbowl Sunday Knitting Party ~This was the of "Kick-Off" party
for the launching of our attempt to knit the
WORLD'S LARGEST FISH HAT.

Our hat will be 6" wide
and about 15'-20' long.

Gerry is shown (below) casting
on the 500 stitches on a size 11 needle
using chunky yarn.

We'd like to welcome everyone
to stop in and knit a spell on the hat.
We hope to have it finished for
Karl Oskar Days parade.

Below are photos of knitting on the hat.

 

 

 

More fish pictures

New Fish Pictures

These are our young knitters,
Tanner and Damian.

They are working on the
giant fish hat.

These are the last pictures of people knitting on the fish because.......Mackenzie, in the yellow shirt and straw hat, is finishing up the tail!!!! We are FINISHED!! Thank you to all the knitters who made this giant fish possible. By the way, we finished the fish at 12:00 noon and the parade was at 6:00! Plenty of time to spare... Below are pictures from the Karl Oskar Days Parade that was on Saturday, July 10, 2010. The theme for the float was "HOOKED ON KNITTING"

We call the fish "The World's Largest Fish". It measures about 6'10" x 20'9". We use about 150 skeins of Brown Sheep bulky yarn. We applied to Guinness Book of Records and got a response. They put us in the knit sculpture category and we lost out to a small pink rabbit.....well, not so small. You can look it up on the internet under Hase the giant rabbit. You have to see it to believe it. This thing is 200 feet long, took 5 years to knit, 2,200 pounds of wool yarn and is on display in Italy on a hillside. It is visible from a satellite!!!! I still think we can say we have the world's largest knit fish though. 

I don't know if you got a chance to see the fish on Kare 11 News a while back. They actually came out to see the fish and did a story on it! If you look on the internet under world's largest knit fish, you come up to the Kare 11 news site and you can watch the video!! 

The fish is or was displayed at the Minnesota State Fair. We should get some pictures of that to put on the website soon. Have fish will travel. This has been such a fun experience!

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~ Yarn Fashion Projects ~

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Pat with her felted purse.




Both pictures feature Donna in her Sherpa Coat, what a wonderful project!

Megan had finished her first
pair of knit socks.

Soooooo warm for our
Minnesota winters

Marian and the dragon scarf she has knit.

Colton and Ivan
are our youngest prospective knitters.

Lynn is modeling Einstein coat she knitted.

The Einstein coat
has been a
popular pattern in
our shop this season.

It is completely
made with the
knit stitch.

Taylor wearing the hat she knitted

Taylor knitted this scarf

 

Marian is displaying her Shaun the Sheep bag and the shrug she knitted. Donna finished up her cotton apron and brought us some wonderful lemon bread. Then we have Barb with her fashion scarf. Good job ladies!

 

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~ Share and Shoot Night ~

"Share and Shoot Night" was a time for all to bring the projects they
have done and share with the others and shoot pictures of the accomplishments.

Donna modeling her gold and brown Harry Potter hat and scarf knitted with Plymouth Encore yarn. She also is wearing her Misti Alpaca scarf, wrist warmers and matching hat. The shawl she has on is made with silk ribbon. The purse is one she entered in the fair last year. She combined a felted purse with Malabrigo yarn and attached a hooked piece she made out of strips of wool fabric.

Geri, better known as our resident sock expert, is displaying a variety of beautiful socks she has been making since the beginning of this year. This is only a sampling. She has knit probably over a couple hundred pairs over the years. She has begun to create her own sock patterns and hopes to publish them at some point.

On her head is a pair of mittens she completed in about 4 1/2 hours with one of our mitten kits.

Sara is what I like to call our knitting savant. She has only been knitting a few short months and is displaying the three items she has already completed.

 Her very first project was the Misti Alpaca scarf, knitted in the eve's rib pattern. The second project she ever tackled was the mittens, these were from a kit, and the third project was a pair of socks on size 1 double pointed needles!!!! 

Way to go Sara.

Sue just recently learned how to knit. She ran out of crochet patterns and decided to give knitting a go.

Her first real knitting project was the fish hat she is wearing on her head. She went out on the frozen lake last winter and sold some of these adorable hats to the ice fisher people. I think they have got to bring good fishing luck when you wear them.

She has on her shoulder the wonderful wallaby sweater with an adorable puppy she added on the pouch part. the other items are crocheted little girl dresses and one of her crochet felted purses.

Sue again but this time with some of her felted crochet purses. I  think she knits and crochets in her sleep also.

Geri with the sweaters she has knitted. Helping her display them is her daughter Laura who is learning how to knit in her spare time. The blue sweater Laura has on is one Geri knit with cotton yarn from Brown Sheep. It has a really nice feel to  it. The sweater Geri has on is yarn from Ironstone. It combines a couple yarns together. It is knit with big needles and is basically two pieces, front and back, that look like "T"s and the collar is picked up last. The sweater between the two of them is knit with Malabrigo yarn. Geri can be seen wearing this one alot in the  winter months. It feels so soft and she says it keeps her toasty warm in the winter.

Donna again, this time she has on a shawl that crosses and attaches in the back. To start with, she needed to cast on 850 stitches for the ruffle edge! She was not a real happy camper at this point, but when the stitches got down to a more managable number, her attitude improved greatly! Donna always makes us laugh. She is a very special addition to our knitting group. It really turned out beautiful and the colors in this Malabrigo yarn are gorgous. In her hand is a market bag she knitted using cotton yarn.

Holly is showing us her beautiful felted hat and matching mittens.

Connie, who has become our resident sweater lady, is wearing an absolutely gorgeous charcoal colored sweater and holding another that she just finished. This is the same pattern and kind of yarn that Geri used on one of her sweaters.

Shown here is Danny with some of the wooden shawl pins he has made to sell in the shop. They are made from specialty woods that he hand cuts, sands and seals. They are beautiful and look great on so many shawls and sweaters. If you would like to purchase one, just let us know. They run about $16, depending on the wood.

Miss Elsie's Yarnery has some really great potlucks. Shown here is Deb with the before of a strawberry shortcake brought in by Sue. Doesn't it look delicious!

Deb is finishing up that once lovely shortcake. The smile says it all....ummmm!

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~ Late Friday Nite Knitting ~

Here is a picture of what Late Nite Friday Knitting is like. We
couldn't get everyone in the picture. I am so very lucky to be surround by
such wonderful people!! Lots of laughs and lots of good knitting and crocheting!

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~ Winter Knitting Olympics ~
Every Olympic has to have some kind of protester and ours is no exception. 

 


Patty, shown with her posters in our designated one.


Donna, on the other hand,
is our designated Olympian with her
USA outfit. Donna is battling Patty.


Janet is starting the opening ceremony with the lit candle and the following pictures with the passing of the torch around the block.


Jenny is lighting our Olympic candle to finish
the opening ceremony. 



Traveling torch


Passing of the torch.


Above are pictures of the
opening ceremony of our
Winter Olympics.

Below are some of the
Olympic events.

 


A group shot with their candles still lit.

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This competition involved seeing how many stitches each team of two could knit in 10 minutes on the giant fish had. We allowed any kind of distraction, so it got really funny seeing what people came up with to try to distract the knitter from getting a good count.

 


This event requires three people on a team.
They cast on 5 stitches and then knit
as many rows they can on these
huge knitting needles.


These are the gold, silver and
bronze medal winners for the 
knit fish hat category.


The medal winners for the knit mittens category.


The knit hat category medal winners.


Medal winners in the knit scarf category. 

 

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