panels

Well, I finally got a picture of what I have done. We will see if I can figure out how to post it. 1 1/2 panels done. Only 7 1/2 to go. AHHHHH! (Having trouble. Stay tuned later for pictures, I hope.)

Pictures are finally here. Whoohooo!!

Been a while

OK, it's been a while since I or anyone has posted to the blog. I have some great pics that I took at the March KAL. See, progress and neat ways to organize the pattern.

Clipboards, notebooks, sheet protectors, sticky notes, rulers, pencils - all tools of the project. It's great to see the ingenuity by the KAL gals!

The April KAL was missing a few people. Nevertheless Kristi and I had a great time. She and Robin are near the top of the first panel and had some questions about carrying the yarn across the stitches where the yellow and white connect. After looking at Nancy's finished wrap, it was found that carrying the yarn was for only 3 - 5 stitches and it could be easily done!

We also will be putting all stitches on stitch holders as we complete each panel, leaving a long, long tail of yarn. This is so we can do a 3-needle bind off - it will strengthen the shoulder seams and help prevent stretching.

More pics from March - Robin and Kristi - Knittin' on the Prairie! Keep going, panels will soon be done! We'll all look great. Kristi says she thinks this is a fun project, it is exciting to see the pattern develop. Just wait til we add the duplicate stitch to create the stained glass effect!

Getting along.

Well, I am finally getting somewhere on the first panel. I've had the 'crud' since last Tuesday, so I'm not as far as I would like to be. Haven't done much but sleep for a week!! I will try and get some pictures to post one of these days.

Slow progress

Too many distractions and other knitting projects plague us all. That is true of this KAL as well. We could also say, " So much yarn, so little time" and it would be true. We met on 2/9 at Twist for our monthly knit along. Seems we are struggling to learn intarsia and find time to work on the wrap. Nevertheless, we met and spent a couple of hours knitting together. Here is Maxine working on another project. She's made progress with her wrap but is working on another project that needed to be finished soon. Keep going Maxine and post soon so we can see your progress!

Here is Robin who is starting over on one panel of the Prairie Style Wrap! Robin, keep it up and post pictures to the blog soon!

We meet again in March at Twist and hopefully will have more to show! Keep KnittinOnThePrairie!

The New KnitAlong

This is so exciting! We are a group of knitters, living on the Kansas Prairie (Wichita) who found each other at our local yarn shop - Twist - http://www.twistyarnshop.com. The original Prairie Style Wrap is on display at Twist and we knew we wanted to knit it! So Shelly - Twist's owner allows us to meet there the second Saturday in each month to sit, chat, knit and learn. Our knitting skills vary but the wrap is a great project for all levels. We'll learn together and add some tips from our experiences! We'll post pictures as we progress and hope to have others join use in cyberspace to knit the same wrap.
The pattern is at the Nan's Knitting web site http://www.nansknitting.com and available as a large.pdf file. You can purchase the file, pay at Paypal and download immediately. One thing we learned early was that it is a large file and some printers don't handle it very well. Once you have saved the file, print it only a few pages at a time. We have also learned how to read the graphs, right to left for right side - knit side and left to right for wrong side - purl side.
Some history of the design - since we know the designer! It was inspired by the work of a famous architect and originally named for this designer - _____Wrap. However, using that name ended up not to be acceptable from a copywrite perspective. So since the architect is known for the prairie style architecture, a new name was chosen - the Prairie Style Wrap!
Follow our progress and come join us!