Kinver Beach Knit Design - By Maureen Mason-Jamieson

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	Sue's Diagonal Delight Here's a picture of Sue in her blue Diagonal Delight Cardigan. Sue says: "Just finished my Diagonal Delight cardigan and am very pleased with it. It turned out perfectly ....I put off the last little bit of finishing because it was like a good book that you don't want to end.... I really enjoyed knitting it and will be proud to wear it."
	Nancy's Whimsy Scarf Nancy sent me photos of her finished Whimsy scarf. Didn't she do a great job? She wore her Whimsy scarf to her son's convocation. Thank you for sharing, Nancy.
	Heather's Tote Bags When I taught workshops for the Ottawa Knitting Guild (Canada) recently, Heather Ablett brought her tote bag to show me. After taking my introduction to miter squares class the last time I visited Ottawa, she designed and knit some tote bags from plastic bags. Heather lined her totes with cotton. She says she's used the larger bag "for about 3 years now. I had to replace the handles about a year ago as that's the only thing worn out. I've even thrown it in the washer (in one of those mesh laundry bags)." How cool is that for a recycling project?
	Shadow Hat Kids Thank you to fellow Downtown Collective Knitting Guild member, Bonnie for giving me this photo of her friend's Dorothy's grandchildren. The kids are all wearing hats, knit by grandma, from my Shadow Hat design. Aren't they cute?
	Patti's Diagonal Delight Here's 2 photos of Patti wearing her Diagonal Delight Cardigan in the blue colorway. (Front and back views = #1 & #2). I met Patti at Stitches West, Feb. '08. She did a wonderful job of knitting her sweater and she looks lovely wearing it.
	Judy Lewis' Ribbons Cardigan Judy won 2nd prize at the State Fair for her rendition of my "Ribbons" Cardigan design. She chose the perfect buttons, didn't she?
	Pat Tittizer's versions of Maureen's designs The M. Benz gallery is currently displaying over 80 things Pat Tittizer has knitted over the years. Included in the display are 3 hats that Pat knit from my patterns: both versions of T-4-2 and the diamond star 2. She used KnitPicks Wool of the Andes for the hats.
	Swallowtail Shawl Joan sent me this photo of her son's friend modelling a swallowtail shawl.
	Christina Cary's Pacific Pullover Christina Cary sent me a .jpg of her finished Pacific Pullover. She loves the colors!
	Carol's Garden Party Cardigan Carol wears her version of the "Garden Party" cardigan.
	Jan Stephen's Marmalade Sweater Here's a photo of Jan Stephens wearing her version of the Marmalade Sweater. Jan adapted my design quite a bit -- converting it to a raglan-sleeve version and choosing her own colorway. Thank you so much, Jan, for sending me the .jpg
	Wild Blueberry Jam . Here's Lissa Hurwitz's "wild" blueberry jam colorway. She wrote to the Ample Knitter's list, "Something has possessed me, and I've been knitting like mad on what I'm calling my Wild Berries jacket. It's the Blueberry Jam jacket by Maureen MJ, but I chose completely different colors, and I looooove it."
	Susan Woodhull's Soft Touch Diagonal Delight Vest Susan bought the vest kit at the Allegan Sheep and Wool Festival and changed the colors. She says, "I have gotten lots of compliments from my fellow knitters."
	Anne's Diagonal Delight Vest Here's a photo of Anne wearing her version of my Diagonal Delight vest in a colorway she designed
	Peggy's Blueberry Jam Here's a photo of Peggy Hagen wearing her version of my design, Blueberry Jam, which she recently completed. She writes that she wore the sweater to a meeting: "My "meeting" last night was a storytelling program at a senior citizen's residence. One woman told me after the performance that she enjoyed my story, but was distracted by the "luscious" sweater I was wearing. I guess I'll have to be selective in where I wear it!" Peggy did a wonderful job knitting the sweater and doesn't it look great on her? She made my day! Congratulations, Peggy!
	A Flower for Annabelle Hat. This hat was made for a friend suffering from cancer. Knitters and designers from all over Canada and the U.S., contributed chemo cap designs to a tribute pattern booklet for Annabelle. Proceeds from the sale of "Annabelle's Caps" will be donated to the Cancer Society. My hat was made using Shelridge Farm DK weight soft wool and 4 mm (U.S. 6) size needles. I knit it using slip stitches because they were just one of the many techniques I learned from Annabelle. The hat starts off with a slipstitch brim and goes into mitered diamonds which, when joined at the crown, form a sunflower with a bright blue centre. Annabelle likes sunflowers so I wanted to knit her one.
	Brown Mitered Squares Vest. This mitered square vest was knit with over 30 yarns from my stash. It's mostly wool and mohair in a DK weight and was knit with 4 mm (U.S. 6) size needles. The colors are mostly browns, tans, and mossy grey-greens but there are also dashes of denim blue and burnt orange. The front band is garter ridges ending with a burnt orange stripe. For the hem, I picked up the along the finished edge of the vest and knit a variation of Barbara Walker's afghan stitch in garter stitch. This vest was fun to make and I like to wear it with jeans or a denim skirt for casual wear. I also use it in my "Hello Domino! An Introduction to Mitered Squares" workshop.
	Aqua Mitered Squares Jacket. Again, this is a "stash" sweater. I like to amass yarns with a particular project in mind. When I figure I have enough yarn and color choices, I begin knitting. This sweater is made of DK weight cottons and ribbons, some plain, some fancy and sparkly. I knit the 3-cornered mitered squares in seed stitch using a 4 mm (U.S. 6) size needle. The jacket has slide slits and short sleeves which makes it comfortable to wear during our hot, humid Toronto summers. A garter stitch front band and buttons that look like beach glass finish this jacket.
	Pink Chevron Strip Vest. This vest was made to wear during a trip to California so it is made of bright, crisp colors (and lots of them!). I used a variegated yarn from Katia as the main color, and a variety of close to 40 DK weight cottons for the contrast colors. It was knit on 4 mm (U.S. 6) size needle in strips which I joined together as I knit. The finished effect looks complicated but is really easy to do -- you only knit with one color per row. I should also mention that I weave in all yarn ends as I knit so there is a minimum of finishing. The front band is knit in garter stitch using the variegated yarn only. This vest was a lot of fun to make -- like knitting a painting!