El Segundo Slipt Stitchers

This is rather long this month. If you are planning on coming to the September meeting please be sure

to read the info about the September program (below) and what supplies to bring.

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At our August meeting Cathy M. showed us how to make fleece blankets with a crochet edging. Thank

you to Cathy for a very well organized program! If you are making blankets for charity, Cathy will be

collecting them. She sent us a message with details as to where they will go, which can be found on our Charity Page (click here to go directly to the list). Note that if you want your blanket to go to a specific charity on her list she asks that you attach a label to it so she can readily identify it.

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At the meeting, Cathy showed us some blankets she had made including two very handsome dog coats

for her rescue greyhounds. There are adorable pictures of them wearing their coats and looking very

stylish elsewhere on the Gallery page (as well as a brief discussion and pictures on the News and Events page).

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Program Change:

Due to staffing issues (me), we will be changing around the upcoming September and October

programs. Here’s the updated list for the rest of the year:

SEP: STRETCHY CAST ONS REVISITED (previously in October) Gillian B.

OCT: CROCHET FLEECE BLANKET CONTINUATION Cathy M.

NOV: CONTRAST VERTICAL STRANDING Mary Beth

DEC: HOLIDAY PARTY n/a

In October, we will continue our work on our Crochet Fleece Blankets under the expert guidance of

Cathy M. If you did not attend the August meeting, don’t worry, Cathy will show you how to make one

in October.

Tonya’s Magic Loop program originally scheduled for September will now be taught in 2026.

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September Program: Stretchy Cast Ons Revisited by Gillian B.

Hopefully some of you remember the “YOU CALL THAT STRETCHY? A Comparison of Different Cast Ons”

program I taught in Fall 2023 (the handout from that program can be found here). That covered a lot of material in a short time, so in September we will

take a second look. I will bring back all my swatches for people to examine, and briefly review the

stretchiness of the different cast ons. I will also be demonstrating some of them, something there was

no time for in 2023. Spoiler alert: there may also be some new cast ons!

 

You all got to vote at the August meeting to choose which cast ons. The results are in:

 In clear 1 st place with 15 points: I-cord Cast On

 Tied for 2 nd place with 7 points each: German Twisted Long Tail Cast On

Tillybuddy’s Very Stretchy Cast On

Channel Islands (double thumb yarn)

Latvian

 

 The remaining 11 cast ons in the poll got a fairly evenly distributed number of points with an

average of 2.7 points each. Backwards Loop got no points! I am shocked! Shocked!

 Only 1 person voted for Casting On in Pattern.

Therefore, we will start with I-cord cast on (there’s more than one way) and proceed from there as time

permits. Hopefully we’ll have time to cover all the second place ones too. However, the poll results

were interesting in that some people are clearly interested in learning more basic cast ons. We’ll keep

that in mind when we decide what programs we want in 2026.

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Homework:  If you know how to make I-cord, please make a short length of 3-stitch I-cord, say 12-14

rows, bind it off and bring it to the meeting. If you don’t know how to make I-cord, the

homework isn’t necessary.

Supplies: Please bring the following to the meeting:

o Worsted weight or heavier yarn in a small quantity sufficient to practice the cast ons.

o Circular needles of appropriate size for your chosen yarn – generally US 7s for worsted

weight, US 9s or 10s for bulky weight.

o Scissors.

 

Thank you for reading this far. I hope to see you there!

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