Skip to main content

January Meeting Notes

The January meeting was great! It was my last meeting as president. I handed over the reins to Kelley and Charli. I’ve enjoyed my year, it has been busy and I hope productive. Thanks to all those in the guild for helping me get through the year. And thanks for the flowers, it was unexpected, and they are beautiful!

Here are some links to the techniques that were demonstrated yesterday. I plan on using the Channel Island cast on for my next pair of top down socks.

Channel Island cast on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up-0QOubXQ8

Yarn overs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_22bI4sF8c&feature=related

continental knitting yarn overs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTkgE6McrE&feature=related

Three needle bind off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpJUrCX52DU

Everyone should have received an invitation from Elfster to participate in the Sneaky Sheep v. 5 gift exchange. Please reply by January 30, as that is the date when the exchange closes and the names are drawn. If for some reason you did not get the link, let us know.

We also mentioned the Sandhill Crane Wine and Wool Festival on January 28. Here is some additional information:
http://www.sandhillcranevineyards.com/pages/events.html
"Winter Wine & Wool Festival
Saturday, January 28, 11-6
Our summer Wine & Wool Festival was such a success that we're planning an indoor one this winter. Just when the world looks completely bleak outdoors and everyone has a little cabin fever, the winery will be filled with colorful yarn, fiber, knitted items, and knitting supplies.
Mark your 2012 calendar now for this fun event. Free admission."

Don’t forget Knit Michigan, Saturday February 4.
http://knitmichigan.org/?page_id=4

Rita

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

We've Moved!

Our new location for guild meetings is Central Oaks Community Church in Royal Oak. Our blog is moving too! This site will remain as an archive of past events. For current information and happenings with the guild, visit our new Facebook Community Page :  BSKG Meetings & Events . See you there! Our other Facebook presence, the Group :  Black Sheep Knitting Guild , is still there for all members to post and share about knitting.

March Guild Meeting with Melynda Bernardi

Our guest speaker,  Melynda Bernardi of French Press  Knits, was wonderful! She shared about her background as a knitter, how the name French Press Knits was chosen,  how she started by selling felted slippers and progressed in to writing patterns. Her work is beautiful and she brought several samples to share. Melynda graciously offered a discount on her online patterns for the month of March for our guild members!

BSKG 1st Guest Post

Posted by Kim Whelan  "copyright Geneve Hoffman Photography" I have this friend; maybe you have one like her? She’s the kind of friend that has all these crazy, great ideas, and somehow, before you know it, you’re smack dab in the middle of something! This friend is the reason that I found myself starting a knitting guild (BSKG) with her a few years ago and found myself president of said guild a few years later. She is also the reason that I started designing patterns. I was just drifting along, calmly knitting away when she said “write a pattern, challenge yourself” That is how I came to write my very first pattern “Etta” which appeared in Lace One Skein Wonders . Now writing a pattern didn’t come easy, there were many mistakes along the way, but I stuck with it and finally I had a pattern I was proud to publish on Ravelry. After that first pattern I wrote a few more that I was lucky enough to have printed in some local publications. But that friend of mine,