The Guild's Annual Meeting will be Saturday, May 10, 2008 from 10:00 am to noon. Bring any yarn and needles that you would like to swap or sell. Also, we will be voting on a slate of officers for next year. If you are interested in becoming Vice-President or President , please email tsocny@hotmail.com . We are also having a catered luncheon.
Our next meeting will be Saturday, April 12, 2008 from 10 am to noon at Grace Espicopal Church in Baldwinsville. We will be having a "finishing bee". Please bring items you need to do some finishing on. If you always wanted to learn Kitchner Stitch or a Mattress seam, we will be helping each other to sharpen our finishing skills. If you have any reference material or books about finishing please feel free to bring them to reference at the meeting.
For those who want a head start on finishing, check out some of these links:
1) Knitpicks.com page on seaming (clear photos) (recommended for dialup)
2) Coats and Clark (Knit and Crochet Today) video about seaming
3) Youtube.com video of Kitchner Stitch
Want to get together with other knitters for knitting, coffee and conversation? There are several knitting circles in the local area that welcome all knitters to join them.
"Knitorious Syracuse Chicks With Sticks" is a group of knitters who meet weekly in various places around Onondaga County, usually on Sunday afternoons, Monday evenings and Saturday mornings. For more information, click on this link: Knitorious Syracuse Chicks With Sticks
Oneida Lake Artisans The Brick House Cafe in Brewerton is hosting a knitting group. Meetings will be on the second Tuesday from 10-12 and the third Saturday from 10-12. Call the cafe for the latest information. You can find the cafe's address & phone number here.
The CNY Ravelry.com group meets the third Saturday of the month at the Freedom of Expresso on Solar Street in Syracuse from 9:30 until about noon.
Tully Free Library has a knitting group which meets on most Saturdays from 10am to noon. Please call the library at 315-696-8606 for more information
Hazard Branch Library, 1620 W. Genesee Street, Syracuse has a knitting group which meets on Saturdays from 2-4 pm. For more information, call the library at 484-1528.
Knit Wits, knitting and crocheting group, will meet the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month from 9am-noon at The Center for Town of Clay Seniors, Route 31, Clay. For information, call 458-9035 or 652-3800 ext. 427. (from Scotsman Press)
The Friends of the Canastota Library are thinking about forming a knitting group. An organizational meeting will be held in the Lawson Community Room on Friday, February 8, 2008 at 10am. For more information about the group, please call the library at 697-7030.
If you know of other knitting circles, please feel free to share that information by replying with a comment to this post.
Knit on!
Our January meeting focused on Felting. We discussed machine felting, hand-felting, and needle felting as well. On the left, you will see links to the three felting related books which have been added to our guild library.
Here are some tips gleaned from the meeting:
1) Always make a swatch to see how your yarn will react. Different colors in the same type of yarn may felt at different rates.
2) Use a really big needle (size 19 or 35) to poke a hole in your finished felted fabric to create a quick buttonhole.
3) Make sure you use a zippered pillowcase to felt your items in the washer. Do not put a mohair project in with a wool project to avoid little pieces of mohair all over the wool project.
4) Once you are done felting, run your empty pillowcase through the dryer. The little pieces of leftover wool fiber will ball up in the corners of the pillowcase and you can easily pick them out.
Links from the internet:
Maddy Laine Patterns (for sale)
Knitty Gritty presents Beverly Galeskas and Fuzzy Bunny
Coats and Clark Yarn "Fun with Felting"
Patons Yarns Felted Cable Bag (have to register to get the free pattern)
Patons Yarns Felted Needle Case (have to register to get the free pattern)
Berroco Felting information & free patterns
Berroco Felting Book (for sale - see preview of pattern book)
Nicky Esptein's Beginner's Guide to Felting (for sale)
If you are interested in needle felting supplies, they are available at several local shops including Misison Rose Quiltery.
CraftSanity Continential Knitting Demo
KnittingHelp.com Continential Video
Clear explainations and photos:
Knitpicks.com Continential Knit Stitch
Knitpicks.com Continential Purl Stitch
DVD to purchase for home use: Nancie Knits "Continental Knitting"
Books:
Sallly Melville The Knitting Experience: The Knit Stitch pages 14-15 (ISBN 1-893762-13-0)
Sally Melville The Knitting Experience: The Purl Stitch pages 12-13 (ISBN 1-893762-14-9)
Do you want to make an "extreme makeover" on your yarn stash? Use some of your yarn for charity knitting! Our continuing guild project is knitting for the Onondaga County Department of Social Services. You can knit sweaters, hats, mittens, blankets, shawls, teddy bears, and other items for people being served by this agency. To get you started, here are some links to free patterns on the Internet for various items:
Coats and Clark Lapghan
Lion Brand Warm Mittens
Lion Brand Easy Knitted Shawl (advisable to NOT fringe)
The 5 hour Baby Sweater
Knitty.com Bubby Bear
Coats and Clark "Gotcha Covered" Knitted Hats (child and adult sizes)
Bernat Yarn (Must register for free patterns)
Berroco Flip-Top Mittens
