TWISTED STITCHES OF CENTRAL NEW YORK

KNITTING CIRCLES

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!

Felting Wrap-Up

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 Felted Purse

Knitty Gritty presents Beverly Galeskas and Fuzzy Bunny

Coats and Clark Yarn "Fun with Felting"

Lion Brand Wool Felting Patterns (look at bottom of page for patterns - have to register for patterns)

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.