March 2013 - Mystery Project Reveal!

 

Our March 2013 meeting was the reveal of our Mystery Projects!  At each meeting there is always a Stitch of the Month. The idea with the Mystery Projects was to combine as many of these sts as you wanted to use into a project.

It was a lot of fun seeing the creativity that went into these projects.  I was too busy admiring the knitting and didn't get pictures of all the projects but I will share the few that I do have.

 

 

The rest of the evening was spent knitting

 

 

 and visiting with friends!

 

February Meeting - Steeking

Yikes, it is only a few months into the new year and already I am behind on the Knitting Goddesses Blog!

At our February meeting, our topic was steeking and cutting our knitting.  We had so much fun with this.  This was the first time a lot of our group had done this technique and it helps to have the support of other Knitters when you make that first cut!

As you can see in the above and below pictures, we used a contrasting colour and with a crochet hook we single crocheted on either side of where we wanted to cut to secure the sts.

 

 

more careful cutting

 



 and success!

 

January 2013 Meeting

The Knitting Goddesses met  last night in Springfield for our first meeting of the year.  Everyone had lots of show and tell, both finished projects and projects on the needles. 

Our topic of the night was different ways to cast on.  We experimented with:

The 2 Needle Cast On
Twisted Loop Cast On Chezch Variation
German Twisted Cast On
Long Tail Cast On in Pattern (ribbing)
Alternate Cable Cast On (ribbing)
Twisted Italian Cast On

The Stitch of the Month was the Dimple Stitch

Plans are underway for our workshop on April 6 with the Yarn Harlot.  Only a couple of spaces left.  Our mystery projects will be revealed at the March meeting.

The next meeting will be Feb 20.  See you all there!

Next Meeting

September is just around the corner and that means that our official guild meetings are starting up again!

Our September meeting is Wednesday, Sept 19 in Springfield at the Malahide Community Place from 7-9pm. We are going to kick off our Charity Knitting Challenge with a pattern swap for scarves/neckwarmer/cowls. So start looking for a favourite pattern or one that just looks like it would be fun to knit to share with the group.

Knit In Public Day

We had a great Knit In Public Day today!

Our table was full of hand knit items, a variety of different fibres for people to feel and to guess which one was which, scarves on needles for people to give knitting a try, yarn and instructions to knit a flower, all the supplies needed for making pom poms and a jar filled with tiny leftover balls of yarn for people to guess how many balls there were.



We had a great turn out of Knitters join us at the booth. I couldn't manage to get a picture with everyone all at once but here are some of us!



We had lots of kids stop by to try knitting with needles and to make pom poms.





We had a great day and had lots of interested in the guild meetings.

Knitting Goddesses Night Out

The Knitting Goddesses had a knitting night out with the Yarn Harlot. What a great night!

We went out for dinner before heading to the yarn shop that was hosting the book signing for the evening with the Yarn Harlot.

Most of us had knit the Yarn Harlot's hat pattern An Unoriginal Hat and were wearing it that night.

We knit while we waited to hear her speak.

We knit while she gave her talk

And then we shopped for yarn and her new book which some of us got signed.

It was a great knitting night out!

August Guild Meeting

Don't you just love seeing your name in lights!

The Knitting Goddess met for our August meeting last night. It was great to have 2 new knitters join us. Welcome Brenda and Wanda!

We spent the night knitting, showing off the hand dyed wool from the weekend's dyeing workshop and looking at everyone's finished and unfinished projects.

We discussed this weekend's road trip to Listowel for the tent sale!! The meeting time is 7am at the Bargin Shop in Aylmer. We will be stopping for breakfast in St. Marys, SHOPPNG, and the stopping for lunch before heading home.

(Yarn dyers in action!)

For the upcoming guild year; September - August we will be making a sampler pillow cover. Each month at our meetings will be learn a new technique. By the end of June we will all have a finished pillow!

More info about the pillow project over the next month (as we get the samples knit) regarding amounts of yarn, colour and accessories (hint-beads!)