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KIND Meeting – Vertical Stranding **TIME CHANGE**

Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, United States

**TIME CHANGE** We will be meeting at 1p in the Annex, instead of our usual 10a time...!!   KIND members will be going up in the world of knitting. We'll sample vertical stranding (aka colors that climb) where you carry a contrast color up in your knitting instead of along the rows like traditional stranding. […]

Knitting in the Daytime (KIND)

Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, United States

DATE: 3rd Thursday of the month, 10am - 12pm WHERE: Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX - near Bissonnet and Hillcroft   KIND will have a program on low-stress, high-impact stash busting. Gloria will share tips that have worked (and not worked!) for her, based on strategies from crafters, decluttering experts, organization gurus, and some who […]

Knitting in the Daytime (KIND)

Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, United States

Knitting in the Daytime (KIND) - Thursday, April 18, 10:00am - 12:00pm DATE: 3rd Thursday of the month, 10am - 12pm WHERE: Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX - near Bissonnet and Hillcroft We invite everyone to do some stash-busting. Bring in any yarn in your stash for which you don't have a plan. There will […]

Knitting in the Daytime

Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, United States

Knitting in the Daytime (KIND) - Thursday, May 16, 10:00am - 12:00pm   DATE: 3rd Thursday of the month, 10am - 12pm WHERE: Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX - near Bissonnet and Hillcroft

Knitting in the Daytime (KIND)

Fonteno Center 6600 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

NOTE: Change of location for June and July! Meetings will be in the Fonteno Center, 6600 Bissonnet (about 2 blocks west of our usual location) Karen Fern will teach us the Norwegian purl! This is a fascinating and - to many knitters- unusual way to purl that some say is faster and easier on the […]

Knitting in the Daytime (KIND)

Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, United States

The subject for our August meeting is going to be favorite go to knitting tools. We will also discuss our most unusual tool and what tool was a miss (thought it was a great idea but...).

Knitting in the Daytime (KIND)

Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, United States

At our September 19th program for KIND, Kate Wilson will teach us the Finchley Graft. This is a much easier alternative to the Kitchener stitch for grafting two pieces together. The homework for the program is as follows: HOMEWORK Materials: 2 swatches (directions below) using a smooth worsted-weight yarn, and a tapestry needle. I found that a straight […]

Knitting in the Daytime (KIND)

Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, United States

The program for the October 19th KIND meeting will be presented by Valarie Nicholson. The topic for the program will be Russian Grafting, an alternative to the Kitchener Stitch, which uses a crochet hook rather than a darning needle. Homework: Materials: One swatch using worsted weight yarn 2 dpns and a crochet hook sized for […]

Knitting in the Daytime (KIND)

Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, United States

This month, we will be revisiting making stitch markers!! Our president, Sunita Parambel, will present this program.

Knitting in the Daytime (KIND)

Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, United States

At our December meeting, Valarie Nicholson will lead the group in making Gnome ornaments using scrap yarn. Supplies members will need include: Toilet paper roll marked in 1-inch segments, to be cut into circles Worsted weight yarn cut into approximately 12-inch pieces (60), color of your choice. Worsted weight yarn for beard Darning needles Valarie […]