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 are all three.
**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.
To try it out, bring two contrasting colors of the same or similar yarn and appropriate needles.
Knitting in the Daytime (KIND) – Thursday, January 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
KIND’s January meeting will have a theme of New Year – New beginnings. Details will be sent to KIND members ahead of the meeting, so watch your in-box!
DATE: 3rd Thursday of the month, 10am – 12pm
WHERE: Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX – near Bissonnet and Hillcroft
We’ll be talking about luscious, shiny silk. KIND members will learn about silk hankies and find out how to create yarn from this type of silk. Bring a selection of needles in various sizes and (optional) your favorite hand moisturizer.
Knitting in the Daytime (KIND) – Thursday, October 19, 10:00am – 12:00pm
DATE: 3rd Thursday of the month, 10am – 12pm
WHERE: Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX – near Bissonnet and Hillcroft
The KIND Chapter will hold its next meeting at 10 o’clock on Thursday, October 19 with an informal program which will allow all of the attendees to share information about recent festivals, classes, yarn purchases, patterns, techniques, and anything else related to knitting.
Hazel Kjos will guide us in learning the Ten Stitch Technique, an easy way to make square objects such as blankets.
For homework: take a favorite solid-colored yarn, cast on 10 stitches and knit in garter stitch for 20 rows (10 ridges.) Slip the first stitch of each row and knit all the way to the last stitch of each row.
At the meeting, Hazel will show the process of mitering to create sharp corners and continuing around the central piece to enlarge it, similar to a Log Cabin Barn Raising quilting pattern.
Betsy and Kate will talk about Sequence Knitting this month.
If you want to try it, bring yarn and needles (any size you want)!
In June, we will discuss various charities that our members would like to support.
KIND members will get a taste of the retreat while tasting yarn!
Members will split into groups to see and feel yarns made from different fibers and manufacturing methods.
The samples were created by Penny Nelson of Sky Loom Weavers and presented by her at the recent retreat; members will get a chance to experience the samples brought home by KIND’s retreat attendees.
Thanks to Penny Nelson for allowing us to use her handout.
At the April KIND meeting we will discuss 3 ways to secure a steek.
For those who have done the Fair Isle portion of the “Steek This Coffee Cozy“, you can choose one of these options for your piece.
If you secure your steek at the meeting, you can join us in cutting through the knitting (!!) and then add a cardigan button band.
If you wish to attend and you are not a KIND member, please email Barbara Haas, KIND president.