Our August 21 meeting will be a continuation of our July program of stitching together our charity blanket squares.
At the end of our July meeting, it was suggested that we continue stitching our knitted blanket squares together. So please bring your darning needles and crochet hooks.
We will also be discussing plans for the programs that members would like presented, Valarie Nicholson will bring surveys as a jumping off point for our 2025-26 year.
The Handover Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, August 2nd at 8:30a-11:30a at the Trini Mendenhall Community Center!
Meeting is intended for all outgoing and incoming members of the Executive Board and the Chapter Presidents. Membership persons from the chapter level also welcome.
Please bring your green KANG binder for the handover meeting!!
Refreshments will be provided.
At our July meeting we will be stitching together blocks for the charity blankets to donate to the Linus Project. It looks like we have enough knitted blocks to complete at least 3 older children blankets. Please bring your darning needles. At our last meeting it was suggested that we crochet a border around the edges of the blankets, so if any of the members would like to participate in this part it would be appreciated.
Please note the date and location change this month due to the Juneteenth holiday!
The KIND meeting has been rescheduled to June 12th at the Jim and JoAnn Fonteno Senior Education Center at 6600 Bissonnet from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Our program is titled “Help…it’s a Chart!“.
Kate Wilson and Valarie Nicholson will be fielding questions in breakout groups about: What does a chart tell us; Difference between a chart written for knitting the round vs. knitting flat; and, understanding charts that include cables. If any of our other members feel comfortable with any of these subjects, we hope you will chime in.
We will also be bidding Amy Rogers a fond bon voyage as she readies herself to start a new chapter in her life in Michigan.
At our May 15th meeting, we will examine various methods for stitching together flat knitted items. Our main focus will be on the mattress stitch. We will begin by working with the 12″ blocks that members have been knitting from the Berroco Mystery Blanket Along. Members are asked to bring their completed blocks and darning needles.
Our program for February 20 is themed around items that our loved ones have knitted. I was inspired by Naomi Enav and her discussion, at the last meeting, about a dress that her husband’s grandmother knit and thought we all have treasures that were created, whether it’s an item knitted by a child or grandparent. Our members are asked to brings items they would like to share and give a brief “history” of the item.
Our members will also be finalizing our make along. Pattern, yarn, and schedule will be discussed.
TIME CHANGE!!
We will be kicking off the New Year with donations to Star of Hope. Please bring a charity knit and/or small toiletries.
We are also going to have a potluck; Valarie Nicholson will be sending out an email closer to the date so that you can sign up to bring goodies to share.
We will also be discussing a potential knit-a-long that will incorporate new skills for some and an opportunity to revisit skills they haven’t used lately.
At our December meeting, Valarie Nicholson will lead the group in making Gnome ornaments using scrap yarn.
Supplies members will need include:
Valarie will provide the rest of the items
If you have glue guns, please bring.
This month, we will be revisiting making stitch markers!!
Our president, Sunita Parambel, will present this program.