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KIND Meeting – Dorset buttons

The KIND chapter will meet via Zoom on August 20 at 10 am. Pat Modisett will present a program on making Dorset buttons.

Dorset buttons are essentially rings (plastic now, formerly wood, bone or horn) covered with natural linen or cotton (or wool). We’re going to learn the basic design and then you can let your imaginations soar!

Because of limited supplies, if you plan to attend the class, please send Pat an email at modisettwilson@gmail.com with your physical address so that she can mail you a packet of materials. Only the first 15 people to register will get the packet.

Pat has had fun learning about these and can see lots of possible uses. Ours probably won’t be used for custom made undergarments or fireplace hoods as they were back in the day, but they’d look great on a sweater or hat or accent piece on a scarf or purse.  Join us and try it! All registrations must be received by noon on August 13.

KIND Zoom meeting

We will hold our next few meetings meeting via Zoom until it is safe to meet in person again.  In June, we will not have a regular program but will talk about the knitting projects we have worked on in the last couple months.  Be prepared to show your projects and tell others the pattern name and the type of yarn used.

Date:  June 18
Time:  10:00 am

KIND Meeting – CANCELLED

The KIND meeting for March has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus.   Bayland Community Center will be closed for all classes and meetings at least through March.

 

KIND Meeting – Knitting Tips, Tricks, & Hacks

The KIND chapter will meet on Thursday, February 13 at 10am.  This is one week earlier than usual due to voting at the Bayland Center.

We will be talking about Knitting Tips, Tricks, and Hacks.  Please bring the following items:

  • 2 smalls ball of yarn – any weight or color
  • needles an appropriate size for the yarn
  • an empty toilet paper roll
  • scissors

KIND Meeting – Mitered squares

The January KIND meeting will be held on Jan. 16, 10am at Bayland Community Center. Jan Clark will take us through the techniques needed to make a mitered square project!  Bring assorted colors of scrap yarn, a safety pin to mark your “right side” and appropriate size needles.  Jan used sock yarn for her project.  We will work through picking up stitches and double decreases. And we will discuss different mitered square projects to spark your imagination.  Join us in the new year with mitered squares.

KIND Meeting – Holiday potluck

The KIND meeting will be held on Friday, Dec. 6 – please note the change in day for this month’s meeting only!  We will have a holiday potluck and continue working on the KAL that we started last month.  If you didn’t sign up for a sweet or savory snack to bring at last month’s meeting, please let Marsha Smith (marshasmith2@gmail.com) know what you will bring.

KIND Meeting – Blocking

DATE CHANGE FOR KIND OCTOBER MEETING!

Due to a conflict at the Bayland Center, the October KIND meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 22.  Time is 10am-noon, as usual.

Please join us to learn what a difference blocking can make to your finished items.  Marsha Smith will have the same patterns, blocked and unblocked, for comparison, and will demonstrate how to block a small face cloth.

KIND Meeting – Yarn Substitution

Do you have a pattern you like but don’t want to use the yarn the pattern calls for?  Sandy Zeringue, formerly of Knitting in the Loop, will talk about what to look for when substituting yarn.
The KIND chapter meets on the third Friday of each month from 10am to noon at the Bayland Community Center.  The Center is located at 6400 Bissonnet, near Bissonnet and Hillcroft.