Tag: KNIT

Knitters Night in Town (KNIT)

Knitters Night in Town (KNIT) – Tuesday, January 9, 6:00 – 8:00pm

 

WHEN: 2nd Tuesday of the month, 6:00-8:00pm.

WHERE: Trini Mendenhall Sosa Community Center, 1414 Wirt Rd, Houston, TX

So many UFOs!! What to do??

This month we will talk about UFOs .

Why do we have them? Where are they hiding?

Why don’t we finish them? Should we finish them?

How do we REALLY feel about UFOs??

Please bring one or more UFO’s to this meeting and maybe the truth about UFO’s will finally come out??……… don’t be afraid………..

 

RSVP to Jan [email protected]

Or Kathy  [email protected]

 

Please remember your name tag!

Knitters Night in Town (KNIT)

WHEN: 2nd Tuesday of the month, 6:00-8:00pm.

WHERE: Trini Mendenhall Sosa Community Center, 1414 Wirt Rd, Houston, TX

 

Food and Fun Holiday Party Night

Bring a savory or sweet treat to share.

Please bring yarn or “tool kit” item to trade.

 

Beverages and paper products will be provided.

Join the fun in your favorite holiday attire.

 

As always please bring any items to show and share, we especially love to see those gifts you have been making!

 

RSVP to Jan Clark — [email protected]  or Kathy Wells — [email protected]

Knitters Night in Town (KNIT)

WHEN: 2nd Tuesday of the month, 6:00-8:00pm.

WHERE: Trini Mendenhall Sosa Community Center, 1414 Wirt Rd, Houston, TX

 

Experiment with Color

Please bring:

Size 4 or 5 short needles — double points are fine

Small balls of fingering or lace weight yarn to share

A color wheel if you have one

We will use various techniques to expand our color horizons.

 

As always, we all love to see what you have been knitting — finished or not!

Feel free to bring problem projects that need advice.

If you have completed charity projects bring them along as well.

 

Please RSVP to Kathy : [email protected]

OR Jan: [email protected]

 

We especially look forward to meeting our new members.

Kathy and Jan

KNIT Co-Presidents

KNOW Meeting

Knitters Night Out West (KNOW) – Monday, October 30, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

WHEN: Last Monday of the month (Except May and December), 6:30-8:30pm

WHERE: Spring Creek Barbeque, 21000 Katy Freeway, I-10 at Westgreen Blvd, Katy, TX

KNIT Meeting – Make Your Own Buttons

Knitters Night in Town (KNIT) – Tuesday, October 10, 6:00 – 8:00pm

 

WHEN: 2nd Tuesday of the month, 6:00-8:00pm.

WHERE: Trini Mendenhall Sosa Community Center, 1414 Wirt Rd, Houston, TX

 

The KNIT Chapter will have a Make Your Own Buttons night.

Jan Clark will be giving hands on instruction.

Please bring:

– embroidery floss, perle cotton or fine crochet cotton

– fine crochet hook

– sharp scissors

Other supplies and an instruction take home sheet will be provided.

 

A perfect way to get the right button for your wonderful handmade knitwear!

 

Please RSVP to:

Jan Clark – [email protected]   

Or 

Kathy Wells – [email protected]

KNIT Meeting – Program Planning

Join KNIT to get acquainted / reacquainted with members and discuss plans for programs and suggestions for teachers, Saturday workshops, or weekend classes for the 2023-24 program year.

 

Please bring completed projects to show/share with members.

KNIT Meeting – HFF Show & Share

If you attended the Houston Fiber Fest, the July meeting will be an opportunity to share interesting or unique vendor items you saw, tell us about skills you learned in a class, and we would enjoy seeing new yarn purchases.
Please bring completed projects to show/share with members.

KNIT Meeting – Sit ‘n’ Knit

With summer approaching, the June meeting will be a “sit and knit together“, enjoying the companionship of your fellow KNIT members.
Plus we will discuss ideas for program topics for upcoming meetings during 2023-24.
Please bring completed projects to show & share with members!

KNIT Meeting – Knitted Edging

Kathy Wells will lead a hands-on program on knitted edging.
Homework: 
  1. Using long tail cast on and a standard bindoff, knit a swatch at least 4″ X 4″ (a dishcloth without a border can be used)
  2. Knit the swatch using a basic pattern stitch such as Double Moss , Broken Rib, or Ridged Rib
Bring to meeting:
  1. Knitted swatch
  2. Needles used to knit swatch
  3. A second set of needles 1 to 3 sizes smaller than swatch needles
  4. Contrast color yarn
Please bring completed projects to show/share with members.