Please join us for a sit-n-knit on Monday, November 25th. We will use this time to work on our sweaters or whatever project you wish.
Many members often come early to have dinner and support the restaurant and their generosity in letting us meet there. Guild members and visitors are welcome to join us.
Our sweater series is drawing to a close. It’s time for closure on our sweaters! Button Bands! (Did you see what I did there?)
At the October meeting, we will discuss various buttonholes you can knit, how to plan out their placement, and how to stabilize buttons on a knitted garment. In the workshop portion, we will pick up and knit a button band with buttonholes.
*NOTE: Please bring two 3 x 6 blocked stockinette pieces in worsted weight yarn, knitting needles the same size you knitted with, and additional worsted weight yarn to knit the bands.
Also, if you have any additional questions or concerns particular to your project, please email your questions to cathy@drake-family.net. And I will prepare my best answers for the meeting to help you be successful. Don’t forget that December will be our show and tell time!
I’m finishing up my sweater for then too.
Bringing it Alive with Seaming – hands-on workshop and seaming demonstration
Seaming techniques for shoulders, vertical and horizontal adjustments
Are you making good progress on your sweaters this year? I hope this month’s topic catches you when you are getting close to putting your sweater together. This month we will delve into seaming. We will be seaming horizontally, vertically, and cast-on to cast-off.
You must prepare and block several small swatches in worsted-weight yarn to participate. Please use a long-tail cast-on and a regular bind-off.
Please make two 3″ x 6″ swatches and two 3″ x 3″ squares. It might be easiest if they aren’t in variegated yarn. Bring the swatches, a ruler, calculator or other way to do math, a pencil, a yarn needle, and yarn scraps to use in seaming. You may choose to use a different color for seaming so you can see what is happening.
Many members often come early to have dinner and show support for the restaurant and their generosity in letting us meet there. Guild members and visitors are welcome to join us!
Join us for a program on the Basics of Tunisian Crochet. Tracy Reid will be showing us how to do this fun craft.
No homework is necessary, but those who would like to try making a small swatch can bring some light-colored worsted or DK weight yarn and a straight, non-ergonomic crochet hook that is 2 to 3 sizes larger than what is recommended for the yarn.
A Tunisian crochet hook is not necessary for a small sample, but if you already have one feel free to bring it. An instructional handout will be provided for those who want to try practicing on their own. Tracy will bring finished projects, swatches, tools and a couple books to share as well.
She will be using this free pattern for the demo and swatch.
Many members often come early to have dinner and show support for the restaurant and their generosity in letting us meet there. Guild members and visitors are welcome to join us!
The Handover Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 27th 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.
The KNOW chapter will be having a summer break with a sit & knit/crochet.
Join us for some friendly conversation and work on your current WIP.
Many members often come early to have dinner and show support for the restaurant and their generosity in letting us meet there.
Guild members and visitors are welcome to join us!
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
Welcome to the World of Stitch Markers!
Please join us for a presentation by Cindy Long on several examples of stitch markers you can easily make. Everyone will get a kit to make their own markers. For those who wish to make some at the meeting, bring 2 pairs of jewelry pliers and some super glue. Members often arrive early to visit and have dinner at the restaurant to show support for their generosity in allowing us to meet there. Guild members and visitors are welcome.
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
Please remember that May’s meeting will be held on Monday, May 20th, instead of the usual last Monday of the month due to the Memorial Day holiday.
We are having a cast-on party! As part of our Adventures in Sweater Knitting series, we will be learning several cast-ons that can be used for starting a sweater. Cathy Drake will be demonstrating the tubular cast-on in ribbing, the picot edge cast-on and the folded edge cast-on (and more if we have time). Please bring yarn and appropriate-sized needles to practice.
As always, visitors and guild members are welcome to join us at Spring Creek BBQ.
Knitters Night Out West (KNOW) – April 29, 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
The April meeting will be all about shaping issues. We will be discussing how short rows can help make your sweater fit better in the bust, arm, tummy, and back. Amy Rogers will be discussing how to make adjustments using short rows, such as reshaping sleeves for your size, adding more stitches to accommodate a bigger chest, and so on.
Members often arrive early to visit and have dinner at the restaurant to show support for their generosity in allowing us to meet there. Guild members and visitors are welcome.
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
February’s program will be given in March. We will take the next steps in preparing to knit a sweater – yarn selection. We will look at potential yarns, their types and compositions, and how these will affect your project’s results. Most importantly, we will be tackling the dreaded gauge swatch. This necessary step will make sure that your sweater fits you. Please knit 3 – 6” x 6” swatches in the different potential sweater yarn choices using the appropriate needle size. (You can certainly make more than these). Wash and block them. We will be measuring gauge to see which yarns/needle combinations are appropriate for knitting your sweater. Please bring a straight-edge ruler, straight pins, and have a calculator handy to compute your gauge.
Members often arrive early to visit and have dinner at the restaurant to show support for their generosity in allowing us to meet there. Guild members and visitors are welcome.