Tag: Meeting

KNIT Meeting – Creativity Exercise

  1. August program –  Kathy Wells will lead a creativity exercise. Each member should bring 3-4 SMALL balls of yarn to share for the activity. Bring different weights, fingering to super bulky, and a variety of textures- any ply, boucle, ribbon, fun fur, satiny to homespun, etc.  The yarn will be used by all for this fun and creative activity. Kathy will supply needles.
  2. Show and Share
A Zoom option will be available for those unable to attend in person and the link will be distributed to KNIT members. Other KANG members may contact Karen at knitatnightguildknit@gmail.com

Katy Lace Knitters – Grandmother’s Flower Garden

Katy Lace Knitters will meet on Tuesday, August 2nd, at 10 am at Toasted Yolk on the southwest corner of 99 and I-10,

The first lace pattern of the Grandmother’s Flower Garden scarf will be presented and we will all swatch it. Bring your own pattern, it is free on Ravelry.

It is recommended that you swatch with slightly heavier yarn than you are using for your scarf. Stay after the meeting and enjoy lunch.

 

Please email me at joshanmom@aol.com if you can attend. The restaurant likes a head count.

KNOW Meeting – Cast On/Bind Off

Join us for a program on a cast on/bind off.
Nancy Polychronopoulos will demonstrate the German Twist cast on and the Icelandic bind off.
Bring yarn (preferably a light-colored solid worsted weight) and appropriately sized needles for that yarn. There is no homework.
Members are also invited to show and share any of your completed projects.
Members often arrive early to visit over dinner and show their support to the restaurant for their generosity in allowing us to meet there. Visitors and members from other chapters are always welcome.

KIND Meeting – Yarn Cake Cast On

Phylis Tomlinson will present the “Yarn Cake Cast On.”

This is a little like burning the candle at both ends! Casting on from both ends of the cake or ball of yarn takes the guess work out of a long-tail cast on. It is simple and can be found on YouTube in a heartbeat, but this is an opportunity to have someone demonstrate and then practice with your fellow knitters.

Please bring a cake of yarn and appropriate-sized needles (straight or circular are both fine.)  If you have a hank and no winder there will be a swift at the meeting to create your cake. If your preference is to hand-wind, do so in a manner in which both ends of the ball are accessible.

KIK Meeting – Dorset Buttons

NEW MEETING LOCATION!
KIK meetings have moved to a new location – Harris County Public Library, Kingwood Branch. We will meet in the large room to your right as you enter the library.
For our program this month, Cynthia Hansen will teach us how to make Dorset Buttons to use as shawl pins. Cyn will provide materials and direction sheets.
For those with experience, she will bring more detailed “next steps” instruction sheets to embellish the buttons. Everyone attending should bring a tapestry needle and pointy scissors, such as those used for embroidery.

SoCK Meeting – Tips & Tricks

August is that time of the year when the pace slows down, and all you want to do is find a cool place to sit, knit (or crochet), and chat with your fellow guild members. Bring projects you’re currently working on and kick back – the program’s more casual this month. Tell the group about your favorite tips, tricks, or projects. Sometimes these golden nuggets are game-changers!

Katy Lace Knitters – Lace Motifs

Due to the 4th of July holiday and travel plans, (yes, we can travel again) Katy Lace Knitters will meet on Tuesday, July 12th at The Toasted Yolk on the southwest corner of 99 and I10, starting at 10am.

We will be choosing a lace sampler project for this year’s “Education Series“.

Each month we will swatch one of the lace motifs at the meeting. You can do the whole scarf or not. The patterns are “Grandmother’s Flower Garden”, “Myrkwood” and “Sampler of Lace”.
All are free on Ravelry.

 

Please email me at joshanmom@aol.com if you can attend. The restaurant likes a head count.

KNOW Meeting – KAL: Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf

KNOW’s July program will be a knit-along presented by Jan Clark. We will be knitting the “Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf“, which is a free pattern available on Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/multidirectional-diagonal-scarf).

 

This scarf looks great with variegated or self-striping yarn. A good yarn to try would be a DK weight, knit with size 6 needles, or try a heavier yarn with appropriate needles for a faster finish. You can use the same yarn throughout or different yarns in each triangular section of the scarf as a way to use some leftover stash yarn. It’s also possible to use two yarns held together for a different look. There are so many possibilities that you may want to make more than one!

This is a fun project for knitters with limited experience and for highly skilled knitters. If you have not previously knit short rows, this is your opportunity to learn!!

Members are also invited to show and share any of your completed projects.

 

Members often arrive early to visit over dinner and show their support to the restaurant for their generosity in allowing us to meet there. Visitors and members from other chapters are always welcome.

KIND Meeting – Vacay Social

For the July meeting of the KIND chapter, we will take a vacation from an organized program and just sit and knit and enjoy each other’s company.

It will also be a chance to ask for help with any knitting or crochet projects.

KIK Meeting – Afterthought Sock Heel

The afterthought heel is a term coined by the late Elizabeth Zimmerman in her “Knitting Without Tears” book. The heel is knitted after the leg and foot of your sock are completed. It’s a great technique to know for working heels in a contrasting color.

At our July meeting, Irene Piatek will teach us how to knit this heel.

* Details of your homework assignment will be forthcoming prior to our meeting.