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Houston Fiber Fest – Houston, TX

SAVE THE DATE!!

HOWDY, Y’ALL! Did you miss us? We missed you! We are so excited to announce that Houston Fiber Fest will return in 2025! We’re making some changes this year.

The biggest and most obvious one you’ll notice is that our vendor hall will only be open on Friday and Saturday this year. Venue rental costs have skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic, and unfortunately our income has not.
There is also a possibility we may have to charge attendees a small entrance fee. We’re exploring sponsorship options to see if we can avoid that. Since we are not independently wealthy (If you know any lottery winners, please send them our way!), this event has to pay for itself in order to be sustainable. We’re doing what we can to try and make that happen.
We are run entirely by volunteers, which helps a lot. The income from an entrance fee, plus the money we save by not renting the vendor hall for a third day, was enough to balance the budget for this year. We know that’s not the best news, but we’re going to have a fun year anyway!

Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)

Experience the magic of short rows.

Short rows let you add interesting design elements to your projects and improve the fit of your garments. Practice Wrap & Turn, German, Japanese, and Twin Stitch (fish lips kiss) techniques. Learn why some methods are more suited to stockinette and garter stitch and why some are more visible on the back side of your work.

Bring smooth yarn (worsted or DK weight) and suitable needles.

Charity Event – SAVE THE DATE

We have 15 Head Start hats on hand and 8 kits with pattern and pre-cut yarn are ready to go. Contact [email protected] for more info. The goal is to have 50 hats ready by October 1 for distribution to HISD schools.

We also have several kits for Knitted Knockers ready to go. These are always in demand and we’d love to collect as many as we can for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October!

Our charity yarn stash is running low, please consider donating or asking friends to search their stash for acrylic yarns of various weights.

Charity Event – SAVE THE DATE

We have 15 Head Start hats on hand and 8 kits with pattern and pre-cut yarn are ready to go. Contact [email protected] for more info. The goal is to have 50 hats ready by October 1 for distribution to HISD schools.

We also have several kits for Knitted Knockers ready to go. These are always in demand and we’d love to collect as many as we can for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October!

Our charity yarn stash is running low, please consider donating or asking friends to search their stash for acrylic yarns of various weights.

Speaking of stash, Ravelry has several patterns including the Snippet Scarf and Stashbuster Scarf that create fringe instead of ends to weave in. The Fidget Sleeve is also a good stash eater.

We have many infant hats. Please consider making an infant blanket 24″x36″ or larger that will go to Project Linus or LBJ pediatric unit.

CHH Spinners – Spin-In

The Contemporary Handweavers of Houston (CHH) hosts spin-ins twice a month, the first Saturday of each month from 10-12 am, and the third Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm. Both are held at the CHH Guild House, 1425 Blalock, 2nd floor.

If you are a spinner, bring your wheel, drop spindle or e-spinner and check out our group and the guild.

Occasionally meeting schedules will vary, so please check the CHH website calendar before heading out. For this and other information, see  http://www.weavehouston.org/

CHH Spinners – Spin At Night

The Contemporary Handweavers of Houston (CHH) hosts spin-ins twice a month, the first Saturday of each month from 10-12 am, and the third Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm. Both are held at the CHH Guild House, 1425 Blalock, 2nd floor.

If you are a spinner, bring your wheel, drop spindle or e-spinner and check out our group and the guild.

Occasionally meeting schedules will vary, so please check the CHH website calendar before heading out. For this and other information, see  http://www.weavehouston.org/

Katy Lace Knitters – 3 Needle BO

Katy Lace Knitters will meet on Tuesday, August 1st, at 11 am, at the Luby’s on south Mason Road.

We will be discussing the three needle bind off.

To participate, make 2 swatches of 10 stitches by 10 rows of stockinette stitch. Leave them both on the needles. Bring a 3rd needle to do the bind off.

Stay after the meeting to visit and eat lunch. Hope to see everyone there.

Charity Knit-Together Event

Our next charity knit-together will be at Spring Creek BBQ in old Katy (I-1o & Westgreen) on Saturday 29 April from 1 to 4 PM.
The KNOW (Knitters Out West) Chapter will be sponsoring the next Charity event. They will be making Knitted Knockers. Come on out and work with the KNOW chapter to create knockers for breast cancer survivors. Approved knocker yarn is available but if you want to bring your own, check the website (link above). The Knitted Knockers organization is very particular about which yarn is used for knockers.
When: April 29th 1-4 PM
Where: Spring Creek BBQ on I-10 and Westgreen
What to bring: your knitting tools and your appetite and a couple of bucks (if you want to come early or stay late and support our hosts, Spring Creek BBQ)