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KNOW Meeting – Felting

DATE CHANGE: We’re meeting a week early this month!!

Please join us for a program on felting.

Amy will share what she learned while converting a well-loved handknit sweater into a lined autumn felted tote/purse. If you have made felted purses in the past, please bring them.

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.

We’re looking forward to seeing you on October 24th!

SoCK Meeting – Lace Knitting

Summary
New to knitting or to knitting lace? Come to the SoCK chapter meeting, learn some basics, and get some hands-on practice with a simple lace pattern.
Pre-work (HOMEWORK):  
Using fingering or DK yarn and size 5-7 needles, cast on loosely 39 stitches.
Work four rows in garter stitch, placing stitch markers between edge and body stitches (after first four stitches and before last four stitches on needle) while working row 4.

KNIT Meeting – Knit-Along (KAL)

Join our October program as we begin a knit-along with Laura Nelkin’s Starry Light or Love and Light (both available on Ravelry).

They are created by knitting with LED fairy lights. The star and small version of the heart require a 66 foot (200 light) strand. The large heart requires a 99 foot (300 light) strand. They are available on Amazon and Ebay and possibly a local craft store.

Also, bring your Show and Share!!

The Zoom link will be included in the email to chapter members. If you are not a KNIT member, but would like to join via Zoom – contact Karen at knitatnightguildknit@gmail.com

KIK Meeting – Open Knit & Charity Discussion

REMINDER: 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.
This month we will have Open Knitting and a discussion about Charity Knitting. We’ll also talk about our plans for Fall and Winter projects!
Bring your finished projects for Show and Share!
AND…… Bring a friend!

KIND Meeting – Beaded Stitch Markers

Sunita will be teaching us to make beaded stitch markers. She will provide the materials.

If you have any small jeweler’s pliers, please bring them.

KNOW Meeting – Pompoms & Tassels

Join us for a program on Pompoms and Tassels.
Pompoms and tassels add a lot of fun to your knitting projects. If you haven’t tried making them or want to explore a new technique, we will make pompoms & tassels using homemade templates. If you have purchased tools (i.e. Bucilla, Boye, Clover, etc.) please bring them and we will discuss them.
Homework:
Everyone should bring any project you would like to add a Pompom or tassel to, lots of leftover yarns, a tapestry/darning needle and a pair of sharp scissors for trimming. If you have a bent seaming needle, that would be helpful.
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 – Color!

We are going to focus on color!! We’ll use a fun, interactive technique to sort and select colors for projects from large lots of yarn. We’ll look at how to best choose colors for different types of knitting techniques, such as brioche, mosaic, fades, magic balls and fair isle.

If you have a colorwork item that shows great use of color (or bad!) please bring it, in addition to any regular show and share items.

KIK Meeting – Open Knit & Peyton Heart Charity

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.
This month we will have Open Knitting and Charity Knitting of hearts for the Peyton Heart Project. Pattern will be provided just bring your needles and any leftover bits of yarn you have – any color!

SoCK Meeting – Christmas Knits

Don’t put off your Christmas knitting any longer! Let’s talk about planning out our Christmas knitting with ideas for easy and quick projects. Dolores Rose will be our guide to explore options for everyone on your list: articles to wear, items for the home, and things for play and comfort. Plus, share your favorite gift items to make.

Homework:
Bring some 100% wool yarn and appropriate needles or hooks and we’ll get started on a set of felted drink coasters.

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