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 6:30 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/
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Knitters Night Out West (KNOW)
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.
Knitting in the Daytime (KIND)
Knitting in the Daytime (KIND) – Thursday, April 18, 10:00am – 12:00pm
DATE: 3rd Thursday of the month, 10am – 12pm
WHERE: Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX – near Bissonnet and Hillcroft
We invite everyone to do some stash-busting. Bring in any yarn in your stash for which you don’t have a plan. There will be tools to measure and estimate yardage if needed, and we’ll crowd-source ideas for projects.
Knitting in Kingwood (KIK)
Knitting in Kingwood (KIK) – Saturday, April 20, 10:00am – 12:00pm
WHEN: 3rd Saturday of the month, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
WHERE: Kingwood Branch Library, 4400 Bens View Ln, Kingwood, TX 77339
Our April meeting will be a trip to The Modern Skein in Montgomery to see a discussion on the dying process by Joshua of Red Stag fibers. We’ll have shopping at the store afterwards and then meet for lunch at one of the restaurants along the way back.
Meeting Schedule:
May meeting To be scheduled. The library is not available! Will let y’all know!
Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!
Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)
Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK) – Saturday, April 13, 10:00am – 12:00pm
WHEN: 2nd Saturday of the month, 10am-12pm.
WHERE: Zoom and Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX 77433
Release your inner geek! The April program explores Ravelry and KnitCompanion. Both of these applications are very powerful aids to your knitting and crocheting. For Ravelry, learn how to build robust queries to search for particular designers, patterns, yarns, and LYSs. Get help and inspiration from project posts and community forums. Ravelry lets you save your searches and build collections of your favorite patterns. It also seamlessly feeds your patterns into KnitCompanion. KnitCompanion, an indispensable tool, is available for both Apple and Android devices. It stores your patterns in electronic format so you don’t need to keep track of paper copies. Learn how to create a project, customize counting, mark up patterns, track progress, customize charts, make notes, and more!
Katy Lace Knitters
Katy Lace Knitters will meet on Tuesday, March 5th, at 11 am at Luby’s on South Mason Road. Bring your latest lace project for help or bring your Huldra shawl. Stay after the meeting to visit and eat lunch.
CHH Spinners
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 6:30 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
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 6:30 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/
Saturday Cypress Knitters (SoCK)
WHEN: 2nd Saturday of the month, 10am-12pm.
WHERE: Zoom and Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX 77433
The March program will be a check in for SoCK’s year-long knitting/crocheting challenge. Bring your project to the meeting. If you’re stuck, have questions, or need encouragement, we’re here to help! If you want to show off your progress, we’ll celebrate with you! As always, bring your show and share and charity items.
Knitters Night Out West (KNOW)
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.