Bluebonnet Knitting Guild of North Texas

Fall Updates

2011-11-25T10:07:00.003-06:00

The Bluebonnet Guild has had a great fall! Nancy Tully presented Knit One Below for the October and November meetings . Nancy did a fabulous job and we all learned so very much! Thank you Nancy for being part of making our October and November meetings so successful.

I am looking forward to our upcoming events. In December our biggest event will be the drawing for the Great American Afghan that the members knitted. Sales of the Door Prize tickets have been very successful and I am sure we will be able to purchase something very nice for the LaDora Nursing and Rehab Home in Bedford, TX.

Details of the December 8 meeting are as follows:

The December meeting will be held on Thursday, December 8, 2011, at Mimi's Cafe, 1101 Ira E. Woods, Grapevine, TX.

The Guild will be having our Christmas party and meeting. Plan to meet at 6:30 p.m. and dinner will be at 7:00.

Our celebration of the holiday includes a small gift exchange game, please bring a $10 gift related to knitting for the exchange, the drawing for the Great American Aran Afghan will be part of the festivities.

If you have extra time and yarn a gift of hand knitted slippers, laprobe, hat or scarf for the LaDora Nursing Home in Bedford would be appreciated. You will get a ticket in the monthly door prize drawing for each item you donate.

I hope to see everyone on December 8. I wish everyone a happy, healthy and safe holiday season!

Dixie

October Meeting -- Knit One Below

2011-10-09T17:54:00.000-05:00

The October meeting of the Bluebonnet Knitting Guild will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2011, at LaMadeleine, 900 Highway 114, Grapevine, TX.

The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. in their backroom.

Our speaker on Thursday night is, Nancy Tully of the Handknitters Guild of North Central Texas. Nancy is going to show us how to do the knitting technique Knit One Below and how it can be incorporated in our projects. If you are interested in learning how to do this, please bring yarn of 2 contrasting colors and needles in the appropriate size to knit.

Hope to see you on Thursday night!

Happy Knitting,
Dixie

2011-12 BlueBonnet Guild New Year

2011-09-05T17:26:00.002-05:00

We’re looking forward to our first meeting of the 2011-12 year. An exciting year is planned that will cover: Knit One Below, Enterlac, the Afterthought heel and much, much more.

The 2012 Knitapalooza will be held on Saturday, March 24; details will follow. So save the date for a good time!

Please come join us and become a member. Your membership card entitles you to a 10% discount at the following local yarn shops: The Shabby Sheep, Holley’s Yarn Shoppe, The Woolie Ewe, Jennings Street Yarns and Knitting Fairy.

Thursday,September 8, 2011 (2nd Thursday night of the month)
7:00 p.m.
LaMadeleine
900 Highway 114
Grapevine, TX

Check us out on Yahoo and Ravelry, our email address is BlueBonnetGuild @ ymail.com
We’ll see you on Thursday night.

May Bluebonnet Guild Meeting

2010-05-12T10:50:00.002-05:00

Remember everyone our meeting is tomorrow night, Thursday, May 13 at 7:00 p.m. We are meeting in Border's Book on Colleyville Blvd.

Edee Buglione is giving a demonstration of machine knitting by using lace techniques. If you have made some slippers or laprobes for the nursing home please bring them for Toni to deliver.

Hope to see everyone tomorrow night!

2010-04-10T12:56:00.001-05:00

Hello Everyone,

Thursday's meeting was a huge success in our new location, Borders! Melanie Gibbons did the program on charting lace. I learned more in this one hour than I have learned for quite awhile. Thank you Melanie for inspiring us.

The lucky winner of our raffle was Patti Stapleton. Patti took home a new Namaste gadget bag and a book of baby pattern. Congratulations!

Karen Scarberry announced the location and date of our October Knit-In. More details will follow as they become available.

Toni Tharp has asked for slippers and lap robes for the nursing home. (Patterns for slippers can be found on our Yahoo site.) If you have some time while watching your kids at their sporting event or waiting at the doctor's office, this would be a nice thing to work on.

For those of you that weren't able to be there on Thursday night, you were missed. We hope to see everyone in May.

Thursday, April 8, 2010 -- Meeting Location

2010-04-07T19:25:00.003-05:00

Hello Everyone,
It is Wednesday night, April 7 and this is a quick post to our blog to let everyone know of our new meeting location. Tomorrow night meet at Borders on Grapevine Highway (Highway 26) at 6:30 p.m. to knit and chat, the meeting will start at 7:00 p.m.

Melanie Gibbons will be giving the program on lace knitting. Melanie has been a moderator and designer for mystery knits on yahoo.com.

Karen has some exciting news to share concerning our October Knit-In, and we are going to have a great raffle.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night; it is because of great members like you that we are a success!

Dixie

Thursday, November 12, 2009 Meeting

2009-11-13T19:57:00.003-06:00

The meeting of the Bluebonnet Guild on Thursday night was a huge success!

The Bluebonnet's afghan is completely finished and looks absolutely GREAT! Karen Scarberry showed it and there were many oohs and ahhs. We have some spectacular knitters in the guild, as the pictures of the squares in the preceeding blog points out. Each and every person who completed a square of the afghan should give themselves a pat on the back. The creme-de-la-creme was the braided edge completed by Mary Anderson. This is truly a work of art. There was a discussion in regards to the raffle and where the proceeds should go. As we firm up the details, information will be posted.

There was a good group in attendance, and the group that was there was very interactive. I came away with more really good tips than I have in a long time. Karen Scarberry showed us how to put in a zipper in a sweater to make it look like it came off the Paris runway! Toni Tharpe had just completed a great sweater with a zipper and she also gave us some great tips.

The tips that came from the gang were a Simple La-La Shawl from Ravelry. Patti was knitting it and it would make a wonderful Christmas gift for that special person. Mary Anderson was knitting washcloths with cotton and tulle. What a great idea for a scrub cloth for that person on your list that is difficult to buy for. Websites were shared from Ravelry, GarnStudios, AnniesWoolens, and on and on!

The evening was just very special in many ways, but the sharing is the best part of this guild.

We missed the other members who weren't there, but we look forward to seeing you in December. Please mark your calendars to attend the Christmas party at MiMi's Cafe in Grapevine. Details will follow.

I hope I didn't get anyone's name incorrect.

Goodnight and happy knitting!

KnitFlix, this Thursday, June 25, 2009

2009-06-22T10:47:00.001-05:00

This Thursday is our KnitFlix night. Come and knit and eat with us!

Location
Colleyville Cinema Grille
5655 Colleyville Boulevard, Colleyville, TX 76034

Choices of the following:

The Proposal, PG-13 @ 7:45PM
With Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds
When high-powered book editor Margaret faces deportation to her native Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that she's actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andrew, who she's tormented for years. He agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his own. The unlikely couple heads to Alaska to meet his quirky family and the always-in-control city girl finds herself in one comedic fish-out-of-water situation after another. With an impromptu wedding in the works and an immigration official on their tails, Margaret and Andrew reluctantly vow to stick to the plan despite the precarious consequences

Or for those who don’t want to be out as late:

Up, PG @ 6:50PM
With Jordan Nagai, Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Junior Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.

More Squares!

2009-06-01T14:44:00.004-05:00

Lise Wilson's Square:

Elizabeth Herman's Square:
Patti Stapleton's Square:
Patty Square:
Lisa Anderson's Square:
Cheryl Mason's Square:
Mary Anderson's Square:

May 14th - Guild Meeting - Double Knitting

2009-05-14T15:29:00.001-05:00

Jen of Pie Knits is coming back and teaching us the wonders of double knitting. Double knitting can be a lot more than simply making an item double thick! In this program you’ll see examples of the many different versions of double knit from single strand, to double strand, tube within a tube, colorwork, single thickness to double and back, circular knit worked flat, brocade, and trapunto (stuffed) double knitting. Then learn how these techniques can be applied in a variety of ways to things like hems, button bands, bag bases and more!

April 9th - Guild Meeting - Illusion Knitting

2009-04-09T08:36:00.002-05:00

Ever wondered how those illusion patterns are made? Shelly Hattan, who's candy cane illusion dishcloth was featured as a Monthly Dishcloth last November, will be showing us how to chart and create your own design!

We will also talk about the Nash Farms Outreach this month.

Finally, April has been designated as the last chance to commit to doing a GAP square. Please be honest with yourself. If you do not have the time to finish a square, please bring your yarn and pattern so we can see if someone else will volunteer to finish it up. All squares should be done by the next May meeting.

Education Committee Report

2009-03-18T18:37:00.003-05:00

More Squares!

2009-03-18T18:29:00.004-05:00

We are now up to 10 completed squares!

Cheryl Mason's second square

Karen Scarberry's square

Edie Bulioge's first square:

Edie's second square:

Terri Buckerfield's square:

Barbara Edward's square:

Mary Anderson's is done - photo to be posted later.

Just a reminder. . .

2009-03-12T12:25:00.001-05:00

March 12th - Guild Meeting - Master Knitting Program
Cheryl Mason, a Guild member, is a Master Knitter. She's going to share with us what she had to do to earn this great achievement from The Knitting Guild Association.

We also have 3 squares done out of 20 for the GAP - Hope to see some of those squares tonight!

Another GAP Square

2009-03-09T14:10:00.003-05:00

This is square number one - also finished by Cheryl Mason. It's written by Judy Sumner.

This makes completed square 3 of 20. We're 15% complete. The goal for April is to be at least 35% complete - to be on target, we need at least four more squares done by the March meeting.

Upcoming March Events

2009-02-17T11:58:00.002-06:00

We have a busy March!

March 6th & 7th - Guild Outreach - Argyle Bluegrass Festival
This will be the third year the guild has a booth at the Bluegrass Festival. We bring examples of the items we've knitted and teach people how to knit. LOTS of fun!

March 12th - Guild Meeting - Master Knitting Program
Cheryl Mason, a Guild member, is a Master Knitter. She's going to share with us what she had to do to earn this great achievement from The Knitting Guild Association.

GAP Squares!

2009-02-17T11:48:00.005-06:00

We have all 20 squares spoken for (yay!). We officially have two squares done:

Cheryl Mason knitted the Julie Levy Square:
Shelly Hattan knitted the Ada Fenick Square:
So, we are 1/10 of the way done. We need 7 or 8 done by the March meeting to stay on schedule.

February 12th - Guild Meeting

2009-02-11T13:56:00.002-06:00

Drop Spindle Demo
Christine O’Hara, owner of Spinning Straw into Gold, will show us how to use a drop spindle. Come on out and learn how to spin your own yarn!

Where: Joann's scrap book room,
1250 William D Tate Ave
Grapevine, TX 76051-4030

When: Feb. 12th from 7 pm to 8:30-ish.

We also will need all 20 squares spoken for this month for the GAP

GAP Update

2009-01-09T15:15:00.004-06:00

This is an update showing who has an assigned square. I don't have the list of what each person's square is supposed to be. I'll update it later.

Mary Anderson: Marian Tabler square. (Started)
Karen Scarbery: Ginette Belanger square.
Terri Buckerfield: Dana Hunt square. (Started)
Patty Medley: Carol Adams square. (Test knitting one first)
Dixie Butler: Georgia Vincent square
Cindy Hailey: Ann Strong square.
Joan Kirk: Ann McCauley square.
Lisa Anderson: Barbara McIntire square.
Shelly Hattan: Ada Fenick square.(Knitted, not blocked)
Toni Tharp: Susan Rainey square.
Elizabeth Herman: Janet Martin square.
Cheryl Mason: (Knitted)
Patti Stapleton:
Edee Buglione: (Knitted, may need to re-knit due to gage)
Lise Wilson:

We now have a schedule to try to get the project done.

February Meeting: All 20 squares have been spoken for.
March Meeting: Have at least 1/3 to 1/2 the squares done (7 or 10 squares done)
April Meeting: Status - if you haven't started by now, then you need to assess and decide if you need to pass on your square to someone who can finish up your square)
May Meeting: Have all 20 squares done - joining party will be scheduled and edging to be decided later.

Basically, August 15th is the drop dead date as this is when we'll be submitting it to the State Fair.

January 2009 Newsletter

2009-01-09T15:03:00.001-06:00

The January Newsletter is published and can be found here. You must subscribe to the Yahoo! group and be able to read Adobe Acrobat files to be able to have access to the file.

December 2008 Guild Events

2008-12-10T14:00:00.004-06:00

When: December 11th
What: Holiday Party

Where:
MIMIS CAFE GRAPEVINE
1449 STATE HWY 114 WEST
GRAPEVINE TX 76051
(817) 410-7270
Located in the Target shopping center just off 114 West at the 26/Colleyville exit.

View Larger Map

Bring: Yourself and a knitting related gift worth up to $10.

When: We're arriving around 6:30 pm

Click here to get a preview of the menu.

December 2008 Newsletter

2008-12-10T13:58:00.000-06:00

The December Newsletter is published and can be found here. You must subscribe to the Yahoo! group and be able to read Adobe Acrobat files to be able to have access to the file.

November Guild Events

2008-11-12T08:41:00.001-06:00

November 13, 2008
Topic: Knitting Green
Presenters: Lise Wilson
Love to knit, but want to be environmentally minded as well? This is a program on natural yarn, recycling, and organic knitting. Lise Wilson will be presenting a program on Knitting Green. This will include eco-friendly yarns and ways to recycle. Who are the most eco-friendly yarn companies? This program will provide your Earth friendly answers. We will also continue to work on our GAP (Guild Afghan Project).Not all Knits are Earth friendly, come and find out how you can REALLY help the environment.

November 2008 Newsletter

2008-11-12T08:39:00.001-06:00

The November Newsletter is published and can be found here. You must subscribe to the Yahoo! group and be able to read Adobe Acrobat files to be able to have access to the file.

Coats & Clark Donation

2008-11-11T16:53:00.002-06:00

How about a whole set of Susan Bates straight needles?

Congratulations, Lise Wilson, for winning this great door prize (it was paired with an Elmer Pigsah donation)

KnitPicks. com Donation

2008-11-11T16:42:00.004-06:00

When we received a set of the nickle plated Options needles from KnitPicks.com as a door prize, we were floored!

We were also very excited to be able to give each attendee a View Sizer in the goodie bag.

The needles door prize draw was one that many people wanted their number to be called.

Congratulations goes to Sherry Moffia (who must be the luckiest woman alive!) It's nice to know that this set went to a very new knitter who didn't own many needles.

PieKnits.com Donation

2008-11-11T16:36:00.004-06:00

Many thanks to Jennifer Tallapaneni of PieKnits.com for her generous donations!

Each person attending received a 10% off coupon for her store in the goodie bag.

Plus, she gave us a $25 Gift Certificate for her store.

Congratulations, Dorothy Serafini!

Buffalo Gold Donation

2008-10-30T17:01:00.006-05:00

Buffalo Gold was EXTREMELY generous with their donations to our Knit-in. Specifically, they donated 2 skeins BuffBoo, 4 skeins Buffalo Cashmere Silk Blend, and a couple of cones of the Buffalo Cashmere Silk Blend for mini skeins for our goodie bags. I was able to touch all of the donations and - oooooo - I really wanted to win at least ONE of these beauties!

And the winners are. . .

First, the Buffalo, Cashmere, Silk blend skeins:

Congrats, Amy Semifero!

. . . and Joy Stout. . . and Susan Martin (Grandbury guild). . . and finally, Sandra Merryman (Grandbury guild)

And then there's the BuffBoo

Karen Scarberry (a Bluebonnet Knitting Guild Member)

And Sherry Maffia (we paired this with the Knit Picks Options donation
Thank you so much for your donation, Buffalo Gold. Your yarns were really well received by all attending!

Mountain Colors Donation

2008-10-30T16:58:00.004-05:00

Mountain Colors donated a BEAUTIFUL skein of Mountain Colors McWeavers Wool Quarter and a sock pattern.
Congratulations, Jeanne Oden (another Grandbury knitting guild member)

Mary Jane Robilliard (Simpatico Yarns) Donation

2008-10-30T16:54:00.003-05:00

Before Simpatico went defunct, Mary Jane generously donated a Knitting Travel Book.

Congratulations, Sandra Merryman (another Grandbury knitting guild member)!

Knit In Raffle Winners

2008-10-30T16:06:00.002-05:00

The guild bought all the raffle prizes that were available.

Congratulations to Patti Stapleton for winning the Rippling Cascade Throw kit. She was very happy she won as the blues were "her colors". Patti is a new guild member and somewhat new to knitting.

Tasha Duvic won the six Comfort Sox basket - it came with the Berrocco #275 Feet First pattern booklet. I think Tasha is a sock knitter. She was thrilled about winning it.

Mindy Price, a member of the Grandbury Knitting Guild, won the Oat Couture Sweater Kit & Bag with Berrocco Comfort yarn.

And the most coveted raffle prize of the day was the Options Harmony Needles from Knit Picks was won by Sherry Maffia. She's a brand new knitter and didn't have a full set of needles. She was a bit shocked with the win as she had won the Knit Picks door prize donation earlier. Congratulations, Sherry! Those are mighty purty needles you have there.

The Knitting Fairy Donation

2008-10-30T15:52:00.003-05:00

The Knitting Fairy, who has always supported this guild, was generous once again.

She donated stitch markers for each person receiving a goodie bag and a notions bag as a door prize.
Congratulations, Guild member Joan Kirk!

The Woolie Ewe Donation

2008-10-29T09:03:00.005-05:00

The Woolie Ewe sent a BEAUTIFUL pink Namaste Needle Binder (scroll down click on the photos to see inside the bag). I heard a lot of people saying, "I want to win this one!"

Well, Tasha Duvic did, much to many people's disappointment. (FWIW, The WE is her LYS so she was really excited about showing her prize to Sue & Jill).

Berrocco Donation

2008-10-29T08:58:00.004-05:00

Berrocco sent some flyers for the goodie bags, and a HandEze Craft Glove. We paired this door prize with two sets of stitch markers made by Christine O'Hara of Spinning Straw into Gold.

Congratulations, Dixie Butler!

The Knitting Nook Donation

2008-10-29T08:52:00.002-05:00

The Knitting Nook, donated a wonderful Seasamo Knit Shrug kit.

Congrats, Lisa Anderson!

Trendsetter Interational Donation

2008-10-29T08:47:00.003-05:00

Trendsetter donated a wonderful (and much coveted) satchel bag!

Congratulations, Barb LaMunion on winning this fabulous bag.

Classic Elite Yarns Donation

2008-10-29T08:34:00.004-05:00

Classic Elite Yarns donated four sock kits and a number of mini-skein samples each attendee received in their goodie bags!

Congrats, Susan Epstein!
Congrats, Mary Anderson
Congrats, Dorthy Blanchard!
We awarded the fourth kit, too, but have misplaced the awardee information! We'll be better organized next year!

Thank you so much, Classic Elite Yarns for your donation!

Apple Leef Farms Donation

2008-10-28T16:28:00.005-05:00

Leef Bloomenstiel of Apple Leef Farm generously donated a hand spun, hand dyed, hand knit beret.

Congratulations, Michelle Evans!

Love (1) your shirt!

Plymouth Yarns Donation

2008-10-28T16:16:00.003-05:00

Plymouth Yarns donated an afghan kit!

8 skeins of Plymouth Encore Yarn & a Done by Monday pattern book.

Congratulations Maureen Haas!

Survey Results

2008-10-28T11:45:00.003-05:00

We handed out surveys to help us with planning for next year's Knit-In and had 33 responses.

Is Stacy's Furniture Community Room a good venue? Yes (100%) No (0%)

Suggestions: Signs to direct to elevators/community room

Do you like the Circle's of Learning? Yes (91%) No (3%) N/A (6%)

Suggestions: One response wants them to become Sit n Knit's to learn the method.

Do you have suggestions for future Circle's?

Magic Loop, Knitting on 2 Circ's, How to correct mistakes

Did you like the Notions for Knowledge? Yes (91%) No (3%) N/A (6%)

Comments: Got the answer but didn't get a prize. Could use fewer options for answers

We are considering a few new programs for next year's Knit In and need some feedback.

Would you be interested in participating in a charity drawing? Each person would get a ticket for each knitted item they donated and it would be a separate drawing open only to those who donated.

Yes (79%) No (12%) N/A (8%)

Comments: Would need some rules. An afghan does not equal a dishcloth.

Would you be interested in participating in a Yarn Swap? Bring in your stash you know you will never knit - pick up some yarn you think you'll knit with. All leftovers to be donated to the Women's Prison.

Yes (70%) No (9%) N/A (21%)

We have found there is some confusion between this event and the Knit-Out held in September due to similar names and the closeness of the events. Should we keep this event in October or move it?

Keep in October (76%) Move it (9%) N/A (15%)

Comments: One needs to move. Rename this one.

Currently lunch is on your own. Would it be a better event if lunch was provided?

Yes (52%) No (45%) N/A (3%)

Would you pay an extra $5 for a boxed lunch?

Yes (67%) No (33%) N/A (0%)

Thanks so much for the feedback!

Circles of Learning

2008-10-25T20:12:00.003-05:00

Last year was the first time we had Circles of Learning and it was well received.

So this year, Terri Buckerfield taught the Provisional Cast-on (Link will bring up video from Knitting Help.com on how to do it).
Lise Wilson taught Wrap & Turn (link takes you to Lise' blog where she show's you how to do it with a step by step tutorial):

Shelly Hattan taught Jogless Join:
Stripes in the round:
(This only works if you have a minimum of 2 rows per stripe) Knit 1 round of the new color.
When faced with the first stitch of the second round: pick up a loop of the first color from the preceding row and place it on the left needle. Knit together both the first stitch of the new color *and* the picked up stitch of the previous row.
Continue knitting around.
Lisa Anderson taught the Disappearing Cast On (I think this is the link to the method - Lisa to verify)

Lise taught the Russian Join last year and had one of the attendees come up to her and tell her that she remembered the lesson and it had saved her on a lace project.

What really great feedback!

We also had a couple of new knitters and got some good feedback that the CoL's were really informative.

Knit-in 2008 is over!

2008-10-25T19:31:00.003-05:00

Wow! The Knit in was really fun this year and attendance was at an all time high of 52 attendees! We had goodie bags, door prizes, notions, and raffles galore.

It was really great to see familiar faces from previous year's Knit-ins and we met some new people, too!

So here's a quick lay of the land photo tour.

When attendees come into the Stacy's Furniture Community Room, they have to check in at the check in desk. This is where participants received their goodie bags and door prize ticket stubs.
This year's goodie bag's project bag was a small Ikea bag. Here's what was in each bag this year.
Visit the Flickr page for details on this picture. Here's the other half - mainly brochures and free patterns.
All the members of the guild brought snacks - and we had plenty!
This year, we put numbers on all the door prizes so awarding them would be random.

(Mary Anderson (l) and Lise Wilson (r) drawing numbers to match numbers located on door prizes)
Lise would draw a number, announce what the gift was, drew the door prize ticket and read the number. We have photos of every winner and I'll post them here as time permits.

Knit-In Update

2008-10-23T12:42:00.002-05:00

We officially have 50 people signed/paid up for the ! Thanks! This is a guild record!

So, from this point on, we will still be accepting registrations, but the cost will only be $5 at the door - with the understanding that you won't be receiving a goodie bag.

BUT!

For $5 you will still get a door prize ticket - we have 27 great prizes. You can participate in our new program "Notions for Knitting Knowledge." Learn new knitting techniques. But most importantly, you will be meeting up with other knitters in the D/FW area and seeing the great projects they've been working on.

So, don't let that stop you from coming! You'll still have a great time!

Directions to Knit-in 2008

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Hours: 10am – 4pm

Location: Stacy Furniture Community Room on the 3rd floor.

Stacy Furniture

1900 S Main St
Grapevine, TX 76051-4093

It has been requested by Stacy Furniture if all possible, that we park on the sides or back of the building, not the front.

Directions from Granbury

You are at Granbury, TX
Go North on TX-144 <>
Turn right onto BUS US-377 (W Pearl St, TX-426-Loop) 0.4
Continue onto BUS US-377 (E Pearl St) 1.5
Take US-377 N ramp 0.2
Continue onto US-377 N 25.1
Turn right onto SW Loop 820 Frontage Rd 0.2
Take I-20 E ramp on left 7.5
Take Exit 437 (I-35W, Denton, Waco) on right 0.4
Take I-35W N (Denton) ramp on left 7.0
Take Exit 52B (TX-121 N, US-377 N, DFW Airport, Belknap St) on right <>
Take TX-121 N (DFW Airport) ramp on left 19.3
Take TX-114 W (SPUR TX-103, William D Tate Av, Main St) exit on right 0.2
Take SPUR TX-103 (Main St) ramp on right 0.2
Continue onto TX-121 N Frontage Rd; street becomes Highway 114 S Access Rd Frontage Rd (W TX-114 Frontage Rd) 0.9
Turn right onto N 11th St (S Main St) 0.1
You are at 1900 S Main St, Grapevine, TX 76051-4093

Direction from Fort Worth

You are at Fort Worth, TX
Go Northwest on Throckmorton St 0.3
Turn right onto W 7th St 0.3
Take SPUR TX-280 E ramp on right 0.4
Take I-35W (US-287 N, US-377 N, D/Fw Airport) exit on right 0.1
Take I-35W N (US-287 N, US-377 N, D/Fw Airport) ramp on left 0.8
Take Exit 52B (TX-121 N, US-377 N, DFW Airport, Belknap St) on right <>
Take TX-121 N (DFW Airport) ramp on left 19.3
Take TX-114 W (SPUR TX-103, William D Tate Av, Main St) exit on right 0.2
Take SPUR TX-103 (Main St) ramp on right 0.2
Continue onto TX-121 N Frontage Rd; street becomes Highway 114 S Access Rd Frontage Rd (W TX-114 Frontage Rd) 0.9
Turn right onto N 11th St (S Main St) 0.1
You are at 1900 S Main St, Grapevine, TX 76051-4093

Directions from Arlington

You are at Arlington, TX
Go East on W Abram St (FM-157) 0.6
Continue onto E Abram St 2.1
Turn left onto Sh 360 Frontage Rd (S Watson Rd Frontage Rd) 0.1
Take TX-360 N ramp on left 12.7
Continue onto TX-121 N 0.4
Take TX-114 W (SPUR TX-103, William D Tate Av, Main St) exit on right 0.2
Take SPUR TX-103 (Main St) ramp on right 0.2
Continue onto TX-121 N Frontage Rd; street becomes Highway 114 S Access Rd Frontage Rd (W TX-114 Frontage Rd) 0.9
Turn right onto N 11th St (S Main St) 0.1
You are at 1900 S Main St, Grapevine, TX 76051-4093

Directions from Lewisville

You are at Lewisville, TX
Go East on W Main St (FM-1171 E) <>
Turn right onto S Mill St (FM-3504) 1.0
Bear right onto BUS TX-121 S 3.4
Take TX-121 S ramp on left 0.2
Continue onto TX-121 S 4.2
Take TX-114 W (TX-121 S, Ft Worth) exit on right 1.5
Take SPUR TX-103 (Main St) exit on right 0.2
Continue onto W Highway 114 N Access Rd Frontage Rd 0.8
Turn left onto S Main St 0.3
You are at 1900 S Main St, Grapevine, TX 76051-4093

Reminder: Knit-In 2008

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WHEN: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

WHERE: Stacy Furniture, 1900 S Main St # 1293; Grapevine, TX 76051; (off Highway 114)

Bring your knitting and join us for a day of fun and relaxation with members of the other guilds in North Texas. The cost will be $10 to cover the cost of the meeting location, goody bags, snacks, and door prizes. There are a variety of eating establishments in the area for lunch, including a restaurant in Stacy Furniture.

Bring along your latest endeavor or the project you are most proud of for a special show and tell time. It’s a great chance to meet members of the hand knitting guilds from Arlington, Dallas, Granbury and Grapevine and talk with others that share a passion for knitting!

There are a limited number of seats available. Registration is due by October. 15. Registration can be completed by sending your registration form and check for $10 to the address below OR by PayPal to bluebonnetknittingguild@gmail.com and email the application in to reserve your seat.

We look forward to having a wonderful day of knitting and meeting new friends!

Click here for the application form.

Bluebonnet Knitting Guild Outreach Program

2008-10-06T08:26:00.004-05:00

What: NASH FARM FALL ROUNDUP

Activities will include stick pony barrel racing, stick pony buckin’ broncs, hayrides, petting zoo, pony rides, blacksmith demonstrations, arts & crafts, historic plowing demonstrations and hot dogs and hamburgers for sale from Grapevine AMBUCS.

Location: Nash Farm, 626 Ball Street • Near Historic Downtown Grapevine
When: October 11, 2008
Time: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Parking: Side streets and Additional parking is across the street at Cannon Elementary

Our tent will be located at the Ball Street and the driveway of Nash Farm, between the driveway and the garden.

2008 Knit-In Update #2

2008-10-02T08:50:00.008-05:00

The contents for the goodie bags are coming along. We won't be sharing with you what's in them on the blog so it'll be a surprise!

Raffle:
We have a drawing for a Rippling Cascade Thro’ Di.Ve
afghan kit in blues and a set of Knit Picks Harmony Options Needles!

Door Prizes:

Lots of local and national yarn suppliers have contributed to our raffle this year. Here's just a quick list of who has donated prizes so far:

That's the list just now. More to come!

We also have our Circles of Learning again this year. Come learn more about the jog-less join, provisional cast on, wrap & turn, and the disappearing cast on.

Of course we'll also have Show & Tell, so bring those projects you're wanting to show to others! It's great fun to ooooh and aaaaah over everyone's stuff!

Again, it's time to register for this really fun day. Currently we have 47 people registered.

October 2008 Newsletter

2008-10-02T08:41:00.000-05:00

The October Newsletter is published and can be found here. You must subscribe to the Yahoo! group and be able to read Adobe Acrobat files to be able to have access to the file.

The Great American Aran Afghan Project

2008-10-01T10:58:00.007-05:00

We had the first sign ups for our Afghan project at the August meeting. Here's a list of who signed up and a link to what they signed up for.

Mary Anderson: Marian Tabler square. (Note to Mary: A blog mentioned that the written out pattern is wrong. You'll need to follow the charts.)
Karen Scarbery: Ginette Belanger square.
Terri Buckerfield: Dana Hunt square.
Patty Medley: Carol Adams square.
Dixie Butler: Georgia Vincent square (photo does not have the bobbles).
Cindy Hailey: Ann Strong square.
Joan Kirk: Ann McCauley square.
Lisa Anderson: Barbara McIntire square.
Shelly Hattan: Ada Fenick square.
Toni Tharp: Susan Rainey square.
Elizabeth Herman: Janet Martin square.

So that's who has signed up. We do plan on having 20 squares, so if anyone hasn't signed up, feel free to look at the Rainey Sisters site to try to figure out what they want to knit (no duplicates, please) and just email the Yahoo! group. I'll add your name to the above list!
In January, after everyone has had a chance to sign up we will open the option for folks to do a 2nd square.

October 2008 Guild Events

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October 9th - Guild Meeting - Review of Changes to ByLaws
In an effort to promote continuity between each officer transition, we'll be discussing changes to the bylaws. We're also going to be distributing the yarn and patterns for the Afghan project to participants.

October 11th - Community Outreach - Nash Farms Fall Round-up
The Guild has been invited to share our enthusiasm of knitting with the Grapevine community at the Fall Round-up. Come out, bring some of your finished objects, and knit with fellow guild members.

October 25th - Guild Event - Third Annual Knit In at Stacy’s Furniture in Grapevine
Come out and spend a day with knitters from all over the Metroplex - we’ve had knitters from Plano to Granbury come to this event in the past. Raffles, goody bags, circles of learning, and meeting new knitting friends are some of the highlights of this event.

August 2008 Newsletter

2008-09-11T15:55:00.000-05:00

The August Newsletter is published and can be found here. You must subscribe to the yahoo group and be able to read Adobe Acrobat files to be able to have access to the file.

2008 Knit-In

2008-09-08T09:45:00.003-05:00

September Guild Events

2008-08-20T10:44:00.000-05:00

September 11th - Guild Meeting - Cable Knitting by Jen of PieKnits
As a preparation for knitting the 2009 State Fair Afghan, we’re going to have local knitting celeb Jennifer Tallipani of PieKnits showing us some of her tips and tricks to cable knitting. Rumors are flying regarding the possibility of receiving a small give-a-way, so you just might want to not miss this one! We're also going to be having sign ups for the Afghan this meeting complete with receiving yarn and the pattern for the square you will knit.

September 19th - Guild Event - Knit ‘n W(h)ine @ SuVino’s in Grapevine
Come join us for a wine tasting at a local winery. Event cost is $20 and you must pay Lise Wilson in advanced, but it’s worth the price! Wine and cheese pairings with knitting mixed it. Plan on bringing something easy to knit! Drinking , chatting, and knitting sometimes just don’t mix!

July 2008 Newsletter

2008-08-20T10:29:00.001-05:00

The July Newsletter is published and can be found here. You must subscribe to the yahoo group and be able to read Adobe Acrobat files to be able to have access to the file.

Knit In Update

2008-08-20T10:21:00.000-05:00

The officers met last night to try to organize the upcoming Knit In. Donations will be solicited from various yarn companies. Circles of Learning, which were well received last year, will be returning.

The Knit-In this year will be held on October 25th in the community room at Stacy's Furniture. We're also going to try to set up a PayPal account for the Guild so we can accept electronic payment for the Knit-In this year.