Thursday, March 12, 2009

Just a reminder. . .

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!

Monday, March 9, 2009

Another GAP Square

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.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Upcoming March Events

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!

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.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

February 12th - Guild Meeting

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

Friday, January 9, 2009

GAP Update

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.
  1. Mary Anderson: Marian Tabler square. (Started)
  2. Karen Scarbery: Ginette Belanger square.
  3. Terri Buckerfield: Dana Hunt square. (Started)
  4. Patty Medley: Carol Adams square. (Test knitting one first)
  5. Dixie Butler: Georgia Vincent square
  6. Cindy Hailey: Ann Strong square.
  7. Joan Kirk: Ann McCauley square.
  8. Lisa Anderson: Barbara McIntire square.
  9. Shelly Hattan: Ada Fenick square.(Knitted, not blocked)
  10. Toni Tharp: Susan Rainey square.
  11. Elizabeth Herman: Janet Martin square.
  12. Cheryl Mason: (Knitted)
  13. Patti Stapleton:
  14. Edee Buglione: (Knitted, may need to re-knit due to gage)
  15. 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

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.