Michiana Machine Knitters Newsletter
February General Meeting
will be held on
Thursday, February 19, 2004
7:00 p.m. Indiana Time
At Knitting Today in
Wolcottville, Indiana. Please RSVP by calling
LeaAnn
(260) 351-2260 or send your reply via e-mail to:
The 'project of the month' is Buttonholes
Car Pool arrangements
need to be made with Pam by 9 p.m. on February18th. Call 574-277-6513 or
email Pam We will be leaving Pam's home at
5:30 p.m. on Thursday 2/19/2004
Weaving was our project of the month for January. However, there were other projects completed for show-n-tell.
Linda
Carney found this great vest pattern in a back issue of Machine Knitters Source.
She used Magic Color for her knitting yarn and Lion Brand Homespun for her
weaving yarn. The way the vest is joined at the sides and shoulders, it is
reversible for two totally different looks.
LeaAnn
is staying warm in her hand knitted and felted mittens. They were very
warm, just what we need here in Northern Indiana in January.
Pat
Haden is pictured with her slippers made from Texas Chunky on the Artisan 70D.
This is a great starter project. It allows you to learn lots of skills and
techniques. The end result is warm toes! Great Job!
Pictured
to the left is a Brown Boa. The pattern can be found
at this website. This is a unique weaving project which uses the ribber
bed to hold the loops while weaving. The scarf pictured on the right, is
made with a novelty yarn and an every-other-needle pattern. This is an
Artisan Project which is included with your Artisan 70D knitting machine.
Pam
created dishcloths using Peaches & Cream as the weaving yarn and a finer crochet
cotton as the knitting yarn. In order to create a stable edge and bind
off, both yarns were used to cast on and bind off. The pattern was EON
weaving over 40 stitches and knitted to 76 rows. Fun, simple beginner
knit-weaving project.
Linda
Carney made and donated two more blankets for Hannah's house. We will
continue to collect and donate to this charity.
Thanks Linda!
March 18, 2004 - General Meeting at the home of Pam Schulz. Project of the month will be "Pockets". Try your "hand" at making a garment with a pocket or add a pocket to a project. Be creative. For those who are wondering, we should be moved in by March 18th.
April 15, 2004 - After you file your taxes come on over to Pam's for our General Meeting. Try your hand at a NEW "Hem Technique". There are several types of hems. Check out your knitting books, patterns and magazines. Try a new technique and report to the group if you like the results, was it easy or hard, what would you change.
May 20, 2004 - Our General Meeting will be at the home of Robin Linton. The project of the month is "Intarsia". Don't forget - there is a Jester Hat pattern on this website. Intarsia is a great way to great "picture knitting" without floats.
Check out LeaAnn's website www.knittingtoday.com She will be hosting the Camp Iwannaknit from June 4th to June 6th 2004. That will be followed by Iwannaknit Retreat August 7th and 8th, 2004. More information can be found on her website.
Her shop has also taken on a challenge to knit 200 hats for donation in October 2004. So if you have some extra hats knitted up, bring them along to the meetings and we will be sure to get them to LeaAnn.
Mark Your Calendars!
Spring Fling 2004 at the Knit Knack Shop will be May 7th and
8th
Christmas In July will by July 16th and 17th at the Knit Knack Shop
Open House at the Knit Knack Shop will be November 12th and 13th
New Yarn available from Tamm
Micro Tamm and Nordic
Both are on Sale along with other
Tamm yarns. Check out
www.knitknackshop.com/whatsnew.html
for more information and color charts
Think Spring!
It isn't that far away now!
Hopefully our 'Snow Birds' will bring the warm weather and sunshine back to
Indiana soon!