January 2005

Michiana Machine Knitters Newsletter

January General Meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 20, 2005
7:00 p.m. Indiana Time

At the home of Pam Schulz. Please RSVP by calling
(574) 277-6513 or send your reply via e-mail to
Pam Schulz

Project of the Month is "Felting"
Looking for patterns and information? www.janthe villageweaver.com has a free 'Mitten Pattern' you can download. Another source is "The Great Gals" felted hats. Contact Judi Meissner for patterns and pricing.
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November's project was "Slippers". Here are pictures of Show 'n Tell from November.

Pam found two patterns online and knitted these samples from Lion Brand's 'Wool Ease'. The sock shaped slipper was found on the Daisy Knits website. It was called Dorothy's Nighty Nite Slipper Socks for Bulky Machine. The other came off the North Tipton website and is call "14 Minute Slippers or Lined Slippers"

These two slippers were made on the Artisan 70D. The grey slipper pattern can be found on this website in the pattern section. It is the 'Plated Slipper'. The blue grey pair is from a pattern that is included with the purchase of an Artisan 70D from PS Knits. It features a hung hem casing, eyelet turn row, short-row heel & toe and I-Cord instructions. GREAT Beginner Project. Linda Carney also made this slipper in Red (not pictured)

Shirley Reznik was busy both hand knitting and machine knitting "Fun Fur / Eyelash" yarn into scarves for Christmas gifts. We couldn't tell which were hand knitted and which were machine knitted. I'm sure her granddaughters loved their scarves!

Pat Haden was successful in completing a pair of 'fisherman knit' mittens. She made them on her Artisan 70D.

We want to WELCOME Terri Hanichak to our knitting club. She came with a Christmas sock knitted on her Brother 970. Terri is eager to make more projects on her knitting machine.

Shirley Birkey is warm and toasty in her blue slippers. GREAT JOB!

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Open Knitting will begin again now that I am through all my "Compliance Check" training. I have been to Saint Petersburg, Florida twice and Atlanta, Georgia once in the past 30 days. The trip to Atlanta was extra special for "Grandpa Fred" as you can tell from this picture of him and Baby Katie.

The sweater set was knitted by "Nana Pam".

So if you need help or just want to visit, Open Knitting will again be from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. I just ask that you call before you come, just in case something comes up that will take me away from home. I don't want you making the trip in vain.

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February 17th General Meeting - Robin Linton's home. Our project color is "RED" and the technique is 'Slip Stitch'.

March 17th General Meeting - Shirley Reznik's home. Our project color is GREEN for Saint Patrick's Day.

April 21st General Meeting - Linda Carney's home. Project of the month is 'Double Bed Tuck Stitch'. We may be visiting an "Alpaca Farm". Stay Tuned.

May 19th General Meeting - Pat Haden's home. 'Weaving' will be the technique of the month.

June 16th General Meeting - Shirley Birkey's home. Lean to use your 'racking handle'. Make a project using a 'racking' technique.

July 21st General Meeting - Jackie Neely's home. Bring a NEW to you 'neckline technique to show and share.

August 18th General Meeting - Shirley Reznik's home. Charity Knitting Collection for 2005.

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NEW ITEM FOR SALE - A "7-Prong Adjustable Tool" is now available for the Bulky Knitting Machine. They will retail for $12.95 each. Also, if you don't have the "7-Prong Adjustable Tool" for the 7mm Mid-gauge Machine, they are now back in stock at Distinctive Knits. Just let Pam know, since an order will be going in the week of January 17th.

Watch for news on a 'Punch Card Bulky Machine'. It will use the Brother Punch Card Technology. They should be available in February or early March.

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Who says that Selling Health Insurance can't promote 'Machine Knitting'? I made one of many baby afghans and gave to one of the company reps that our agency works with when she had her daughter. She was THRILLED. Next thing I knew emails were flying back and forth to see if I could make her boss a "Marian Mom" sweater. Sure - just give me the details of the sports the child is involved. The end result, prior to leaving for Florida was the above-pictured sweater. This was knitted on the Brother 970 using DAK and the new Micro-Tamm Yarn. It was a BIG HIT!