Michiana Machine
Knitters Newsletter
October General Meeting
will be held on
Saturday, October14,2006
10:00 AM to
12:00 Noon Indiana Time
We will be taking a
ROAD TRIP to "Knitting Today" in
Wolcottville, IN. We will need to leave the Mishawaka Toll Road Exit at
8:30 a.m. to make it to LeaAnn's
shop by 10 a.m.
Please RSVP by calling
(574) 277-6513 or send your reply via e-mail to
Pam before Friday October 13th. We don't want to leave anyone behind.
If you plan on traveling to the shop directly, you can obtain driving directions
by going to her website at
www.knittingtoday.com/visit.html and you will see a map with driving
directions from the South, North and West.
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Show-N-Tell
I attended the "Creative Machine Knitters" club meeting on September 9th.
They met at LeaAnn's shop and had lots of Show-N-Tell. Here are some of
the pictures and information that I gathered:
Georgia
is modeling her neck warmer. She hand knit this from an old pattern.
It has a knitted in open casing that accepts the opposite end of the neck warmer
and helps to secure it in place.
Georgia
expanded the pattern from above to make a wrap using fun fur with a gold
metallic thread to dress the wrap up.
Ruth
made a felted hand knitting needle caddy.
Ok
so this isn't knitted! Darla was excited to show and share the Quilt Top
she has been working on. It was really very pretty.
The
"Creative Machine Knitters" have a goal of making 100 preemie hats as their
charity donation this year. They are well on their way to making that a
reality with 80 hats already made.
Judy
is showing of one of MANY bags she has knitted. She is mending from knee
surgery and had lots of time to knit. Really she must of had 10 bags if
she had one, and they were all different.
This
is one of the sweaters that Judy made using both her knitting machine and her
hand knitting needles. Quick & Easy and a great way to use up yarns.
LeaAnn
is working on a lace project that blew me out of the water. Those needles
were no bigger then tooth picks.
Terrie
is showing off a pair of socks where the gusset is knitted on the top - don't
ask me how - I was LOST! Also, she made the Mobius basket on the table
from one of Cat Bordhi's books.
LeaAnn
is a proud mother - as she shows off daughter Haley's felted bag with all of
it's 4-H ribbons.
LeaAnn
had part of the Trunk Show from "iknitiative" The patterns can be found at
LeaAnn's shop or online at
www.iknitiative.com
LeaAnn
did a "Tuck Stitch" demonstration on the Studio Knitting machine. The
Studio uses the Design A Knit program, which LeaAnn is synchronizing to create
the textured knitting.
Michiana Machine Knitters - September Show-N-Tell
Shirley
tried her hand a "Lacy Lacy" a technique that Renda Kidwell shared at the
Bonnie Triola Seminar.
Pat
made a hat to donate to our Charity Collection.
Jackie
knitted hats from the Charity Insert found inside "INKnitters" magazine.
If you don't subscribe and would like to find Charity Patterns go to:
www.inknitters.com and click on the
"Charity Knitting" link. You will find a 16 page print out.
Jackie also knitted a baby afghan from Janet Pace's new Plated Tuck pattern
book.
Bonnie Triola 2006 Seminar
Pam, Jackie and Shirley B. attended the seminar in Erie, PA. This was
Bonnie's last seminar. Here are some pictures:
Bonnie
addressed the group and announced that Sue Jalowiec is taking over "Bonnie
Triola Yarns" and introduced Sue to the audience.
No
"Torch Passing" just the passing of the "Cone of Yarn" from Bonnie to Sue!
From
this picture, if you look hard, you will find Sandee Cherry, Renda Kidwell,
Michael Becker and Diana Burns instructing away.
Joyce
Banfi was close to the "YARN" with her demonstration spot.
Mary
Ann had a quiet spot outside the great hall, and enjoyed all the natural
daylight and endured the warmth from the sun.
Even
on day two of the seminar there was plenty of yarn to be purchased.
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Charity Collection for
2007
Michiana Machine Knitters created and donated the following:
Adult/Child size Hats - 20
Infant Hats - 5
Blankets - 5
Sweaters - 2
Booties - 1 pair
Socks - 2 pair
scarves - 2
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Future Meetings and
Projects:
November 11, 2006 -
Christmas Gift or Theme
December 9, 2006 - Your Choice
January 13, 2007 - Make an item using a Mary Ann Oger pattern or an item
from her magazine "Knitwords"
February 10, 2007 - Make an item using a Tricia Shafer Pattern or something
from her website www.knitersedge.com
March 10, 2007 - Sandee Cherry will be our featured designer. She has
several pattern books and various projects for all levels of experience.
Need an idea, check with Pam about pattern books.
April 14, 2007 - Lets get ready for "Spring Fling" and make something using
one of Charlene Shafer's patterns. Need help finding a pattern or project,
contact Pam.
April 20th and 21st - Spring Fling Knit Knack Shop
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YARN YARN YARN - there is
now a supply of Tamm's Micro Tamm available on cones along with Sport 2/7 and
Texas Chunky. Call or email for the colors you are looking for.
