TIDEWATER KNITTING GUILD OF VIRGINIA March 2014 A message from our president WOW! I was running through my mind everything the Guild has on the calendar for March, and we are going to be busy. Starting with our Guild meeting on March 3, the program is making a knitted bunny from a square. The pattern is on Ravelry (Knitted Bunny by [email protected]); however, the important point is that if you want to participate in the program you need to come with a knitted six-inch square. We also will be doing a brown bag exchange. For those that want to participate, put a skein of yarn in a brown lunch bag and at the meeting all the bags will be put on a table and you will randomly pick one. The idea is for you to knit something incorporating the yarn in the bag you picked and present your project, such as a derby hat, at the May meeting. I will have extra bags at the meeting. You need to provide the yarn and creativity. At the end of the week we are headed to Corolla, N.C., for our annual retreat. The committee has finalized the plans and I think we are ready. Though there is a lot of instruction scheduled for the weekend, there is plenty of social and knit time as well. Check your email for a listing of homework and class supplies and don’t forget your flower. It will be a nice getaway weekend and I can’t wait. The following weekend (March 14-16) we have the Spring Craft Fair at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. Check the signup schedule at the March meeting and try to give a couple hours. Volunteers will get in free, and you’ll have the opportunity to walk around and see all the vendors and other guilds. After all that, I don’t know about you, but I am going to be ready for a little break. Would this be a bad time to mention that I am still looking for help with the Scavenger Hunt at the end of May? Debbie Henderson Ravelry 1 www.tkgv.blogspot.com Facebook NEXT MEETING Monday, March 3 • 7 p.m., Meet & Greet • 7:15 p.m., Meeting & Program: Make a Bunny from a Square, Brown Bag Exchange WE MEET AT: Penthouse, Westminster Canterbury 3100 Shore Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23451 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE Submissions for the April issue of the newsletter are due March 15. Email Editor Sonja Barisic at [email protected]. INSIDE • 2 Calendar, Birthdays, New Member, Treasurer’s Report, Meeting Minutes • 3 Charity Knitting, Book Review, Website Resource • 4 Fiber Arts Festival, Maryland Sheep & Wool Purls of Wisdom
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TIDEWATER KNITTING GUILD OF VIRGINIA March 2014
A message from our president ! WOW! I was running through my mind everything the Guild has on the calendar for March, and we are going to be busy. Starting with our Guild meeting on March 3, the program is making a knitted bunny from a square. The pattern is on Ravelry (Knitted Bunny by [email protected]); however, the important point is that if you want to participate in the program you need to come with a knitted six-inch square. !! We also will be doing a brown bag exchange. For those that want to participate, put a skein of yarn in a brown lunch bag and at the meeting all the bags will be put on a table and you will randomly pick one. The idea is for you to knit something incorporating the yarn in the bag you picked and present your project, such as a derby hat, at the May meeting. I will have extra bags at the meeting. You need to provide the yarn and creativity.!! At the end of the week we are headed to Corolla, N.C., for our annual retreat. The committee has finalized the plans and I think we are ready. Though there is a lot of instruction scheduled for the weekend, there is plenty of social and knit time as well. Check your email for a listing of homework and class supplies and don’t forget your flower. It will be a nice getaway weekend and I can’t wait.!! The following weekend (March 14-16) we have the Spring Craft Fair at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. Check the signup schedule at the March meeting and try to give a couple hours. Volunteers will get in free, and you’ll have the opportunity to walk around and see all the vendors and other guilds. !! After all that, I don’t know about you, but I am going to be ready for a little break. Would this be a bad time to mention that I am still looking for help with the Scavenger Hunt at the end of May?!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Debbie Henderson
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NEXT MEETING
Monday, March 3
• 7 p.m., Meet & Greet
• 7:15 p.m., Meeting & Program: Make a Bunny from a Square, Brown Bag Exchange
WE MEET AT:
Penthouse, Westminster Canterbury 3100 Shore Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23451 !!NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
Submissions for the April issue of the newsletter are due March 15. Email Editor Sonja Barisic at [email protected].
!INSIDE
• 2 Calendar, Birthdays, New Member, Treasurer’s Report, Meeting Minutes
• 3 Charity Knitting, Book Review, Website Resource
MARCH 3 Help Clinic, 6:30 p.m. Guild Meeting, 7 p.m.
MARCH 6-9 TKGV 2nd Annual “Knitting by the Sea” Retreat
MARCH 8-29 Fiber Arts Festival, d’Art Center
MARCH 14-16 Spring Craft Fair, Virginia Beach Convention Center
APRIL 5 Gathering of the Guilds, Frances Land House, Virginia Beach
APRIL 7 Help Clinic, 6:30 p.m. Guild Meeting, 7 p.m.
MAY 31 TKGV Scavenger Hunt
Sandy Westbrook, March 5
TREASURER’S REPORT The Guild’s bank account balance is $6,393. However, there will be expenses related to the retreat.
Bev Boler
MEMBER BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH
TKGV proposed meeting minutes! ! The president opened the February 2014 meeting at 7:16 p.m., extending birthday wishes to Guild members celebrating February birthdays.! The January 2014 meeting minutes, as posted in the January newsletter, were approved.! The treasurer’s report, as posted in the January newsletter, was approved.! The 2014 Budget, as posted in the January newsletter, was approved.! Charity yarn for Navy/Marine babies is available. ! The Guild will be knitting scarves, hats, mittens, cowls, etc., for Samaritan House. Items should be sized for women and children of all ages and be washable. We do not need to wait until Christmas for donation. Please submit your completed items at our monthly meetings throughout the year. Birthright is a charity that needs infant items. The Lighthouse is in need of warm items for men and women. They also need travel-sized toiletries. Please also bring these items to our monthly meetings. Please remember to fill in the charity gift log when you knit gifts for charity. ! The secretary is hosting a charity knit-in on Saturday, Feb. 22, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at her residence. Please contact the secretary if you wish to attend. Please bring your own needles, sizes 8 to 9. The group will focus on items for Samaritan House, Birthright and Lighthouse. ! Yarn Shop news:! Baa Baa Sheep: Beginning Feb. 10, the shop is hosting a Blue Sky Alpaca trunk show featuring Brushed Surry and Surry Merino yarns. These yarns will be 20 percent off during February. A toll rebate is being offered to those who must travel through the tunnels to get to the shop. Please mention you came through the tunnel at checkout. Minimum purchase of $15 applies. Check the shop’s website and Ravelry page for more details about discounts, drawings and classes. ! Yarn Club: The ASPCA is the charity of the month. Please bring items for our furry friends to the shop to receive a discount coupon to be used at the shop. The Neighborhood Fiber Company's hand-dyed yarn in vibrant colors is the newest yarn at the shop. Check the shop’s website and Ravelry page for more details about new yarns, activities, and classes.! The TKGV knitting retreat being held Mar 6–9 in Corolla, N.C., was discussed. The members attending the retreat are requested to bring a snack/dessert to share. Members attending the retreat were also reminded to bring a knitted/crocheted flower to the conference and to check their e-mail for supplies and homework needed for their classes. ! New Business: Volunteers are needed for the Spring Craft Fair on March 14-16. This event is held at the VB Convention Center from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 12 p.m.– 5 p.m. Sunday. Volunteers are needed for the Gathering of the Guilds on Saturday, April 5, at the Frances Land House. Volunteers are also needed to help plan the Scavenger Hunt, the Waterways Festival and the Holiday Party. Signup sheets for these events are available at the monthly meetings. An instructor is needed for November’s program for thrummed knitting. If you know or learn this knitting technique and would like to share it with the members, please e-mail the president.! The president presented her program on how to care for hand knits. ! For our March meeting: If you wish, please bring a paper bag containing a ball of yarn. You can then pick another bag of yarn and see what you get. This yarn could be used to knit an item for charity, or a derby hat. !The president has challenged members to begin and finish a knitted item during the duration of the Olympics. Bring your completed items to the March meeting. During the meeting, we will be making the Ravelry Knitted Bunny pattern. Please knit your bunny square before the meeting. ! The Guild held the raffle, and enjoyed show and tell. ! There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.! ! Respectfully submitted, ! Debbie Goodman, TKGV secretary
TIDEWATER KNITTING GUILD OF VIRGINIA March 2014
Charity Knitting: Organizations to knit/crochet for in 2014 By Chris Goudeau ! We have several organizations that we can knit/crochet for this year: !• Birthright of Norfolk provides help for pregnant women. They will accept any baby items:
blankets, sweaters, hats, booties, etc. !• Lighthouse Center at the Oceanfront. This organization provides day services for the homeless.
They need blankets, hats, mittens, etc., as well as toiletry items.!• Samaritan House. This is a domestic violence shelter for women and children. They would like
hats, scarves, cowls, slippers for the women, as well as their children. This organization will be our focus for the year.!
! Please bring your items to be donated locally to the next meeting and we’ll see that they are distributed. If you have items that you have given to an out-of-town charity, you should notate that on the charity log. Remember to sign the charity knitting log each month when you attend our meetings or email me at [email protected]. Thank you.!!From the knitter’s bookshelf: The Knitting Series, by Maggie Sefton By Molly Larson This is a delightful series of mysteries revolving around a young woman who has inherited a beloved relative’s house immediately next door to a innovative yarn shop.Our heroine, Kelly Flynn, is a successful financial consultant who at first figures she will clean out the house and sell it so she can return to her career. On learning that her aunt was likely murdered and not an accident victim, Kelly is intent on solving the mystery. The nearby yarn shop, The House Of Lambspun, and its regular knitters and spinners help Kelly unravel the crime.! There currently are nine books in the series. Each is suspenseful and informative about knitting skills and has just enough romance to sweeten the story. These books are in the Virginia Beach Public Library Overdrive (eBooks) catalog and one can sample at least one book without any expense.!!Looking for a fiber festival? Check out the comprehensive schedule at http://www.knittersreview.com/upcoming_events.asp.!
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It's appropriate that March is known for coming in like a lamb and going out like a lion, because it's the month when all the new spring and summer yarns start arriving. This season's yarns promise to delight and tantalize. New from Reywa is Bloom, a lace weight with 50 percent yak down and 50 percent silk. There are eight great colors and natural. There are two new yarns from Isager: Alpaca Merino 2 and Plant Fibre, both fingering weights. Made in Peru, Alpaca Merino 2 is 50 percent baby alpaca and 50 percent merino, with 270 yards. Plant
Fibre, from Italy, is 70 percent ramie, 15 percent bamboo, and 15 percent hemp, with 165 yards. I'll be stocking an independent dyer from New Mexico, you can check out Wooly Wonka on Ravelry to get a preview of all of her yarns. I'll have Ceridwen Sock, Aerten Sock and Freya DK. I'm starting with 17 of her colorways. Lucci Yarns from New York will be sending Iris, Mini Magic, and Lucatape. The Loom, in Bangkok, creates a 100 percent silk yarn with a matte, raw texture. The sport weight yarn uses a size 3 to 5 needle and will have 164 yards, retailing at $8.50. I can't wait to knit a summer accessory with it. Also arriving will be new yarns from Juniper Moon Farm, Noro, Louisa Harding, Tahki Stacy Charles, Cascade and Classic Elite.
TIDEWATER KNITTING GUILD OF VIRGINIA March 2014
Festival will celebrate fiber arts throughout March By Cheryl Cauthen Bond The d’Art Center, in the Selden Arcade in downtown Norfolk, and the Mixed Media Fiber Center will hold a Fiber Arts Festival from March 8-29. The festival includes a number of events. The first event is the opening of a gallery show, “What’s in Your Closet.” The grand finale will be a Wearable Art Runway Show staged by the Old Dominion University Fashion Department. ! During Fibers Week, March 17-23, the Mixed Media Fiber Center Artists will conduct workshops and demonstrations in the arcade on the weekdays. They would love for some of us to join them. On Saturday and Sunday March 22 and 23, they will hold a Craft Expo from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Crafters are invited to exhibit, demonstrate and distribute promotional materials in the arcade during the Craft Expo or to participate in the Runway Show. ! The Mixed Media Fiber Center Artists include Peggy Beardslee (mixed media, textile painting), Julie Beasley (mixed media), Kate Negri (needle felting), Pamela Pine Winslow (mixed media), Lynne Sward (mixed media) and Debbie Small (mixed media).! For more information about d’Art Center, go to www.d-artcenter.org. If you’d like to participate, contact Pam Winslow, [email protected], or Peggy Beardslee, [email protected].
Take a trip to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival By Andrea Riddle The Yarn Club is hitting the road to Maryland Sheep and Wool on Saturday, May 3, rain or shine. The cost is $65, which includes a tip for the driver. Pack a cooler with snacks and drinks and bring everything you need for a great day at the Howard County Fairgrounds.! We will depart TYC at 5:45 a.m. and depart MDSW at 5:45 p.m. We hope to be back before midnight. Please, no livestock on the bus. ! Please fill out the form at the end of this newsletter and bring it in to the store with your check or cash by April 1. The shop will be open prior to departure for any last-minute knitting or crochet needs. We hope to see you.
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The Yarn Club (TYC)
240 Mustang Trail, Suite 8, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
!I _____________________________, understand that I must arrive at The Yarn Club (TYC) by 5:30am for prompt departure to MDSW at 5:45 and must be at the bus for the return trip by 5:30pm for a 5:45 departure from MDSW. TYC will not be responsible for the transportation of those arriving late in either direction. There are no refunds for missing the bus. All costs are due by April 1, 2014 and are non-refundable after that date. We must have a minimum of 25 riders or the bus trip will be cancelled and all money will be refunded. TYC is not responsible for items left on the bus or at MDSW. TYC is not liable for loss or damage to any items that you may take on the bus with you. TYC is not responsible for delays caused by accidents, breakdowns, road conditions or inclement weather, or any other reason. TYC is not responsible for injury or illness during the road trip. No farm animals will be permitted on the bus and all fleeces should be placed in the storage compartments under the bus. All participants are encouraged to bring a cooler with snacks and drinks for the bus rides. We are not planning to stop for dinner. !!Signature ________________________________________________________
