February Meeting

Our February meeting will be held tonight from 7pm to 9pm at our usual meeting location - Grace Methodist Church in Des Moines. There will be information on the upcoming Knitting Getaway and our next workshop on Japanese Knitting. Hope to see you there.

Bring your knitting and come knit with us - Visitors are always welcome!
Happy Knitting!

January 5th, 2010 Guild Meeting

The January meeting is Tuesday, January 5th 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at Grace Methodist Church. Following the program is show-n-tell and time to socialize. The program topic will be casting on for knitting two at a time (ie. socks, mittens, sleeves) on one or two circular needles. If you want to try this technique bring two balls of the same weight yarn and either one or two circular needles. A 40" length works best.

There will also be discussion on the upcoming Japanese knitting workshop and the Knit In Day on February 20th.

Bring your knitting and come knit with us.
Vistors are always welcome! Happy Knitting!

Thanks for all the Mittens!

Thank you to everyone who donated mittens and other warm items to the mitten tree at the Urbandale Library. Members, Vicky and Barb, delivered the items before Christmas. The guild has donated over 300 hand knit items to local charities this year. Way to go guild members!!!

December Meeting - Annual Guild Christmas Party!!!

A Letter from the Prez...

Wow! This Holiday Season came fast! Tomorrow is our annual Guild Christmas Party at Grace Methodist Church. Our room location will be downstairs. A greeter will be at the door to help direct you. We will be meeting at 6:30pm. Remember to bring food to share and your own table setting. The drinks are on us...

In addition to surprises from the DMKG we will have the gift exchange for anyone who wishes to participate. This is stirctly voluntary. If you give yarn, we do ask that you include enough yarn to complete the project, such as, 2 skeins of sock yarn, enough yarn for a scarf, etc... The value of the yarn should be $6 per skein. If you bring a gift, you receive a gift. A separate area will be set up for you to leave your gift when you arrive. Just check the greeter at the door and they can help you locate the gift exchange area. Happy Knitting Nancy A.

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The guild will also be collecting mittens for the Mitten Tree. Delivery of items collected by the guild will be made on December 3rd. The library will be happy to take items up until Christmas if you need a little more time.

Bring your knitting and come knit with us.
Visitors are always welcome!
Happy Knitting!

Warm Hands for the Holidays!

Once again the Des Moines Knitting Guild will be knitting mittens for the Mitten Tree at the Urbandale Public Library. All mittens and hats from the mitten tree will be donated by the Urbandale Library to a local charity. What a simple way to get into the Holiday spirit and give back to the community!

The guild will be collecting mittens from members at the December meeting. If you can not make the meeting, mittens can be taken to the library.

Anyone is welcome to knit mittens for the tree and drop them off at the Urbandale Library. They also welcome store bought mittens and hats. All sizes of hats, mittens, and gloves are accepted. Donations will be accepted at the Urbandale Library December 1 - 28 and will be distributed to the Urbandale Schools through the Urbandale Caring Corp.

November Meeting - Japanese Knitting

Our November meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm. The program will be on Japanese knitting. The Japanese combine traditional techniques to create lovely, elegant designs. Following the program is show-n-tell and time to socialize.

Bring your knitting and come knit with us.
Vistors are always welcome!
Happy Knitting!

October Meeting - Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

The October meeting is Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm at Grace Methodist Church. The topic will be entralac knitting. If you would like to follow along pick a yarn from your stash and the appropriate needle size. Cast on 18 stitches and knit back and forth 4 to 6 rows for the base. We will work from this swatch. If anyone has knitted projects using entrelac please bring them to share with others.

Don't miss the trick or trick surprise at this month's meeting! Following the program is show-n-tell and time to socialize.

Bring your knitting and come knit with us.
Vistors are always welcome! Happy Knitting!