Friday, August 28, 2015

September 1 Guild Meeting

8/28/2015 12:00:00 PM
The meeting we all wait for! At the September meeting we will show off all our fair entries. There were many winners again this year so lots of knit work to adore.

I have uploaded photos and an edited winners list for hand knit items with just our Guild winners. Here is a link to the ribbon winners from our guild. There is a full list on the Iowa State fair website at this link for the hand knitting category. Here is a link to the photos on Flickr of all the Guild fair entries. I hope I didn't miss any! There is also a picture of the hat that won the Nancy Bailey Award for best hat. And I found 3 crocheted items by Guild members and included those photos.

Congratulations to all the winners.  I hope all who entered will bring their items for show and tell on September first.


Sunday, August 23, 2015

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Knit & Chat

8/12/2015 12:04:00 PM
This Friday, August 14th is our time to knit at the Urbandale Library.  We will meet in the Cafe anytime after 9:30 to knit.  We found last time that knitting inside works better so will start there this time.  Hope you can join us.

Wednesday is Preview Night

8/12/2015 12:27:00 AM
I am so looking forward to the annual Iowa State Fair preview night at the Fabrics & Threads in the Varied Industries Building. They always open the doors on Wednesday to the entrants to see the ribbons.

Best of luck to all who entered.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Highlights for a busy August ahead

8/05/2015 04:28:00 PM
We had a great meeting last evening and an interesting discussion and demo of sock knitting machines. Thank you Lorinda for coming to the guild to share your knowledge and expertise! That was our jaws dropping as you told of knitting a sock in about 1 hour!! Way faster then by hand on 2 needles!

Join members next Monday August 10 at the Franklin Avenue Library to knit and chat. We meet in the west conference room from 10-noon. Hope to see you there.

This is August which means State Fair time. I hope everyone got their items to the State Fair for entry in the competitions. Good luck to all who entered.

We will have a Spin & Knit in the sheep barn at the fair on Sunday August 16 from 9-3:30. Yarn will be spun and charity hats knit. Bring your spinning wheel and/or knitting needles and join in the fun!

Then on Saturday August 22 we will be teaching knitting in the Varied Industries Building. There will be classes at 9:30 and 1:00. Cost is $10 and we will get you started on your way to becoming a knitter!


Saturday, August 1, 2015

Monthly Meeting for August

8/01/2015 02:00:00 AM
Join us on Tuesday August 4 from 7-9 p.m. for our monthly meeting. 

This month for our program Lorinda Inman will be our guest . Lorinda is going to demo a sock knitting machine and give us a little background into this method.