2003 Meeting Reviews, click here!
Monthly Library Meeting Reviews, 2004
by 2004 President Sherry D
December
Happy Holidays to All. A big thanks to Kathleen for organizing a great Holiday Celebration. There was great food and lots of raffles. A big thanks to Sunflower Samplings in Crystal Lake for their donation of bunches of patterns.
We had several Sunshine deliveries: Jane J. recuperating from knee surgery, Pat S. had a broken wrist, Minnie had a broken wrist, and Ann S. had back surgery last week.
The charity items were given to Centegra by Rae in October. She said they were thrilled and surprised at all the donations. Thank you to all who participated.
We are teaching a girl scout troop in January to learn to knit. The dates are Jan. 10,24, and 31st (Mondays) at 3:30 pm. The 17th is a school holiday. It is at a school in Fox River Grove, directions will follow. If you are interested please reply to Sherry or the group email list, and we will put your name on the list. There are 15 girls that really want to learn to knit - so if you can help?
We had elections for 2005. Congratulations to the following people: Karen H - President, Linda D - Vice President, Peggy S - Secretary, Susan R-Treasurer. Elected to our New Board as Members at Large: Dawn A, Debbie O, Jane J, Kathleen C, Sherry D.
Thank you to all of you that volunteer to put your name in for the election. We had great participation this year.
Thanks to all the filled out the survey, we had many returned and will be talking about the results at the January Meeting. If you haven't filled yours out, please do and send it in.
Karen H. will be doing a January newsletter so if you have any info or articles please let her know.
January Meeting - We will be doing Friendship Scarves. Bring Needles and scissors and 1 ball of yarn approx. 80-100 yards. We will be knitting our own scarf the long way and sharing our yarns for each row. Bring any yarn approximately worsted weight. You can bring more than one yarn to use up your extras. The funky and furry are always great. It should be lots of fun.
Reminder: Dues for 2005 are now due. Please send $18 payment to Susan R, treasurer, either by mail in the envelopes provided at the meeting, or in person at the January meeting. You will receive a membership card in return, allowing you discounts at many area yarn shops in return.
Happy Holidays to All, I've enjoyed being President the past two years and look forward to serving on our new board. I hope 2005 finds you and yours health and happy.
Keep Knitting! Sherry D
August
Our first meeting at Holy Cross Lutheran Church. The room we are using is
huge and airy. Sherry thanked Nicki for being able to set up and to work with
the church to enable us to use the room.
We welcomed three women to our meeting.
Bonnie D. asked for articles for newsletter. Her goal is to get the newsletter
out after Stitches Midwest (Aug. 19,20 and 21) If you are at Stitches write up
what your observations were.
Knit Out - Will be held at Health Bridge Fitness Center in Crystal Lake on
October 16th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please mark this on your calendar and come
to knit with us this year.
We discussed Stitches Midwest.
Kathleen discussed plans for the Annual Holiday Party. We should have plenty of
room to hold it at our regular place at the church. She passed around a list of
things to do for the party.
Our meeting this month was Charity Knitting. The women from Pennsylvania that
had emailed us sent a numbers of items. Many members donated what they had knit
so far. We had a nice groups of baby hats. Keep working on these hats, they can
be preemie or baby sizes. All sizes are needed. You can also knit i.v. covers
(check the website), blankets or shawls. All items have been requested by the
hospital. It would be nice if we could donate 2 to 3 times per year.
Bring any items to our regular meetings to donate.
July
We discussed Stitches Midwest, held at Pheasant Run in St. Charles, IL. All
are encouraged to attend. They have a great market.
Charity. Rae stated that we got an email from a lady that will be sending caps
for our charity program.
Outings - Karen stated the June 19th Yarn crawl was fun. Only two ladies went
from our group. The group went to:
I'd Rather be Knitting, Long Grove
Three Bags Full, Northbrook
Village Knit Wiz, Glenview
Mosaic Yarn Studio, Des Plaines.
Newsletter - Bonnie said she would like to get the newsletter mailed out after
Stitches. Please send any topics or articles to Bonnie.
State Fair, application was due July 1. No one entered this year.
Non profit Status - Jean is looking into.
Last meeting at the Cary Library. Future meetings will be held at Holy Cross
Lutheran Church in Cary. Check the website for further directions.
Bonnie reported that Knit and Wine at Christopher's was again very successful.
We had 12 people and Quietly Wild Yarn Shop in Woodstock donated three knitting
books that were raffled off.
Knit Out. Ellie has volunteered to head up this project for us. We are holding
it at Health Bridge in Crystal Lake sometime in October.
Dawn taught a class in various toes and heels for socks.
Sherry taught buttonholes to beginners.
June:
Minutes were not taken for the May
meeting as our secretary was on vacation.
We had five new people attending the meeting.
No treasurer's report
Membership for 2004 is 56
Charity. Evelyn make 4 hats for our charity project for the hospital. Check the
website for patterns.
Yarn Crawl - June 19th shops to be announced
Knit and Wine on June 29 held at Christopher's at a price of $20 per person
Wisconsin State Fair is August, there is a $5 fee to enter several items
Knit out Needs a Chairperson
Stitches Midwest is being held in St. Charles at Pheasant Run. Check website for
who's going and what classes they are taking. A great opportunity for learning
and Great market for yarn.
MEETING LOCATION CHANGE: STARTING IN AUGUST WE WILL MEET AT HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN
CHURCH. More information on our web site (check the
Schedule calendar).
A new yarn shop has opened in Woodstock. It is named
Quietly Wild Yarn and Craft Shoppe,
Inc. There address is 114 S. Jefferson, Woodstock phone 815-337-2400. Owners
Nancy and Maggie are new members. Congratulations to them on their new shop. Be
sure to stop by and say Hi and introduce yourself. Members will get a 10%
discount.
A big thanks to Bonnie for coordinating the 2nd Knit and Wine and to Karen H for
coordinating yet another yarn crawl
July Meeting - July 11th - Meeting at the Cary Library Training
Intermediate - Advanced Socks learn
different toes and heels-Dawn
Beginner - Basic Buttonholes - Sherry
August Meeting will be knitting for Charity. Bring your projects to work on, and
the completed projects to donate.
April:
Karen H. opened the meeting. We had
one new visitor.
Due are now due. Dawn said she would be removing any 2003 members that had not
paid 2004 dues. Out of 73 paid members, only 40 had paid dues so far.
New photos are added to the website.
Charity - Rae R. said she had contacted Centegra and they were pleased we were
going to do charity baby items. Rae will see that charity patterns will be
posted to the web site.
Our May, June, and July meetings will continue to be held at the Cary Library,
while our application is in process at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
Karen H. suggested the next yarn crawl for middle or end of May.
Newsletter, Bonnie D. said she would have it out this week.
Wisconsin State Fair - start thinking about your projects, they will have to be
entered by the end of July. The fair is the first 10 days of August.
Sunshine: None
Knit and Wine - Twenty two people went to the first Knit and Wine at
Christopher's in Crystal Lake. It was a great success and we hope to have
another one. It was suggested that we hold it on the next month that has a fifth
Tuesday.
Susan R. - Treasurer said we have a balance of $926 in our account.
WORKSHOP - NORWEGIAN CONSTRUCTION - STEEKING
Saturday, May 8th 10:30 - 1:30 a.m., and 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Learn how to sew and cut a sweater. This technique can be used on many different
types of sweaters. Fee is $10.00
Location: Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Cary
The lesson taught was continental knitting, and casting on and off was offered
for beginners.
All members showed their projects.
Questions about Steeking workshop, contact
Sherry D.
March:
The meeting was held at the Cary
Library on March 9 .
We had a long discussion regarding our meeting place for our regular meetings.
The library has changed their policy and will only allow groups to be in the
library until 8:30 p.m. It was discussed that over 50% of the members live in
Cary/Crystal Lake area. It was decided to apply to hold our meetings at Holy
Cross Lutheran Church, which is down the street from the library at the corner
of Three Oaks Road and First Street. They have allowed us to have several
workshops there. We will be holding the APRIL AND MAY MEETING AT THE LIBRARY.
This should give us time to get approval and notify all members. It was
suggested to give a donation to the church for the use of their building and was
agreed upon.
Bonnie Drew will send the newsletter by month end. Also announced a new outing
for the group. Tuesday, March 30th at Christophers in Crystal Lake at 7 p.m.,
Knit and Wine!!!! For $15.00 you get an appetizer and two glasses of wine and
can sit and knit. The owner is a fellow knitter and is really excited to offer
us this opportunity. Call Bonnie or
email to sign up
there are still a few spots available.
Rae Roane gave a talk on the various charities we might support. The guild
decided to help one charity and felt that it should be from McHenry County. It
was narrowed down to three, Centegra Hospital, Pet Cozies for no kill shelters,
and lap robes for nursing homes. It was voted overwhelmingly for Centegra
Hospital. So for 2004 please knit, baby hats, premie hats or baby blankets.
Dawn led instruction on lace knitting.
There were no beginners to learn
decreases.
The next meeting instruction will be
Beginners: Casting on and off
Intermediate: Continental knitting.
Sherry
February:
Hi everyone we had a great meeting.
We had three new members join!!
The Chicago Tribune made mention of our website in a recent knitting article.
Gene Anne's of Barrington is now
offering Crochet classes - if interested call her shop.
The workshop for Color Knitting (Dale of Norway) has been rescheduled to March
6.
The times remain the same - Morning class 10:30-1:30 and Afternoon 2:30 - 5:30.
Your registration will remain the same. If you cannot attend the workshop please
contact Sherry D for a refund. If you can now attend please contact Sherry for
registration and homework (Click here for class
and homework info).
We now have a total of 70 members.
We have been contacted by a college student in Ohio that has asked for 8"
knitted or crocheted squares for Charity. Please bring
the completed squares to the meeting at Barnes and Noble this month. We need to
mail them for her receipt before 3/6.
Dawn A mentioned she still had a few copies of
InKnitters for the members who
participated in the knitted felted slipper project.
Rae R led a discussion on possible Charity projects for 2004. Many wonderful
ideas were suggested: premie hats, PADS, Ronald McDonald House toys, shelters
for dog/cats. It was decided to discuss this in length at the next meeting.
Anyone who would like to suggest a charity will be given an opportunity for a
two minute speech that they would like us to knit for. It was decided that we
would pick ONE charity for the year.
Many donations were given this year to PADS. A special thanks to Peggy S's mom
and Evelyn M who donated a number of knitted items.
Bonnie D asked for any new news on shops, patterns ect., be submitted for the
newsletter. It was also discussed to set up a wine and cheese/knitting night at
a restaurant in downtown Crystal Lake. Bonnie will make arrangements.
Debbie O made mention of The Fold in Marengo - has now started a yarn shop in
addition to her established spinning business. Her web site is
The Fold, phone
815-568-5320.
Jane J is looking into the possibility of becoming an official non for profit
group.
Dawn A and Jane J taught "Tips and Tricks". Many members mentioned how
informative this session was. Thanks Dawn and Jane.
We have a tentative instruction schedule for 2004: I ask that anyone that can
help by teaching a session would contact
Sherry D.
Of course the schedule may change if needed:
So Far:
March: Beginners: Decreases -Rae R
Intermediate: Lace ______?______
April: Beginners: Casting on and Casting off_____?____
Intermediate: Continental Knitting: Tina and Minnie
May: Beginners: Pattern reading ______?_______
Intermediate: Knitting w/2 hands (one Color in each) : Sherry D
June: Beginners: Picking Up Stitches ________?_______
Intermediate: Weaving in ends (as you knit) Sherry D
July: Beginners: Buttonholes _________?________
Intermediate: Advanced Socks: Dawn A
August:
Sept.
Oct.
Nov. Annual Fashion show - wear or bring what you've knit
Dec. Annual Christmas/Holiday party
As you can tell we need help with instructors - please sign up. Please send
other ideas for instruction or programs to the list or contact Sherry D or Karen
H.
Happy Knitting!!!
Sherry
January:
The officers for 2004 as elected at the December meeting are as follows:
President - Sherry D
Vice President - Karen H
Treasurer-Susan R
Secretary - Peggy S
Yearly dues are $18.00 payable in January. Make your checks out to Susan Ronn -
our new treasurer, and she will give you the 2004 membership card.
Gene Ann's annual Knit In held Jan. 18th in Barrington
Please check out the Cultured Purls website for other upcoming workshops and
lots of good information. Dawn does a wonderful job on this site.
Membership Committees: Thanks to those that volunteered to head of these
committees:
Membership - Dawn A
Photography-Jacqueline G
Charity - Rae R
Outings -Karen H
Newsletter-Bonnie D
Sunshine - Beryl S
Knit Out - Sherry S and Lucretia W (?)
New Member Hospitality - Gayle B
Christmas Party - Kathleen C and Dawn H
Non Profit Status-Jane J and Nikki O
We discussed ideas for what the group would like to have for instruction for the
upcoming year. If you have any requests or suggestions please
email Sherry and/or
the group.
Dawn showed us the article that we had published in
InKnitters Magazine. It showed our
felted slipper project. It was an extensive article with lots of pictures. In
addition that magazine has been nice enough to send us copies for each of the
people that participated in the project. If you missed the meeting and
participated contact
Dawn A for your copy. Kudo's to Dawn for initiating this project as well as
writing the pattern and doing all the submission work. Good Job Dawn.
Dawn A also had her baby bunting featured in the InKnitters Magazine. What a
wonderful accomplishment. If you haven't seen this magazine - be sure to take a
look.
For the monthly instruction:
Jacque G showed the beginners how to knit in the round.
Kathleen C showed Knitting with Beads.
Thanks to both for the time spent putting this together.
At the end of the meeting finished projects were shown.
The workshop for Norwegian Colorwork was
cancelled because of bad weather and is rescheduled for March 6th. If you signed
up for the workshop you will automatically be signed up for March 6th. If you
can't or don't wish to do the workshop on this date please contact
Sherry D for a refund.
Next month:
Proposed for training:
Intermediate/Advanced - Tips and Tricks (Dawn and/or Jane???)
Beginners - Increasing - (any volunteers?)
Questions or comments - let me know
Sherry
Note: for pattern from
Bead Knitting instruction time, click
here!