SnB Gathering, July 11, 2007

It was quite a group last evening! Especially since I got to photograph our lovely members with their projects!

Katie brought in her lovely finished shawl:








Claire brought in an adorable teddy bear of leftover baby alpaca I had (she pointed out it's a no seam sweater it's wearing):






She also finished her library shawl:






I brought in my neck scarf I knit from Tilli Tomas Pure and Simple & Rock Star for my Gran:






Finally, what once was this item:



Karen finished into this gorgeous shadow shawl:

Stitch and Pitch - August 13

Quad Cities SnB presents STITCH & PITCH WITH THE SWING
Aug 13 @ 7pm
John O'Donnell Stadium

The Swing of the QC is hosting it's 1st annual Stitch & Pitch event offering box seat tickets behind the home plate net for fans to knit in our special Quad Cities SnB section.

Tickets are just $8 if purchased before August 6th. Please ask to be seated in the knitting section if calling for tickets & indicate you'd like to be part of the Quad Cities SnB group for the game.

Ticket orders may be dropped off at the Swing Ticket Office or called into 563-324-3000, (MONDAY AUG 6th DEADLINE FOR DISCOUNTED SEATS) or mailed to:

Swing of the Quad Cities
PO BOX 3496
Davenport, IA 52803

For questions please call Greg at 563-333-2730

4th of July

I was remiss in posting Brenda's Socks That Rock from a few gatherings back:




We're not meeting this week, but I wish everyone a safe 4th of July holiday!

SnB Gathering - June 13, 2007

Another Wednesday evening, and a few surprises!

Ann Marie brought in a few items. First, her Wonderful Wallaby sweaters that she knitted up (the link will take you to one of a myriad of online shops that sell the pattern - I'm not endorsing any one shop for this pattern):






She also brought in a lovely baby hat (from one of grandsons) to show people about two-color knitting:






And it doesn't stop there! She brought in an almost completed Surprise Baby Sweater:






Finally, she brought in two helmet liners. You can find the specifics for knitting one right here. Laurel at The Yarn Shoppe has copies as well.






And Julie finished her candle flame wrap. It's her first lace project and she did a stunning job!






OTHER NEWS


Workshop: We have completely sold out our seats in both the Norwegian Mitten class and the top-down Aran Cardigan class with Beth Brown-Reinsel on August 3 & 4! If you're a registered participant, look for a detailed email later in June.

Author's Night: The Yarn Shoppe is happy to host "Authors Night" on June 25 with the Quad Cities SnB! The following persons are local authors who also knit. They'll be attending our "last Monday" gathering that evening.

Gunda Davis: Pumpkin Soup and Shrapnel: Growing up under the Third Reich


Susan Carroll & Kimberly Cates have each written over 30 books. Their newest ones coming out shortly.

The Silver Roseby Susan. Susan also wrote The Courtesan, The Dark Queen, The Night Drifter, The Bride Finder and Midnight Bride.

The Wedding Dress by Kimberly. Kimberly also wrote Picket Fence, The Gazebo, Lighthouse Cove and The Mother's Day Garden.

We're also hoping that Leslie Langtry will be able to attend. Her new book is due out by August, 'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy.

If you would like to attend, please send us or Laurel at the shop an email (for a reservation) by June 20.

SnB Gathering - June 6, 2007

It was a de-stashing party this time around, Katie and Linda brought stash yarns this time around:




These are the goodies:




And Barb brought in her finished baby sweater in Fixation yarn:

SnB Gathering - May 30, 2007

A days late and a few pastries short, but here are the photos from last week's gathering!

Lynn finished her lovely shawl:




Julie's cranking away on her candle flame lace wrap:




Karen's working on some shadow knitting:




Katie finished her feather and fan scarf:






More true color in this photo:




June's a busy month - be sure to check your emails for upcoming events and needed RSVP if you're attending anything =)

The Usual Suspects - SnB May 23, 2007

It was a really warm and windy day, but we took refuge in the cafe last night to knit...














Thanks to Katie, there were 29 knitted squares for the VA Tech effort for Hokie Healing. Here's Katie's square:




And the other other 28 squares:







Finally, some new projects! Here's Barb's new wrap out of Wool in the Woods:




Suzanne's first pair of socks!




And Heidi's new stitch counter bag!

SnB Workshop Update

Just to let everyone know we've had an enormous response to Beth Brown-Reinsel teaching our workshop in August! We're down to 4 seats available for the mitten day (Friday) and the sweater day (Saturday) is sold out!

Things are coming together nicely and thanks to everyone for their help to date!

Information will be sent out to the registered participants on June 3.

If you're interested in taking the mitten class, drop us a line via email (it's listed in our profile to the right).

SnB Gathering, May 9 - Doing It Alfresco

We let the yarn and chatter run free in the lovely spring evening last night:




Of course, these photos were taken before the ribald discussion which include but not limited to: The Rock, GZfest 2007 tour (and subsequent t-shirt ideas), the Where's Waldo pattern, more pole dancing ideas, hash browns and following the Viagara trail.




And finally, hello to a new SnB participant - Sara (Sarah?) - it was great having you with us!

Thanks to Katie for the photographic back up!

SnB Gathering - May 2, 2007

It was a mondo-sized group last evening!




Claire finished her log cabin blanket:






And Katie was just finishing up her baby blanket:

Knitting For Good

Katie brought to our group's attention this blog: Mosaic Yarn Shop: Hokie Healing.

If you're interested in knitting the squares, the group will be gathering them up. Barb will collect all squares by May 23, then she'll ship them to the Mosaic Yarn Shop.

The Yarn Shoppe has the colors of maroon (2401) and burnt orange (7824) in Cascade 220 (it's $7.95 per skein).

Another blog, Got Gauge has more information regarding this project. Also, she has a "button" for your personal blogs if you're participating.

Remember, the squares are being collected no later than May 23, 2007 - if you'd like to include them in our shipment. Drop them by on any Wednesday from now until that date, between 7 pm to 9 pm. Our meeting details are above and in our profile page.