October 10, 2007 Gathering

It's been a while since FOs showed up here, so let's get to it!

Ginny brought in a halter she knit and was able to wear the last incredibly stupidly hot day (in October - 90F degrees!) we had on October 7; it looks like she was quite comfortable in it!






Jennifer worked on a poncho for her child, in Caron Simply Soft yarn (crocheted):






Meanwhile, Claire is working on a steel yarn project from Habu Textiles:






Christina finished her crocheted hat:










And she showed off her lovely crocheted poncho/snuggle blanket:






Finally, some items I completed recently:







You can find the booties pattern over here (on the right under "Free Patterns").

SnB Gathering - September 12, 2007

It was a perfectly cool late summer evening, and we were working on some lovely warm items last night!

Carol brought in the baby set she recently completed:






Jeanne had her gorgeous (and resized for larger child) Tulips sweater:








And Claire had her Red Scarf contribution:




Finally, I finished weaving all the ends on my Tulips sweater:

Local Event in October!

On October 20, the Bishop Hill Fiber Guild will hold their annual event of workshops and lectures. The event encompasses all forms of fiber arts: felting, knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, etc.

The fee is $10 (pre-event) and day of the event is $12. This fee covers most of the workshops/lectures. There are a few workshops where kits are bought separately (no more than $10, I believe). Lunch can be eaten on-site, for $6 per person.

There's also vendors of all sorts at the event.

Finally, the event will be at Black Hawk College - East Campus in Kewanee.

I will have copies of the registration information and forms this Wednesday, at SnB. If you can't make it to SnB, drop me an email.

A few of us went last year and had a blast! Several of us plan on going this year, so if you'd like to make it an SnB outing, let me hear from you!

You know the drill quadcitysnb AT gmail DOT com

SnB Gathering - September 5, 2007

Another great group showed up last night - as ususal, we took over Dewey's Cafe:












Christina brought in her finished crocheted plastic shopping bag. Not sure how much weight it will hold, it's an experiment in progress:




Julie brought in her finished wee aran sweater from the workshop:






She also brought in her finished Norwegian mittens:






Finally, her Wallaby sweater:







FINAL ITEM: Please note that "last Monday" activities are suspended until after the holidays this year. We'll start up again in January 2008. Thanks!

Sprucing Up Around Here

You'll notice a bit of change here. I've given the blog a new face and cleaned up our volunteer knitting list.

Thanks to Barb for getting the Red Scarf Project info to me. Heads up, if y'all are participating this year - *the rules for submission of items has changed!*

If you have a favorite gig that you knit for, send me an email (you know the drill): quadcitysnb AT gmail DOT com

Gathering August 22, 2007

It was a night of wild weather:




And although the library is closed, the Dewey's Cafe is open - and on Wednesdays it's open later for our group (thanks, Karen!):






Courtney brought in a cute knit bunny, from Lorna's Lace (the wool and silk, I think):








Jeanne brought in a scarf she had woven on her loom - gorgeous work as always!




And Karen wore the fantastic sweater she went to Mexico to learn how to knit (it was a retreat) this past summer:

Gathering August 15, 2007 - New and Improved Version!

*editor's note: damn pain meds! I think I've got it all straightened out now - keep those comments coming if you see something else that needs to be corrected!

What a great group we had last night!



And people brought in their items from the recent workshop they're either finished with or in the process of finishing.

Barb brought her stash from Stitches:










Claire brought in her stash from Stitches & workshop items:

















Judy came back from Stitches with goodies that I covet now:












Katie had quite the haul from taking the fun bus to Stitches:












Ann Marie has her mittens completed from the workshop:





And to correct myself, this is what Ann Marie knitted: teddy with his own sweater!




Ann Marie and Susan M are working on some items (the pain meds keep me from remembering which knitting author they were working from and what project this is going toward - shout out in the comments, guys):