5 September Book club meeting
Jackie writes:
Here's a re-cap of our September meeting, "Knitting for Men".
It was fun to hear your successes and "lessons" with this topic. May we all go forward better armed with options for knitting stuff our men will actually wear!
Patterns and book ideas---
Penny Straker patterns.
Alice Starmore's Book of Aran Knitting - pattern "Irish Moss"
(Elizabeth - please correct if I'm wrong on the pattern)
Son of a Stitch and Bitch by Debbie Stoller (I loved the wrestling masks! No, this wasn't just about sweaters!)
Going Straight by Woolly Wormhead. Interesting hats
Brooklyn Tweed by Jared Flood
Viking Patterns for Knitting by Elsbeth Lavold
Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Workshop
"Aunt Pat's Slippers"
Socks For Soldiers
Fold-over Mitts (Knitting Daily, PBS TV)
Best of Interweave Press (several patterns for men)
"A Christmas Past", men's Fair Isle sweater by Dale Long
Let me know if I'm forgetting any.
Hot tips---
Conservative color
simple, basic shapes
school colors
machine washable yarn
involve them in planning the design - pattern and yarn
get into the spinning instead (if you are going to have to knit a large boring sweater with small needles)
Good luck!
See you October 10. We'll look at knitting for kids. An easier-to-knit-for group, perhaps. Please note the meeting is the second Saturday, not the first.
Best wishes, and enjoy your fiber!
--Jackie
12 September Second Saturday all fiber arts meeting
Hosted by Carolyn Beasley. Thank you, Carolyn!
17 September Third Thursday Guild Meeting
Twisted Threads Fiber Arts Guild met on September at the NCSU Crafts Center with 10 attending. Welcome new members, Katherine and Rachel!
We held a wheel round robin, everyone got a chance to try the eight wheels which were brought to the meeting. Each person took her or his own fiber and tried out each wheel for about 10-15 minutes.
Rachel's Clemes and Clemes
Katherine's new Lendrum folding wheel
Judy's experienced Lendrum folding wheel
Carolyn's Kromski Symphony
James's Kromski Sonata
Jan's Majacraft Little Gem
Thank you all for bringing your wheels! It's a great experience to see how another wheel feels when spinning (even a different one of the same make), to compare different tensioning and whorl ratio systems, and to learn how to lean back and relax while spinning (thank you, James).
22 September Fourth Tuesday lapwork meeting
Held at Glenaire.
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