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Our
current meeting calendar & events listings are here!
Our
next regular meeting will be Saturday, January 14,
2011, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM, at the main branch of
the St Louis Public Library, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St
Louis, 63131. Click
here for directions.
12:30
- 1:30 Knit-Along
1:30
- 2:00 Designated Knitter (Kate B) will be available at
the front right table.
2:00
- 4:00 Business Meeting/Program/Show & Share
January Program: Two
Color Knitting Techniques break-out sessions:
Fair Isle (Deborah Fruchter), Intarsia (Karen Fogle), Two
color Slip-Stitch (Kate Brehe).
Note on
the Fair Isle break out session: Deborah suggests the
following (not included in the newsletter): cast
on 80 stitches and knit 4 ridges of garter stitch in the round
plus one inch of stockinette - you'll need to bring that and
two more contrasting colors - Stick with a nice worsted or
DK weight and a needle size you feel comfortable with - something
a little “sticky” may help since we'll be covering some new
techniques!
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
You
can now pay your dues with PayPal (a
small convenience fee will apply). See the PayPal
link on our forms page
2011
KIESEWETTER 12K CAPS FOR KIDS CHALLENGE
Have you ever thought about
running a 5K but didn't really want to run (or even walk!)?
Let's knit a 12K (your goal: knit 12
"Kaps" in 12 months) in honor of long-time Guild member
and Hats for Kids co-chairman Betty Kiesewetter.
Sally Ortiz and Candy Grastorf
are challenging each guild member to knit a 12K in honor
of Betty. Knit a "Kap" for Kids each month
of 2011. After 12 months if 100 members knit 12 caps,
we'll meet our goal of 1,200 caps! If 200 of us knit
12 caps that is 2,400! Reola Boyd had encouraged
us to each knit a hat (such as Betty's chevron hat) and
bring it to the January meeting in honor of Betty.
We're going to keep up that encouragement in 2011 and have
some fun while we're at it! Turn them in monthly or all
at once by the October meeting. Be sure to note how many
hats you turn in on the sign-in sheets so we can keep track.
The hats will then be packaged and distributed in November
to local charities selected by Guild members.
CLARIFICATION:
Hats can be turned in until December 17
to count for the challenge.
Knit 12 hats in 12 months and
receive an official certificate "I completed the Kiesewetter
12K!". Astound your friends and have a chance
to win fabulous prizes! Stay tuned to future newsletters
for updates! Update: For every
12 hats knit, get a chance at winning a wonderful prize!
January's
suggestion is the Chevron Stripe Hat, found on page 12 of
the GSLKG
pattern book.
February's
hat is the Twisted
Column Rib variation on the basic hat.
OOPS! If you downloaded the pattern
before February 3, please note that the version here is
now correct. Note that the version on the members'
page was fine all along. Thanks for your understanding...
March's
suggested hat is the Bulky
Yarn Hat in Garter Stitch.
In
April, why not try the Beehive
Hat?
May
brings flowers, and this year the Tongue
& Groove Horizontal Hat as well!
The
suggested hat for June is the Checkered
Basket Stitch hat.
July
is hot - but this pattern's got ventilation: Basic
Hat Pattern
In
August, why not consider knitting #11,
from the guild pattern book? Here's
the same pattern, this time in blue.
Tip
of the hat (pun intended) to August presenter, Kate Brehe
- September's hat is the tricolor
stripe hat.
In
October, try your hand at cables. Knit
Another
Cable Hat.
The
weather's cooling down - how about knitting November's
pattern, a US
Navy Watchman's Cap, to keep someone's head
warm?
December
features a challenge for the preemies: Click
here for patterns. Hopefully, you can bring
them to the Founders
Day Luncheon on December 17 (as it happens
- also the last day to submit hats for the 2011 K12K challenge).

(with
thanks to Amanda Yancey for image)
Final
results:
from
Joan:
Back in January 2011 when members were
asked to knit 12 hats in honor of long-time Guild member
and Hats for Kids Co-chairman, Betty Kiesewetter, I
had hoped to receive 1,200 hats by the end of 2011. (The
original logo designed by Amanda Yancey was only designed
to go that far.) As
the year went by I not only received more hats than
expected,
but I heard many compliments about my
mother
Betty and realized how much everyone cared for her and that
she was the reason everyone had responded
so generously in making the hats – not the contest.
Thank you to everyone for sharing their memories of my mom
and keeping her sprit alive.
For information
on charities served and list of winners, please see January
newsletter.
KNITTING
FOR BABIES IN HAITI
GSLKG
Member, Sister Mary Crivello, in Taylorville,
IL, asks members who are interested to knit, crochet or
sew 42" x 52" crib covers for
babies in Haiti. Member Jane Bauer
and her Needle Talk Group here in St. Louis will be making
crib covers and Jane offered to collect any crib covers
we make and get them delivered to St Peter & Paul's
Church in Alton, IL. Father Michel there will forward
them on when there are enough to send.
Baby
buntings are also very welcome. Guild members have
suggested the following sites for pattern ideas (click on
the title to get to the web page):
Butterfly
Baby Wrap
Baby
Burrito
KasCuddle
Button-Up
Baby Wrap
Baby
Cocoon
Member
Mary Birong has also suggested the KasCuddle
Cuddle Sleep Sack - pattern here.
Click
here and here
if you'd like to read more about the project. Keep
in mind that even in a southern climate, babies need to
stay warm!
If
you have any questions, please contact Jane Bauer at (314)
849-0818.
New
Show & Share photos are up here!
and
more photos here!
NEWSLETTER
UPDATES
Please
forward your newsletter submissions to newsletter@stlouisknittersguild.com.
Be sure to note "Newsletter article" in your subject
line. Your email will be forwarded to our Communications
VP, Elizabeth Link, and our newsletter editor, Amanda Yancey.
Don't forget, we're always looking for contributors! Chances
are, if there's something that you think is interesting,
others will as well! We want to hear from our guild members!!
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GETTING
TO KNOW YOU - as we've grown to be such a large
guild, we'd love to have more of these "knitterviews"
for the members only section of the website and our newsletter.
If you'd like to write one and need some help with questions
to ask your favorite knitter, feel free to use this list
of Interview
questions.
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GREATER
ST LOUIS KNITTERS' GUILD HAS A RAVELRY
GROUP!!
If
you're a GSLKG ravelry member, be sure to join our ravelry
group, it's a fun way to keep in touch between meetings
and share with each other! Let our membership chair
know your ravelry name, if you haven't already.
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WEBSITE
UPDATES
- Uploaded
January Newsletter
- Updated
show & share page with
pictures from Founders Day Luncheon
- Updated
calendar page with information
about St Louis Blues Sticks & Stitches
- Updated
calendar page with information
about Merike
Saarniit's workshop in March
- Uploaded
December Newsletter
- Updated
the Yarn Shop page with
Knit & Caboodle's new location
- Updated
show & share page to
include past months
- Added
Kate B's toy instructions (from October meeting) to the
pattern page.
- Updated
knit in page
- Uploaded
November Newsletter
- Added
registration form for Merike Saarnitt spring workshop
to calendar page and
workshop page
- Uploaded
October Newsletter
is up on the website (for members only)! Uploaded calendar
page with flyer for Fiber Fest in Steelville, Nov
11-12.
- Updated
Kiesewetter hat challenge with October hat pattern and
# of donations.
- Updated
calendar page with news
of the Yarn Harlot's visit to St Louis.
- Updated
calendar page with Odelia
Farms Holiday Open House.
- Uploaded
and added link to October
newsletter.
- Added
link to October's hat pattern and graphic to program page.
- Uploaded
and added link to September
newsletter.
- Added
link to September's hat pattern on program page.
- Updated
program page with K12 challenge info and September's hat
- GOAL HAS BEEN PASSED!
- Added
link to calendar page
with information about Alpaca Farm Days, Sept
24-25.
- Updated
knit-in information and added link to pdf for most
recent knit in changes.
- Uploaded
and added link to August
newsletter.
- Added
information about the guild welcoming author Gwen Bortner
to St Louis to the show
& share page, as well as the workshop
page.
- Added
program information for August's meeting to program page.
- Updated
the the 2011K12k information and graphic on the program
page and added the August pattern.
- Added
link to calendar page
with information about the first annual Fiber
Daze to be held in southwest Missouri, Sept 23-24.
- Uploaded
and added link to July
newsletter.
- Added
July's hat pattern to K12 challenge and updated the June
graphic (scroll up this page to the running yarn man).
- Uploaded
and added link to June
newsletter.
- Uploaded
info about July workshop: Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend,
to programs page
and calendar page.
- Posted
info about future meetings.
- Added
June's hat pattern to K12 challenge and updated graphic
(scroll up this page to the running yarn man).
- Uploaded
and added link to May
newsletter.
- Added
info about 2 fiber festivals in Missouri to calendar
page.
- Updated
calendar with new location for 3 dates.
- Updated
the K12 challenge numbers and graphic.
- Added
May's hat pattern to K12 challenge (scroll up this page
to the running yarn man).
- Added
notes from Intermediate section of April's lace knitting
session to Patterns
& Tips page in members section.
- Added
April show & share
pictures.
-
Added
information about the June 12 WWK/CIP event at Borders
to the calendar page.
- Uploaded
and added link to April
newsletter.
-
Added
links 3 issues of TKGA's newsletter to the 'In
the News' section.
-
Added
article on master lace knitter Gene Beugler to the 'In
the News' section.
-
Updated
list of books available from Guild
Library.
-
Updated
calendar
with Pot Luck information and Red Thread Project knit-out
at Laumeier Sculpture Garden.
-
Updated
Program information for April meeting.
- Updated
current KAL
information.
- Added
April's hat pattern for the Kiesewetter K12 to the Program
page.
- Added
information about new board members to Officers
page.
- Added
March show & share
pictures.
-
Added
link to Knitters in Kandahar in the In
the News section.
-
Added
pattern for KasCuddle Sleep Sac for the babies in Haiti.
-
Added
book review of Hat
Heads: 1 Man + 2 Knitting Needles = 50 Fun Hat Designs.
- Added
information and added pattern suggestions for knitting
buntings for babies in Haiti on programs
page.
- Uploaded
graphic and March hat pattern for the 2011K12K challenge
to programs page
and updated knitting man graphic.
- Uploaded
and added link to March
newsletter.
- Updated
ByLaws and guild procedures in Members
Only section.
-
Added
February show &
share pictures.
- Uploaded
graphic and February hat pattern for the 2011K12K challenge
to programs page;
corrected version posted Feb 3.
- Uploaded
and added link to February
newsletter.
- Added
'Knitting in the News' section to the et
cetera section of the Knitters' Help Desk.
Read about the Red
Thread Project and new honors for Ravelry.
- Updated
calendar page
to include information about Camp KIP
in Cedar Creek Conference Center in New Haven, MO. (note
that it had previously been planned for Pere Marquette
Lodge in Grafton, IL.
-
Updated
Programs
page with information on the 12K Kaps for Kids
charity challenge.
-
Updated
KAL
page with Rectangles Vest info.
-
Updated
knit-in information for the Knitty Couture group as
well as the Wool Gatherings group on the Knit-In
page.
-
Added
book review of The
Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple
Sizes & Gauges (Interweave).
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Added
January show &
share pictures.
-
Updated
Knit-in page
with ravelry group information for Knitted Sisters of
West County.
-
Updated
calendar page
to include information about Sticks & Stitches
in February
-
Updated
yarn shops page
to reflect that Wool Gatherings in Eureka will offer
10% discount to guild members.
-
Updated
calendar page
to include information about Lake of the Ozarks Fiberfest
in April.
-
Updated
programs page
to include 2011 Kiesewetter Kaps for Kids challenge.
-
Updated
members page
with recent, sad news.
-
Updated
calendar page
and workshops page
to include Cedar Creek retreat and other events.
-
Uploaded
GSLKG logos to members only forms
page.
-
Added
December show &
share pictures.
-
Updated
calendar
page to include March Fiber retreat in Jefferson City,
and deleted old information.
-
Added
shop information for Bah!Yarns to yarn
shop page.
- Remember
when you click on our Amazon.com
link & buy anything (knitting
related or not) our guild gets a small percentage back!
Try your local yarnshop first but if they don't have it,
try our Amazon link!
- Be
sure to click your "refresh" button to see the
most updated page.
If
you have any program, knit-along or workshop suggestions,
or if you would like to do a program/workshop on a topic,
please call or email our Education VP, Robyn Schrager (rms
on ravelry), You can also drop off suggestions in
our suggestion box at the designated knitter table!
If
you aren't a member yet, our membership application is
here.
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TIME
TO RENEW YOUR DUES! Dues were due May 31,
2010. Forms are here.
If you have questions on membership, our membership chairperson
JoAnn is normally at the back table at meetings. Note,
dues cannot be taken on library grounds due to the library's
policy. NEW!! WE
NOW HAVE A PAYPAL OPTION FOR PAYING DUES (CONVENIENCE FEE
APPLIES) Scroll down this
page to join or renew by Paypal!
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find out more about the Guild and its activities, please
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