South Mountain Crocheters have a GREAT turnout!

I was so excited to see so many new faces at our October meeting!  We all had a great time getting to know each other, sharing our projects, and helping each other. 
A special thanks to the Frederick News Post for coming to our meeting and doing a story about our guild.  Keep watch for the article in an upcoming issue.
During our meeting we discussed some ideas for future meetings.  We decided to allow volunteers to demonstrate stitches or techniques or to discuss a topic at each meeting.  Stephanie has volunteered to demonstrate crocheting in the round for our November meeting.  Catherine has offered to demonstrate a way to recycle plastic grocery bags to make a rug for our January meeting.  Thank you to both ladies.  If you are interested in doing a demonstration or sharing a topic please leave a note in the comments area.
The group also discussed organizing CALs (Crochet-a-longs) and Stephanie has offered to organize them for us.  We will discuss options for our first CAL which will begin sometime after the new year.  Thank you to everyone who made suggestions and if you have anything in particular you would like us to do as  CAL, please post it in the comments area.
Check out our page here on the website.  I have posted a slideshow gallery of pictures!  If you would like a picture of your project posted, email it to me at smcrocheters@yahoo.com and I will get it posted.
Our next meeting is in November on the 30th.  I hope to see everyone there!

South Mountain Knitters October Meeting

Our October gathering was fun and we had eight knitters attending.  We discussed the following topics:

1.  Our blog that was created by Kristina from the Crochet Guild. Thank you Kristina!

2.  There was interest in our combined guilds field trip to The Mannings on Saturday Dec. 4, 2010 and a possible yarn crawl in March/April.

3.  Some folks worked on some Master Knitter swatches and other discussed the possibility of beginning this project in the future.

4.  Susan read a funny page from the book, At Knits End.


5.  We discussed different weights of yarns and had a demo on using a wraps per inch gadget for yarns without clear labeling.

6.  Upcoming meeting topics:
     November 16, 2010:  Allison will demonstrate some creative ways to wrap knitted scarves
     December  21, 2010:  Kyrie will facilitate a discussion about blocking

NEW MEETING TIME:  Everyone decided that meeting at six o'clock was too difficult so we will be meeting at seven o'clock to nine o'clock in the future.

So, we meet the Third Tuesday of the month from 7-9PM!  See you there!

Field Trip to The Mannings

Mark your calendars. The South Mountain Guilds (knitters and crocheters) are taking a field trip to The Mannings in East Berlin, PA on Saturday, December 4, 2010. We will be carpooling from Frederick, leaving at 9:00 and can meet up with folks along the way.  If you've never been to The Mannings, you are in for a major treat!  More discussion to follow.  Contact me if you need more details now.  


Susan     knitguild@gmail.com