HOLY MOLY! 111 Hats right off the bat!!

Well hello there all you crazy crocheters!!

To kick off the 2013 Hat Drive, we had 111 hats turned in at last nights meeting.  That is AMAZING!!!  I am pleased to say that the Brunswick and Frederick Senior Centers have agreed to help us out again this year.  Also Two Rivers Yarns in Brunswick is going to help collect hats!  This is going to be an exciting drive!

Here are a few pictures from last nights meeting:

 We had 11 folks at last nights meeting.

A special Thank you to Linda for bringing these AMAZING examples of Tunisian.  Check out the close up below of that beautiful bird!!.  The basic Tunisian stitch provides a very nice grid which you can then use a cross stitch technique to add an infinite possibility of designs!!

 Just Gorgeous Right???

Some of you may recognize the design on this blanket from the Blue Willow designs.  Stunning isn't it?

 111 HATS and COUNTING!!!!

Ronda was nice enough to take a picture of me in Sandy's crocodile stitch hat.  Aren't I adorable??

See you all next month for our next collection of hats.  Check out the 2013 Hat Drive page to see the thermometer fill as we add hats!!

See you all next month!

April Meeting 2013

We had a great turnout last night.  Twelve ladies came out to make an attempt at the Crocodile Stitch.  We struggled for a while but eventually everyone got the hang of it.  Not everyone loved it :)  But we all had fun working our way through it.  Next month we are going to tackle Tunisian Simple Stitch and in June we kick off the 2013 SMC Hat Drive!  Oh BOY!!!  Here are some pictures from last nights adventures:

 

 

March Meeting

Hey there all you Crocheters!!

We had 12 folks at last nights meeting!  That is awesome!  We tried a new technique last night.  It was learning how to do a cable in crochet.  Now this was more challenging than some of our previous projects but I am so happy to hear that you all gave it a try!  If you weren't able to attend but would like a copy of the pattern, email me at smcrocheters@yahoo.com and I will send it to you.

I wanted to share this photo from February's meeting.  This is one of the completed fingerless gloves sets from our January project.  This was the difficult level pattern and I think Tish did a fabulous job with them!  Just love the colors she chose, don't you?

 

On a personal note, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who thought of me yesterday.  The surprise birthday party for me was wonderful!!  I was so touched.  Thank you so much!  Here's a pic of the beautiful cake.

 So Thank you to Sandy and everyone else involved in this wonderful surprise!  It meant a lo!

See you all next month!!

Kristina

Meeting 1-29-13

Hello all you happy crocheters!!!

We had a great start to the new year with last nights meeting.  We tried our first mystery CAL (crochet-a-long).  Two patterns were available, one with an Easy level, and one Intermediate.  I have to say that I think everyone responded really well to giving the patterns a try.  Here's a few pics from last nights meeting:

Ronda showing off the hat Phillis made.

Great turnout!! 12 members showed last night

Tish working on the Intermediate Mystery CAL pattern

Showing off the Easy Mystery CAL as it took shape

Carol working on her beautiful Granny Square blanket

A first time member, Carol, working on the CAL

Ronda admiring the fingerless mitt

Ronda and Phillis

We also discussed our plans for the coming year.  A great suggestion was that for each meeting we do a project that teaches a new technique or stitch.  So for each meeting I will send out a supply list and technique we will work on during the meeting.  Of course, the group projects are always optional but it should be a lot of fun.

Also, we are going to be doing another hat drive as our charity event for this year.  We will be starting it early than last by holding it over the summer.  Most likely we will kick it off at our May meeting but I haven't finalized anything yet. 

Thanks for coming out everyone!!!!  For those of you who might like the Mystery CAL patterns, email me at smcrocheters@yahoo.com and I will be happy to send you copies!  See you all in February!!

Just something Neat!!

So how cool is this??  Halos of Hope's Facebook page has the picture of our hats as their header!  Isn't that neat?

http://www.facebook.com/halosofhope

Also, they were kind enough to send out a thank you to us on their website.  We are on their home page and if you click the link, they have shared a link to our blog here so others can see all the updates and progress as our hat drive went on.

http://www.halosofhope.org/

Anyway, I hope everyone is have a wonderful Holiday Season!!  See you all in January!!
Thanks,
Kristina