The following workshops updates for 2018/2019 were announced:

• Adventures in Crazy Lace by Myra Wood has been moved to April 2019.
• Cecilia Campochiaro, author of Sequence Knitting, will be a guest speaker in January 7-8, 2019 and will conduct a 1 1/2 day workshop.
• The Laura Bryant workshop, initially scheduled for April 2019, will be rescheduled to a later date.
• Franklin Habit is also on the list for a workshop to be determined.

The budget was discussed and the dues were increased for the first time in many years to $40.

The stash sale will be in February and the Fashion Show will be in March. Donations for the stash sale can be dropped of at the meeting.

Community knitting:

• Completed blankets made from charity squares for Shelter in the Storm and hats were shown.

Designer of the month:

• The Designer of the Month, Melanie Berg, was presented by Linda Bohlinger who met her on a recent knitting cruise. See the separate post of her work.

Projects from our Guild members:

Goldfish Memory – https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/goldfish-memory

The program for the meeting was a reveal of the Knitting challenge “Keeping it Simple”. The guidelines for articles were:

• Monochromatic – one color family only
• Knit and purl stitches only – NO OTHER STITCHES (except cast on and cast off)
• Increases/Decreases can be used for garment shaping only
• Any type of fiber
• Can include different yarn in the same item
• Item can use any craft, e.g. weaving, knitting, crochet, etc. but must be simple

Goldilocks Poncho – https://www.patternfish.com/patterns/24873-prism-yarn-8601-goldilocks-ponchos

Fast Fade Cowl – https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fast-fade-cowl

Nicky Epstein Purse

Riverflow – https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/riverflow

Seattle Cowl – https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seattle-cowl

Architexture – https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/architexture