Welcome Guild Members and Friends! The Monthly Round-up is where you’ll find a summary of upcoming guests, workshops, knit-alongs, with topics and links gleaned from our monthly meetings. Please enjoy and feel free to drop us a line with any suggestions or corrections. knittingguildofthedesert@outlook.com
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Upcoming Events
Knitting Guild Meetings
November 7th – Gina Carlson from Yarnaholics
December 5th – KG Desert Holiday Party
January 9th – Amy Snell, www.deviousknitter.com
February 6th – Casapinka! With a class on the 5th
March 6th – Fashion Show/Luncheon
Local
Stitches SoCal, Pasadena – November 12-13
Trendsetter Yarn Group Trunk Show – November 18 & 19 10am-4pm
at the Knitters Haven, 78115 Calle Estado Suite 101 La Quinta CA
October Meeting
Our October Program featured a presentation from L’Atelier. We got to hear about some boutique and luxurious yarns, the L’atelier design process and plenty of fashion inspiration.
October Knitting Zoo Patterns – Teddy Bears!
by Meri McGraw
One of the world’s most beloved toys was named in honor of
President Theodore Roosevelt, after he refused to shoot a bear during
a Mississippi hunting trip in November 1902
Crochet Bear:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/teddy-bear-with-heart-2
Knit Bear:
I’m not sure if we talked about this in the meeting, but since we are focusing on charity knitting, I wanted to include a link for the Mother Bear Project. It is a simple pattern, although not free, but it goes to a good cause:
http://motherbearproject.org/pattern.html
The Knitting Zoo would like to have some wonderful examples of animals
❖ Please feel free to knit (or crochet) any animal for the “zoo”, you don’t have to follow the monthly “animal” and can use any pattern.
❖ Patterns we provide are free and will be posted on our website
❖ Bring your finished animals to any KG of the Desert meeting. You will be registered for each animal you knit. There will be a special prize drawing at the luncheon in March for anyone that has knitted (or crocheted) an animal.
❖ Animals should be at least 5” in size – no miniatures!
❖ All animals will become property of KG of the Desert and will be donated to a shelter (To be announced) after our luncheon in March.
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