We had a very well attended February meeting! Our guest speaker, Amy Snell, showed us several techniques for improving the fit of our hand knitted socks. She also provided us a helpful handout which was delivered to our members via email. To learn more about Amy, visit her website, devious knitter.com. Ann Dunn was the…
January
We had a very well attended January meeting with Guest Speaker Catherine Petitti. Catherine told us about herself and how her business, Red Barn Yarn, came to be. Catherine brought samples of her beautiful hand painted yarns for purchase. We celebrated birthdays and talked about our March 3 2025 Luncheon and Fashion Show at the…
December
Our December meeting was fun and full of surprises! Kait Hilliard of Coachella Valley Yarn gave a wonderful trunk show featuring Ambah Obrien patterns made with Koigu Yarn. Kait has kits available while supplies last. See the slide show below for more information. Sue Dunning won the Block of the Month (BOM) Prize. Thank you,…
November
Our November Meeting was all about Charity Knitting. Thank you to Dede Sitko and Rose Budek for presenting our meeting. They also encouraged members to knit charity items. Find inspiration for charity items on our Charity Knitting Page. Click Here!
October
Our October meeting was so fun! We had guest Speakers Lisa and Diane from Hands On Knitting Center who taught us to make the pumpkins shown. Also, Lisa demonstrated how to make a wool felted autumn leaf to embellish our pumpkins. below are a few fun photos from our meeting. Be sure to click on…
September
We had a fantastic September meeting with guest speaker, Lisa Ross of Paper Daisy Creations. Lisa shared her beautiful shawls brimming with color and texture. She showed easy ways to choose colors for her patterns using the rainbow and also using color gradients. She also showed us that she has a multitude of wonderful sock…
August
This month we were thrilled to have Guest Speaker, Kyle Kunnecke, who talked to us about his design process and some of the beautiful knitwear in his book, Urban Knit Collection. Kyle was very generous with his knowledge and gave us a few tips and tricks to help with our stranded knitting. Thank you, Kyle….
July
Our member meeting was held virtually this month and thanks to our members, we had quite a few fantastic show and share items. Our members are really Rocking the Socks! Be sure to check out the meeting slides below to see some great knitting. Patti Reyes, was our July Sunshine award recipient. Thank you, Patti,…
June
This Month we met virtually via Zoom. We will meet virtually through September, but we have some fun summer events planned including Sip and Knit on the second and last Mondays of the month. Molly Conroy was our wonderful guest speaker and she taught us to knit the “Afterthought Heel”. Such a fun technique! Stay…
May
Our May meeting was our last in-person meeting of the season. We had a wonderful guest speaker, Nancy Bates, Author of “Knitting the National Parks” and “Knitting California”. These wonderful books feature original beanie patterns inspired by America’s National Parks and Callifornia’s rich culture. We also shared some wonderful fun and free sock patterns to…
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