Promoting the craft of Knitting
The meeting will take place on Monday the 6th of May 6 at 9:30 am. The program will be on ‘Knitting Vacations and Destinations’
The block of the month for May is Harris Tweed, designed by Ellie Hahn. The block of the month can be used to create blocks for charity blankets collected by the Guild. For the pattern click here.
The Stitch and Pitch outing is all set for Wednesday June 5th at 7:05 pm. See the flyer Palm Spring Baseball event flyer 2019 for further details. It’s a lot of fun and you are welcome to bring guests.
Logo Contest: The designs for the Logo contest were shown. It was agreed that the designs that received the most votes will be reworked and circulated for a re-vote. It was agreed that a simple design is best and the logo should contain the words ‘Knitting Guild of the Desert’. Community Knitting: Jan Lee…
The Book of the Month, Diagonal knitting: A different Slant by Katharine Cobey, was presented by Carol Listenberger. The book has appeal for people who dislike stitch by stitch patterns since it emphasizes creativity rather than the size and shape of the item being dependent on the cast on.
The block of the month for April is Double Seed Stitch, designed by Ellie Hahn. The block of the month can be used to create blocks for charity blankets collected by the Guild. For the pattern click here.
The meeting will take place on Monday the 1st of April at 9:30 am. Debra Mumm from Create Center in Palm Desert will be our guest speaker. Debra is working with Olek, a fiber artist , who is currently working on a project in our valley. You can view Olek’s projects at http://www.loveacrosstheusa.com/.
The March meeting was our annual Fashion Show. The theme for the Fashion Show was ‘It’s a French thing’. The following items were shown at the fashion show: Knitter: Val Anderson Pattern: Starting Point by Joji Locatelli Yarn: Hedgehog FibresNotes: Val designed a matching tassel bracelet.See her pattern modifications. Knitter: Val Anderson Pattern: Entrechat Shrug…
The block of the month for March is Basketwaeve, designed by Ellie Hahn. The block of the month can be used to create blocks for charity blankets collected by the Guild. For the pattern click here.
The meeting will take place on Monday the 4th of March at 10:30 am – 2 pm. The meeting will feature our Annual Fashion Show. Note that the meeting will take place at the Classic Club and not our regular meeting location. See the flier March Fashion Show for further details. Bring cash for the…
