Charlotte Knitting Guild

NOTE! – if you haven’t been to a meeting in a few months, remember that we are now in room 1315 of the Activity Center, which is on the other —left —or north— side of the church at the front entrance. Room 1315 is the first room on your left once you enter the building.

November’s Program is “Beading with Davey”

Spice up your knitting with beads!

This month, Davey will be showing off how to spice up knitting by adding beadwork in your repertoire.

From beautiful knitted shawls, to simple crocheted or knitted beaded necklaces and bracelets, we will be covering it all!

The (Near) Future

Looking ahead a month, our December meeting will be our annual holiday party. In addition to bringing your favorite holiday snack to share, we also think it would be fun to bring your favorite holiday gift pattern to share as well!

Charity Items

If you have made items for our charity drive, be sure to bring them along.

See you at the meeting!

Directions and Meeting Info

We meet the first Tuesday night of every month at Providence Baptist Church, 4921 Randolph Rd, 28211 from 6-8 p.m. The first half hour is knitting and socializing, and we spend the rest of the time learning new things.

Thanks!

-Jorah Lavin, Guild Secretary

For our September meeting, we’ll be having Jane Prater talk to us about Applique for our knits.

Here’s a blog post by Jane about our upcoming program.

We’ll have a more detailed meeting announcement soon!

Here’s our most recent Guild Newsletter!

Enjoy!

Chris Wysocki writes:

Since I began knitting, I noticed an overwhelming feeling of community among knitters. That is something that you simply cannot find everyday. I want to share ideas, experiences, learn together and embrace knitting as the art it is. Knitting is just the beginning of plans for Yarnhouse. We plan to expand into other fiber arts such as spinning, dyeing and weaving. I hope everyone will be here to enable us to grow the community together.

Directions and Location

We are located in NoDa, Charlotte’s historical arts district. Our store is on North Davidson Street between 36^th and 35^th Streets. Parking is available in the rear and is accessible via 35^th Street by driving behind Cabo Fish Taco. If that lot is full, parking is also available at the Johnston YMCA. [ see a Google Maps map of the store's location ]

If you missed our meeting this month, you missed a really great time!

We started of with a Yarn De-Stash sale by Stephanie Quattrini. She had many lovely yarns, beads, handles, felting and many other items for sale!

We also had several new participants in this meeting including our winner of a Guild Membership from our Last Knitter Standing Game we played at WWKIP Day – Andrea.  During show and tell, Andrea showed the group the little knitting ladies she has made from wire, knitting, and charms.

The Little Knitting Ladies

In addition several other members showed off their latest knitted creations and works in progress (WIP’s).   Pictures from the show and tell will be added soon.

For our program, the lovely Past President – Rachel Eldridge presented us with a “Countdown to Christmas” session.   Rachel showed how you can take your fabric or yarn scraps and felt them in to lovely Christmas decorations and gifts for friends, family and co-workers!

Our next meeting will be September 6th and will feature the divine Jane Prater (another former President of the Guild) teaching applique!   You do not want to miss this meeting!

NOTE! (Really, pay attention to this part… ) – we are switching rooms at the church this month to offer an accessible room for our members! We will now be in room 1315 of the Activity Center, which is on the other (left) side of the church at the front entrance. Room 1315 will be the first room on your left once you enter the church. We will have members on hand to help direct you to the right place.

August’s Program is Countdown to Christmas

Are you ready to start working on some quick and easy ideas for Christmas? Rachel Eldridge will be demonstrating some felting and knitting projects that you can make for ornaments or gifts.

Bring-a-Friend Membership Drive

In August and September we will be having a door prize drawing for members who bring a non-member friend as well as for new non-member attendees. If you were thinking about coming to a meeting and have never attended before, then now is the time to come! We love seeing new faces, and you may win a prize!

Stash Sale

If you have been a member of the Guild for more than three years, you will probably remember a visit from New Zealand fiber artist Stephanie Quattrini. Her husband Marc has come to the end of his job contract in the US and they will be leaving the country in the
very near future.

Stephanie needs to dramatically lighten her stash of art yarns, fabrics, paints and more as taking her materials back to New Zealand is cost prohibitive. She will be coming to
the guild meeting on Tuesday August 2nd with her ‘gorgeous goodies’ which she
will offer at attractive prices to Guild members. The sale will take place between 6
p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Stephanie is able to take credit card payments.

Annual Dues

Also, don’t forget that dues are due in August! Bring your checkbooks or your cash so you can stay current with your membership! New members are always welcome, and August is a great month to join!

Save the Date!

We will be having our second Wine, Cheese and Yarn Tasting Event at Yarnhouse on Thursday, August 11 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. We’d love to see you there!