February Meeting: So much is happening!

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Anatomy of a Sock
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Fremont United Methodist Church
2620 NE Fremont Street

Doors open at 6 for social knitting and snacks. Program begins at 7.

Socks! Socks! And more socks!

Expert sock knitter Emily Devlin, a.k.a. FairweatherKnits, will explore the many options and techniques for casting on, binding off, working heels and toes, and making size adjustments. Which bind off is really the stretchiest? Top down? Toe up? Afterthought heel? What about the spiral rib pattern with such a close fit making a heel is unnecessary? Emily will lead us through the many choices of knitting a sock and she will share her favorites.

Also Joining Us...

The Rose City Yarn Crawl kicks off Thursday, March 7 and runs through Sunday, March 10.

Several shop owners participating will join us with an insider's look at the yarn crawl.

You Don't Want to Miss This!

Of course, we'll start of the meeting with a look at what's happening in the fiber community. So many classes, trunk shows, fiber sales, and workshops. We'll finish up the evening with Show & Tell. Bring your recent finished objects - the glorious and the epic fails.

Guild Happenings

Diversity Knit Nights

To better serve our local fiber community, we are hosting monthly knit nights focusing on how we can bring more diversity into our programming, membership, and within the community itself. Our goal for each knit night is to leave with action items, and to encourage ongoing engagement.

We meet the second Monday of every month. All are welcome!

First meet up is:
Monday, February 11, 6:30 PM

At our regular meeting space:
Fremont United Methodist Church, 2620 NE Fremont St, Portland

WE *heart* OUR MEMBERS

We're hoping to give more of you kudos on our blog and social profiles because you are awesome!

Member Spotlights include pics of some of your favorite projects, your fiber arts discoveries, and what you love about knitting. If you want to be featured, let us know via email or at our meetings. You can also do our little "interview" any time. Just answer 5 or 6 questions of your choosing and email us back.

We also love hearing your great knitting-related tips! You don't have to be a Master Knitter, teacher, designer, or expert to share a helpful hint, learning, or tip at our meetings.

Let us know if you want to share a tip.

GALE ZUCKER PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

"Every picture tells a story. Make sure the story is your story."
-Gale Zucker

It was a fabulous day. The morning session was an interactive lecture while the afternoon session offered more hands on opportunities and one-on-one feedback.

Catch Up

If you missed the January meeting, we missed you! Designer, teacher, and fashion maven Renate Yerkes (Elephino PDX) walked us through an overview, history, and some inspiration on Double Knitting, an emerging technique that yields a dense, warm, two-sided knit. You can read a summary here. Thank you, Angela, for the beautiful blog post as well as an awesome tip for keeping one's needles organized.

"Every picture tells a story. Make sure the story is your story." -Gale Zucker

"Every picture tells a story. Make sure the story is your story."
-Gale Zucker