February 08

February Fiber Guild News

February Fiber Guild Meeting

Laura Mayes will be doing the program in February on Knitted Mitered Squares. She will be teaching how to knit a basic mitered square and how to attach it while knitting the next square. She will show some variations with color and texture. If there is time, she will show some popular finishing techniques for mitered squares.

Anyone interested in this program should bring some worsted weight yarn and appropriate needles, size 7 or 8 are good. Also, shorter needles are better since we will be working with only 25 stitches at a time. Variegated or hand dyed yarn lends itself very nicely to this type of knitting particularly with a solid contrast color.

The meeting is scheduled to be Wednesday, 2/13/2008 at 7:00 pm at the Indian Mission

Knitting Guild Info

Some people in the Fiber Guild have expressed an interest in knowing when the knitting guild events are scheduled. The info below is their next big event.

The Sunflower Knitters Guild will be having their “Knitting in the Heartland” event the first weekend in April on Saturday and Sunday, April 5^th & 6^th at the Radisson Hotel located at 95^th Street and I-35. Vendors who are interested in a table can contact Teri Steinhaeufel at tplemel@yahoo.com. The cost is $50 per table.

Thanks!

Laura Mayes

Creative Hand

The meeting was held this past weekend to make deciwsion

Creative Hand is an annual show/sale held the weekend before Thanksgiving. Our new location at the Sylvester Powell Community Center in Mission has proven to be a successful choice. This year, our sales were up and our loyal customers had positive comments about the show.

As we look forward to future years and anticipated growth of the Creative Hand show, we will need discussion from the participants and interested parties about that future growth. Therefore, we will be having our discussion meeting for Creative Hand participants and interested parties on February 2, 2008:

If you want to read the summary of the meeting that was held this past weekend, then contact Sandy Cahill, the document was not able to be sent in this email.

cahill5505@sbcglobal.net

KAWS 2008

KAWS 2008 in Wichita, Kansas. All the information for KAWS is now
available on our website: www.kansasweavers.com If you have not sent
your 2008 dues to Nancy Wagner, please do so soon. We will be getting our
list to the Directory Committee in February.

Happy New Year to all, Lolly

All Missouri Spin In

This year it will be held on April 26th in Chillicothe, MO. This is a one day event

Ladies, start your wheels.....

You are invited….

The Fiber Gals, Missouri Llama Association, and several guild members are sponsoring some fiber competitions at this year’s Missouri State Fair. These classes are through the Home Economics Department and certainly aren’t the only fiber classes available, so please check out the catalog which should be up on the Missouri State Fair website by May 1. mostatefair.com The rules for entry and instructions (yes, you can mail in your entries!) are in the catalog on the website. This partial list can get you started on your projects---today!! For more information, contact Zelma Cleaveland, P.O. Box 467, Chillicothe, MO 64601. 660-646-5233 or zkllamas@aol.com (subject: MSF Fiber Competitions) $22.00 to sponsor a class. Prizes: $10, $7, $5

Please note: See mostatefair.com website for catalog information and rules. These classes and others that you might enter are listed in the Home Economics Department of the Premium Book..

Website

Please check out our website that is up to date thanks to Deb Hillen. You can find it at: www.kansascityfiberguild.org

From the editor...

Hope everyone is staying warm and dry! Looking forward to seeing those crocuses pop out soon! On a day like today it seems unlikely and very far away. Keep working on all those great projects and bring them to show off at the next meeting so we can all see what you have been up to.

Debbie