A message from our president

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NEXT MEETINGMonday, Sept. 2Help Clinic, 6:30 p.m.Meet and Greet, 7 p.m.Business Meeting, 7:15 p.m.

Program will be:Ways to Join Yarn. Plus, bring your contest entries.

We meet at:Westminster Canterbury3100 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach.

Check tkgv.blogspot.com to confirm the meeting date.

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: Submissions for the Octo-ber issue of the newsletter are due Sept.15. Email the editor, Sonja Barisic, at snbarisic@gmail.com.

INSIDE2 Calendar, Treasurer’s Report, Wellness, New Member, Birthdays 3 Charity Knitting4 Meeting Minutes PLUS: - Nancy Shroyer classes - Knitting contest rules - Men’s knitting retreat

If you are ever in Austin, Texas, be sure to visit the yarn shop Hill Country Weavers. Don’t let the name fool you. The shop is a brightly painted house that is wall-to-wall yarn in every room. The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable about knitting and weaving. They also have a very small house/apartment in the back that holds their discount yarn. My sisters, niece and I spent three hours there, and they don’t even knit or weave. I came home with yarn and projects and did not spend a dime (maybe a few dollars, but not a dime). The one tip I will pass on is to avoid Austin in August. It was hotter that Hades.

Back by popular demand the first weekend in November will be Nancy Schroyer. She has a knack for teaching and I am looking forward to her classes on Fair Isle, color selection and drop spindle. I know many of you will say we have done Fair Isle and selecting colors, but not the way Nancy presents the subjects. Her teaching aids include a life-size color wheel as well as a multi-tude of colored yarns for her class. I hope this time I get the whole color wheel concept. Thanks to Lora Marin, information on the weekend and registration is out there in cyberspace and will be available at the meeting, as well as in this newsletter. I also want to thank Lora for coordinat-ing and setting up Nancy’s visit.

I am hoping for lots of entries for our knitting contest. Lora has put all the information on-line, on Ravelry and any other cyberspace place available. We will collect the entries at the meeting on Monday, Sept. 2. Entries also can be turned into our local yarn shops by Sept. 7. I have said on many occasions that I love show and tell. Unveiling the entries and getting them ready for the judges will be a real treat.

See you at the meeting.

Debbie Henderson

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The TKGV super raffle is back By Denise Call In honor of one of our longtime supporters closing its doors at the end of September, the Ways and Means Committee is hosting a Super Raffle featuring products from The Knitting Corner. Tickets are $3 each or two for $5 and can be purchased at Guild meetings. The draw-

ing will be held Dec. 2, 2013, dur-ing our Guild meeting/holiday party. This AWESOME prize worth $475 includes one of our huge TKGV tote bags filled with:•nine skeins of Berroco Ultra Al-paca in purple (50% alpaca, 50% wool, 1,935 yards total)•eight skeins of Cascade Quatro in purple/blue/green quarto (100% wool, 220 yards each, 1,760 yards total)

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Member Birthdays This Month

Angie Brown Sept. 2 Debbie Henderson Sept. 8

Katie Gerwien Sept. 2 Norma Haynes Sept. 15

Trink Dahl-Prince Sept. 3 Jai Essenmacher Sept. 17

Lora Marin Sept. 3 Roz Klein Sept. 18

Guild meetings start with Meet and Greet at 7 p.m., followed by the Business Meeting at 7:15 p.m. The Guild also offers a Help Clinic, starting a half-hour before the meeting.

Sept. 2 – Guild Meeting. Program will be ways to join yarns. Plus, bring your contest entries. Registration forms will be available for the Nov. 2-3 classes, so don’t forget your checks made out to TKGV.

Sept. 7 – Deadline for entries for TKGV knitting con-test, 5 p.m. Rules on Facebook, Ravelry.

Sept. 28-29 – Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival, Berry-ville, Va. www.shenandoahvalleyfiberfestival.com

Oct. 5-6 – Fall Fiber Festival & Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials, Montpelier Station, Va. www.fallfiberfestival.org

Oct. 7 – Guild Meeting.

Oct. 12-13 – Waterways Heritage Festival, Great Bridge Lock Park, Chesapeake. http://bit.ly/17rLLdb

Nov. 1-3 – Nancy Shroyer meet and greet, classes.

Nov. 4 – Guild Meeting.

Dec. 2 – Guild Meeting.

TREASURER’S REPORT The Guild’s bank account balance is: $4,374.90. Beverly Boler

Help us give TLC to Guild members

If you know of a Guild member who isn’t well or could use a cheery note, please email Rae Struebing at struebing1@cox.net or rae.struebing@gmail.com.

Welcome new member:Helen Uhfelder

Guild members know better than most people that knitting and crocheting are a high form of socialization. There's nothing better than spending an afternoon stitching with friends over a cup of tea. The annual Guild retreat is a testimony to our love of sharing our craft with others. This explains the popularity of knit-alongs. With the cooling temperatures and slower pace of Sep-tember, it's the perfect time to start two knit-alongs at Baa Baa Sheep. Please join us for the following:

Cedar Leaf Shawlette - Beginning Sept. 10 we'll be meeting every Tuesday at 10 a.m. to work on Alana Dakos' Cedar Leaf Shawlette. It uses DK weight yarn to create a crescent shaped shawl that functions as a scarf. Alana recommends Malabrigo Silky Merino and BBS has lots of gorgeous colorways from which to choose.

Stephen West Mystery KAL - Stephen releases his first clue for a mystery shawl on Friday, Sept. 13, so'll we'll start knitting it Tuesday, Sept. 17, at six o'clockish during our regular social knit-ting time. He is using three different colors, so I've already picked out the Anzula I'll be using, but any fingering weight will do.

To keep track of new yarns as they arrive, join the Baa Baa Sheep Friends group on Ravelry and monitor the New Arrivals topic.

Thank youto the members of the Guild who have made me feel wel-come in the Tidewater knit-ting community. I look for-

ward to meeting many more of you. Roz Klein

Baa Baa Sheep LLC754 W. 22nd Street

Norfolk 23517

Spring and summer yarns are overflowing!

Come check out the collection of linens, cottons, silks, viscose and blends.

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Charity knitting: Keep up the good workBy Chris Goudeau

Thank you to all who donated items this last month. I’ll be delivering your blankets, six of them, to the Navy/Marine Relief Society and will pick up some more yarn to distribute at next month’s meeting.

As of the August meeting, 22 of our Guild members have donated 225 knit or crochet items to a charity. This is great; keep up the good work!

Please bring your items to be donated locally to the next meeting and we’ll see that they are distributed. If you have items that you have given to an out-of-town charity, you should notate that on the charity log.

Remember to sign the Charity Knitting log each month when you attend our meetings or email me at chrisgoudeau64@gmail.com.

• four skeins of Fiesta 32 degrees in colorway Puerto Vallarte (40% baby alpaca, 40% merino, 20% silk, 760 yards total)• two skeins of Kelpie Fibers DK in colorway Paladin (100% superwash merino, 460 yards total)• two skeins of Kelpie Fibers dk in colorway Nectarine (100% superwash merino, 460 yards total)• two skeins of Ella Rae Lace Merino fingering in Bright Green (100% superwash merino, 920 yards total)• two skein of Ella Rae Lace Merino chunky in Green/blue multi (100% superwash merino, 121 yards)• four 3.3 fluid ounce bottles of wool wash (one each; Wrapture, Eucalan unscented, Eucalan lavender and Eucalan

eucalyptus)• two bars of Purl & June goat’s milk soap (one each; Peony and Unscented)

The TKGV super raffle is back, continued from p.1

Welcome to the Yarn Club Challenge. Over the next several months, we will be challenging our knitters and crocheters to compete. Each month there will be a new challenge with a new featured yarn, pattern category and techniques. Items will be judged by TYC employees and customers. There will be prizes for each month’s winner. All customers who voted for the winner will be entered into a raffle drawing for a prize. All you have to do is either choose a pattern within one of the pattern categories of the month and/or choose the featured yarn of the month. Then choose as many techniques as you wish to use; the more techniques, the more points you earn. Sorry; no employees or their family mem-bers are eligible to compete. Each challenge begins on the first day of the month and ends on the last day of the same month (except Dec./Jan.). All yarns must be pur-chased from The Yarn Club. At the end of the month, the item must be submitted to The Yarn Club with an index card with your name, phone number, pattern name, start and finish date of the corresponding month and the techniques used. Please staple the label(s) of the yarn(s) used to the index card. If the item required more than one brand of yarn and/or more than one colorway, a label for each different yarn and/or colorway must be submitted. You may not start before the month of the designated challenge and you must finish by the last day of the same month. Your completed project and index card must be brought into the shop within five business days from the end of the month. All projects will be displayed in the shop for two weeks during which time everyone can vote on their favorite. The winner will be announced by the 25th of the following challenge month. Pictures of projects may be taken and posted on TYC social media sites. Prizes: Monthly winner prizes may include yarn, needles, notions, bags, gift certificates, and/or chocolate valued at $50-$100. Techniques: Choose none or as many as you want. The more you use the more points you earn. One point for each technique used unless otherwise specified. Entrelac, cables, traveling stitches, beads, colorwork, lacework, brioche, broomstick lace, Tunisian crochet, short rows and your own hand spun yarn (5 points, fiber must have been purchased at TYC and TYC price tag must be included with the index card). Additional Scoring: Feature of the Month = 3 pts; Pattern Category=1pt each/ or if use both = 3 pts; Your own Original Design (Pattern) = 3 pts; Each customer vote=1 pt; Employee vote (judging quality of work and techniques used) = 2 pts

The Challenges: September/ Feature of the month: SALE YARN! Best use of yarn from the “Sale” section. Pattern Category: Any cowl pattern or any pattern with a fall theme/name.

October/ Feature of the Month: Zoom Loom. Make any creation using a Zoom Loom. Free demo Sept. 14 at 2 p.m. Pattern Category: Any creation you make with the use of the Zoom Loom (such as a scarf, shawl, or home décor item) or choose any pattern with a Hal-

loween theme/name. Come on folks, make it scary! November/ Feature of the Month: Any of our Done Roving Yarns. Pattern Category: Any sock, mittens or gloves (with or without fingers) pattern or any pattern that has a winter theme/name. December - January/ Feature of the Month: Any Noro, Mochi or self-striping yarn. Pattern Category: The great sweater challenge. Make any sweater of your choice that can incorporate the above yarns if you choose. You have two months to complete this challenge. The deadline is Jan. 31, 2014. Stay tuned for information about challenges for February-June 2014.

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The president opened the August 2013 meeting at 7:16 p.m. and extended birthday greetings for TKGV members celebrating August birthdays. The Welcome chairperson welcomed our new member.

The July 2013 meeting minutes were approved.

The treasurer reported the Guild’s balance as of this meeting is $4,374.90 and noted at least one bill is pending receipt.

The Guild enjoyed a dolphin citing.

The vice president reminded the Guild of the TKGV Knitting Contest. Rules and submission guidelines are posted on the TKGV blog, the TKGV Facebook page and in the TKGV Ravelry group.

The vice president confirmed Nancy Shroyer will teach two classes on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. The classes will be “Dealing with Color” and “Fair Isle and Intarsia Knitting.” The class fee for guild members is $35 per class. If there is sufficient interest, Ms. Shroyer will teach a drop spindle class on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013.

The charity chair extended a thank-you to Guild members for charity knitting. Twenty-one members have contributed knitted items to 16 charities.

The newsletter chair seeks articles and reminded the Guild of the submission deadline of the 15th of each month.

Yarn Shop News:Baa Baa Sheep: is conducting a shawl contest in August and will celebrate its’ first anniversary on Tuesday, Aug. 27, with a

reception from 6-8 p.m. The shop has a group on Ravelry.  Classes and KAL’s can be found in the Ravelry group.

The Yarn Club: has received kits to knit bracelets and necklaces, as well as the “Zoom Loom” and kits to make farm animals from roving. Freza yarn is in stock now. The store will offer help clinics on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

The Knitting Corner: has buttons on sale as well as all books and patterns are 20 percent off regular price.

The president announced the Chesapeake Waterways Festival is Saturday, Oct. 12, and Sunday, Oct. 13. We will need Guild members to participate in the TKGV booth.

The Ways and Means committee conducted the raffle of various items.

The vice president led the program on the tab cast-on for shawls and offered several tips for making the tab cast-on easier to complete.

The Guild enjoyed the show and tell.

The September program will be different methods for joining yarns.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Katie Gerwien Secretary, TKGV

TKGV PROPOSED MEETING MINUTES 8/5/13

Store Closing The Knitting Corner will be closing on Sept. 28, 2013. Every-thing in the store is 20 percent off. Shop early for the best selec-tion as there will be no further markdowns. Thanks for all the years of support you have shown TKC.

Sue Von Ohlsen

It’s All About the Organizing Utility Tote (OUT) in September New catalogs are available - Call me if you want one.

September Monthly Customer Special: For every $35 you spend, get a

AN ORGANIZING UTILITY TOTE for only $15 A SUPER ORGANIZING UTILITY TOTE FOR ONLY $25

Visit my webpage to view the complete catalog, the monthly special, or place an order. Should you have any questions, or would like to receive the monthly specials flyers via email, feel free to contact me directly. Five percent of sales will be donated to the Guild. Spend $70 and get free personalization.

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