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Windy City Knitting Guild: 4821 North Leavitt, Chicago, Illinois 60625 www.windycityknittingguild.com
MAY 2019
IN THIS ISSUEGuild News 2 Knitting News 3 Reviews 4 Show & Share 5 Shop News 7 About Our Guild 8
UPCOMING WCKG EVENTSMay Meeting Welles Park: 2333 W Sunnyside Ave Tuesday, May 14, 2019 6:45 – 8:45 pm Refreshments: Mary C & Tina S
June Meeting Welles Park: 2333 W Sunnyside Ave Tuesday, June 11, 2019 6:45 – 8:45 pm Refreshments: Hannah J & Shirley Y
UPCOMING FIBER EVENTSSalomon Farm Park Fiber Arts Celebration 2019 Fort Wayne, Indiana May 17–18, 2019
Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival June 7–8, 2019 Franklin, Indiana
Stitches Midwest Schaumburg, Illinois August 2–4, 2019
Michigan Fiber Festival August 14–18, 2019 Allegan, Michigan
Charity KnittingEach year our guild encourages members to make items for charity. Please save your donations and bring them to our October meeting (traditionally our Charity Month). We will then deliver the items to the charity programs towards the end of the year. As always, if you know of a charity that needs knitted items or one to which you have donated to in the past, please bring this to the attention of a board member. Here are a few of the groups we are supporting in 2019:
Cancer Wellness Center ■ Yarn should be soft and machine washable■ Seeks knit hats for adults (small, medium or large)■ All items should be labeled with the fiber content and cleaning instructions■ Visit www.headhuggers.org for free patterns
The Snuggles Project ■ Collects blankets for shelter pets■ Use machine washable cotton or acrylic yarns■ Ends should be double-knotted and fastened off long and woven through the work to prevent unraveling■ Visit www.snugglesproject.org/library/knit.html for free patterns
The Seaman’s Church Institute ■ Use machine washable yarn (washable wools and wool blends are preferred)■ Choose colors for men (preferably dark colors)■ Do not embellish the items with fringe, tassels or pom-poms ■ Visit seamenschurch.org/ for free patterns
Wool-Aid ■ Supplies warm woolens for monks, nuns, and schoolchildren in remote areas ■ Fiber must be at least 80% wool content (or other animal fiber)■ Accepts sweaters, vests, socks, hats, mittens, blankets, and 10” blanket squares
Someone recently reached out to the guild offering a large supply of yarn and needles to be used in charity projects. We are making arrangements to get those items to our May meeting, so you can pick some up for your charity knitting needs! Join us in May for fiber and conversation as we work on our charity knitting/crocheting and other projects.
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Guild NewsApril Meeting RecapAt our April meeting we all got a lesson mosaic knitting. Rosie P brought in her copy of Barbara Walker’s book on mosaic knitting along with printed charts and instructions.
After a short discussion, guild members got out their yarn and needles to try it out. By the time our meeting was over, a few people had swatches that were pretty far along. We hope to see some finished projects at Show & Share over the next few months.
We also discussed charity knitting and topics for future meetings. Sam will be able to teach her popular dyeing class at the Welles Park Clubhouse, so stay tuned for more information as we decide on the right month for a class.
Mosaic Knitting Resources
If you couldn’t make it to our April meeting, or if you didn’t quite get it at the time, here are a few helpful articles and tips on mosaic knitting:
A Well-Kept Secret: Mosaic Knitting by Ann McDonald Kelly, available on the Interweave blog: www.interweave.com/article/knitting/tech-tip-mosaic-knitting/
Mosaic Knitting 101: The Magic of Slip Stitch Colorwork by Toby Kuhnke, available on allfreeknitting.com: www.allfreeknitting.com/Knitting-Tutorials/Mosaic-Knitting
How to Read Mosaic Knitting Charts by Helena Asmus, available on her blog: www.clearlyhelena.com/how-to-read-mosaic-knitting-charts/
You might also want to look for these books by Barbara Walker, all from Schoolhouse Press:
■ Mosaic Knitting ■ A Treasury of Knitting Patterns ■ A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns ■ Charted Knitting Designs: A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns ■ A Fourth Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Repair RequestThe guild received a request from Anna L, who is looking for someone to help mend a blanket that she inherited. It appears to be crochet.
Please contact [email protected] if you would be able to help out or direct her to someone who can.
Any help would be appreciated!
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Knitting NewsMother’s Day LYS TrolleyLooking for the perfect Mother’s Day experience? Hop aboard the Windy City LYS Mother’s Day Trolley!
Sunday, May 11, 2:45 – 7:00
Daughters and sons, grab your moms and join Knit 1, Sister-Arts Studio, Firefly Fiber Arts Studio and Nina Chicago for a fun-filled tour to each shop!
This 4-hour tour starts at Knit 1. Park your car and head into the shop where you’ll meet your guide and pick up your special Mother’s Day goody-filled tote bag. Shop for 45 minues while enjoying local treats and beverages, then board our trolley to continue the tour to the next LYS. En route, knit, crochet, relax, and enjoy the tour as we guide you to each shop, sharing the unique characteristics they bring to the Chicago fiber community.
Click here to register: https://www.ninachicago.com/event/windy-city-lys-tour-mothers-day-trolley/
Winnetka Rummage SaleThursday, May 9, 2019 7:00 am – 3:00 pm
Harkness Outreach Center & Winnetka Community House 630 Lincoln Avenue Winnetka, Illinois
A historical Winnetka tradition for over 80 years, the WCC Spring Rummage Sale is one of the largest in the area with over 25 departments of new or gently used kids, teen, and adult clothing, contemporary & designer wear, outerwear, shoes, fashion accessories, housewares, furniture, rugs, lamps, sporting goods, toys, books and music, electronics, pictures, linens, dishes, china and crystal, vintage items, jewelry and much more!
ALL net proceeds from this community-wide effort go to over 40 Chicagoland humanitarian agencies.
WCC Rummage
Mascot
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Reviews
While this book contains nothing about knitting, it has much to offer knitters. The author is a British archaeologist and medieval historian. He has participated in various BBC TV programs about historical farming and agriculture.
He examines the origins of many traditional ways of doing and making things from earlier eras, including raising sheep, spinning, weaving and basket making. Plus stone walls, haying, bee skeps (basket hives), thatching, and more.
All of this shows his deep respect for the wisdom and resourcefulness of our forebears, and the importance of the recovery of some of that lost knowledge and skill. “We’ve conflated craft with skill and design with art, when. . . it should be about more than just making. It is the power, the force, the knowledge and the wisdom behind making—the craeft behind it.”
By association, we can appreciate the value that knitting has for keeping those we care for warm and comfortable in a well-fitted garment in a throw-away fashion world, and the processes and development of the materials and skills that support it.
– Cathy G
Once again, we can be thankful for being in the midst of an amazing age of knitting documentation. This is the first volume in a series documenting the richness of knitting in Estonia, a small country on the Baltic Sea. Well-translated into English, it includes a history of Estonian knitting, garment types knitted in the 1700-1800’s, yarn, needles and colors, techniques and a dictionary of 212 stitch patterns reproduced and graphed from Estonian knitwear, all with clear photos and diagrams. The authors are textile scholars and enthusiasts. Very helpfully, the endpapers include a map of the location of the parishes of that era, so you can tell where things came from.
The history starts with nalbinding, then a pair of silk stockings at an archaeological site, and moves into the richness of museum collections documenting knitwear from the 18th-20th centuries. Girls were taught to knit before the age of 7 by family members, and the quantity and quality of knitwear was considered an impressive female accomplishment, pivotal to her future wedding festivities. Museums have collected legwarmers, socks, stocking, mittens, gloves, wrist warmers, jackets and sweaters, undergarments, hats, swaddling strips, scarves and shawls, and that’s before 20th century fashion knitting began.
In addition to studying the serious documentation it is fun for today’s knitters to see that our “latest” techniques have sometimes been around for quite a while—short rows, brioche, entrelac, lace knitting and more. I suspect that knitters have enjoyed trying out new things, just like today. Sit down and try out some of the numerous cast-ons, wonderful knit-and-purl textured patterns, stranded colorwork, inlay patterns, braids, traveling stiches, textured stitches, lace, fringes, and more. Don’t miss the sections on lovely patchwork knitting bags or the famous Haapsalu lace shawls.
This is a clear and thorough book, which offers much fun, whether a knitter aspires to dive deep into Estonian traditions or apply the elements to today’s knitting. Volume 2 is also available now, covering socks and stockings, while Volume 3 will discuss gloves and mittens. Look for these from Schoolhouse Press, and bear in mind that their prices reflect the substantial size (300 pages) and heft of these volumes and the shipping required to import them to share with the knitters of the world.
– Cathy G
Craeft Alexander Langlands W.W. Norton and Company, 2017 $16.95
Estonian Knitting 1 Traditions and Techniques Anu Pink, Siiri Reimann, Kristi Joeste SAARA Publishing House, 2016 $75.00
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Show & ShareApril 2019, Recorded by Marcie C, Photos by Tina S
Knitter: Sam L Pattern: Stricken
www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stricken-2 Designer: Sarah Abram
Yarn: Xauberball/Karabella silk lace merino
Knitter: Marcie C Pattern: Russian Winter Hat
www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/russian-winter- hat--purse
Designer: Lisa Ellis Designs
Knitter: Sam L Pattern: Evenstar
www.ravelry.com/projects/roblingt/evenstar-shawl Designer: Susan Pandorf
Yarn: Fingering weight Merino wool
Knitter: Hannah J Pattern: Hitchhiker
www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hitchhiker Designer: Martina Behm
Yarn: Knitting Fever Painted Desert (Angelic)
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Knitter: Tina S Pattern: Fair Isle Hat
Designer: Meg Swanson Yarn: Wool from Norway
Show & ShareApril 2019, Recorded by Marcie C, Photos by Tina S
Knitter: Tina S Pattern: Tina’s own design
Yarn: Sun Valley Fibers merino/silk/cashmere
Knitter: Elisabeth M Pattern: Two-Color Brioche Shawl
www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/03- two-color-brioche-shawl
Elisabeth wrote out her own chart for the written pattern! Designer: Unjung Yun
In addition to all the great projects made by our members,everyone was also very impressed and had to get a closer look at Hannah J’s socks,
which she bought at YarnCon and are made from recycled materials.
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Shop NewsKnitche, Inc.
5221 Main Street, Downers Grove www.knitche.com
This month, Knitche’s pop-up boutique will be featuring the hand-dyed yarns of Julie Asselin.
The Fold 3316 Millstream Road, Marengo
www.thefoldatmc.netMemorial Day Sale
Monday, May 27
Going on now: the 50% or more off everything sale continues through Saturday, May 25th,
On Monday, May 27th, Memorial Day, The Fold’s $1/item sale in the garage begins at 10 am and continues through 1 pm. The inside shop will not be open Memorial Day, in order to concentrate on the garage excitement.
Sister-Arts Studio 721 West Wrightwood
www.sisterartsstudio.comKnitting Cruise!
September 15 – 22
Join the Facebook group Yarn Pals and Sister-Arts Studio for a cruise up the New England and Canadian coast on the Norwegian Escape!
The week-long cruise will depart from New York and sail along the coastline of Canada and New England. Witness the changing Fall foliage, one of nature’s amazing spectacles.
This knitting adventure will be packed with a number of activities, including a cocktail party with the Yarn Pals group, nightly knit-ins, exclusive Yarn Pals excursions, and other social gatherings on the ship.
Knitting and crochet classes will be taught by Sister-Arts Studio on the two days at sea.
Email [email protected] for the full flyer, or visit the Yarn Pals group on Facebook to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/519011414928086/
Knit1 3851 North Lincoln
www.knit1chgo.comBrooklyn Tweed Weekend
June 14 – 16
Knit1 is partnering with Brooklyn Tweed for a weekend of knitting, inspriration and education.
Friday, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Meet & greet and trunk show with knitwear designer Emily Greene.
Saturday, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm A Day with Brooklyn Tweed will feature conversations and various presentations from members of the Brooklyn Tweed team. As part of your registration you’ll receive an event tote bag with a skein of Brooklyn Tweed Loft and an exclusive project.
Breakfast pastries and a full lunch will be provided, plus tea, juice, and soft drinks will be available all day, along with a happy hour drink! Knit 1 will also be hosting an after hours party for those registrants who haven’t gotten enough after happy hour!
Sunday, 10:00 pm – 1:00 pm Divide Hat Workshop with Emily Greene
Learn more and register for these events at: http://www.knit1chgo.com/knit-1-loves-brooklyn-tweed
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Windy City Knitting Guild is an educational and social club. The purpose of this organization shall be to promote interest and skill in knitting, while encouraging high standards of quality workmanship.
The Windy City Knitting Guild meets the second Tuesday of each month, 6:45 to 8:45 pm, at:
Welles Park Clubroom 2333 West Sunnyside Avenue, Chicago
WCKG is a 501(c)(7) organization. We do not discriminate. All knitters, from beginners to designers and teachers, are welcome at our meetings. As a prospective member, we encourage you to attend a few meetings. Check us out and, if you like, join.
For questions about or issues with receiving the newsletter, please contact the Membership Chair.
Annual membership costs $25 for the calendar year. This money helps us send 12 newsletters via email each year and pay for monthly programs. You will receive a 10% discount at participating yarn shops and discounted fees for our weekend workshops and classes.
If you would like to join, make your check out to Windy City Knitting Guild for $25 and mail it to:
WCKG Treasurer 4821 North Leavitt Chicago, Illinois 60625
Call (773) 769-2362 if you have questions. Membership fees are non-refundable. You also have the option of paying for membership through our website using PayPal.
The contents of the Windy City Knitting Guild newsletter are ©2019. All rights reserved.
About Our Guild
President TBA
Vice President Tina S [email protected]
Treasurer/Membership Chair Rosemary P [email protected]
Secretary Mary E [email protected]
Webmaster Laura O [email protected]
Members-at-Large Marcie C Ellie P Elisabeth M Julie S
Monthly Program Coordinator TBA
Weekend Workshop Coordinator TBA
Newsletter Editor Rebekah A [email protected]
Email your newsletter submissions to [email protected].
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