The next meeting of the clackers will be September 22 at 7:30 pm. This meeting will be held at Deborah house. (Check your membership book for address).
The Clackers knitting group has been knitting lace projects this year. If you have a lace project please bring it for show and tell at the June General meeting.
The group will have their wind up POT LUCK DINNER at Laura’s house on Tuesday June 23rd starting at 6:30 pm. Please bring something to share for the dinner. Laura’s address is in the membership book. Also bring your lace projects to this get together so that we can admire them. Ideas for next year’s study of knitting would be most welcome. See you thee Clackers!
The Clackers will meet at Linda’s house on Tuesday May 26th at 7:30 pm. We will continue with the lace projects and also try putting together our felted pieces to make a rug. Please bring a sewing needle with a large eye and some ideas how we can do this!
A knitters guild for knitter (and wannabe knitters) living in Abbotsford, Langley, Surrey and surrounding areas.
We meet on the 4th Wednesday of every month at 7:30 at Choo Choo’s Restaurant, 20559 Fraser Highway, Langley. Membership is $20.00/year with the year starting in September.
Members receive a 10% discount on purchases at certain yarn stores in the Lower Mainland. (Knitopia and 88 Stitches).
For more information contact Jodi. Phone 604-856-6849. Email Sajomaro@gmail.com
Knit cast off
Knit the first stitch,
*Place the point of the left needle in the back of the stitch that you just knitted. Leave it there and knit into the next stitch on the left needle. When you put the right needle into the next stitch you will see a cross form. The right needle is in the bottom of the cross. Pull the new stitch that you are knitting through the bottom of the cross.* Repeat from *to*until all the stitches are cast off.
Purl cast off
Purl the first stitch.
*Place the tip of the left needle in the back of the stitch that you have just purled. Place the point of the right needle in the next stitch as if to purl and purl the two stitches together.* Repeat from *to*until all the stitches are cast off.
March Clackers meeting will be held at Denise’s house, starting at 7:30 pm on Tuesday March 24th.
We will go on with our lace projects and also try to begin the process of putting together the felted mats that we began last year. Bring books, anything knitters would be interested in seeing or hearing and your present project.
The Crazy Clackers have been busy. Here are some images of what they have been doing lately.
The Clackers knitting group met at Lin’s this month. Here are some pictures of our lace projects in progress. They are not washed and blocked of course and many will look very different when that happens.
We tried loose casting off and II have attached the instructions that I wrote for this. It can be done using the same needle that you are using for the body of the work It is most applicable for lace work and any edge that you would like to have some stretch. e.g. tops of socks, cuffs of sleeves, scarves knitted lengthwise.
The Clackers knitting group will be meeting at Lin’s house NOT Elly’s on Tuesday 24th February at 7:30 pm.
The February Clackers Meeting will be held at Elly’s house on Tuesday February 23rd at 7:30 pm. Her address is in the membership book.
As the January get together was cancelled due to snow we will have the same programme which is outlined below.
Feel free to bring show and tell of projects, books, gadgets etc. We are still doing our lace projects, so bring yours along or any other project if you are not knitting lace. This time we will look at casting off loosely for lace, so if you want to try this please see if you can come with a square knitted in a simple lace or any other square so that we can try casting off. Casting off loosely is also useful for many other projects. As well as your usual needle bring a needle two or three sizes larger than the one that you are using to knit the square. We will also begin to discuss lace borders. Everyone welcome.
Penelope Fibre Arts of Surrey, B.C. is pleased to announce “FIBRES WEST”, an event to take place March 20 and 21st, 2009 at the AgRec Building on the Abbotsford Exhibition Park Grounds. Come join us for two days of shopping, education and inspiration. Check out our website www.fibreswest.com and blog for all the details. New vendors are being added all the time, so please check back regularly to get a full list of who will be attending.
To date we have booked two excellent speakers for the show, Ivan Sayers, the entertaining past costume curator of the Vancouver Museum who will be speaking on historical knitting, and Judith Glibbery, expert on all things “sheep” who will be speaking on spinning fine fleece. Stay tuned for more speakers.
Besides tempting you with fibre vendors there will be an Artisan’s Gallery to inspire, a Master Spinner, Knitter and Weaver booth where you can ask all your burning questions, Fibre Animals, demos, and much more.
The fine print:
Abbotsford Exhibition Park, AgRec Building, 32470 Haida Drive, Abbotsford
Friday March 20th, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, Saturday March 21st, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Admission is $5 and $3.50 for seniors/students, children 12 and under free.
Parking is free, directions to the venue are on the website. There is no ABM at the site but most vendors take Mastercard/Visa as well as cash. Refreshments available.
*Interested in volunteering ? Please call Brenda Alexander at (778)292-1282 or email info@penelopefibrearts.com for more info. We need volunteers to relieve our vendors at their booths, man the cash desk etc… We’d love to hear from you ! Free admission and refreshments will be provided for all volunteers.