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!

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 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.

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 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.

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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.

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 20^th, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, Saturday March 21^st, 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.