TIDEWATER KNITTING GUILD OF VIRGINIA January 2014

A message from our president ! I think one of my 2013 knitting resolutions was to downsize my stash, which I thought I was doing until I had to empty my yarn room a couple of weeks ago for new carpeting. I lost count after the 15th trip to the garage with “stuff” from that room. Thank

goodness I had Linda’s help; otherwise I probably would have started chucking stuff out the window. One thing is for certain: I won’t be moving it all back up to the room. Our January yarn yard sale, and of course our swap table at our retreat for leftover, could not come at better times.!!! Speaking of retreats, please get your registration in soon. Our Feb. 3 meeting is the deadline for registration. The committee is working on the details and gathering wonderful treats for your registration bags. The weekend promises to be a fun, relaxing event with lots of knitting, food and friends. It doesn’t get any better than that.! ! The board will be meeting in January to

make plans for the year. So, if you have any ideas for programs or events, please bring them up at the January meeting. I also am looking for suggestions for a charity to spotlight for our 2014 holiday party. I can’t tell you how impressed I was to see all the donations made to St. Mary’s Home at our recent holiday party. When a call for help is made, this Guild definitely steps forward. Thank you all for your contributions not only with knitted items, but other items on St. Mary’s wish list. And thank you Beverly for bringing that strawberry cake. YUM!!! Besides the yarn yard sale at the January meeting, we will reveal your 2013 resolutions submitted last January and see if you remembered what you wrote and if you accomplished your goals. Be prepared to jot down your knitting resolutions and goals for 2014. See you in the New Year.! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Debbie Henderson

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NEXT MEETING

Monday, Jan. 6

• 7 p.m., Meet & Greet

• 7:15 p.m., Meeting & Yarn Yard Sale

!WE MEET AT:

Penthouse, Westminster Canterbury 3100 Shore Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23451 !!!NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

Submissions for the February issue of the newsletter are due Jan. 15. Email Editor Sonja Barisic at snbarisic@gmail.com.

!INSIDE

• 2 Calendar, Birthdays, Treasurer’s Report, Charity Knitting, Meeting Minutes

• 3 Holiday Party Photos

• 4 Thank-you notes from St. Mary’s Home, St. Andrew’s

Purls of Wisdom!

Salim enjoyed feeling the soft yarn used to make some of the gifts donated to St. Mary’s.

TIDEWATER KNITTING GUILD OF VIRGINIA January 2014

Charity knitting: Items for St. Mary's By Chris Goudeau A big THANK-YOU to everyone who came and donated to our holiday party at St. Mary’s Home. It was a big success! !! I will be totaling up all of your items that were donated during the 2013 year. We will be announcing our first-, second- and third-place charity knitting/crochet winners. If you have any items that you donated during the month of December and did not get a chance to put them on the charity log, please let me know.! 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. Thank you. !

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EVENT CALENDAR

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JAN. 6 Help Clinic, 6:30 p.m. Guild Meeting, 7 p.m. Penthouse, Westminster Canterbury, 3100 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach

FEB. 3 Help Clinic, 6:30 p.m. Guild Meeting, 7 p.m.

FEB. 3 Deadline to register for retreat.

MARCH 4 Help Clinic, 6:30 p.m. Guild Meeting, 7 p.m.

MARCH 6-9 TKGV 2nd Annual “Knitting by the Sea” Retreat Details in previous newsletter.

Vickie McLean, Jan. 3

Marilyn Estrada, Jan. 7

Vici Kahookele, Jan. 13

Vicky Shearin, Jan. 20

TREASURER’S REPORT The Guild’s bank account balance is $4,350.

Beverly Boler

MEMBER BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH

TKGV proposed meeting minutes! ! The President called the December 2013 meeting and holiday party at St. Mary’s Home to order at 7:46 p.m., after members enjoyed a potluck dinner.! The president extended birthday wishes to Guild members celebrating December birthdays.! The November 2013 meeting minutes were approved.! The president thanked members for all of the gifts to St. Mary’s. Members were reminded to complete the charity gift log.! January meeting is the Yarn Yard Sale, so bring any yarn you wish to sell.! The TKGV knitting retreat being held March 6-9 in Corolla, N.C. was discussed. Participant size is limited to the first 30 members who enroll. Classes have been detailed on the enrollment forms in the December newsletter. A new thread has been opened on Ravelry for submission of photos for the contest to choose the yarn colors. ! A member suggested contacting a technical person to design a website for TKGV, as the current blog spot is dated and cannot be easily accessed by members to post items.! 2012 resolutions will be opened during January’s meeting.! The Guild held the raffles, and enjoyed show and tell. ! There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:44 pm.!!! Respectfully submitted,!

Debbie Goodman ! Secretary, TKGV!

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Holiday Party at St. Mary’s Home!! Clockwise from top right: Salim, 9, who lives at St. Mary’s, with Guild President Debbie Henderson; Guild members shared many delightful foods; Jackie Scott was the winner of the Super Raffle; the bag of goodies for the Super Raffle was overflowing; Jorge, 14, who lives at St. Mary’s, checked out the gift table; the gift table was loaded with gorgeous hand-knit items and other donations.

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The Yarn Club wishes everyone a happy and healthy New Year. Our neighborhood just got a little bit sweeter. Neighborhood Fiber Company and Ann Weaver are coming to The Yarn Club on Feb. 1. Ann will be available for book signings and design questions. Karida will be here with her amazing yarns and fibers. Check out the fabulous new Chromium yarn in all of Karida's splendid colors. Mark your calendar for this all-day event! In January we are offering a few popular classes. We have a fantastic beginner sock class, Entrelac with Dani, Seaming Your Sweater with Debbie, the Clydesdale Cowl with Rusty, and Chuck's Tech and Technique class. All the details can be found at http://www.yarnclubknits.com/Classes_Events_Yarn_Club.html. Keep those needles and hooks hopping, Andrea

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Thank you to the Tidewater Knitting Guild !From: Deane SobolSent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:14 PMTo: Jackie ScottSubject: Scarves Donated by the Knitting Guild! ! Jackie, please convey my heartfelt thanks to the Knitting Guild for all of the wonderful scarves that they knitted for the homeless. Our goal was 130 scarves and we received 140. It is so gratifying when so many different people help to see a project come to fruition. Robin and I took the scarves to the sandwich line today and began giving them out. With the variety of styles and colors that we had, we were able to give them scarves in their favorite colors. The scarves will continue to be given out over the ensuing weeks. Again, many thanks for the donation; it was greatly appreciated by the recipients.!!(Eds. note: The scarves are being distributed by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in West Ghent in Norfolk.)

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