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February 2023 Meeting Recap: Member Tips and Susan Plack presents Let's Knit Fast! AKA Boost Your Speed With A Knitting Machine!

2/28/2023

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by Shela Perrin​​

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the meeting was switched to be virtual only on Zoom from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Meetings will return to a hybrid virtual  and in-person for the next meeting, March 9th. In person meeting is held at Rose City Park  Presbyterian Church located at 1907 NE 45th Avenue, Portland, OR. 6:00pm to 7:00pm is  social knitting, meeting runs from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Capacity is restricted so RSPV is  required to reserve a seat. Proof of Bivalent Booster vaccination can be emailed to rsvp@puddletownknittersguild.com or checked at the door. Masks are also required for the in person meeting. Meeting volunteers are needed to set  up chairs, greet other members and help monitor the zoom chat. Please let us know if you can  help when you RSVP or by filling out this form. 

Membership new or renewal is available through the website at the Membership page. Cost  is $35.00. Scholarships and Gift Memberships are available. Questions can be sent to membership@puddletownknittersguild.com. 

If you have ideas for programming and/or speaker suggestions please share them at  programs@puddletownknittersguild.com. 

Virtual knit night is every Monday evening between 6:00pm and 8:00pm Pacific time, drop in  anytime and pajamas are encouraged. Visit the Guild Events page on our website for a current  link. 

Member Tips are open for anyone wishing to share your favorite tips. Send a note to  info@puddletownknittersguild.com if you are interested. 

Local fiber events:
  • Red Alder Fiber Arts Retreat is Feb 16th - 19th in Tacoma Washington. Classes and a fiber  marketplace will be offered. 
  • Rose City Yarn Crawl is Feb 23rd - 26th in the Portland Metro area in its 14th year. 
  • Aurora Colony Handspinners Guild is featuring Antique Spinning Wheel showcase, Saturday  March 11th 10-4 and Sunday March 12th 12-4 located at 15018 2nd St, NE, Aurora, OR.  Admission is $6.00 for adults, $5.00 for students and seniors and children under 5 are free. 
  • Abernethy Spring Fiber Sale is Saturday March 18th 10-4 at the Abernethy Grange 15745 S.  Harley Ave in Oregon City, OR. 

This month Margaret Wendell shared the knitting podcasts she enjoys the most:
  • ​Entertaining: Fruity Knitting Podcast, Carlos & Arne, and Yarniacs 
  • Inspirational: TLYarnCrafts with Toni Lipsey, Skeins of Dreams with Meghan Jampani, and  Fiberchats with Irvine Shaar especially a series The Secret To Becoming A Better Knitter 
  • Instructive Tutorials: Suzanne Bryan with clear detailed instructions, Willie Smith  @willienillieknits, and Very Pink Podcast with Staci Perry 
Our service project to benefit foster children challenge for April is toddler sweaters 2T and 3T and infant  sized are emphasized to be due in April. Baby blankets are a year long need as well. Please bring your items knit in SOFT WASHABLE YARN to the March or April meetings or send a note  to outreach@puddletownknittersguild.com to arrange delivery. 

Susan Plack introduced us to the mechanics and inspiration of machine knitting through a  demonstration of how a knitting machine makes knitted fabric. She discussed strategies for  creating unique projects quickly and encouraged exploration of what is possible with the use of  a knitting machine. Susan is a fiber artist who has created and taught many different fiber arts.  She currently teaches fibber arts classes at Fiber Rythm Craft & Design. Her area of  specialization is machine knitting socks and to date she has knit 245 pairs. The variety of  things to make on a knitting machine are endless: color work, ribbing, lace, basic sweaters,  socks, jar covers, and you can add hand-done elements when desired. You will likely have to  do a swatch to make sure the gauge matches your machine knitted fabric. The machine  dictates if you can use fingering or small yarn weight or worsted and larger yarns. You can knit  in the round, do a 2x2 cross intermittently in your fabric, cable, etc. The newer machines are  made of plastic so look for an older one. Susan is available at plaxxxx@gmail.com to help and  also Anna is doing machine knitting and can be resourced. Also Karolyn Rainey teaches a  zoom knitting class and Susan recommends taking one. There is also a repair person in  Washington, if you email Susan she can get you the contact. 

Raffle prizes for February meeting are 2 $30 gift certificates to Weird Sisters Yarn Shop in St  John’s and 2 $30 gift certificates to Close Knit Yarn Shop on Alberta. Announcements will be  sent to the winners by Sunday following our meeting. 

Show and Tell: Stephen West’s Twist and Turn MKAL was featured. Please send pictures and  yarn information to showandtell@puddletownknittersguild.com before you go to bed on  Tuesday March 7th. 
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March meeting we are presenting Brioche Knit Love with Michele Lee Bernstein who designs  and teaches from her home in Portland, Oregon. She loves using interesting techniques to  make small objects from one or two skeins of very special yarn. She will share her history with  brioche knitting and samples from her new book, Brioche Knit Love. Bring your US 15 needles  and super bulky yarn or worsted weight and US 6 needles. Her presentation will include a  starter one-color brioche project.
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