by Shela Perrin
Guest Speaker: Sivia Harding presents Roosimine and Vikkel - color work techniques In Person meeting at Rose City Park Presbyterian Church located at 1907 NE 45th Avenue, Portland, Oregon. 97213. Doors opened at 6:00pm for social knitting. In person and virtual program began at 7:00 pm and there was no entry after 7:00 pm. In person attendance is limited to 75 people so you must RSVP online to save a seat. Masks are recommended but not required. To continue to be accessible to everyone we will continue to have a virtual format. Meeting volunteers are needed to set up and put away chairs and tables, registration, meeting assistance, A/V support, the help desk, and to monitor the zoom chat. If you are interested please write to [email protected]. Seth Richardson is our volunteer chair and he can answer questions you may have. Sioux Van Kol made the acknowledgment of the land we are gathering on as traditionally stewarded by indigenous peoples since time immemorial. If you know of any upcoming fiber events or have a guild speaker or topic idea, please email those to [email protected]. Raffle prizes for this meeting include $25 gift certificate to JaMpdx as well as a $25 gift certificate to Sunny Day Fiber. If you participate in the show and tell you receive another chance to win a raffle prize. Virtual Knit Nights are every Monday from 6-8 pm Pacific Time. Knit and chat from the comfort of your home, pajamas are encouraged. Go to the website at puddletownknittersguild.com and Guild Events and click on the date to join the group. 2024 Membership: Annual membership is still $35.00 for the calendar year. Join or renew online. Scholarships and gift memberships are available. Email [email protected] or visit our website at puddletownknittersguild.com/membership. To make our guild more accessible, we have a membership scholarship program. To donate towards a membership or receive a scholarship simply send an email to [email protected]. In Memorium of an original member of the Puddletown Knitters Guild, Joanne Hagensick has passed away and will be missed. Joanne was an avid knitter. Bylaws Update: The board has reviewed and updated the guild’s bylaws. The amended version was voted on and adopted. Treasury Report: We currently have just over $12,000 in the bank. A full treasury Report is available on our website puddletownknittersguild.com under About Us and Finances. If you have questions please email [email protected]. Knit for Food: The fourth annual fundraiser for Knit for Food Knit-a-thon will be held on March 23, 2024. Puddletown Knitters Guild will have a watch party for the event. It will be on Saturday from 9:30 to12:30 at Rose City Park Presbyterian Church. This is a 12 hour knit-a-thon and 100% of the funds raised will be distributed to four organizations to abate food insecurity: Feeding America, World Central Kitchen, No Kid Hungry, and Meals on Wheels. You can also join online at nelkindesigns.com and there is more information under the FAQ section. Fundraise and knit whatever you are working on or knit for our Rose Haven 150 item sprint currently under way. Rose Haven is our service partner for 2024 and our goal is 150 adult accessories by April 13 2024. Currently we have approximately 40 items. Please keep knitting and crocheting warm adult accessories for our 150 item dash. We are striving for a cozy gift for every guest attending Rose Haven’s Mother’s Day Parade. Items are due at the April PKG meeting. Please remember to use machine washable yarn. A quick and cozy suggestion is the Checkbox Cowl by Ellen M. Silva. It takes 150-170 yards of Aran weight yarn on US size 9 needles. Pattern is free on Ravelry through April 11th, no code needed (the discount will show in the checkout). Thank you! Guest Speaker for tonight’s meeting is Sivia Harding. Fiber arts has been a life-long passion of Sivia’s beginning when she was 14 years old. She began knitting in 2000. Before that she had been a graphic designer for several years and earned a degree in painting and printmaking. Her designs and patterns are known for being innovative in their use of embellishments (especially beads), shapes and structure. She shared with us the technique called Roosimine and Vikkel. Roosimine is a color work process where you float your yarns as your knit. It produces an embossed texture and Vikkel braids which look like a horizontal line of knitting are complementary to Roosimine; the two techniques are often found together. She shared that you want to be relaxed, so the yarn is comfortably in place. One rule is to keep your floats short, no more than 1” long or 5 stitches. The braiding effect does not affect the elasticity of an item and she said the inlay would not be easily snagged if you keep to short floats. You can use more than 1 color and can use a fair isle pattern with this process. Sivia is widely published and on Ravelry as Sivia Harding Knit Design as well as her own website. Show and Tell: We had a variety of items shown, including a shawl with straight lines, cabled sweater, several cowls, a t-shirt, and a steeked sweater. Upcoming fibre events:
We have a shop at CafePress so you can show your love for Puddletown Knitters Guild. T-shirts, bags, stickers and more to choose from. They are online at in the PKG shop at CafePress (which can be reached from the Puddletown Knitters Guild website drop down menu as well). Next month, March 14, 2024 will feature Zeb Walter of Disco Fibers and he will be discussing making De-Stashing Easy.
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