ALRIGHT, I'M SORRY!

As some of you were eating with me at lunch, the Knitting Club came to mind as I remembered that I forgot my knitting bag (at the same time as many others remembered they forgot theirs). Hey, it's the first week after (basically) three weeks off. I think it's okay that we forgot.

Alors, we will meet NEXT THURSDAY for sure. Lawrence's room. Last one there is a rotten egg.

Also, would any of you like you volunteer to become Vice President or secretary (manage the blog!) or something like that of the club? It'd be a good chance to get to know the people better, and assume a leadership role for practice when you begin to run a Fortune 500 company (haaa). Anyway, if you're interested, let me know!!

See you then mannnnn.

Snow?

Is anyone willing to donate their knitting to the Christmas Market? Just thought I'd ask.

Also, our room was locked today (Thursday)! As we all know, quiet at IBS is few and far between. However, do you guys want to try tomorrow (Friday)? Maybe during lunch?

Suggestions? Guys I really want to know what you think! I can't carry this club on my own. I've said it before-- all of us can knit individually. The difference between that, and being a club is communication.

Karen

KNITTING CLUB THIS THURSDAY!

We will resume with our scarves and hats! Anyone having any problems? Found any solutions? Louise came to a realization when Julie was knitting her hat, that because on round needles we don't flip the side over, there is a different pattern created. I believe Amanda will be trying out the round technique soon with a scarf.

See you then. And MEGAN, thanks for the comments! ;]

To my dear wooly sheep!

(Ha-- title kudos to Taibai)

This Thursday is, as you know, exams. Although having knitting club would be easy because it's in our lunch break, I think that everyone will be exhausted mentally (and from sitting all those hours) and should spend their time individually.

That being said, formally the knitting club will NOT meet this Thursday, but if you would like to get together and knit that is more than cool. :)

BEST OF LUCK ON YOUR EXAMS! Don't stress yourselves out!

Karen

P.S.: COMMENT AND TELL ME WHICH PICTURE WE WANT TO USE FOR THE ARTICLE. IT'S DUE AT THE END OF THIS WEEK!

Hooray!

Click on the pictures to see the full version.


















First, again, I am really sorry that I turned up late to the group. However, the fact that you guys met really rocks, and shows that there's more people interested in this than just me. Keep it up! Those who were knitting, your knitting has really come along. I'm always here for questions, and so is Madame Balandier-Brown (she probably knows a lot more technicalities than I do, to be honest).

Alright, so remember the article that is going into the IBS publication. COMMENT and let me know what you guys want to see in it-- this is OUR club. Franziska looks so pretty in the picture of just her!!

Also... does anyone else feel like maybe we should talk as a group? With a group of girls, of course we aren't just going to be friends right away. But there's no point in having a club if there's animosity and people aren't open-- people could just knit on their own. A club is about being able to share, growing together as a group, and doing what we want free of judgment. So maybe this next week we could have an open discussion, or at least the boarders could get together on Friday to talk? Let me know what you think.

Karen

Well that was awesome

Last Thursday went pretty well, huh? I'm pretty sure we all got started on at least casting on. Next week EVERYONE should have their own yarn (and if possible, needles). If you're buying needles they should be around 9.0mm or bigger, and buy big fluffy yarn to make a cozy scarf.

Also, any music suggestions for next week? Any suggestions at all?

See you Thursday at 1:30!

Karen

KNITTING THURSDAY!

Sorry, posting this a bit late, but there is knitting this Thursday the 13th in Mrs. Lawrence's room at 1:30!

I hope you all have your yarn. I can loan needles out, but I'll be writing names down for who's borrowing them (and also Mrs. Lawrence's). If you borrow, please don't lose or break them!

I'm bringing my camera. This will be freaking awesome. Who's ready to make a scarf? Do we think we can make anything for the Christmas market?

Karen

P.S.-- God, this internet SUCKS.

NO KNITTING THIS THURSDAY!

This is for you guys:





Have a great break. :]

Well..

I've been thinking about it, and I can't meet two times a week for two different groups. For the sake of my sanity (and yours, probably) how about we just keep it to thirty minutes on Thursday at 1:30? Would that be okay?

And, how many of you actually have yarn to bring this Thursday? If none of us have yarn, what do you guys want to do? Just eat lunch as a group, and talk?


We have to keep in mind Thursday is also Halloween Day, so... should we could also postpone the meeting until the Thursday after break, making VERY WELL SURE that we all have yarn.

Opinions, ideas, thoughts? Group name?

[P.S.-- thanks for posting, those who have! It's really encouraging to know you guys are involved and are trying to keep this going. :) ]

K

Hello!

I would please like everyone to bring yarn this Thursday. Mrs. Lawrence and I have extra needles, but if we're going to start on our scarves, we all need yarn that we like, can keep, and can work with.

Also, Friday didn't work out for me-- that was absolutely my fault. Do you guys want to meet maybe 45 minutes before dinner, start, then eat together?

Have a good weekend! Any thoughts for a name yet?

K

Excellent! I'm glad we met today.

Alright, here's what we decided:

1. Meetings:

-Thursday: 1:30
-Friday: 5:15


2. Think of group name.

3. Saturday? Meet and yarn shop for an hour?

We'll be talking about how to buy yarn for our first project (bulky comfortable scarf) tomorrow:




COMMENT and look at the rest of the blog! It's last years knitting club blog, so you can see some of the things we did.

Karen

Getting used to the blog...

So, writing/commenting/reading/checking a blog can be hard. But this is the best way to get everyone together and keep in touch.

I'll post links, dates when to meet, and times when we meet so it's important that you check this site! The knitting group in the USA used it last year.

TELL ME when you (YOU personally) can meet this week. Suggest a time to knit together. When should we go shop for yarn. Should we meet after school. ETC. COMMENT THIS POST and tell me.

By the way, an awesome guy back home recommended these contemporary knitting links. They can show you how fucking cool knitting is:

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/10/strange-knits-and-yarn-monsters.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asdN1jJw4EE

And Rusty... are you pumped to learn about diamonds!?

Hello current IBS knitters! Thank-you for looking at the blog. This is where you can post ideas, comments, suggestions... but right now I need all of you to comment this post and tell me what day and what time would work for you. If you're a boarder, put it. If you think boarders should meet on a different day because the group was too big last time, put it.

Thirty minutes during lunch just won't work out, however. I know finding free time here is hard, especially as our work gets stronger, but we can pull something together if we really want to, and work together.

Also, to the people who did turn up at Mrs. Lawrence's room today, I am SO INCREDIBLY SORRY. The knitting club IS continuing though, and I ask you to forgive me and still work towards getting this group together.

Have a great week, and please bookmark this link-- I'll update it at least weekly and I'll take pictures during the group of what we're doing (good for CAS), different patterns for hats or stitches, or dates for when we can all go together to go get yarn (lin).

!!!!

Karen

P.S. -- What do you want to call our group? Last year it was "The Old Women's Club".. kind of a funny misnomer because old women knit all the time, apparently.

Call for ideas...

Hey all.  How's the summer knitting coming?  Have we all moved on to lighter materials, dropping the knitting needles for sewing machines?  I hope not.

Here's my quandary:  The piece below was crocheted using 100 yds of 3/8" nylon rope.  The kitteh in the second picture is for scale.

I would like to crochet or knit a footstool/beanbag chair, but I am unsure where to find cheap material.  Worn climbing rope would be perfect, but again, I wouldn't know where to look. 

 

 

 

Any ideas?

Also, how are your projects coming?

Well, it's summer for sure

Hello lovely ladies (and men!). I'm sure this blog won't be checked that often now that school's out, but I thought I'd just give it a little poke, and give you guys something to think about.

This last year was amazing. That our group could rise to stardom, fall to no one, then make a comeback and end up in the yearbook is something else. I've appreciated you guys participating and getting together so much, and I just wanted to thank all of you guys for keeping it up, even when I wasn't partaking much myself.

So let's talk next year! I found out I was accepted to my school in Switzerland, so it's iffy whether or not I'm returning to TSAS. Regardless, I would really like the OWC to be maintained and recruiting new knitters, bakers, and crocheters. More than that (because of course it'll still be hoppin' next year) I want suggestions from you guys to figure out ways to keep it at a steady participation rate, with exciting things to look forward to each week. Was two days a week too much? Did you like baking? Did we need more knitting activities? Should we have taken field trips to Loops to do classes more often?

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!

Until then (I'm sure I'll see you guys around though), have an awesome and safe summer and come back in the fall with some new knitted lovelies. :]

Love you all dearly,

Karen

Pictures! Of creatures!

These little girls and guys were knitted or crocheted for our tutoring students.  The third graders loved them, though I heard "What are they?" a few times.  The best moment, though, was the wave of understanding that washed over each face as the student realized what he or she could do with the creatures.

A plush melee erupted at the back of the classroom.  Several stuffed squares were thrown.  There were no injuries.

Pics of happy faces will be posted soon.

Creatures galore.

So, the creatures for Kendall Whittier were great. We had a total of 14 of them made by today, and, luckily, that's how many kids there were towards the end of the last-day party. Thanks so much to everybody who helped, really. It was wonderful.

Next week, we'll actually be able to start on the hackey sacks! And disco balls, which are more or less the same thing. The disco balls are just bigger. Also, I think we had thought about trying to hold an OWC picnic. How does that sound to everyone? Probably next Monday, depending on this weather. But, hopefully the April Showers are nearing the end, and we can have a sunny day of yarn and cookies.

Stallings took some great pictures today at KW, and will hopefully be loading them soon! Thanks again, everybody.

Woo hoo! Another productive day for the man and women of the Old Women's Club!

We've completed over five knit monsters for the kids at KW, and we will continue to do so. Thank-you Stallings for providing the fluff. Yay!


I, Karen, also want to extend an invitation to all of you to my birthday party on Saturday. It will be at my house at seven, and it's a costume party-- dress like a sea creature (it's an "under the sea" theme). Just thought you should all know you're more than welcome.

Have an awesome week! Study for your finals! WE'RE ALMOST DONE!!

Karen

This last Monday was great-- and thank-you Mary for the delicious brownies! They were gone in an instant.

Kathryn, Brit Bear, and Andy are doing a great job at making little monsters for the kids at Kendell-Whittier. We have a little extra time, so if you'd like to make a monster, they're easy, and they're for the kids. C'mon, it's super cute, AND nice!

I attempted crocheting (I'll stick with knitting) and Stalling's was working on a crocheted Invisibility Star from Mario. It was rocking.

Let's all meet up on Monday! Bring your yarn, and some utensil. We'll eat and chat. Good times.

Karen

HEY!

Simple:

Knitting tomorrow, Shades.

There may even be baked goods involved. :D

Bring a crochet hook and yarn-- we're making the little square monsters for kids at Kendell Whittier (Kathryn reminded me. Thanks!). Super easy, super cute!


Karen