Margaret’s Winning Beanie – handknitted and felted Our annual Beanie and Tea Cosy Competition was judged at our 1 May Sit and Knit meeting. Our judges Lindy and Valerie found the quality of the beanies and tea cosies was very high and the finishing to be of a very high standard. The 2011 winner is Margaret [...]
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Beanie and Tea Cosy Competition Winner
Posted in Events, Miscellaneous, Sit and Knit meets on May 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
November Sit and Knit
Posted in Events, Miscellaneous, Sit and Knit meets, Uncategorized, Wool sales on November 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Out next Sit and Knit meeting is from 2 p.m. on Sunday 7 November at Ross House. Kylie Gussett (http://gusset.net/blog/) will be selling her hand dyed yarns. There will also be a presentation from Marion who is going to spin yarn in Antarctica (http://www.spinningyarninantarctica.com/), and will then auction the yarn to raise funds to help [...]
Wool Show at Lang Lang
Posted in Events, Miscellaneous, Sit and Knit meets on September 1, 2010 |
The Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders Association (BCSBA) held their annual wool show at Lang Lang on Sunday 29 August 2010. A small group of members (Valerie, Yvonne, Margaret, Lindy and Anne) went to the show to represent the Handknitters Guild. The show was open from 9.30 a.m. until 3.30 p.m. Members of the Guild donated [...]
Library News
Posted in Library, Membership, Miscellaneous, Sit and Knit meets on September 1, 2010 |
New titles New books purchased for the library are:- The Great North American Afghan, Knitting the Perfect Pair which is a sock book, The Little Box of Scarves which has 20 cards of rather nice scarves, Colour Knitting Techniques and Jean Greenhow’s The McScarecrow Clan. Computerised Library Catalogue In the near future our library will [...]
Jewel of the Month
Posted in Miscellaneous, Sit and Knit meets on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
September‘s ‘Jewell of the Month’ is sapphire so there are all sorts of blue tones that can be used. October‘s ‘Jewel of the Month’ is the opal which has colours like green, blue, red and yellow or creamy pastels. You can knit beanies, squares, possum pouches or something for yourself.
Charity Knitting – Marsupial Pouches
Posted in Events, Membership, Miscellaneous, Sit and Knit meets on September 1, 2010 |
A thank you from the marsupials and possums for their lovely knitted pouches. Over 2000 pouches have been passed on to the Wildlife Victoria Carers and are very much appreciated. Thanks to everyone who has knitted these pouches. As part of our Charter, the Handknitters Guild Inc support many charities by knitting garments and items for them. Amongst these are Wildlife Victoria with [...]
Annual General Meeting 2010
Posted in Events, Sit and Knit meets on July 19, 2010 |
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at 1.30 p.m. on Sunday 1 August 2010 followed by the ‘Sit and Knit’ meeting. We sincerely thank Barbara Bugg for her eight years as President of the Handknitters Guild. Barbara decided not to stand for president again and thanked Valerie and Barbara Schembri for their great work [...]
Glen Waverley Library Knitting Group
Posted in Events, Sit and Knit meets on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Glen Waverley Library Knitting Group – Like a good yarn and knitting too? The Monash Library Service is organising a knitting group at the Glen Waverley Library that would meet regularly (maybe fortnightly). The first meeting will be Thursday 3 September at 6.30 p.m. calling for expressions of interest. Future meeting dates and times will be [...]
July 2009
Posted in Events, Membership, Miscellaneous, Sit and Knit meets on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Join us at our next ‘Sit and Knit’ meeting from 2 p.m. on Sunday 5 July at Ross House, 147 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Raffle tickets are still on sale and cost just $2. The knitted blanket made by our members looks fantastic. The blanket received great comments when it was on display last Saturday at [...]
May 2009
Posted in Events, Sit and Knit meets, Wool sales, Workshops on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our next ‘Sit and Knit’ meeting will be on Sunday 3 May 2009, between 2 and 5 p.m. at Ross House. We will be having a Biggest Afternoon Tea to raise money for Breast Cancer Research. Cost $3. Join us for a delicious afternoon tea. Daniel from Artisan Books (www.artisan.com.au) will also be visiting and [...]
