What Snow?

Well I chickened  out worrying everyone would come to Panera's on the 8th and get stuck on the way home in all the snow  that was predicted. I thought I would take a pic on Sunday and show everyone our winter wonderland. However the snow barely arrived and it was so warm on Sunday that there was NO snow to take a picture. I should have known better. The really big snows are never predicted: how else can they cause major mayhem?

But we had a small group on the 15th and I took a few pix. But it dawned on me that I had a real learning curve to achieve here. People watch crocheting blogs to see crocheting (or knitting as is very possible in this group). I took pix of  people, looking very intent and determined with their projects. What projects  you ask? Well I didn't take pix  of those, so there. I do promise to improve. 

Once the sun shines again, I will take a pic of the square afghan I made as a door prize (probably for the yarntini lunch). We discussed the project that Jenn S. forwarded to us: huggers for trees. Or as our imaginations ran wild: sweaters for dinosaurs. We really need to find a way to be involved in Pgh's 250th celebration.

Any ideas out there? 

Steeler Nation Afghan

This is the afghan all sewed together but needing an edging. It's amazing that that donated yarn and squares can come together this way.

Saturday, March 1

Doesn't everyone look really busy? We still had plenty of time to talk, and laugh and switch yarn from stashes. Which of course led to a description of Theresa's stash even without her there. Apparently words only fall short. Suffice to say that every married woman likes to show the "yarn closet" to their spouses because their personal stashes always fall short. Men's faces pale at the possibility of what their wives' stashes could look like.

How did Pat manage to not get in the picture?  

Typical Saturday

A nice size group was in attendance Saturday.We were working on quite a few projects. Lynn gave me the Steeler Nation afghan to put a border on but Rebecca finished sewing up all the edges on

the other side first. Thanks R! Pat really wants to make a sweater and practiced the esc which she has never used and found she liked how the stitches looked. We also discussed my extensive stash (which is by no means the largest in the group)and how it could help out some other's projects. 

Lynn and I got together Sunday and it looks like we put together enough baby homespun to make a baby blanket. I think I'll bring some yarn in my trunk next week to see if it helps anyone.

I'm debating putting up an unedged pic so you can see how one of these afghans grows. Placing the pieces kept Lynn up nights. Maybe for the next afghan we can get a picture log growing and put them together into a story.

Diane  PS I had the camera. I just forgot to use it!

Brainstorming

Welcome to Chrissy who is another techie into crochet; she was making a beautiful baby blankie which we thought the recipient would just love.

There would be a picture of her working on it if I knew how to work a camera properly. Nothing there and no idea what I did or didn't do so I would or wouldn't do that again!

    We started talking about the luncheon for next year's festival (Three Yarntini Lunch). There were so many ideas the voice of sanity (you know who you are) interjected and asked if all that could be accomplished during just one luncheon. We started paring down and planning a sequence to the activities and got better control of our ideas. I won't say too much yet because we need to get closer to what we all want.

    The other problem is where do we continue to meet? It was crowded at Panera's on Sat and while we always manage to gather everyone around, there are times when we could conceivably have 20 people show up. So we're brainstorming on a new place, too. We want all the people we invited at the festival to come to a get together and be comfy. 

We are getting ready for some changes, fur shur.  

Festival Fun

Well most of us made it to the festival. The display was set up in the Warmup America room and we had flyers and bookmarks to hand out. We all met different people at different times who might be interested in the group. So we are looking forward to seeing some new faces this Saturday.

There are 3 river buttons that were handed out. If you didn't get one, speak up.

We took every sort of class, perhaps we will have some ideas for our lessons on 2nd Saturday.

How to join motifs as you go may be one. If there's something you would like to see covered or you can show us, just send an email or just speak up.

We will also discover this Saturday how much damage was done to pocketbooks at the yarn market. What was irresistible? Did you buy a bunny? a spinning wheel? Taking a class at one of our (we are so lucky to have) LYS?

Yarnies came from rather far because this type of event wasn't available at home.

Thanks Barb. We're looking forward to next year.  

Plannng for the festival

We were really busy at the meeting on the 2nd. We want people to get to know the group and have been planning a table. Look for a storyboard from Stacy, fliers on the Three Yarntini Lunch which we hope to sponsor next festival, and buttons for our members. There should be bookmarks to remember us by and encourage you to stop by our regular meetings.

We're always discussing something new. We don't need caffeine drinks, just crochet time together.