The next Knitting & Crochet Meetup will be August 11th at South Waco Library, 2737 South 18th Street, 5 to 7 pm in the meeting room (front left). Hope you can join us!
Waco Knitter Celine is in town from France and so we got together at Chuy's for Happy Hour July 28th to visit and welcome her back. Barbara H, Christy, Julie, Wendy, Kimberly, Laura and Celine enjoyed chatting, snacking, catching up and some crocheting. Six items were collected for donations. Thank you.
The next Knitting & Crochet Meetup will be August 11th at South Waco Library, 2737 South 18th Street, 5 to 7 pm in the meeting room (front left). Hope you can join us! Welcome newcomers Jordan, Caitlin and Lindsay! So glad you found us and joined us for a meetup.
Maggie, Tina and Jane joined us again for some knitting and crocheting. 10 year old Jane knit a creative hat and donated it for a newborn. Newcomer Jordan is teaching Caitlin to crochet. Newcomer Lindsay and Jessica are spinning fiber. Beth finished one of her hand warmers knit with her luscious handspun wool. Roy is loom knitting socks which is proving to be a challenge but he will conquer it! Roy & Beth invited spinners to join them Aug 1st for a "High on Fiber Spin In" at their home. Kaitlan is knitting wonderful kilt socks for her son. Yolande had a baby blanket and baby hats for donation. Thank you. Barbara H was a fun Chatty Cathy. Meghan is crocheting scrubbies. Glenda crocheted a darling baby sunbonnet to donate and is working her Mart spirit blanket. Thank you. Rebecca is knitting a hat for a veteran. Joyce is crocheting a cute baby hat. Laura is crocheting a camo hat with ear flaps. Karen is knitting her second of TEN baby sweaters and it's awesome! Christy is crocheting a colorful granny square afghan. Gayle is making progress on her delightful lace scarf. Many crochet and knit patterns & magazines were offered to attendees. The leftover magazines were donated to the library to sell for a quarter to anyone interested and the monies go to Friends of the Library. Thanks for coming to this lively knit & crochet meetup. Hope everyone had a few laughs and enjoyed the camaraderie. There sure were a lot of smiles shared. The next Knitting & Crochet Meetup is Tuesday August 11th at South Waco Library 5pm. Kaitlan will demonstrate Tunisian Crochet. Welcome newcomers Maggie, Jane, Tina and Leigh!! Over 100 full/partial skeins of yarn were available for the taking. Thank you Ruth, Gayle & Eileen for destashing and sharing. Kaitlan demonstrated her Addi circular knitting machine. She is able to knit an adult size hat in about 20 minutes. Thanks Kaitlan! We celebrated July birthdays with chocolate cake, chocolate oatmeal cookies and watermelon balls thanks to Joyce, Donna and Barb H. Here's what we are working on:
Waco Knitters & Crochet Club hand knit, crocheted & sewed 216 baby items and donated them to local newborns today after taking a tour of the Providence Hospital Maternity and PostPartum wards. Thank you Stacy and Sister Cecile for the tour! The 2015 World Wide Knit in Public day was July 13th and the Waco Central Library hosted an event for all local yarn enthusiasts complete with a Yarn Bombing. Thank you Cindy for coordinating this effort! |
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