Knitting and Stitching for Charity
Stashes. We all have one. Even if we don't want to admit it out loud. Check out TheStitchin' Den's featured charity knitting projects.
North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley is looking for knitted and crocheted hats for babies. These hats are for premature and normal newborns especially in Weld county. Thanks to Janet West of Greeley for providing the knitted pattern for these hats. It was posted in our December Newsletter and is now on the Yarn page at www.thestitchinden.com
Warm The World focuses on US children in our foster care system as well as seveal targeted orphanges overseas and at risk adults. You can donate handmade afghans, hats and scarves or your left over yarn (nicely balled).
www.warmtheworld.com
The Estes Valley Knitter's Guild is supporting the Estes Park police and ambulance service. They are in need of blankets to be kept in their emergency vehicals. You can knit or crochet asny worsted weight machine washable yarn into 10 inch by 10 inch squares. thanks to JoAnn Mullen and Liz DeCleene for orgaining and coordinating making these donations into squares.
www.thecenterforfiberarts.com
Susan G. Komen is one of our favorite foundations. They need donations of knitted or crocheted hats and scarves out of machine washable pink yarn. All proceed from the sale of these donations go to fund breast cancer research.
www.komen.org
Hats and scarves for the childen of Nepal began seveal years ago and was brought to The Stitchin' Den by Collette Smith. Collette worked at the shop for several years and has continued to inspire people to created beautiful knitted items.
www.thestitchinden.com
Knitting Guilds
Estes Valley Knitting Guild
The Estes Valley Knitting Guild is now official. This guild is part of the national TKGA (The Knitting Guild Association). There are over 10,000 members and is the largest knitting association in America. We are so lucky to have a local chapter locate in our community.
The Estes Valley Knitting Guild is a starting point for knitters searching for new ideas, products, markets, patterns and fellow knitters who share the excitement of knitting.
MEETINGS
The Estes Valley Knitting Guild will begin meeting on the second Thursday of each month at the Fiber Arts Center (1350 Graves Ave, Estes Park) from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
June 9th, July 14th, August 11th, September 8th
www.rmfiberandneedleartscenter.com
Front Range Knitting Guild
The Front Range Knitting Guild is a non-profit organization that is affiliated with The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA).
The guild was founded by Ann Young in 2006 to serve the knitters of Northern Colorado, and its mission is to promote and advance the quality, workmanship, and creativity of knitting.
The guild has a diverse membership with varying levels of knitting expertise, but we all share a passion for knitting.
Monthly meetings include a knitting-related educational program, show-and-share, book raffle and social time.
As a chapter of the TKGA, the guild sponsors a monthly Master Knitters support group for its members.
The guild also sponsors periodic hands-on knitting workshops to enrich its members’ enjoyment and mastery of knitting.
MEETINGS
The August meeting has been canceled (there are no rooms available in the McKee Building).
September 24th – Vicki Square will be doing a program and workshop. Please send a check for $25 made payable to FRKG to Ann Young, 2409 Logan Ct, Loveland, CO 80538, for lunch and workshop.
Other meeting dates and events: June 18 – Knitting Social July 9 – we’ll celebrate the guild’s birthday – more details later August – no meeting
August 19 – Stitch ‘n’ Pitch at the Rockies Game (vs the Dodgers) – please contact Julie (jewels1952@msn.com) if you are interested in sitting with the guild and knitting in public -
more info at http://www.stitchnpitch.com/
Sept 10 – Shop Hop
Doreen is coordinating and will get details to us later. We will go to shops in Denver. We can use more books for the raffle, so please consider donating to our guild when cleaning out your stash. Thanks!
Knitting Guild Service Projects
The Estes Valley Knitter’s Guild is supporting the Estes Park police and ambulance service. They are in need of blankets to be kept in their emergency vehicles.
You can knit or crochet any worsted weight machine washable yarn into 10 inch by 10 inch squares. thanks to JoAnn Mullen and Liz DeCleene for orgainizing and coordinating making these donations into squares.
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Brown Sheep
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Mountain Colors
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Cascade
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Farmhouse Yarns
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Lonesome Stone Alpaca
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Plymouth
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Knit One, Crochet Too
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Crystal Palace
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Tahki Cotton
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Dye Lot Yarns
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Universal yarns
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Point Protectors
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Stitch Markers
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Clover Wooden Needles
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Susan Bates Metal and Plastic Needles
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Fiber Trend Patterns
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Oat Couture
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Timeless Totes
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Scissors
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Stretcher Bars
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Needles for ribbon, needlepoint and cross stitch
Lots more!!!!
The Staff Stitch of the Month is the Cevron Rib.
This stitch is worked in a repeat of 18 sts plus one knit. So cast on your project in multiples of 18 plus one.
Row 1: (RS) P1, *K1, P2, K2, P2, P1; rep from* to end.
Row 2: *K3, P2, K2, P2, K1, (P2, K2) twice;rep from *to last st, K1.
Row 3: *(P2, K2) twice, P3, K2, P2, K2, P1; rep from * to last st, P1.
Row 4: *K1, P2, K2, P2, K5, P2, K2, P2; rep from * to last st, K1.
Rep these two rows.
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Knitting Margaritas
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Kids Can Create
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Sweater Knit-A-Long
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Needle Nutz Coming soon.
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Yarn Whisperer
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Open Knitting
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Social get togethers
Want to know more?
Check out the Home page for times and dates.
Hand Knitters Master Knitter Program
Susan, Donna, Pam, Deb, and Liz are all starting the Hand Knitters Master Knitter Program sponsored by The National Knitter's Guild.
We are meeting regularly at Kind Coffee in Estes Park to make sure we all stay on track. It is a lot of fun and is helping us fine tune all of our skills.
Interested in forming a stitchin' group?
The Stitchin' Den would like to help. We have several opportunities to meet in the shop. Monday afternoons, Tuesday mornings, Saturday all day or Sundays during the summer.
Join groups already in session at Notchtop every Thursday at 2PM or the 1st and 3rd Monday night with the Knitting Margaretas at Casa Grande
Novice stitchers, experts or stitcher wanna bes are all welcomed. A lot of help and support will be available at each group.
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Stitch Nivh
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In Good Company
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JR Designs
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Shelly Tribbey
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Cooper Oakes
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Sundance
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Other...
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Needles
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Scissors
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Bags
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Floss Cards
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Hoops
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Stretcher Bars
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Lights
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Baskets
