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Calendar
| 2008-2009 General Members Meeting Series | |||
| Month | Speaker | Program/Description | |
| September 2008 |
Patricia Kalthoff |
Sweater Kick off (Sweater I) Lets get started with learning about this great sweater we're going to be making this year, the Bluebonnet Cardigan designed by Patricia Kalthoff! Come hear about yarn choices, design options, techniques and construction involved and an overview of the sweater itself. Get a chance to discuss with your fellow members what yarns they'll be using! Patricia Kalthofflabels herself as a technique junkie. She teaches regularly at the Taos Wool Festival held every year the first weekend in October in beautiful Taos NM. She also teaches at Bluebonnet Yarn Shoppe in Cedar Ridge TX (Austin burb). Patricia has been published twice in Knitters magazine. When she was a Frisco TX resident she taught at Yarn and Stitches and designed several patterns. She has served as DHKG Secretary and President. Patricia now lives in Austin with her husband, Stephen, and 2 daughters. | |
| October | Patricia Kalthoff |
Sweater II We cast on! Program will cover border stitch pattern, with alternatives for both, and yoke and neck shaping. | |
| November | Patricia Kalthoff |
Sweater III We will go over dividing for the armholes, and buttonholes (technique and placement). | |
| December |
Holiday party
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| January 2009 |
Alissa Barton |
Repair and Error Correction in Your Knitting Alissa Barton learned to knit as a small child and has been at it every since. She has taught knitting professionally for 15 years and in 1999, she started her own pattern company, Knitting Fairy. Alissa continues to teach knitting and crochet all over North Central Texas, putting needles into every willing hand she can find. | |
| February | Sherry Anderson (Delightful Hands) |
Moebius Knitting
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| March | Janice Lynn |
Blocking Techniques Janice has been Published in InKnitters, and has been a longtime member of the DHKG. | |
| April | Patricia Kalthoff |
Sweater IV The April meeting will be on the 2nd Tuesday, April 14th. NOT April 7th. Knitting and Shaping the Sleeves, I-cord or other bind-off to finish the sweater. | |
| May | Patricia Kalthoff |
Sweater V This is it, the big Sweater Show and Tell! Bring your completed Bluebonnet Cardigans (or in-progress ones) to show the Guild. Also we'll have a "Speaker Surprise". | |