Black Sheep Knitting Guild

Retreat!! Kim and Judith are hard at work planning the 2nd annual Spring Retreat. . .the house they're looking at is GORGEOUS and within a 1 1/2 hour drive--MUCH closer than last year. I've got a lead on a teacher that might be willing to join us and give us a dying workshop while we're there. . .exciting stuff is on the way. The committee is looking at early April--so start to save your pennies and clear your calendar!! We'll post links to the house and give you more details when things are finalized! Ravelry!! More and more of us are getting our invites! If you haven't joined, sign up for the waiting list here Linda said she was invited in around a month, so the invites are coming fairly quickly now. Believe me, you don't want to be left out of this REALLY COOL community. Ann Arbor Fiber Fest We had several last minute cancellations for this trip--but I went on Sunday with Suzanne and Kate. Met some new friends and spent some money! Pictures are coming...

If you subscribe to Interweave's Knitting Daily , you've no doubt been reading the data about unfinished objects (UFOs) in each of our stashes. Many of you recall the horrific amount of UFOs that Louise and I had in our stashes last spring during out Lenten challenge to guild members. . . You'd think that after counting 41 in my personal stash, and then stressing about finishing them all, I would have learned my lesson. Apparently not. As Ravelry continues to suck my time away, I found myself taking pictures of my UFOs and uploading them to my notebook there. I found 22 projects on needles. . .and now that I think of it, I think there are two more that I never uncovered from the layers of stash they're hidden behind. (We'll ignore that fact, shall we?) Sally sent a picture this week of her UFOs too. . .I think I counted 18 of them in all (sorry for outing you Sally. . .) And Kim has some on her Ravelry page that I've NEVER seen, let alone heard of!! The good ne...

Hi All Meeting was full of fun, goodies, info, and skill building! Tanya taught seaming and there were lots of good tips from her and others. Maybe we can all tackle a sweater project this year? There was info on the two upcoming trips to Ann Arbor Fiber Expo on Sat Oct 27th and the Shop Hop on Sat Nov 10th. If you signed up to go on one of these trips, someone will be calling you as the day gets closer. And if you've had a change of heart and want to go and didn't sign up just leave a comment here and someone will get a hold of you with details (as long as we have your phone number!) We need someone to step up to the plate and volunteer to be VP of the group for the coming year. It is a two year commitment because the VP then becomes the Pres the following year. It's not as daunting as it sounds, and there are always plenty of people willing to help and committees to take care of things. So how "bout it?? By the Way, YEAH to Kathleen for stepping up to be the new Tre...

I received a few emails from Sally with information on some fun things going on downtown for knitters: The DSO has made a special offer to knitters, your very own main floor section and a special price $25.00 (that's a savings of $24.00!) also if you bring your ticket in to City Knits within a week of the concert you get 20% off your purchase! Here is the link for the order form. http://www.cityknits.com/pdfs/DSO%20Knitters%20Order%20Form.pdf Also this Tuesday (yes, tomorrow) the Knitty Gritty TV show will be videotaping a segment on knitting the People Mover with City Knits from 6-8pm. Sally will be there knitting away in the first car of the Fox 2 People Mover join her if you can, and (maybe) become a star!!!! And don't forget our very own Sally will be performing in Nightnotes at Hagopian Rugs on Woodward in Birmingham this Friday evening advance tickets are $15.00 and they are $20.00 at the door. Bring your knitting and enjoy beautiful music as you stitch away. Here is the ...