September Meeting Notes

The September meeting was a great kick-off to the year. We had a full house in addition to about 20 guests! We are selling BSKG t-shirts again, you should have gotten an email if you didn't have a chance to sign up at the meeting. Lots of upcoming events - Spinners Flock, Shop Hops in both Lansing and Metro Detroit, Mt. Bruce, the list goes on. The White Scarf/Winter White Charity project is due in October. Keep those needles or hooks flying making scarves, hats and/or mittens for SOS. We displayed the 135 hats we got at Stitch N' Pitch for the homeless vets. We are still looking for more - so if you are willing to make a hat or two, please bring them to the October meeting. The Silent Auction was a great success. We had tons of gorgeous things to bid on, including 2 incredible shawls donated by members! The raffle prizes were great also - lots of books! We signed up for committees; retreat and a new long term planning. Next month's meeting will have a trunk show, nominations for VP and we will explore some techniques, including felted soap - so bring a bar of soap if you want to participate! See you then.

Birthdays and Field Trips

Wishing a Happy Birthday to our September Sheep: Marilyn Grazioli, Rhys Hunter, Marcia Kaline & Donna Mrozek.

You'll have the chance to sign up for Guild field trips at the September 14 meeting:
Saturday, 9/19 - Spinner's Flock Fall Fleece Fair in Chelsea and/or Saturday-Sunday, 9/25-26 - Mt. Bruce Station Sheep & Wool Festival in Romeo.

Other yarn events this month include: 9/11 - Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario; 9/23-26 - Lansing Shop Hop; and 9/25-26 - Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival at the Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, West Branch.

BSKG meeting coming up!!!

Do any of the Black Sheep need reminding there’s a meeting coming up? It’s Tuesday, September 14! The meeting is at 7:30, so get there in time to sign in and buy your raffle tickets. Remember, raffle tickets will only be sold from 7-7:30, so don’t wait to buy yours.

There’s a busy year ahead including Trunk Shows, Quarter Hour Quickies with Nancy Brown, speakers, the charity kick-off, Knit Michigan participation, the Sneaky Sheep Swap, our pre-holiday mystery trade, and much more.

The September meeting will include a Silent Auction, sign-up opportunities, and a by-law vote.

Guests – 18 and over! – are invited to attend 2 meetings to get to know us.

Stitch N’ Pitch 2010

Stitch N' Pitch was a great success. And the Tigers won!! 9-4. We passed out 161 goodie bags and collected 65 hats for homeless vets. The weather was sunny and hot!
Here is a link to the photos

August birthdays

Happy birthday to our August sheep: Barbara Sump, Harriet Atlas, Dawn Lemon, Sally Pituch, and Cecile Scott! Enjoy your day[s].

Picnic

On Wednesday, June 30 about 7 BSKG members attended a cross-guild picnic sponsored by the Oakland Guild at Firefighters Park in Troy. The weather was cool (hard to believe right now), and there was tons of great food. We had a show and share, and as usual, there were some beautiful items, including the gorgeous shawl, and the entrelac shawl pictured above. The Oakland Guild also had some fabulous door prizes - both Kim and Rita won something. A great time was had by all.

July Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our hot July Black Sheep: Sharon Hagen, Colleen Robbins, Joyce Crabtree, and Stacey Totzke. And many s'mores!