5 generous people donated items for the October raffle: Kathleen Endlein, Colleen Robbins, Sharon Hagen, Heather Perrone and Tanya Thomann. The lucky winners thank them: Rachel Lawson - Knits to fit & Flatter, Sharon Hagen - Textured Knits, Joyce Crabtree - Knitting With Novelty Yarn and some novelty yarn, a guest named Sue - pink Berrocco Chinchilla yarn, Linda Francisco - Mother Daughter Knits, Sue Waid - a project bag, and Laurie Goodman - a notions bag.

11 guests joined us to see the Trunk Show starring LindaLu, to learn about knitting with tshirts and plarn, and to make felted soap [thanks Kate!].

Judith received a large number of white items for our charity project. They will all be put to good use warming people this winter.

In addition to all of this activity, nominations were made for vice-president. Charli Osborne and Kelley Kencik are the nominees. The election will be held at the November meeting. Also in November, you can sign up for the local shop hop on Saturday, November 13.

Linda F

Birthdays & Fiber

Happy birthday to the October Sheep: Barbara Burt, Sue Chase, Jackie Gregorich, Mary Lambert, Linda Mayotte, Lillian Molitz, Kathleen Reichenbach, and Opal Ritchie.

Saturday and Sunday October 23 and 24, is the Fourth Annual Fiber Expo in Ann Arbor.

September raffle winners!

Bags and Books: Bobbi Tisher, Sarah Turner, Tanya Thoman, Joan Koelsch and Kelley Kinzik

Books: Dawn Lemon, Merritt Scott Collins, Suzanne Sullivan??(guest), Suzanne Hueng, Brenda, Diane Dinisky, Sue (guest), Kathleen Heinlein, Dawn Jenson and Lois.

We do great raffles. Can't wait til October!

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