new LYS

A new yarn shop has opened! PK Yarn Over Knit is located at 32 South Main Street, in Clawson... that's in the first block south of 14 Mile, on the west side of Main Street. The phone is 248-808-6630.

The GRAND OPENING is Friday and Saturday, January 15-16, from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Stop by and enter a drawing to win a sweater kit from Skacel, bag of yarn from Brown Sheep and other items. Two names will be chosen each day and the winners will be notified via email.

January meeting

It's time to start a New Year and we have lots of fun things coming up! The next BSKG meeting is Tuesday January 12th at 7:30pm. Make sure you bring extra cash because in addition to the regular raffle, we have the special Knit Michigan Raffle (tickets are $5.00 each). Win a ticket, valued at $90-$110, to be a Knit Michigan Marathoner!

Don't forget to bring in your charity projects, due this meeting. Judith will be handing out tickets as you drop off your hats for a chance at one of four beautiful prizes as a thank-you for your time and effort!
The Program this Month is our annual Cast On/Bind Off with a changing of the guard. Bring a size 7 16" circular and size 7 DPN (or just the DPNs if you prefer) and about 100yds of worsted weight if you want to work on a cute headband. (If you just want to learn the techniques just bring the yarn and needles)
The Member Trunk show this month features Sue Waid; we are excited to see what she brings to show us. We also will be announcing the particulars of the S3.3 [Sneaky Sheep Swap] and how to sign up. And finally, we'll be rolling out the 2010 Retreat information.
Whew, I think that's enough! See you there!

Hats, hats, and more hats. It was a decorating frenzy at Coralee's. Even the traveling sheep helped. The hats will be at Amicis' soon, waiting to be auctioned off to benefit the South Oakland Shelter. Let's hope a lot of people try to outbid each other!!!

Happy Birthday to the New Years sheep: Eileen Patra, Linda Francisco, Nancy Brown, Kathy Conley and Valerie Lightbody.

The Sheep Go to Canada

Last November, the sheep had a chance to do a litter international traveling. They went to Kitchener, Ontario to see a figure skating competition. Skate Canada International is one of a series of international competitions held each year. This year it was a chance to see an Olympic program in person (without paying Olympic prices!).
The sheep had a chance to meet some other skating fans. Some are more involved with the sport than others! And they were inspired by all the figure skating!

Don’t know if you all remember (or were at the guild meeting) but December 29 we’re getting together to embellish some felted hats to auction at Amici’s in Berkley. The proceeds from the silent auction will benefit SOS!
Coralee will host us at her new abode.

So, what to bring?anything to embellish a forest green, wool, cloche style hat.leftover food that you’d like to share (or make something new and tasty, we’re not fussy)A comfy chair to sit in, she’s not furnished quite yet!Your knitting, for when we’re done embellishing! There are so many ways to make these hats special…needle felting, embroidery, flowers (silk, knitted, crocheted), ribbons, buttons…you name it! Let’s get creative and inspire each other to new heights!! Katy R has already been seen stocking up on supplies… Judith has a number of ribbon flowers that she’s planning to use…what will you use?

we are soooo talented!

Charli had an amazing *trunk show*. She has done it all from socks to sweaters to shawls/wraps/ponchos and more! The yarns she uses cover a wide spectrum and she's not afraid to experiment.

Other Black Sheep showed off some of their recently finished items, too.

Suzanne Jones, Joan Koelsch, Sharon Hagen, City Knits and Chris Hamel provided raffle item. The lucky winners were: Linda Francisco - a basketful of sweater yarn & pattern, Marie Woodcox - bag of cotton yarn & pattern, new member Denise Rubenstein - a year of Interweave Knits, Kim Whelan - blue sock yarn & pattern, Harriet Atlas - Autumn sock yarn & pattern, Laurie Goodman - knitting needle case, Mary Moylan - sterling silver earrings, Katie Race - the BSKG thong, Marcia Kaline - purse kit, Tanya Thomann - gift bag & City Knits coupon book, and Kathleen Hearne - Christmas cookbook.

December meeting

Our next meeting is upon us! Tuesday December 8th, doors open at 7:00 pm. This meeting is all about those pesky scraps of yarn you have left over after you finish a project. Turn all those little, partial skeins into cute projects! We are going to KAL featuring 3 different projects so bring the following supplies to participate (or simply knit along on your own WIP)

Project 1. Size 7 or 8 circular needle in at least a 32" length; various worsted weight scraps
Project 2. Size 9 needle and a size h crochet hook (optional); 2 colors of worsted weight acrylic or cotton yarn scraps
Project 3. Size 1 double point needles; sock (fingering weight ) yarn scraps

See You There!

PS. Bring the supplies for one, two or all three projects and decide which one you want to work on when you get there!