Brown Bags and thieves

Brown bags were in good supply at the November meeting. Black Sheep were eagerly awaiting the chance to choose and steal. No wonder Tanya says it's her favorite meeting of the year! Amidst all the goodies there were a few that seemed to catch the eye(s) of more than one of the Sheep.... and they were stolen repeatedly.

To add to the fun, the 2010/2011 swag was presented to the Guild and orders were taken. Sorry - I didn't get a picture.

There seemed to be a surplus of raffle items donated by Wendy Marvin and Stacey Totzke. The lucky winners were: purse - Rachel Lawson, 1955 yards of Mission Falls yarn - Erika Proschkow, 1445 yards of Mission Falls yarn - Michelle, lots of chenille yarn - Linda Ervine, felt wine bag - Marguerite Winer, needle organizer - Jackie, Baby Knit book - Linda Mayotte, Big Girls Knit book - Barb Boren, 5 knitting magazines - Rhys Hunter, Knitting Color books - Barb, and Pattern and notions - Paula Kelley.

November birthdays and meeting

You don't want to miss the meeting next Tuesday, November 9 ~ it's going to be busy! We'll be having a Quarter Hour Quickie with Nancy Brown, order 2010-2011 swag, elect a vice-president and have our annual Brown Bag Exchange.

There will be a sign up sheet for the local Shop Hop on Saturday, November 13, if you want to car pool.

Be sure to wish a Happy Birthday to Rita Perrone, Dawn Jensen, Toni Loiacano, Erika Proschkow, Joan Koelsch, Tanya Thoman, and Barbara McAuliffe.

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.