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  • stacey
    stacey
    Im there - I will be picking up my new needles and some yarn this weekend.
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    stacey wrote: Im there - I will be picking up my new needles and some yarn this weekend.
    Awesome!

    Goldie's advice about size 9ish needles and light-colored yarn is great. I'd further suggest bamboo or wood needles and some medium-to-chunky wool yarn -- bamboo or wood because they're less slippery than plastic, casein, or metal, and wool because it's got more stretchiness to it than cotton and feels nicer than acrylic. I've taught a few people the basics and have found these easiest for new knitters to handle. Get a couple of skeins of the yarn in some color you dig and you can make yourself a nice scarf!
  • emily
    emily
    I have an extra pair of wooden #9 needles that I learned on and could lend to someone else who's learning (although I'm not sure how we'd effect the exchange, since I can't come). It seems like you need to buy new equipment for every project you attempt, so you might as well use something free when you're just learning...
  • stacey
    stacey
    I would love to borrow/buy/barter them from you. I can pick them up over the weekend too!
  • anonymous
    anonymous

    Subject: Sewing Club in Prospect Park

    Sewing Club
    Learn basic sewing skills by starting a patchwork quilt.
    @ Lefferts Historic House
    1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
    (718) 789-2822

    http://www.prospectpark.org/dest/main.cfm?target=leff

    And dont miss the Lefferts Annual Quilt Exhibit
    November 3 - 27
    at Lefferts Historic House
    Dec. 1 - Jan. 1
    at the Audubon Center

    http://www.prospectpark.org/event/main.cfm?target=quilts
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    still on? is it too early to determine?
  • mo
    mo
    This is a great idea, and although I can't make it tonight I would love to come in the future. I hope you'll keep posting th the where/when. I'm a crocheter with a three-scarf holiday day gift quota to meet. Cheers all.
  • emily
    emily
    Oops--Stacey, if you still want those needles, drop me a line. I'll be home right after work today so I could probably get them to you somehow.
  • goldie
    goldie
    I'm definitely game for tonight, as long as there at a least a few people going. If not, maybe we should reschedule for a time when more people will show? Could people maybe chime in and let us know if you're going to make it, and if not, suggest a time to meet in the future? I'm looking forward to this happening. :)
  • stacey
    stacey
    Thanks Emily - I would love to pick them up. I can still make it tonight.
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    i'll be there...
  • stacey
    stacey
    So what is our firm plans then - 7:00 p.m. at Heights Coffee?
  • cupcake
    cupcake
    Hi guys, a lot has happened to my schedule in the past few weeks and I don't think I can be a regular. I can't offer a firm committment at this time, but let me know how it goes!
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    not going to be able to make it after all... sorry fellow coffee drinking knitting people. sad. :(
  • stacey
    stacey
    Are we still on? I can still make it if you like Goldie - let me know by 7:00 if anyone else will still make it.
  • goldie
    goldie
    Stacey, and everyone else, would you be able to meet some time next week? (Maybe Monday?) Although I have no issue with it only being two of us, the whole charm of the knitting circle is the varying people and projects. I'm also feeling under the weather, so I wouldn't mind postponing until next week.
  • stacey
    stacey
    Goldie wrote: Stacey, and everyone else, would you be able to meet some time next week? (Maybe Monday?) Although I have no issue with it only being two of us, the whole charm of the knitting circle is the varying people and projects. I'm also feeling under the weather, so I wouldn't mind postponing until next week.
    Sounds good to me. Just let me know where and when.
  • stacey
    stacey
    Woo hooo! Thanks to EmilyM and KnittingHelp.com I have just taught myself the double cast on!
  • goldie
    goldie
    Congrats Stacey! That's a great start. Now that you've gotten going, knitting can be very addictive. :)
    Anyway, would people be up for meeting Monday, November 14? Maybe around 7 or 730?
  • stacey
    stacey
    Thanks Goldie and Monday next week sounds good to me.
  • stacey
    stacey
    I just found out that the 77th Pct. meeting is next Monday - can we do this on Tuesday or another day that week and then go back to Mondays? If no one else can do it I will just miss the first one :(
  • goldie
    goldie
    Stacey, I can do Wednesday this week. Otherwise, I can do Monday, 11/21.
  • stacey
    stacey
    Goldie wrote: Stacey, I can do Wednesday this week. Otherwise, I can do Monday, 11/21.
    Im open for either :)
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