June 2013 June 5 — Kristi Gabrielse Our June speaker is Kristi Gabrielse, owner of Ana-Cross Stitch in Anacortes WA. Kristi graduated from The University of Wisconsin with a BS in restaurant management and worked for The Hyatt Hotel chain as well as Club Corporation in the Columbia Tower before going into HR related positions and ending here in Anacortes about ten years ago for the Tesoro Refinery. About three years later she had the opportunity to buy AnaCross Stitch. That same year Kristi had a booth at the Anacortes Arts Festival featuring felted purses, which were a big success. Kristi was taught to cross stitch and needlepoint very young, but did not start knitting until she was an adult, actually about ten years ago. But now she loves to knit, and tries to knit several hours a day, as well as work on her own designs, (be sure and ask about that!). She has owned Ana-Cross Stitch for about six years, lives in Anacortes, and served as the President of the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce in 2012. Her shop is open seven days a week and employs the talents of six employees who are teachers and designers in their own right. — Paulette Hauck, Program Co-Chair Membership Notes 2 Charity Knit 2 Stitch’N’Pitch 3 My LYS Weaving Works 4 Show and Tell 5 LYS Tour 6 Knitter’s Calendar 6 Looking Ahead: July 10 Shibaguyz Shannon and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby SEATTLE KNITTERS GUILD PO BOX 15341 SEATTLE WA 98115 A Knitting Acrostic Keeping me entertained, Needles softly clicking. I sit with wool upon my lap, Through my fingers yarn is slipping. The weight of the day, Is falling away, Nothing could be better. Gaining much more than a sweater http://woolandchocolate.com/tag/knitting-poetry/ 2 2013 • • Cablegram 2 • • June March 2011 Cablegram Charity Knit 2013 Board Members Seattle Knitters Guild is knitting for two charities in 2013: Operation Nightwatch (Seattle) http://www.seattlenightwatch.org and Trinity Place Apartments (YWCA) https://www.ywcaworks.org/page. aspx?pid=449 Tracey Delamarter, President [email protected] Charla Jaffee, Vice President [email protected] We will be collecting hats and other charity knits at the September meeting. At meetings we have a basket with free yarn and another basket for collecting your donations. Currently we have collected 11 hats. Nanette Wielenga, Treasurer [email protected] nano56 on Ravelry Marilyn Tschetter, Charity knitters meet simultaneously at two locations: Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park, look for Paulette, and Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, look for Tracey. There are also two meetups at Madison Park Starbucks (4000 E Madison St), look for Charla. Come and knit with us: Program Co-chair [email protected] DeanMarilyn on Ravelry Paulette Hauck, Program Co-Chair [email protected] Susan Parke, Program Co-Chair [email protected] sparke on Ravelry Lisa Burlingame, Membership [email protected] Anu Slorah [email protected] --anu on Ravelry Margarite Hargrave, Webmistress [email protected] June 12, Wednesday, 6:30 pm June 17, Monday, 1 pm to 3 pm June 30, Sunday, 2 pm to 4 pm, also meeting at Madison Park Starbucks jitteryknitter on Ravelry Newsletter Editor June 2, Sunday, 1 pm to 3 pm July 18, Thursday, 6:30 pm, also meeting at Madison Park Starbucks July 20, Saturday, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm If you need more information, contact Paulette (programchair@ seattleknittersguild.org) for Lake Forest Park and Tracey (president@ seattleknittersguild.org) for Crossroads meetup. knittingaviatrix on Ravelry — Paulette Hauck, Program Co-Chair Debra Otto, Librarian [email protected] Kathy Riley, Hospitality Chair [email protected] seakath on Ravelry Wendi Lewis, Hospitality Chair [email protected] Carol Sherman, Board Adviser shmarollynn on Ravelry Seattle Knitters Guild Membership Notes Welcome to new members: Jeela Ganje (Ravelry name justjeela) Peggy Riedinger (Ravelry name peg-williams) Suzie Moore (Ravelry name suzmoore) — Lisa Burlingame, Membership (Est. 1985) Meetings every first Wednesday of the month 7pm Wedgwood Presbyterian Church 8008 – 35th Ave. NE, Seattle (NE corner of 35th and 80th) Visitors always welcome. Parking available in the lot behind the church or across from the south side of the church on 80th. Dues: $22 per year, $11 after July 1 Library cart open 6:30 to 7pm (Only members may check out books.) Cablegram is published monthly. Submit stories and photos to [email protected]. www.seattleknittersguild.org Cablegram • June 2013 • 3 Seattle Knitters Guild at Mariner Stitch ‘N‘ Pitch Please join us for the 9th Annual Mariner Stitch ‘N‘ Pitch Thursday, July 25th at 7:10 PM vs the Minnesota Twins. Make sure you arrive early to visit the local yarn shops kiosks on the 3rd level before the game. The tickets are $15.00 each (no hidden fees). If we get 20 fans together “Seattle Knitters Guild” will be displayed on the scoreboard after the 4th inning. Feel free to invite friends and family. I would like to pass the tickets out at our July meeting so please let me know how many tickets you need by our June 5th meeting. You can either pay me directly at our June meeting or mail your payment to Seattle Knitters Guild; PO Box 15341; Seattle, WA 98115 by June 5th. Fun Fact from the official Stitch ‘N’ Pitch Website: “History of Stitch ‘N’ Pitch: 2005 - The first Stitch ‘N’ Pitch was held at the Seattle Mariners and the attendance of 1,200 was a startling success.” How cool is that!!! GO MARINERS! — Nanette Wielenga, Treasurer Seattle Knitters Guild at Seattle Mariners 9th Annual Stitch n’ Pitch July 25th vs Minnesota Twins Name: _____________________________________________________________________________ # of Tickets @ $15.00 each __________________________________________________________ Email address: ______________________________________________________________________ I am planning on passing out the tickets at the July 10th meeting. In case you cannot attend please include your mailing address: _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 6 • June 2013 • Cablegram My Local Yarn Store: Weaving Works 4717 Brooklyn Avenue Northeast, Seattle, Washington 98105 www.weavingworks.com (206) 524-1221 or toll free outside the Seattle area at 1-888-524-1221 Open M-F 10am-6pm - Thurs 10am-8pm - Sat 10am-5pm - Sun 11am-3pm Accessible by bus (71, 72, 73, 44, 43 …) and they have a parking lot THIS LOCATION IS GOOD UNTIL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR 2013! Their building was sold and they don’t need to move until early 2013. They arrange their yarn by both type and weight as well as color. It is a festive showcase of gorgeous yarns from such brands as Euro, Cascade, Berroco, Asian Trends, Blue Sky, Debbie Bliss, Ella Rae, Frogtree, Spincycle, Sublime, Madinetosh, Peace Fleece, Rowan, Shibui, Schoppelwolle – to name just a smattering of their selection. And in the back of the shop there are spools of fabulous yarns for spinning and machine knitting – or hand knitting by the ounce! There is a sale bin with variety of choices and they also have mail order through their website. yummy yarns and then returned after a few days post sale. The staff was very helpful and also excited about yarn, patterns and possibilities. They are kid friendly and have toys on hand to help keep young minds and hands busy while their parent seeks the right yarn. Examples adorn the walls, windows, and hang from the ceiling encouraging creative thoughts and are within reach for the “knitter’s handshake.” They have shawls, scarves, sweaters, socks, and because they are one of the few places around town offering classes in weaving, spinning and basketry – the store has exquisite The Weaving Works carries plenty of knitting showcase for these crafts as well. equipment, project bags, buttons; and one can wind Classes are many and the instructors are very a skein of yarn before leaving the shop. Patterns are competent and offer good practical advice. What available in various books, magazines and leaflets. means the most to me as a knitter is the warmth and I was there twice in a week. The first time was for their joy found in this store and how the creative expression sale which was over the top (!!) and I left loaded with abounds. — Charla Jaffee Recap Cablegram • June 2013 • 7 Show and Tell Last Page Puget Sound LYS Tour We visited Serial Knitters on Friday night; Seattle Yarn, Bad Woman Yarn, Tea Cozy Yarns, Fiber Gallery and Acorn Street on Saturday. We met the ShibaGuyz at Seattle Yarn and got a sneak peek of the trunk show they will be bringing to the Guild in July. We loved the free pattern at Bad Woman Yarn which is an interesting two-color chevron cowl. I also bought some cool Habu cotton slub yarn and stiff root sizing silk to make a cowl I saw on display at the Fiber Gallery. Overall we just enjoyed the day with each other, laughing, telling stories, navigating around Seattle (we are all Eastsiders!), laughing, eating cupcakes, laughing – it was just a great excuse to get together and visit both old and new stores. Finally, when we figured out we would not actually hit 8 stores (to enter the raffle drawing), we slowed down and even had a burger at Red Mill! It was a great day with friends and YARN! — Lisa Burlingame Trish Heinonen and Lisa Burlingame, fondling the samples picture by Patti Puzan at Bad Woman Yarn Knitter’s Calendar June 8-16, World Wide Knit in Public Day June 21-23, The Black Sheep Gathering, Eugene, Oregon August 9-11, Fiber Fusion at the Forks, Grand Forks, BC, Canada August 19, Fibrations, Victoria, British Columbia September 28-29, Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival, Canby, Oregon October 5-6, North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival, Sequim October 20-21, Fiber Fusion, Monroe, Washington Ocober 24-26, Seattle Weavers’ Guild Annual Sale and Show, Seattle October 26-27, Knit City Fibre Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia Seattle Knitters July 10 August 7 September 4 October 2 November 6 December 4 Guild Calendar Shibaguyz Shannon and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby Ice Cream Social Back-to-School Mini Classes, Charity knitting collection Churchmouse Yarns & Teas Knit-Along Fashion Show Holiday Party and Gift Exchange Speakers are subject to change