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Submitted by Sonja

Happy Holidays!

I would just like to take a minute and wish every one of you a very Happy Holiday Season.  Although it can be a very busy time of year, it seems like most of us get to enjoy some time off work to just relax at home with our families. I hope you get plenty of "down time" and that you get to knit your little ole heart out during this time. I look forward to seeing some of the new creations at our January meeting. Until then . . . Happy Holidays!

New Meeting Location

BIG NEWS!!! Starting with our February 2011 meeting, all our meetings will be held at Westminster Canterbury. See our newsletter for details.

December 6, 2010 Meeting Minutes

The president of TKGV called the December 2010 meeting to order at 7:32 p.m.  The president extended birthday wishes to the members celebrating December birthdays.  The minutes of the November 2010 meeting were approved.  The treasurer’s report was received. 

Committee reports were received with the following updates:

1.       Charity Knitting: Karen Richardson volunteered to take Jackie Scott’s position on the charity knitting team

2.       Newsletter:  Reminder to send your ideas to Sonja Barisic for the name the newsletter contest

3.       Ways & Means Committee – offered raffle items from The Knitting Corner

4.   Charity Knitting – awarded prizes, based on members’ votes for the Caps for Kids contest:

a.       Best Technical Merit:  Jackie Scott

b.      Most Original:  Lora Morin

c.       Best in Show: Jackie Scott

d.      Highest Number Contributed:  Mel Hutchinson

The treasurer will forward $25.00 gift certificates to each of the winners of the Caps for Kids contest.

The president reviewed the Heifer Fund program and suggested we review a potential donation to the Heifer Fund at January, 2011 meeting. 

The president advised the overwhelming majority of members who responded to the location preference poll preferred meeting at Westminster-Canterbury.  The president will follow up with Westminster-Canterbury to confirm when we can start meeting at Westminster-Canterbury.  The president will have further updates on the meeting location at the January, 2011 meeting.

The president opened the floor to suggestions for additional 2011 TKGV activities.  Members suggested planning a Richmond, VA yarn shop crawl and an out of town knitting retreat, perhaps to the Outer Banks, N.C.  Members will research the possibilities of these events.

We concluded the meeting with the member show and tell and the gift exchange.  The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.

December issue of newsletter available

The December issue of the newsletter is available to view/download as a PDF from Google Docs by clicking here.

Submitted by Sonja.

November 1, 2010 Minutes

The President called the November 2010 meeting to order at 7:18 p.m. The president welcomed the guests. The minutes of the October 2010 meeting were approved. The treasurer’s report was received.


Maureen Cahill, Chair of the Nominating Committee, installed the newly elected officers:
Allison Hunt, President
Trink Dahl-Prince, Vice President
Kathy Brown, Treasurer
Katie Gerwien, Secretary.

Committee reports were received with the following updates:

1. letter from Ruby Roberts, out-of-state member

2. name the newsletter contest through January, 2011- submit ideas via email

3. request from President for volunteers for the New Member Committee

4. request from Vice President for volunteers to help plan the Sally Melville classes on 10/22 and 10/23/11.


The guild approved a motion to hold a voluntary Pollyanna gift exchange at the December meeting. All gifts will be wrapped, knitting related and the value is not to exceed $15.00.


The guild will provide beverages and paper products for the voluntary December pot luck party. The members with last names starting with A through L will bring appetizers. The members with last names starting with M through Z will bring desserts.



The guild was updated on the meeting location survey. Fifty members have answered the survey with 70% of the members favoring Westminster-Canterbury for the meeting location. The president will advise at the December meeting if we will change meeting locations.



The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival will take place May 7 and May 8, 2011. Cornerstone Alpaca Farm is conducting a fiber arts celebration the weekend of November 6 and 7, 2010.


Sue Von Ohlsen, owner of The Knitting Corner, presented Trink Dahl-Prince with the beautiful afghan Trink won in the shop’s recent fundraiser, The Stitch To Win Against Breast Cancer. Trink advised she will give the beautiful afghan to a friend who is being treated for breast cancer.


We held the raffle, enjoyed the program by Lora Marin on “What’s in my closet?” and completed the member show and tell.


The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,

Katie Gerwien

Secretary

TKGV Minutes – October 201

Date: Oct 4, 2010

Meeting called to Order by: Pam St. Clair
Time: 7:22

President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. We have 2 Guests today. Welcome!! October Birthdays were recognized.

What did the President do this month? Lots of knitting. Lots of traveling. Bought a lot of yarn on the travels. That is so much fun, but not going to buy anymore yarn for awhile. (Hummmmm – Guild Members... have you ever muttered those words?!!) Thanks to Trink for standing-in for the September meeting while Pam was away.

Minutes of the September meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report – taken from the August Newsletter
    * General Fund: $3,024.66
    * Charity Fund: $151.83
    * Grand Total: $3176.49
Treasurer's Report was accepted as presented.

Treasurer: Dues for 2011 are now due. The Treasurer will prorate anyone who joined part way through 2010, in order to get everyone on the same month for dues. If you are a (relatively) new member who just paid, your dues will be prorated to get you on the same schedule so that next year, everyone will be on the same annual schedule.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl-Prince

• October – Birthday cake; Election of Officers and a program on Natural Yarn Dyeing
• November – Annual Dues are due; Installation of Officers and Lora Marin will share knitted items from her closet!!!
• December - Holiday Party

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott.

• There is a sign in sheet on the table coming in. ST Mary's did well tonight.
• The Caps for Kids Hat contest is 2 months from now. There are Four Categories: Technical Merit, Originality, Best in Show and Most Submissions. A $25 Gift Certificate goes to the winner in each of the 4 categories.

Charity Log Sheet: Debbie Henderson.

• Debbie needs the list of items submitted at the September meeting – please submite (or resubmit) any items donated in September

Welfare and Calling Tree: Karen Richardson

• We're thinking of Wanda. Wanda's father passed away.
• Joane Fisher is out of the hospital and with us at tonight's meeting.

Community Events: Linda Johnson.

• Oct 8/9 - Saturday /Sunday Great Bridge Lock Park, Chesapeake
• NYC Yarn Crawl – Oct 8/9
• Rhinebeck – Oct 16-17
• Stitches East, Hartford, CT – Oct 28-31

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic.

• Newsletter is online. Another BEAUTIFUL Newsletter!! Thank you Sonia. On the website, there is also a link to the newsletter archive.
• Please get the items to Sonia by the 15th of the month so the newsletter can get out earlier.

Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.

• Yarns from Knit Wits this month. Some additional yarns purchased on Eleanor's “yarn crawl” on the way to the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival(SVFF) – Hunt Country Yarn, Hand Dyed Yarn from Peggie Meyer, Knitting Corner, SVFF, Knitting Sister.

New Membership Committee: Angie Harris.

• Not present, no update.
• Two guests present at the meeting tonight.

Historical Knitting: Karen Richardson.

• Thank you Karen for another great Historical Knitting section.
• Really great articles about Needle Sizes and Knitting with beads.
• Anyone with ideas for the Historical Knitting section of the newsletter or just some knitting history they would like researched, please call Karen and let her know. Karen enjoys doing the research and writing the articles.

Old Business:

• Lots of discussion about a meeting place. Whether to continue to meet at the current location or go back to Westminster Canturbury. Kathy, Lora, Trink made suggestions and will follow up next month. Maureen suggested using Survey Monkey to get ideas on where to hold the meeting.
• Alison spoke to the Head of Catering at Westminster Canturbury. If the Guild wants to meet at WC, the guild needs 1) a resident sponsor (Chris Gerloff said she would be happy to be the sponsor starting in November) 2) a room available on the 1st Monday of the month with space for 25-50 people. The resident sponsor gets a form from Resident Services and fills in the form then works with the Catering Department for any catering services.
• Cost for WC is $50-$75. In the current location, we pay $75 per month plus $325 liability per year. We have to set up the seats and there is no catering.
• Other suggestions for a meeting place: Ray's Church or some members suggested a “bar”.
• Maureen accepted the idea of using Survey Monkey and working with Kathy Brown. Members will be surveyed for free – up to 100 people can be anonymously surveyed for free.

• Election Slate:
• President – Allison Hunt
• VP – Trink Dahl-Prince
• Secretary – Katie Gerwin (backed up by Lora Marin)
• Treasurer – Kathy Brown

• Update regarding last month's discussion about the TKGV “stash” of papers. Wanda called National Guild and they said the list of the original charter members and a copy of the Bylaws is all we have to keep.

NEW Business.

• Election of New Officers. Members voted for:
• President – Allison Hunt
• VP – Trink Dahl-Prince
• Secretary – Katie Gerwin (backed up by Lora Marin)
• Treasurer – Kathy Brown
• The New Officers will be installed next Month in November.

Raffle: Lucky raffle winners picked from a variety of yarns from Local Yarns stores and the SVFF Yarn Crawl

Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress.

November Program: Installation of New Officers and “What's in Lora's Knitting Closet?”

Next Meeting Date: Nov 1, 2010

Meeting Adjourned Time: 9:15 pm

Respectfully Submitted,
Peggie Meyer

Read the November issue of the newsletter

The November issue of the TKGV newsletter has been emailed/mailed. It also can be downloaded here.

If you would prefer to electronically flip through the pages like with a magazine, check out the version posted here.

Submitted by Sonja.

SURVEY ALERT

Maureen Cahill sent a survey to all guild members Re|. Meeting locations
Please make every effort to respond to this survey as soon as possible!

TKGV November Meeting

The November meeting of TKGV is Nov.1st, 2010 at the Colonial Education Center, the Lynnhaven House on Wishart Road, VB.  Time:  7:00pm.  Installation of the new Board.  Please come to welcome Allison, Trink, Katie and Kathy!

October issue of newsletter available

The October issue of the newsletter has been emailed to members who provided email addresses. It also can be downloaded by clicking here.

If you would prefer to electronically flip through the pages like with a magazine, you may be interested in checking out the version of the newsletter posted here.

Submitted by Sonja.

TKGV Minutes – Sept 2010

Date: Sept 13, 2010

Meeting called to Order by: Trink Dahl-Prince acting for Pam St. Clair who is absent due to travel.
Time: 7:15

President's Comments: Our President is traveling and visiting in Colorado. Everyone was welcomed. We have 2 Guests today. Pam Clements who came to us through the Craft show, Mina Haynes is visiting with her grandmother Norma Haynes. September Birthdays were recognized.

What did the President do this month? Lots of knitting. Lots of travelling. PAM asked to say a special shout out to Sonia and Melanie for last month's presentation on St Mary's.

Minutes of the August meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report – taken from the August Newsletter
    * General Fund: $3,024.64
    * Charity Fund: $151.83
    * Grand Total: $3176.47
Treasurer's Report was accepted as presented.

Treasurer: Will get everyone on the same month for dues so for new members who just paid, we will pro-rate the dues so that next year, everyone will be on the same annual schedule.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl-Prince

• September - Yarn Sale Deux and Book Swap – Tonight we are back with more from the stash!! There is also a book swap – anyone who brought a book can choose a different book at the book swap.

• October – Birthday cake; Election of Officers and a program on Natural Yarn Dyeing
• November – Annual Dues are due; Installation of Officers and Lora Marin will share knitted items from her closet!!!
• December - Holiday Party

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott.

• Please put any items to log on the back of the attendance sheet and Jackie will make sure Debbie Henderson gets the activities.

Charity Log Sheet: Debbie Henderson.

• Not present, no update.

Welfare and Calling Tree: Karen Richardson

• Jean Mills is back tonight.
• Joanne Fischer has had some hospital procedures and is healing. We wish her well.

Community Events: Linda Johnson not present... however:

• Shendoah Valley Fiber Festival, the last weekend in September
• Fall Fiber Festival, Oct 2-3, Montpelier VA
• The Vermont Sheep and Goat Association, October 2-3
• Eastern Shore (Delmarva) Yarn Crawl
• Rhineback – Oct 14-17
• Stitches East, Hartford, CT – Oct 28-31

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic.

• Newsletter is online. Another BEAUTIFUL Newsletter!! Thank you Sonia. On the website, there is also a link to the newsletter archive.
• Please get the items to Sonia by the 15^th of the month so the newsletter can get out earlier.

Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.

• The yarn for the raffle came from the Knitting Corner this month.

New Membership Committee: Angie Harris.

• Not present, no update.

Historical Knitting: Karen Richardson.

• Thank you Karen for another great Historical Knitting section.
• Anyone with ideas for the Historical Knitting section of the newsletter or just some knitting history they would like researched, please call Karen and let her know. Karen enjoys doing the research and writing the articles.

Old Business:

• Lots of discussion about a meeting place. Whether to continue to meet at the current location or go back to Westminster Canturbury. Kathy, Lora, Trink made suggestions and will follow up next month. Maureen suggested using Survey Monkey to get ideas on where to hold the meeting. Maureen accepted the idea of using Survey Monkey and working with Kathy Brown. In the current location, we pay $75 per month plus $325 liability per year

• A motion was made and passed to give the knitting needles from Westminster Canturbury to Maura Ganther for the Knitting program at the Old Donation Center for gifted children in Virginia Beach. Maura is the teacher who runs the knitting program.

• Election Slate:
  • President – Allison Hunt
  • VP – Trink Dahl-Prince
  • Secretary – Katie Gerwin (backed up by Lora Marin)
  • Treasurer – Kathy Brown

New Business:

• Jackie – going to be Christmas before we know it. Do we want to do the Hat contest again? $25 gift certificate for 4 categories. Hats have traditionally gone to Caps for Kids in Norfolk. Four Categories are: Technical Merit, Originality, Best in Show and Most Submissions

• Motion was made and seconded to repeat the Holiday hats program with the guild providing the 4 prizes of $25 each at the December meeting. Motion carried.

• Discussion about what to do with the Historical “stash” of paperwork going back to the beginning of the Tidewater Knitting Guild. Discussion about whether the materials can be thrown out or have to be stored and if they have to be stored, should the Guild get a small Storage Bin? Also, what do we want to keep among the memorabilia – scrapbooks, pictures, etc.
  • Wanda will contact the National Guild to find out any legal or other requirements.
  • Kathy Brown will contact the City of VB Archives to find out if there is any interest.
  • Smithsonian may be interested in member ship lists and pictures of memebers of the Guild.
  • Next month we'll review the options and come up with recommendations.

Raffle: Lucky raffle winners picked from a variety of yarns from The Knitting Corner.

Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress.

October Program: Dyeing yarns with Natural Substances

Next Meeting Date: Oct 4, 2010

Meeting Adjourned Time: 8:17 pm

Respectfully Submitted,
Peggie Meyer

September issue of newsletter available online

You can view/download the September issue by clicking here.

Submitted by Sonja

TKGV Minutes – Aug 2010

Date: August 2, 2010

Meeting called to Order by: Pam St Clair
Time: 7:18

President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. We have 2 Guests today. August Birthdays were recognized.

What did the President do this month? Lots and LOTS of knitting. Pam is enjoying making different shawlettes to get a head start on Christmas Gift giving.

Minutes of the July meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report – taken from the June Newsletter
    * General Fund: $3,024.64
    * Charity Fund: $151.83
    * Grand Total: $3176.47
Treasurer's Report was accepted as presented.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl-Prince

• August – Charity Knitting. Tonight's Program will be more in depth information about St Mary’s. Many Guild members help to support St Mary's and create and donate wonderful knitted items to the folks at St Mary's. We will also discuss other Charity Projects and ideas.
• September - Yarn Sale Deux and Book Swap – We'll be back again with more from the stash!! Just in case you have a change of heart and want to dive deeper into your stash – or perhaps you will have a “Stash Intervention” …. now you can bring more to trade or sell!!  Bring a book that you no longer want and then you will take a number and get a swap with someone else who has a book.
• October – Yarn Dyeing – Trink would like to put some folks together who are interested in Yarn Dyeing, so please contact Trink if you have an interest so we can put together a program on yarn Dyeing.
• November - Election of Officers
• December - Holiday Party

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott.

• Please put any items to log on the back of the attendance sheet and Jackie will make sure Debbie Henderson gets the activities.

Charity Log Sheet: Debbie Henderson.

* Not present, no update.

Welfare and Calling Tree: Karen Richardson

* Will send card and flowers to Joanne Fischer. We are thinking of Joanne and hope Joanne is back in full swing soon!

Community Events: Linda Johnson.

• Not present, no updates.

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic.

• Newsletter is online. Another BEAUTIFUL Newsletter!! Thank you Sonia. On the website, there is also a link to the newsletter archive.
• Please get the items to Sonia by the 15^th of the month so the newsletter can get out earlier.

Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.

• The yarn for the raffle came from Knit Wits this month. Vickie donated two books for the raffle. Jean donated magazines for the raffle.

New Membership Committee: Angie Harris.

• Not present, no update.

Historical Knitting: Karen Richardson.

• Thank you Karen for another great Historical Knitting section.
• Anyone with ideas for the Historical Knitting section of the newsletter or just some knitting history they would like researched, please call Karen and let her know. Karen enjoys doing the research and writing the articles.

Old Business:

1. Any interest in going back to Westminster Canterbury? Some members have expressed an interest. The view is great and the chairs are all set up. Carolyn Cox volunteered to talk to one of the residents about sponsorship and get information about who to contact for details. Thank you Carolyn.
2. Knitting Needles were given to the Guild from Westminster Canterbury. Members were asked to think about what the Guild should do with the needles. Suggestions:
1. Cancer Support Groups – provide a diversion while undergoing treatment
2. Give to Knitting Teachers – to help children or parents as children learn to knit.
3. Tabled....Send to Romania or other countries in need – to help children or parents as children learn to knit.  All ideas are good, except sending to a country like Romania requires money for postage and someone to find a good place to send them, so this idea was pushed to the back.
4. Pam will bring the needles next month and Carolyn is going to call the Girl Scouts and Karen will take some to the knitting teachers.

New Business:

• Jackie – going to be Christmas before we know it. Do we want to do the Hat contest again? $25 gift certificate for 4 categories. Hats have traditionally gone to Caps for Kids in Norfolk.
• 4 Categories are: Technical Merit, Originality, Best in Show and Most Submissions
• Motion was made and seconded to repeat the Holiday hats program with the guild providing the 4 prizes of $25 each at the December meeting. 
• Motion carried.

• September Meeting – The first Monday in September is a Holiday so the September meeting will need to be moved. Members decided to hold the September meeting on the Second Monday, September 13, 2010.

Raffle: Lucky raffle winners picked from a variety of yarns from Knit Wits.

Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress.

August Program: Charity Knitting

Melanie Perez-Lopez

Sonja Barisic

At first, St. Mary’s was a home for young children with no homes of their own or who needed a temporary place to stay while their mothers were at work at war plants. Over the years, the Home evolved into a home for children and young adults with severe disabilities, changing its name and moving into a new facility in the 1960s and then into its current, state-of-the-art building in 2005.

St Mary's is now a long term pediatric care facility located in Norfolk next to St Mary's Church. Up to 92 children live there, all in the range of severly mentally challenged. Many have physical challenges as well. There are 8 classrooms; 24 kids can go out to school from preschool to highschool.

Couple of events coming up:

Homeorama Showcase of New Homes – The Showcase is in East Beach, Norfolk this year. This Fall Homeorama has selected St Mary's for the first time. When the house is sold the proceeds will go to St Mary's.

5K Walk – Also at East Beach, in October. Some of the kids from St. Mary's will be in the Walk.

Funding: Largely funded by Medicaid. None of the parents have a cost associated with placing their children at St. Mary's. There is a gap between what is funded and what it costs to run the facility. This difference is received as grants or donations from individuals, corporations, and fund-raising appeals.

Next Meeting Date: Sept 13, 2010

Meeting Adjourned Time: 8:55 pm

Respectfully Submitted,
Peggie Meyer

SEPTEMBER GUILD MEETING CHANGED DATE

The monthly meeting for the Guild will be on Monday, September 13th, 2010 at the  Lynnhaven House
Colonial Education Center on Wishart Road.  This meeting is one week later than normal due to the Labor Day holiday and city facilities are closed on the holidays.

August newsletter available online

The August newsletter has been mailed and emailed and also is available online here.

Submitted by Sonja

TKGV Minutes – July 2010

Date: July 6, 2010

Meeting called to Order by: Pam St Clair
Time: 7:21

President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. We have 4 Guests today. One Guest heard about us on Ravelry. Another 3 from WWKIP day. Awesome! July Birthdays were recognized.

What did the President do this month? Lots of knitting. Was knitting in front of a fire while in Michigan. Knitting and eating Smores.

Minutes of the June meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report – taken from the June Newsletter
    * General Fund: $3,448.64
    * Charity Fund: $97.83
    * Grand Total: $3546.27
Treasurer's Report was accepted as presented.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl-Prince

* July – Yarn Sale – Tonight's program will feature items from member stashes to trade or sell – get ready to check out some great stuff from everyone's stash!!
* August – Charity Knitting. The Program will be more in depth information about St Mary’s. Many Guild members help to support St Mary's and create and donate wonderful knitted items to the folks at St Mary's. We will also discuss other Charity Projects and ideas.
* September - Yarn Sale Deux – We'll be back again with more from the stash!! Just in case you have a change of heart and want to dive deeper into your stash – or perhaps you will have a “Stash Intervention” …. now you can bring more to trade or sell!!

* October – We are looking for a program ideas for October. Please let us know your thoughts at the August meeting.

* November - Election of Officers

* December - Holiday Party

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott.

Jackie makes sure the Sign-up sheets for Charity knitting are always near the Sign-In sheets. Please make sure to continue to log your charity knit items.

Lee, our “vacation member” from New Jersey has been busy knitting socks for Charity and logging the knitting with Jackie. Lee's goal is 12 pair and she is up to pair 11!

Charity Log Sheet: Debbie Henderson

Debbie is continuing to take the log and tally the point count.

Welfare and Calling Tree: Karen Richardson: No updates.

Community Events: Linda Johnson.

* Chesapeake Heritage Days has been cancelled this year for lack of funding. There are no other Community Events scheduled at this time.

* We received great press for WWKIP Day!

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic.

Newsletter is online. Another BEAUTIFUL Newsletter!! Thank you Sonia. On the website, there is also a link to the newsletter archive.

Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.

The Ways and Means committee requested additional funding to purchase yarns for the next 3 months of raffle prizes.

A call was made to buy raffle tickets... Ways and Means brought more nice yarns from the Yarn Basket this month.

New Membership Committee: Angie Harris.

** STRONG work Angie!! Three **NEW** Members, One **Returning** member and One Visitor!!

Old Business:
1. WWKIP – It was a GREAT day!! Thank you to the team who organized the event!

Everyone received a Knitting bag with lots of goodies inside. Knit Wits and The Knitting Corner were there as was Cornerstone Farm.

2. Any interest in going back to Westminster Canterbury? Some members have expressed an interest. The view is great and the chairs are all set up. Carolyn Cox volunteered to talk to one of the residents about sponsorship and get information about who to contact for details. Thank you Carolyn.

3. Cheryl Cauthen-Bond spent personal funds to buy the Knitting Bags and the Pins for WWKIP day. A motion was made to repay Cheryl for the purchased items which were given to each WWKIP participant. The motion was seconded and passed.

New Business:

Knitting Needles were given to the Guild from Westminster Canterbury. Members were asked to think about what the Guild should do with the needles. Suggestions:

1. Cancer Support Groups – provide a diversion while undergoing treatment
2. Give to Knitting Teachers – to help children or parents as children learn to knit.
3. Send to Romania or other countries in need – to help children or parents as children learn to knit

* Anyone with ideas for the Historical Knitting section of the newsletter or just some knitting history they would like researched, please call Karen and let her know. Karen enjoys doing the research and writing the articles.

Raffle: Lucky raffle winners picked from a variety of yarns from The Yarn Basket.

July Program: Yarn Sale

Lots of great yarns from the Stash and some books and other goodies were available!!

Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress.

Next Meeting Date: August 2, 2010

Meeting Adjourned Time: 8:15 pm so Guild Members had plenty of time to shop the Yarn Sale.

Respectfully Submitted,
Peggie Meyer

TKGV AUGUST MEETING

The August Meeting of TKGV will be held Aug. 2nd, 2010 at the Colonial Education Center, The Lynnhaven House on Wishart Road in Virginia Beach.  The program will focus on Charity Knitting.

July Newsletter Available Online

Click here to read the latest newsletter online. The newsletter also was emailed to all Guild members who have shared their email addresses, or else a hard copy was mailed to their home addresses.

Submitted by Sonja.

TKGV Minutes – Minutes of the June, 2010 Meeting

Date: June 7, 2010

Meeting call to Order Called by: Pam St Clair
Time: 7:20

President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. We have five new people at the meeting tonight!! Three new members signed up, one member has returned and we have a visitor. Welcome!! June birthdays were recognized.

President's activities this past month: Not many activities in terms of “official” duties or junkets, but the President has done a lot of knitting this month.

Minutes of the May meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report – taken from the June Newsletter
    * General Fund: $3,448.64
    * Charity Fund: $97.83
    * Grand Total: $3546.27
Treasurer's Report was accepted as presented.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl-Prince

* June – The “Why Spin?” program will be moved to another month. Joanne was not able to attend the June meeting, so the June program is “Recycled Yarn”. “Recycled Yarn” was on the calendar for February, but was cancelled due to the snowstorm.
* July – Yarn Sale – Bring items from your stash that you would like to trade or sell – and get ready to check out some great stuff from everyone's stash!!
* August – Charity Knitting-The Program will be more in depth information about St Mary’s. Many Guild members help to support St Mary's and create and donate wonderful knitted items to the folks at St Mary's. We will also discuss other Charity Projects and ideas.
* September - Yarn Sale Deux – We'll be back again with more from the stash!! Just in case you have a change of heart and want to dive deeper into your stash – or perhaps you have had a “Stash Intervention” …. now you can bring more to trade or sell!!

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott. Jackie makes sure the Sign-up sheets for Charity knitting are always near the Sign-In sheets. Please make sure to continue to log your charity knit items.

Charity Log Sheet – Debbie Henderson is continuing to take the log and tally the point count!

Welfare and Calling Tree – Karen Richardson: We are thinking tonight of Lisa Roberts and Joanne Fischer.

Community Events: Linda Johnson. Not present - no update.

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic. 

Newsletter is online. Another BEAUTIFUL Newsletter!! Thank you Sonia. On the website, there is also a link to the newsletter archive. Also a special 'Thank you” to Karen Richardson for the “Knitting History” section of the newsletter. Several members commented they enjoyed passing the “Knitting History” to grandchildren or other family members.

Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.

Please buy raffle tickets... The Lovely Ways and Means Ladies brought more nice yarns from the Yarn Basket this month.

New Membership Committee: Angie Harris. STRONG work Angie!! Three **NEW** Members, One **Returning** member and One Visitor!!

Old Business:
1. WWKIP – Yeah!! It's almost here. WWKIP is on Sunday July 13 at the D'Art Center in Norfolk. The WWKIP Ladies have done an OUTSTANDING job!! The Tidewater WW Knit in Public Day is promoted on Ravelry. It's on WAVY 10!! It's on the D'Art Center Website!! Trink sent information to all the local newspapers. Knitwits Newsletter mentioned it. Knitting Corner has it posted. The WWKIP Committee has made arrangement for door prizes, yummy yarns to taste and more!! A big shout out to membership – this is one event NOT to miss.

What next? Bring a chair, bring your own snacks and beverages. There is a Starbucks next door. Look up the Harborfest Parking suggestions. There are maps that show all the Parking lots. There is also a free shuttle that runs in the area. Car Pooling is a great idea.

New Business:
* Any interest in going back to Westminster Canterbury? Some members have expressed an interest. The view is great and the chairs are all set up. Carolyn Cox volunteered to talk to one of the residents about sponsorship and get information about who to contact for details. Thank you Carolyn.

* Date of July Meeting – July Meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 6 at 7pm due to the 4^th of July Holiday.

* Participation in Chesapeake Heritage Days: Chesapeake is not having the Heritage Days this year – it's been cancelled due to lack of funding.

* Anyone with ideas for the Historical Knitting section of the newsletter or just some knitting history they would like researched, please call Karen and let her know. Karen enjoys doing the research and writing the articles.

Raffle: Lucky raffle winners picked from a variety of yarns from The Yarn Basket.

June Program: Recycled Yarn

Jean Mills and Trink Dahl-Prince led the program on all kinds of ways to save money and be “green” by recycling yarn found in Thrift Shops or in your closet. Look for wool sweaters with a stain, or sweaters that a child has outgrown. Don't throw the sweaters out or pass up that unwanted gift on the shelf in the Thrift Store... FROG it! Jean and Trink shared Internet Sites for information on recycling yarn, tips on what to look for, things to avoid, and how to unravel.

They also mentioned looking in the craft sections of Thrift shops for bags of yarn, books, needles, magazines, crochet hooks and other tools. Be wary of afghans as many of them are made of acrylic yarns!

Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress.

Next Meeting Date: July 6, 2010

Meeting Adjourned Time: 9:00 pm

Respectfully Submitted,
Peggie Meyer

WWKIP: WORLD WIDE KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY JUNE 13TH

Thank you Cheryl and Carrollyn for a delightful, fun and busy WWKIP at Selden Arcade in Norfolk, Va
on Sunday.  You did a GREAT!!! job!  and we APPRECIATE you!!!

JULY GUILD MEETING: TUESDAY, JULY 6TH---7:00PM

June newsletter

The June newsletter has been emailed to members and also is available online here.

Thanks,
Sonja

WWKIP: WORLD WIDE KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY JUNE 13TH

WWKIP IS JUST OVER A WEEK AWAY.  BRING YOUR CHAIRS, SNACKS AND DRINKS AND COME DOWN TO THE D'ART CENTER AND SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT WE DO, AND DO SO WELL!

Cheryl and Carrollyn have orchestrated a wonderful WWKIP day.  There will be swatching, yarn tasting and learn to knit opportunities.  There are goodie bags for the early birds!   Come on down and show support for your craft and let the public see what we do!

JULY GUILD MEETING: TUESDAY, JULY 6TH---7:00PM

CHANGE OF DATE:  THE JULY GUILD MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY NIGHT, JULY 6TH.  MONDAY IS A CITY HOLIDAY AND THE LYNNHAVEN HOUSE WILL BE CLOSED.

GUILD MEETING: JUNE 7TH, MONDAY--7:00PM

The spinning program scheduled for the June 7th Guild meeting has been cancelled.  Trink is planning another program  for the meeting.  Joanne will reschedule the spinning program at a later date.

TKGV Minutes – May  2010

Date: May 4, 2010

Meeting call to Order Called by: Pam St Clair
Time:  7:22

President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed.  We were thrilled to have another guest as a result of the  Spring/Heritage Craft Show. May birthdays were recognized.

President'a activities this past month:  Lots activity and details coordinating the 5/1 Maryland Sheep and Wool bus trip. A great time was had by all! And we made a profit of $385.00!! It was noted that next year we should find another place to meet and park cars as the Military Mall Security Patrol left notices on the parked cars.

Minutes of the April meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report:
    * General Fund: $3,448.64
    * Charity Fund: $97.83
    * Grand Total: $3,526.27
Treasurer's Report was accepted as presented.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl-Prince

    * May –Tonight’s Program was given by Eleanor Calvin and a team of folks on Finishing Techniques.
    * June – Why Spin? Bring your spindels.
    * July – Yarn sale
    * August – Charity Knitting-More about St Mary’s & Charity Projects/Ideas
    * September - Yarn Sale Deux

    * Speakers – Sally Melville is booked for TKGV 10/22 & 23, 2011.  For  4 classes, the cost is approximately $1600 plus incidental expenses.  We also need to rent a place to hold the classes. Lora Marin volunteered to assist in finding a venue for the workshop-she will call several places including Westminster Canterbury. Anyone else interested in assisting with this event please contact Trink Dahl-Prince.

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott.
    * Reminder for folks to register items knitted-the sign-in list is available at every meeting for people to register their count.
    * Yarns and other supplies were donated by Carolyn Dillingham. They are to be used for charity knitting. See Jackie Scott if interested.
    * As we move into summer, the Guild would like members to knit pet blankets for Charity projects.  Any kind of blanket that can line a cage from cat size to Great Dane size.  The pet blanket you make will go with the pet when it is adopted, so the blanket is part of the pet's care kit.

Charity Log Sheet – Debbie Henderson will continue to log items.

Welfare and Calling Tree - Karen Richardson was not present.  Pam St. Clair did let everyone know that Susan Baldwin is recovering from hip surgery.

Community Events: Linda Johnson.  Not present - no update.

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic. 
    * Members noted the beauty of the “look” of the Newsletter.  Members were reminded the Newsletter is online.
    * KIP information will be noted in the newsletter as well as sent to the newspaper for Gracious Living section.

Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.
    * Tote bags available for $20.
    * Raffle items were purchased from the Yarn Basket this month.

New Membership Committee: Angie Harris.  No updates.

Old Business:

    * WW Knit in Public Day – This event will be held on June 13 from 12-5 at the D'ART Center in Norfolk.  Bring a chair, food and drink.  The WW Knit in Public coordinators envision lots of great activities to get everyone excited, including:  a yarn tasting lounge, charity knitting, goody bags,  a scavenger hunt and a learn-to-knit station.  Members were asked to bring extra needles and scrap or old yarn to make kits.  Volunteers will be needed to teach people to knit and to coordinate the charity knitting.  During the June Meeting volunteers  are needed to assist in the set up of yarn and needles in preparation for the “student” knitters! Plan is to set up 25-30 sets of yarn and needles.
New Business:
    * None tonight.

May Program:  Eleanor and “team” demonstrated several Finishing Techniques. Eleanor showed several ways to “block” knitted items and brought some of her own lovely garments to demonstrate differing processes. Jackie Scott showed us ways to weave in those pesky loose ends. And Carolyn Cox demonstrated the always challenging Kitchener Stitch. Thank you to all of these ladies-this was an excellent program and enjoyed by all!!

Raffle:  Wonderful yarns from the Yarn Basket were won by several happy raffle winners!

Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress.

Next Meeting Date: Monday June 7, 2010

Meeting Adjourned Time: 9:00 pm

Respectfully Submitted,
Trink Dahl-Prince

Join us for World Wide Knit in Public Day

Tired of knitting alone? Join the Guild on Sunday, June 13, at the d'Art Center for World Wide Knit in Public Day. See our flier here for more details.

Newsletter Archive

Back issues of the newsletter, starting with December 2009, are all available in a Google Docs folder here. You can read online or download to read later.

Submitted by Sonja.

May issue of newsletter

You can download a PDF here.

Submitted by Sonja.

TKGV Minutes – Minutes of the April, 2010 Meeting

Date: April 5, 2010

Meeting call to Order Called by: Pam St Clair
Time: 7:19

President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. Members and guests were asked to remember to sign-in and to wear their badge. We were thrilled to have 5 guests and two new members. April birthdays were recognized.

President'a activities this past month: Lots of Frogging! And lots of hours worked to pull together the scheduling for the Spring Craft Show – and some great time logged working at the Craft Show as well.

Minutes of the March meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report:
General Fund: $2,823.50
Charity Fund: $97.83
Education Fund: $289.14
Grand Total: $3,210.47
Treasurer's Report was accepted as presented.

The Treasurer asked to include the Education Fund into the General Fund. A Motion was made, seconded, and there was no discussion. A vote was held and the Motion carried.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl Prince

• Two of our guests at this meeting were welcomed as “recruits” from the Spring Craft Show.
• Tonight's program by Sue Von Ohlsen will be on Shoulder Shaping
• May – Eleanor Cavin and a team of folks will be presenting finishing techniques. Eleanor mentioned that people need to look at the newsletter to get instructions for the swatches to get ready for the May Finishing Techniques. Use light colored yarn.
• June – Spinning Show and Tell
• July – Yarn sale
• August – Charity
• September - Yarn Sale Deux

• Speakers – Sally Melville is available for 2011. We could have Sally for a weekend in November 2011 – either weekend of 5/6 or 12/13 2011. For 4 classes, the cost is approximately $1600 plus incidental expenses. We also need to rent a place to hold the classes. A suggestion was to get a quote from Westminster Canterbury. Everyone was very interested in pursuing more information about class size limitations and to get more details on the dates and location.

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott

• A sign-in list is available at every meeting for people to register their count.
• The Guild received a nice thank you note from St Mary's for slippers and a blanket. The Guild is supporting St Mary's as our charity at this point in time. Please consider knitting anything that a child from age 4 up to young adult age might want, which can go into a hot washer and dryer. Slipper socks and lap blankets are always appreciated.
• As we move into summer, the Guild would like members to knit pet blankets for Charity projects. Any kind of blanket that can line a cage from cat size to Great Dane size. The pet blanket you make will go with the pet when it is adopted, so the blanket is part of the pet's care kit.
• Charity yarn and needles were donated to the Guild. Members were asked to take any items tonight, on the honor system, for use in Charity Knitting projects.

Charity Log Sheet – Debbie Henderson will continue to log items.

Welfare and Calling Tree - Karen Richardson was not present.

• There is no news to pass on to Karen.

Community Events: Linda Johnson. Not present - no update.

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic. Sonia was not present.

• Members noted the beauty of the “look” of the Newsletter. Members were reminded the Newsletter is online.

Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.

• Tote bags available for $20.
• Raffle items were purchased from the Yarn Basket this month.

New Membership Committee: Angie Harris. No updates.

Web Committee: Joanne Fisher, Lara Marin and Andrea Riddle.

• Web Committee strongly believes the TKGV Blog should be linked via Google for “click-thru” advertising as a way to make money for the Guild. One suggestion for use of the money is to fund a website.
• Much discussion ensued. A suggestion was made that it would be helpful if the Web committee would provide more information about Google Click-thru and what is involved in developing, funding and maintaining a website. It would then be helpful to document the process with “big animal pictures” to present the process to the membership at a future meeting.
• Carolyn Cox volunteered to look at the terms and conditions of the Google Click-thru.
• Treasurer agreed to look into “non-profit” status and what affect, if any, advertising dollars have on the Guild's “non-profit” status.

Old Business:

1. MD Sheep and Wool – Last month membership decided the Guild would pay $100 plus the $100 deposit. At this time there are 23 people confirmed and 2 “maybes”. There are 9 non-members.
2. Spring Craft Show – The show was a huge success. The Guild drew a lot of interest in both the knitted items on display and questions about knitting and the Guild. As noted above under Programs, 2 guests present at the April meeting were “recruits” from the show.
3. WW Knit in Public Day – This event will be held on June 13 from 12-5 at the D'ART Center in Norfolk. Bring a chair, food and drink. The WW Knit in Public coordinators envision lots of great activities to get everyone excited, including: a yarn tasting lounge, charity knitting, goody bags, a scavenger hunt and a learn-to-knit station. Members were asked to bring extra needles and scrap or old yarn to make kits. Volunteers will be needed to teach people to knit and to coordinate the charity knitting.
4. Gathering of the Guilds – to take place on Saturday April 10, 2010 at the Francis Land house.

New Business:

1. Raffle Committee made a request to increase funding for Raffle prizes to $150 per quarter. The Raffle Committee spent $99 allocated for the 1st quarter. A Motion was made, seconded, there was a discussion, a vote was held and the Motion carried.
2. The President received an email from Blue Heron Yarns, with an offer to bring Blue Heron discontinued yarns to a Guild meeting for show and purchase. Members are pretty excited about having Blue Heron, so Members asked Trink to schedule Blue Heron as part of Programming.

April Program: Sue Von Ohlsen presented the April Program on “Better Shoulder Shaping”.

• Instead of the “stair step” appearance which is unattractive and hard to seam together, Sue had an example of a technique used by Elizabeth Zimmerman. The technique utilizes P2Tog and K2Tog as the first and last stitch in the bind-offs typically used to create the shoulder slope. The P2Tog and K2Tog create a more gradual slope, which is easier to seam. Sue also reminded members that shoulder shaping is not always necessary, especially if the wearer of the sweater has square shoulders. It's important to remember patterns are not written in stone and if the knitter knows a better way to do something, the knitter should make the modification.

Raffle: 4 Wonderful yarns from the Yarn Basket were raffled.

Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress.

Next Meeting Date: Monday May 3, 2010

Meeting Adjourned Time: 8:47 pm

Respectfully Submitted,
Peggie Meyer

MS&WF

MS&W

The TKGV bus trip to Maryland Sheep and Wool is a "Go", with enough riders to cover the cost.  We still have plenty of seats if anyone wants to join the bus trip.  Registration forms are on this website.  Scroll down  to previous posting.

TKGV May Meeting

The next meeting of TKGV is Monday, May 3rd at the Lynnhaven House, Colonial Education Center on Wishart Road in Virginia Beach.

Meet and Greet: 7pm
General Meeting: 7:15pm

April issue of newsletter now available

You can download a PDF of April's newsletter by clicking here.

Submitted by Sonja.

TKGV Minutes - Minutes of Meeting held March 1, 2010

Date: March 1, 2010

Meeting call to Order Called by: Pam St Clair

Time: 7:15

President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. Members and guests were asked to remember to sign-in and to wear their badge. We were thrilled to have three guests and two returned members. February and March birthdays were recognized.

Minutes of the January meeting were posted to the TKGV blog and accepted.

(There were no minutes for February because the February meeting was cancelled due to snow).

Treasurer's Report:

- General Fund: $3,115.02

- Charity Fund: $97.83

- Education Fund: $289.14

- Grand Total: $3,501.99

Report was accepted as presented.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl Prince.

Trink introduced Kathy, who just moved here from California. Kathy is a knitting teacher. Kathy mentioned her company will match charitable donations.

- Alpaca Farm – Shearing Day coming up on April 13.
- April – Sue Van Olsen Shoulder Shaping
- May – Eleanor – Finishing Techniques
• Carolyn Cox - How to sew a seam, kitchener stitch
• Lora Marin – 3 needle bindoff
• Peggie Meyer - Crab stitch edging
• Need sign up for Blocking - see Eleanor Cavin
- June – Why Spin? With Joanne Fischer
- July – Yarn Sale
- Aug – Recycling Yarn – Juanita McCants
- We still want to do : Oops how do I fix this?
- November – we could do Sally Mellville, but it would have to be during the week. The membership has interest in a weekday event. Trink will find out more details. Ray Stuben said her church would be available to host the event.

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott. Charity Knitting for February was cancelled due to lack of sign-ups.

Charity Log Sheet – Debbie Henderson will continue to log items. There is a sign-up sheet at every meeting for people to log knitted charity items.

Welfare and Calling Tree: Karen Richardson volunteered to head the Welfare and Calling Tree.

Community Events: Linda Johnson. No Updates. Meeting of the Guilds and Knitting in Public coming up.

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic. More and more people are providing content which is really helpful.

Ways and Means: Angie Harris, Elenor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond. Tote bags available for $20.

New Membership Committee: Angie Harris agreed to take the lead as the head of the New Membership Committe. Two returned members welcomed tonight as well as three guests.

Web Committee: Joanne Fisher, Lara Marin and Andrea Riddle. No update.

Old Business:

1. MDS&W – We currently have 7 people signed up; 3 members and 4 non-members. Passionate discussion about pros and cons on use of approx 1/3 the Guild's money to pay for the bus which currently has 3 members signed up. Linda suggested to agree on an amount the guild would be willing to pay. Another suggestion made to move the cutoff day for committing to the bus to April 10. A Motion was made for the Guild to put in up to $100 in addition to the $100 deposit in order to fund the Bus for a total Guild committment of $200.  If there is not enough membership or other riders to fund the bus with the addition of the $200 from the Guild, the bus will be canceled.  Motion passed.
2. Charity Knitting needed – St. Mary's Caps for Kids, Samaritan House, Volunteers of America, Homeless and Pet Blankets, Helmet Liners, Scarves
3. Reminders – TKGV webpage is at TKGV.blogspot.com.
   1. Ravelry Page – Joanne and Linda moderate the Ravelry page. New members and guests were encouraged to check it out.
   2. Knitting History in the Newsletter – Karen Richardson doing a nice job – please enjoy these stories.

New Business:

1. Craft Show March 19, 20, 21 – we need a few more volunteers to sign up. We have 2 people signed up for many slots, but we really need 3 people in each time slot. We have some empty slots, so members were encouraged to please take a look at their calendars and sign-up for a slot. Free entrance to the Craft Show as a benefit. Located at the Virginia Beach Convention Center.
2. Knit out and Crochet Event (Craft Yarn Council of America) coming up. Need volunteers – will ask again next month after people have had a chance to think about it.
3. WW Knit in Public Day June 12, 13 – Cheryl and Carolyn are working on the locations and time. Current thinking is Sunday June 13 12-5 at the D'Art Center.
4. TKGA Annual Conference - 25^th Year Celebration – July 7 – July 10, Manchester NH
   1. TKGA are asking for knitting predictions for the future, so think about it and get your ideas to TKGA
   2. There is a Pattern Design Competition
5. Gathering of the Guilds – Saturday April 10 – We will need sign-ups for 10-4 at the Francis Land House. Pam will send an email and would like any one interested to email back.
6. Newsbits – Coordinated Colors is moving to a new location, not far from the old location.

March Program: Cables.

Caroloyn Cox led an informative program on Cables as a last minute substitution for Katie Gerwien who was recovering from a cold.  (We hope you feel better Katie!)  Carolyn jumped in to present front crossed, back crossed, cables in the middle of garments, popping out cables, books on cables and Answers to Questions on Cables. Even how to make the cable so it's completely reversible – looks good on the front and the back. Lots of creative ideas on what you can use if you lose your cable needle? Toothpicks, paper clips, or chopsticks were all recommended. Thank you Carolyn!

Raffle:

10 prizes were won and enjoyed by members – we had a lot of prizes because we missed the February meeting.

Show and Tell: Members showed many knitted garments and works in progress. One of the guests showed a finished free pattern shawl from Ravelry, called “Traveling Woman” made with “String Theory” yarn which got RAVE reviews. Thank you!!

Next Meeting Date: Monday April 5, 2010

Meeting Adjourned Time: 9pm

Respectfully submitted:

Peggie Meyer

MS&WF

Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival Bus Sign Up:


The TKGV has a bus going to MS&WF May 1st, 2010 and returning May 1st, 2010. The registration sheet is on the website.  Copy and send to Pam St Clair with your check.  All checks will be held until we are certain there are enough people to ride the bus and make it cost effective.  Should the bus be cancelled, you will be notified and your check returned.

Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival Bus Registration

Tidewater Knitting Guild of Virginia

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival Bus Trip

Saturday, May 1^st, 2010

6:00a.m.  Departure from Military Circle Mall Parking Lot

7:15a.m.  Departure from Patrick Henry Mall Parking Lot

Cost:    Guild Members:  $45.00 before 4/5/2010,  $55.00 after 4/5/2010

              Non-Guild Members:  $55.00 before 4/5/2101,   $65.00 after 4/5/2010

For more information regarding the MSWF, please see:

http://www.sheepandwool.org

Questions regarding the TKGV Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival Bus Trip,

Please email tkgv1@yahoo.com

Payment for the trip must accompany this registration form.  No refunds or

Cancellations accepted, unless TKGV cancels this trip.  In the event of a

Guild approved cancellation, refunds will be forwarded to registered participants.

________________________________________________________________ 

Tidewater Knitting Guild of Virginia

Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival Trip

May  1, 2010

Please send this completed registration form with check attached  made payable to TKGV  for the trip cost to :

St Clair/TKGV

1605 Arrowhead Point

Virginia Beach, Va 23455-4407

Participant information:

Name:  ______________________________________________________

Address:  _____________________________________________________

                  _____________________________________________________

Telephone:  Home:_____________________   Cell:_____________________

Email:  ________________________________________

Total Payment:  ___________

VB Spring Craft Show!
March 19-21st, 2010
VB Convention Center


Guild members, do not forget to sign up to work the craft show in the Guild's Heritage booth!  Come and enjoy the craft show and get some knitting done too!  

TKGV Meeting:  Monday, April 5th, 2010
Lynnhaven House
Colonial Education Center
4409 Wishart Road
Virginia Beach, Va


7:00pm

TKGV ANNUAL CHARITY KNIT-IN:   CANCELLED!
The Annual Charity Knit-in scheduled for February 13th has been cancelled.

TKGV Guild Meeting, March 1st, 2010

TKGV Guild Meeting:  March 1, 2010
Colonial Education Center
Lynnhaven House
4409 Wishart Road
Virginia Beach, Va


7:00p.m. Meet and Greet
7:15p.m. Business Meeting
               

WORLD WIDE KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY 2010

JUNE 12-13, 19-20

These are the dates provided by the Calendar 2010 from Knitter's Review.

Keep these dates in mind.  This will be new business on the agenda at the next guild meeting.

TKGV MEETING FEBRUARY 1, 2010 has been CANCELLED due to inclement weather and road and parking lot issues. The city has closed/cancelled all city building business. That means guild too, as Lynnhaven House is part of the city system. Rescheduling meeting will depend on Lynnhaven House schedule.

Saturday, February 13th: TKGV Annual Charity Knit-In!

Time: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Where: the home of Carrollyn Cox    
Address:  600 Queensgrove Crescent
                    Virginia Beach, Va 23455

Lunch: Potluck, bring a dish or two! Please check in with Jackie and let her know what you might be bringing. Variety trumps 14 pans of lasagna!

Bring your yarn, needles and plenty of knitting plans for much needed charitable items and expect to have a delightful day.


RSVP:  Jackie Scott   needs RSVP's by Sunday, February 7th.
             jackieknits@cox.net

TKGV Minutes January 4, 2010

Meeting call to Order Called by President Pam St Clair at 7:30

President's Comments: Everyone was welcomed. Glad to see everyone came out in the cold and hope there is lots of yarn to sell. One new member was welcomed - Julia Poussiant – Julia was a guest last month and joined. Birthday wishes were made to all January birthdays.

Minutes of prior month posted on the TKGV website for members to read. Copies were also available at the meeting. Minutes were accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report by Lisa Roberts:
- General Fund: 2937.02
- Charity Fund: 97.83
- Education Fund: 289.14
- Grand Total: 3323.99

Heiffer Fund Update by Lisa Roberts: The TKGV sent a Knitting Basket. All remaining funds were added to the new Heiffer Fund for 2010.

Committee Reports:

Programs: Trink Dahl Prince. Lots of Ideas presented such as:
o Class on Recycling yarn – Jean Mills and Trink Dahl-Prince will lead in February
o Basic Intro to Cables – Kate Gerwin and Carolyn Cox will lead in March
o Knitting Wizard – Linda Johnson, Peggie Meyer in April
o Finishing Class – Pam St Clair, Jackie Scott, Wanda Gunnoe, Eleanor Cavin will set up stations for various Finishing Tips in May
- Other suggestions:
o Knitting getaway in Sandbridge or Outer Banks
o TKGV Guild Knit-a long
o Trip to local Alpaca Farms
o Learn to spin class – Joanne Fischer was asked
o Yarn crawl to Richmond via Williamsburg
o Trip to St Mary's to learn how we can be most helpful with knitting or volunteering
o Speakers
o Wendy Johnson is booked for spring; Clara Parkes is scheduling for 2011; Natalie Wilson not yet contacted
o Member suggestion to look for a date in the Fall of 2010 and plan now for Spring 2011

Charity Projects: Jackie Scott.
o In 2009 the TKGV members created and donated a total of 176 items. Members may not be reporting all charity knitting as this number is down from prior years.
o For 2010, Members were asked if the Guild wants to continue to fund a prize.
o Motion: Jackie Scott made a motion to fund Prize budget of $100 for 3 prizes - Grand Prize $50 for the most prolific knitter and $25 each for the second and third place knitters in terms of points.
o Motion Seconded by Lisa Roberts and Motion passed by membership.
o Award counting is done on a point system. Jackie will report in February on the point system and Sonia will publish the point system in the newsletter.
o Charity Knit-In – Member get-together to spend a day creating knitted items for charity.
o Carolyn Cox will host sometime in February – the date will be announced in the Newsletter and at the February meeting.
o Other Charity ideas for 2010: Last year TKGV supported Caps for Kids, Pet Blankets, St Mary's and the Military with Helmet Liners.
o Members discussed and agreed to continue with St Mary's, Caps for Kids, Samaritan House, Volunteers of America (VOA) or NEST (Homeless).
o Suggestion to do VOA in Winter (Jan to April) St Mary's over summer (May to Sept) and Caps for Kids in the Fall.
o Homeless need caps, mittens, scarves, warm things.
o St Mary's can use lap blankets, socks, caps, scarves.
o Pet Blankets, Helmet Liners and scarves for Military needed all year.
o Citizen Sam has patterns, colors, sizes, etc for Military knitting
o Charity Log Sheet – Debbie Henderson will continue to log items.

Welfare and Calling Tree: Volunteers needed to organize a calling tree.
o Pam St Clair asked for a member to volunteer to lead a Welfare and Calling Tree.

Community Events: Linda Johnson. No Updates

Newsletter and Publicity: Sonia Barisic needs any information for the newsletter by the 15th of the month in order for the information to be included in the newsletter.
o Sonia would like road or trip reports, book reports.
o Currently “Snail” Mailing Newsletters to 24 people. An updated membership list will be available for February which may shorten the list of people who need to receive a copy via posted mail.

Ways and Means: Angie, Eleanor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.
o Tote bags available for $20.

New Membership Committee: Anji Harris agreed to lead the New Membership Committee.

Web Committee: Joanne Fisher, Lara Marin and Andrea Riddle. Not present; no updates.

Old Business:
MD Sheep and Wool:
o Price for a seat on the bus is $45 until April. After April 1, the price goes up to $55. Members interested in going to MD Sheep and Wool with TKGV asked to fill in the forms available at the meeting and send in the money in order to confirm the reservation.

Member recruitment
o TKGV membership asked to bring a friend to meetings and join the Guild!


New Business:
No New Business. Charity Knitting, Program Ideas were covered under Old Business

Program:
Yarn Yard Sale. Members brought yarns from their stash to offer the opportunity for other members to make stash enhancements.

Raffle:
3 members won yarn “kits” which included suggested patterns.

Show and Tell:
Members presented their knitted items and works in process.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:42

Respectfully submitted,
Peggie Meyer

February Guild Meeting:

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Colonial Education Center, Lynnhaven House

7:00p.m. Meet and Greet

7:15p.m. Business Meeting

TKGV Minutes - Minutes of Meeting held December 7, 2009

TKGV Minutes - December 7, 2009

Meeting called to Order by Pam St Clair at 7:30 pm

President's Comments:   Everyone welcomed; Birthdays noted; 1 Guest present.  Pam added many knitting related items to the TKGV Website, such as links to blogs, links to sites that show lots of pictures of knitting or luscious yarn.

Minutes of the November meeting posted to the Main Page of the Website.  Minutes will continue to be posted to the Main Page until there is a Members Only area.  Several additional printed copies were on hand for members who do not have access to the Website.  Minutes of the November meeting accepted as presented.

Treasurer's Report by Lisa Roberts:
- General Fund: $3372.79
- Charity Fund:  $441.29
- Education Fund: $289.14
Grand Total:  $4103.22

Committee Reports:

- Programs - Trink Dahl Prince.  January Program is the Annual Yarn Sale.  Suggestions for following months:  How to use recycled yarn, speakers such as Clara Parkes, Natalie Wilson, Wendy Johnson or guest from a local Alpaca Farm,  a “knit-in” or retreat in Sandbridge.  Trink will contact each of the suggested speakers to find out next steps to schedule and cost.

- Charity Projects - Jackie Scott.  Jackie displayed a large selection of Hats for “Caps for Kids”. Hats were on hand for voting in several categories. Members were asked to cast their votes and the winners were announced later during the Main Program.

- Charity Log Sheet – Debbie Henderson will continue to log items.

- Welfare and Calling Tree – Membership asked for volunteers to organize a calling tree.

- Community Events - Linda Johnson.  Linda will continue to research and help to organize event schedules, but may not be able to do all the events.  Suggestion made to list the events with the Pilot Online Calendar.

- Newsletter and Publicity - Sonja Barisic volunteered to list the events with Pilot Online and in the Newsletters.  Sonja asked members to send items for inclusion in the newsletter such as patterns or Road Trip “Yarn Reports” from members who visit a yarn shop while traveling.

- Ways and Means – Angie Harris, Elenor Cavin and Cheryl Cauthen-Bond.  Treasurer will provide a check for Ways and Means at December meeting.

- New Membership Committee - New Membership Committee needed. Membership asked for volunteers.

- Website Committee - Joanne Fisher, Lara Marin and Andrea Riddle.  Joanne added to the Ravelry TKGV Group seeking suggestions for TKGV Website.  Next steps are to collect requirements and hold a meeting to determine how to fulfill the requirements.

Old Business:

- Heffer Fund - $59 was needed to get the Heffer fund to goal of $500 for a “Knitting Basket”.  Members asked to consider this shortfall as the donation bucket was passed.

- Knitting Corner Afghan Project for the Susan G Korman Foundation:  Outstanding response from membership - enough squares were knit to make 3 Afghans and approx $3500 was raised.

- MD Sheep and Wool – May 1 & 2, 2010.  Cost for 42 Seat Hound Dog Bus:  $1500
Motion raised to go to Maryland Sheep and Wool by Lisa Roberts and seconded by Dona Poole.  Motion passed.

New Business:

- Members only section on Website:  General agreement by membership that a Members Only section is needed on the Website to post items like the Meeting Minutes and the Newsletter.  This requirement will be added to the agenda for the Web Committee.

- New Programs:  Members were asked to contact Trink for suggestions on additional program ideas.

- Charity Projects:  Dona  Poole and Lisa Roberts volunteered to co-Chair Charity projects. Dona and Lisa appealed to membership to provide suggestions for TKGV Group Projects for 2010. Dona and Lisa will take suggestions at the January meeting. Many thanks to Jackie Scott for her contributions as outgoing Chair of the Charity Projects Committee.

- Debbie Henderson made an appeal for Helmet Liners.  Helmet Liners are always needed and much appreciated by Men and Women in the Service going to Afghanistan.

- WW Knit in Public Day June 12 and 13, 2010:  Cheryl Cauthen-Bond suggested the D'Art Center in Norfolk.  Carolyn Cox offered to help.  Cheryl and Carolyn will get the specifics about utilizing the D'Art center for WWKIP and report at the January meeting.

- TKGV Group KAL:  Lisa Roberts suggested the Guild should do a group Knit-A-Long

- Raffle:  3 Items were raffled.

Program:

- Polyanna Gift Exchange.  Members who participated called randomly by numbers on Raffle tickets to choose and enjoy their Gift.

- Member Show and tell.  While voting for Caps for Kids and opening Gifts, members also presented their knitted items and works in process for Show and Tell.

- Caps for Kids Winners:
Technical Merit:  Jackie Scott
Most creative and Best in Show:  Chris Goudeau
Most Admissions:  28 - Wanda Gunnoe

- Heffer Fund Donation Basket was passed and members surpassed the $59 needed to get to $500 “Knitting Basket” gift for the 2009 TKGV donation. Excess funds will be donated to the 2010 Donation Basket.

- Next meeting is January 4, 2010.  Meeting Adjourned at 9:00.

Respectfully submitted,
Peggie Meyer