Saturday, February 09, 2013

February 2013 Meeting Minutes

The president opened the February 2013 meeting at 7:15 p.m. with a reminder to wear red in February to support education for women’s heart disease.  The welcome committee chair welcomed and introduced our guests.  The president extended the guild’s happy birthday wishes to members celebrating their birthday in February.

The January 2013meeting minutes were approved.

The treasurer reported the guild’s balance prior to this meeting is $4,837.92. 

The president advised the board approved the 2013 guild’s budget, and the 2013 TKGV budget is the same as the 2012 TKGV budget.

The charity chair advised yarn is available for charity knitting.  The guild will hold a charity knit in on Saturday, 2/23 at the president’s home.  The knit-in will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Please contact the president to r.s.v.p. for this event.

The president advised the Spring Craft Fair is Friday through Sunday, 3/15 to 3/17.  The guild will have a booth and needs members to support the booth during the fair.  All members who support the booth will receive free entrance to the Spring Craft Fair provided they sign up prior to 2/28/13.  Members may sell their products at the fair if they sign up with the president by 2/28/13. 

The president advised the Gathering of the Guilds will take place on Saturday, 4/6.  Again, the guild will have a table and needs members to support the table during this event. 

The president advised the board and program chair seek member input for 2 programs for 2013.  The board has programs for the remaining months in 2013. 

The welfare chair provided updates on two losses suffered recently.

Yarn Shop News:

Baa Baa Sheep:  is expanding the number of yarns it carries and will carry Americo yarn and will be the only U.S. distributor of this Canadian yarn.  The shop is receiving spring and summer yarns now.

The Knitting Corner:  is holding a clearance sale for fall and winter yarns.  The shop is receiving spring and summer yarns and is holding classes, to include a summer shawl class.

The Yarn Club: continues to receive Madelintosh yarns, as well as spring and summer yarns.  The shop has classes posted on its’ web site.

The newsletter chairperson thanked those members who are submitting articles and requests members to continue submitting articles on topics of interest to knitters.

The TKGV Knitting Retreat team continues to receive registrations for the March 2013 retreat.  
Four vendors will participate in the retreat.  We saw the nice goody bag attendees will
receive.  The remaining goody bags, just perfect for yarn shopping, will be available for
sale after the retreat.

Sue Von Ohlsen presented the program on wet felting with roving.  She conducted a live demonstration and brought a sample of wet felting.  

The Ways and Means committee conducted the raffle of red yarns.

The guild enjoyed the show and tell. 

The March program is Hand Care for Knitters.  Members are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes for this program.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.