Eastside Knitters Guild Meets Feb 27th, 2012

Good morning, everyone.

The Eastside Knitters Guild meets on the last Monday of every month at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, WA in the Community Room across from the Hallmark's.

One thing I really like about this group is that they have speakers.  This is not a group that just gets together to knit, though knitting certainly happens at the meetings, just try to get us to put down our pointy sticks!  At the meeting last night, Joe Papineau came and gave a wonderful presentation on how to improve your "Project Photography" with a point and click camera.  The gist of his presentation was: use natural lighting, composition!, and cropping.  Good photos are made more with creativity and composition than with a great camera, and there is no substitute for natural light.  One nice trick was that if you are having trouble photographing white or black knitting, use a contrasting background like gray to help set it off.

But of course, the best thing about the Eastside Knitters Guild (next to the people, of course)  is the knitting.  Here is a quick look at the WIP's at the meeting, with apologies to people who came in later.  I know a few more people came in after I had stopped taking photos.

In alphabetical order:

Char  M. started a purple hat for Shaken Babies.

ChelanKnitter was working on the sleeves of a hoody cardigan in wonderful variegated greens.

Chevy2Lover made good progress on a scarf.

Although it looked at first as though Chiqeeey was just untangling yarn,

Chiqeeey was actually starting a stocking for Operation Holiday Stocking.  She has a goal of one stocking every day for this charity that sends holiday stockings to people serving in the armed forces.

Chockelet was there, working on her knitted chess set.  She had 2 bishops (with mouths!) and a knight on a horse.

Donna (ok, I will say Donna 1 since there are many Donna's in EKG) was making good progress on an Ava Beret.

Donna #2 was knitting a dropstitch scarf in the most interesting yarn.  She was using Berocco Seduce which has rayon and linen in it.  The photo does not capture the flecked color, and I am sorry for that.  It was really beautiful.

Janet was finishing the sewing and weaving in ends on a slew of hats for Operation School Bell.

Juan G. was casting on a new block for an afghan.

Kerseymere, (which means a "fine woolen cloth with a twill weave" - isn't that a great Ravelry name!) brought this beautiful scarf she had just finished.  The pattern is from the book One Skein Wonders by Judith Durant.

Lester was being a rogue crocheter.  She had brought a block for a block-a-month afghan she is making with the Eastside Crochet Guild.

The last piece I photographed is the beginning of a gorgeous Sebasco Vest in dark teal (yes I would call this color teal) knitted by Suzehil.  I hope you can see the texture of the stitch pattern in this photo because it is really pretty.






Other interesting news talked about at the guild meeting:

The Seattle to Portland Yarn Train sponsored by the Snohomish Knitters Guild, which was cancelled because of snow, has been rescheduled to May 19.

The Puget Sound LYS Yarn Shop Tour 2012 is May 16 - 19.

The EKG will celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day on June 16 at Crossroads Mall from noon - 2.

The next Eastside Knitters Guild meeting will be Monday, March 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Crossroads.  I hope to see you all there.

Have a great day.

f1bercat
shaping the planet one guild meeting at a time