Something New for December!

Somebody, I don't know who (probably Carol), had a great idea for our December meeting/holiday potluck.  Instead of bringing a dishcloth to exchange, we're going to go through our stash, find some interesting yarn that you'd like to knit into a hat, scarf, or cowl (no sweaters or afghans, please), and then find a pattern to go with it.

Now the fun begins.

Bring the yarn and pattern to the October meeting in a brown paper bag (stapled closed) with the form that MaryLu emailed to us all after the September meeting inside too.  

• Mark on the outside of the bag if it's a Hat, Scarf, or Cowl and the level of difficulty--Easy, Moderate, or Difficult.

• Please have the yarn wound.  It doesn't matter if it is wound by machine or by hand.

At the meeting we will put the bags out and you will pick a new one.  You'll be knitting a hat/scarf/cowl for another member.  Shh, don't tell!  You have two (2) months to complete it and, at the December meeting, you give the item you knit to whoever it came from, and you will receive the project that you brought all completed and gorgeous.  That night its Mystery Knitter will be revealed to you.

For the program in October we'll view the Philospher's Wool Fair Isle video, which is a festival of late 1990's style sweaters with valuable Fair Isle hints and tips thrown in, so bring something easy to knit on while the video plays.

***Also at the October meeting, please bring any items you've knitted for Julie Lefevre's request for things for the siblings of young cancer patients.  Hats, purses, scarves, mitts, even Hacky Sacks--make up something for these often forgotten victims of cancer in families.

In November we're having a yarn swap/sale/giveaway, so as I went through (part of) my stash last weekend I found a single skein with a scarf pattern already inside.  Score!  So that's going into the bag with the pattern that I read through to make sure it isn't too complicated or challenging and the form.  It'll get stapled so I can't second guess myself and will wait for the October meeting for the next step in its destiny.


Doesn't this sound like fun?  (As always, participation is optional.)