Hi knitters!

This past Sunday was the May Meet-up. We had a great crowd with two brand new knitters and some new faces as well as familiar ones. Everyone was knitting for new babies in their friend group, it seemed with two knitters trying out toys: a frog and a bear. Others started up cabling while two knitters were starting out for the very first time. We also did a brief lesson in stitching pieces together for a patchwork baby blanket. Fun! I am still working on my step-mother's sweater at far too slow a pace and dealing with the mystery of the sock yarn to finish my dad's socks that never came in the mail...

June's meeting will be right at the very end of the month because I will be out of town in the middle. I hope you all have a wonderful few weeks until we meet again. Also... meet-up has finally decided to charge membership fees so I will have a donation jar next time to cover that. Thanks for pitching in!

I hope to see all of you there in June. Keep up the great knitting before we meet again.

****I am removing the ability to RSVP maybe, because this prevents people who know they want to come from getting a spot. Please check your calendar before RSVPing and make sure to write it down so that everyone who really wants to come is able to. If the list is full, we now do have a waiting list. Thanks!***

Happy crafting,
Caroline

NEW: I have been getting a lot of nervous requests from brand new knitters who are a bit shy about diving into a full group. IF YOU ARE A NEW KNITTER: please note this in the notes section of your RSVP and come at 3pm, instead of 3:30. If i get RSVPs from new knitters looking to learn, I am happy to come and get you started. I have taught people to knit for over 5 years, and am confident that we can get you working away on a beginning project by the time everyone else arrives.
ALSO NEW: I am assembling a list of potential class offerings to teach at 2pm before the meet up. The cost would be $25 per person and you would get to cover a topic like "cast-on techniques" "increases and decreases" "reading patterns" "cables" "lace patterns" or other fun topics. If there is a topic you are dying to see offered, please e-mail me.

One class in the works: basics and pattern reading
One advanced class: working patterns from a chart

Please note your interest in these classes when you RSVP.

Happy knitting!
Caroline
www.remabulouscoaching.com