Our local Triangle Machine Knitters schedule

The Triangle Machine Knitters  hold their monthly meetings at a church in north Raleigh.  email me at       

fmcelroy@aol.com  for exact location. 

We meet from 10 am to about 12 noon.  Many of us go out to lunch together afterwards at a Chinese buffet.  You are welcome to join us or to join a new friend and eat somewhere else or to just go off on your own.  

 Usually we have a demonstration of something being knitted on a machine (or a technique) or maybe a video which is knitting machine related.  We then have a show and tell time when we show our completed items, items in progress, items we've had a problem with, or just swatches we like or do not like.  If we have time, we even show off our handknitting or other fiber arts work. 

Here is our schedule of proposed topics for our meetings for 2011-2012:

                           

NOVEMBER 19:  (1) Bring any more knitted toiletry bags. All who can,

                        please plan to arrive by 9:30 am to help stuff the bags. We want

                        to get as much done before the "official" meeting starts.

                        (2) Demonstration of the knitleader by Jo

  

DECEMBER: Party! (do we need a planning committee??) date and location to be announced  

JANUARY (the third Saturday): Donna Seitzer video,shown by Rita

FEBRUARY(the third Saturday): Intarsia, Sandra 

MARCH(the third Saturday): More (and more) hand-manipulated stitches, Elizabeth 

APRIL (the third Saturday): Fixing mistakes, finishing, Rita and Ann 

MAY(the third Saturday): Shortrowing, Mary 

JUNE (the third Saturday): Circular knitting incorporating tuck, fairisle, lace, Teena 

JULY (the third Saturday): (1) Buy/Sell/Swap anything and everything 

            (2) Bring your favorite book or pattern and tell us a little about it.

AUGUST (the third Saturday): Planning, planning for next season

Most of us knit on brother or Silver Reed (Studio/Singer) machines but some of us also use Passap machines.  There is a special meeting for Passap knitters usually held monthly at another location.  Email  me if you want info. 

fmcelroy@aol.com

Our local Triangle Machine Knitters

Although the Carolinas Machine Knitters guild seminar is over, our local group, the Triangle Machine Knitters, continues to meet monthly in Raleigh. Check out our website:

http://trianglemachineknitters.webs.com/

We will be updating our schedule for the upcoming year (Sept-July) in the next few months.

Rita

Cathie Sanders at the machine in her class. See the new Mark II added to the garter carriage.
This is Mary Anne Oger's class in the big room. She is showing some of her knitted garments.

Our great seminar

Well, I have been working all day to try to upload photos of our seminar. Let's try again..... Here is our seminar location at the church among the pines.The lady measuring someone is Ileen Levy, one of our demonstrators.I don't know why the photos are in the wrong order and not where I put them.....Maybe someday I'll learn to work this blogging site.

Seminar update

I am so excited about the upcoming seminar!  The organizing seems to be falling into place.

We have almost 50 people coming to the seminar, 5 demonstrators, 3 vendors plus  what the demonstrators are selling.  There are about 33 people planning and paid to attend the Dinner with the Demonstrators at a private dining room at the Casa Carbone restaurant.

At the Casa Carbone, each diner will have a choice of one of the 5 preselected entrees.  She or he will also have a house salad, a soft drink, and a dessert.  The tax and tip are included in the $20 that each person has prepaid.  If someone wants wine with the meal, that is okay, but she or he must pay for that personally, it does not come out of the $20.

We will be among the first in the USA to view the new Mark II two color garter carriage.  Cathie is holding a special class just for this!  I am sure we will have lots of questions for her.  Northtipton, her company, will start installing the Mark II sometime later this summer.

Many people are selling used machine knitting equipment through our private for sale list.  These are bargains to be picked up at the seminar, so no shipping charges are added!  When you register for the seminar, you are invited to join the for sale list.  Then you can sell or buy or browse as you wish.

If you suddenly realize that you want to come then check the guild website
www.carolinasmkg.org  and go to the page with the Paypal button to sign up.  We are always willing to squeeze in just one more!!

I can't wait to meet all of you in person!!!

Revised schedule of classes April 13

	Mary Ann's Classes	Ileen's classes	Marjorie's classes	Cathie's classes	Frank
Friday	Friday	Friday	Friday	Friday	Friday	Friday
8:00 Registration
9:00-10:00	The Ribber Rules	How to Take Accurate Body Measurements	different fabrics for different purposes	Introduction to the new Mark II Garter Carriage, a two color gc		9:00-10:00
break	break	break	break	break	break	break
10:30-11:30	Ribber Rules part 2	How to Take Accurate Body Measurements part 2	special cast on and cast offs	Introduction to Standard Garment Styling and Original Pattern Drafting  DAK	Dr. Frank's Clean Sweep	10:30-11:30
Lunch , business meeting and parade of knits	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:30-2:30	. For the ‘Crochet-impaired!’	Knitting with Cotton Spandex Yarn	One pattern number many different techniques	Double Bed Jacquard Four Ways		1:30-2:30
break	break	break	break	break	break	break
3:00-4:00	. Sideways Knits	The Importance of Swatches and Blocking	Using sewing machine and serger to assemble garment	Hand Manipulated Cables and Lace		3:00-4:00
6:00 Dinner at Casa Carbone--OPTIONAL	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	6:00 Dinner at Casa Carbone--OPTIONAL
Saturday	Saturday	Saturday	Saturday	Saturday	Saturday	Saturday
9:00-10:00	Darting Around	Buttonholes	Special cast on and cast offs	Introduction to Stitch Designer and Interactive Knitting  DAK	Dr. Frank's Garter carriage Maintenance
break	break	break	break	break	break	break
10:30-11:30	. Buttonholes, in anything, anywhere!	Cables and More Cables	One pattern number many different techniques	Rolling on the Ribber: racked bed techniques and other patterns for the ribber
Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:00-2:00	. Double Bed Edges and trims	Basic Machine Cleaning & Maintenance	Blocking	Knitweaving
break	break	break	break	break	break	break
2:30-3:30	Starting Right to Finish Perfect	Tips & Techniques	The Secrets to Garment Fitting	Machine Embroidery on Knits
	Mary Ann's Classes	Ileen's classes	Marjorie's classes	Cathie's classes	Frank

DAK classes at the CMKG seminar can be "hands on"

If you bring your laptop with DAK already installed, you may follow along with Cathie as she teaches how to use DAK.  If you have a problem there, she can help you right away!!

We will have tables for your laptop to be set on.