Bulletin Board: Week end Workshop with Galina Khmeleva

The Windy City Knitting Guild 

is pleased to welcome

Galina Khmeleva for 

a weekend workshop. 

Class 1:  The Language of Lace

class size :  20

Saturday - September 17, 2916

9am to 4:30pm

(six hour class with break)

Class 2:  Intarsia Lace Design Strategies

Sunday - September 18, 2016

9am to 4:30pm

(six hour class with break)

The Admiral at the Lake

929 W foster Ave

Chicago, IL

More information - Link Here.

June Program

Following the meeting .... our June Program will be a flag, tatted with split rings.

    Participants will need to bring fibers of your choice, wound continuous thread method (CTM) on a pair of shuttles, for each color.    

Please see your e-mail for project photograph and details.

Torchon Bookmark

Following the business meeting - Brenda will lead a Bobbin Lace program.

February and March project:

Torchon Bookmark

Members:   please check your e-mail for supply list, pricking, and details.   

Needle Lace: Holiday Ornaments

The next class, following the August meeting, will be needle lace.    The needle lace ornament program will be led by Dagmar F.    Patterns available at previous meeting - or check your e-mail for patterns / attachments.

Participants will have more time for filling stitches if the patterns are prepared ahead of time.  The finished ornament(s) could be used on the Haan Masion wreath we are donating this year.

Ornaments will be sold individually + wreath (unsold ornaments) will be returned to our chapter for future use.

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Images via The Project Gutenberg:    ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEEDLEWORK BY THÉRÈSE DE DILLMONT

Link HERE 

June class ...

Following the June meeting, our class will be a

Beaded Amulet Bag.

Members:  Please check your e-mail for supply list (details).   Anne R will bring instructions for both crocheted and knitted amulet bags, using size 10 or size 3 crochet thread/fiber.

 (knitted version)

Program: Irish Crochet

Spring is coming!

This Saturday, March 8, is our next meeting.  The scheduled program is an Irish crochet project, presented by Anne Reaves.  

Supplies: Bring fingering weight yarn with appropriate crochet hook, or if you're really brave and have great vision, bring size 10 crochet cotton and appropriate hook. 

(Appropriate hook means you know if you crochet to gauge, tighter than gauge, or looser than gauge.)

LINKS:

DMC Pattern Library:   Irish Crochet Lace 

Irish Crochet Lace:    10 FREE Patterns:   

Antique Pattern Library:   Irish Crochet

Visual Index - link HERE

January 11th: Tatting Split Rings

Following the business meeting [see Agenda in your e-mail], the program will be on 

Tatted Split Rings.    

If you have done splint rings:  please bring two shuttles, wound with two different colors and scissors.    You may want to bring extra shuttles and thread to try the split ring pattern(s).  

If you already know how to do split rings in tatting, Cathy will have two doodad patterns that use split rings and books with patterns that use split rings.

P.S.   If interested, the 2014 

Tat It and See will begin tomorrow.

Follow THIS LINK for details.

If you have FaceBook - visit HERE.

The Blog Site link is HERE, if you would 

like to follow along.

Carrickmacross Class

The class following our next meeting is on Carrickmacross Lace.  MEMBERS-- Please notify Sally asap if you will be needing a kit.   Details in e-mail and newsletter.

Carrickmacross – Learn a bit about the history and techniques of this distinctively Irish form of needle lace.  Bring very fine sharp scissors and a lamp (if possible)

I found [LINK HERE]

on the Lace Gallery Website:

    "An extract from “Carrickmacross Lace” by kind permission of the author, Nellie O’Cléirigh."

Photo of Finished Piece:

March Class

March 9th Class:

Our program is on

Embroidered Cards.

Members:   Please check your e-mail for the March meeting agenda, announcements, and the supply list for the program.

Additional information has been added to the

2013 Lace Day Blog   -    Link Here

February Class

February 9th Program:

~ a Knitter Bunny Pattern ~

Members:  check your e-mail for announcements, the February meeting agenda and knitted scarf pattern (class to follow meeting).   

Additional information has been added 

to the 2013 Lace Day Blog, Link HERE.

Tatting: Onion Rings ...

Edited 1/21/2013:

The pattern for the above pictured motif ,

The "Onion" Ring , is

from the Georgia Seitz

web site -- Link HERE

Thanks Sally for showing the members

how to create Onion Rings.

It was a wonderful class last Saturday.

(Jan 12th)

Pretty!   Class Sample

tatted by Sally

Another class Sample

tatted by Sally.

The pattern is Clover Flower Edging

by Nancy Tracy.

And this little thing:

was tatted by me.  How

awesome to learn a new tatting technique!

Thx Sally ; )

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February's class:  Learn to read a knitting chart while working on a lacey shawl pattern from Kelli S.    

Chinese Knotting Basics

Following the July Business Meeting

Cathy K will instruct

3-5 basic Chinese Knots

Please bring books you may have on 

Chinese Knotting

Supplies needed for class:

Rattail Cord (recommend 2 colors)

Ball-headed pins

Cork board or a shallowly sloped cookie pillow

Ruler or Tape Measure

Scissors

These are some of my Rattail cord spools.

It is also available by-the-yard in the lace/trim department 

at JoAnn Fabrics and other fabric stores.   

Romanian Point

This is a program for Members only.

March 10:

Romanian Point Lace Hedgehog

Patterns have been

distributed ahead of the meeting

for members to prepare for the class.

The meeting begins at 9am.

See the newsletter for details.  

February's Class

February 11:

Fabric Postcards

Class taught by Sally.

Meeting 9-12 noon.


See the newsletter for details.

Education 2012 - Classes for Members

January Class

Marelda Neckwarmer

Supplies needed:  150-175 yards of DK or lt worsted yarn, US 6 straight or circular needles (or appropriately sized needles to obtain gauge), one large button, which is optional.

February Class

Fabric Postcards

Learn basic assembly techniques for making fabric postcards.   The finished postcards will be mail-able, but they can also be miniature works of art, displaying your lace or other work.  

Participants need to bring:  one piece of lace or other 'focal' element of your choice,  base fabric cut apx 5" x 7", beads, threads.   (see the newsletter for additional information).

More details to follow.

March Class

Romanian Point Lace hedgehog

This is a program for members only.    The pattern is available (now) for members to prepare for the March Class,   The pattern will be handed out to members during the January meeting.   

Details will follow regarding a refresher program (at the public library) for preparing the pattern and crocheting the cord.    

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Additional information can be found in the newsletters.

January's Class:

January 14:

Marelda Neckwarmer

taught by

Kelli.

Please check your e-mail 

and newsletter for details.

The meeting is 9am-noon

(optional lunch out afterwards)

Ornament Class for November

Edited:  Photographs added

Please visit

Gina's blog:

Poems of Lace + Embroidery

October 27th post

for photos of the Bobbin Lace

ornament in progress.

In addition to bobbin lace ...

Carolyn has created a

Tatted Spiral Ornament

pattern.   

The tatted ornaments will 

be on display at the November meeting.

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Members:   Make sure to check your e-mail

 for class updates 

November's Program

Spiral Bobbin Lace Ornament

Pattern by Petra Behrends

Ornament model and Sign-up sheet (for kits)

available at the October meeting.

Kits will be given to participants ahead of time (before the meeting)

so you can wind your bobbins and prick your pattern before November's class.

Details in the Newsletter

Change in October's Program

Announcement:

The Hedgehog is the traditional mascot

of lacemakers and embroiderers,

because of the "pins" in it.   

The October program, 

Romanian Point Lace Hedgehog,

will be taught

in the Spring. 

October's program will be a lace-in.

Please bring one or more lacemaking items to work on.

You may want to continue making a 10-12" RPL cord.