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| June 17, 2009 |
Tuulia Salmela
Tuulia knits and hoards wool for spinning and knitting in Bothell, Washington. Originally from Finland, she loves designing winter garments for cold weather. She learned to knit from her grandmother at the age of 10. Her first project was a sock and she still enjoys knitting socks frequently. Over the years, she has developed an interest in traditional knitting methods and especially Scandinavian knitting, and as a historian, she enjoys using tradition and the heritage of past generations in her designs. She designs most of her knits herself, and is always happy to use new methods or materials in her knitting. Her goal in designing is to produce modern, classic knits with a touch of the past. Her love of tradition has taken her to learn dyeing fiber and spinning, which she uses to produce thin yarns for her passion, stranded knitting.
Her topic will be how tradition inspires modern knitting design. |
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| July 15, 2009 |
Knitting Social & Dessert Potluck
We will have a knitting social for our July meeting – come and get to know your fellow Guild members in a relaxed “lots-of-time-to-knit” forum. We will have the Mariners blanket squares on hand for anyone who wishes to volunteer to help assemble them.
Please bring a dessert to share; we will have tea available. |
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| August 19, 2009 |
Michele Camacho and Carl Brittain
Michele Camacho and Carl Brittain are the owners of Toots Le Blanc & Co., a specialty yarn business. Michele’s grandmother (Lucille “Toots” LeBlanc) taught her how to knit when she was a kid; she is a nurse by profession. Carl wasn’t a knitter when they started, but he has since "caught the bug," and is often seen avidly knitting at the Toots LeBlanc booth at various yarn events.
Toots LeBlanc is known for unique woolen blends with fiber from animals raised on small family farms in Washington, Oregon and Northern California. Only the finest fleeces are hand-selected. No harsh soaps, chemicals or dyes are used in the processing of the yarns and rovings – the fiber is all natural colors.
Visit the website: www.tootsleblanc.com for more info.
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| September 9, 2009 |
Sandy DeMaster & Mary Germain, “Color & Pattern in Latvian Mittens”
Join us for a slide presentation by Sandy and Mary, who are experts in Latvian knitting. They are authors of Latvian Mittens: Design and Technique and Ethnic Socks & Stockings and regularly conduct classes on Latvian Mittens and Ethnic Socks at Sievers School of Fiber Arts, Harrisville Designs and the Seattle Nordic Heritage Museum.
Come and be inspired by the color and pattern of Latvian mittens! |
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| October 7, 2009 |
Annual Fashion Show: Fair Isle Oregon Vest or Cardigan OR Karen Alfke’s Unpattern Sweater
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| November, 2009 |
Jared Flood: Designer and Blogger (Brooklyn Tweed)
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Meetings every third Wednesday of the month, 7:00 PM
Wedgwood Presbyterian Church
8008 - 35th Ave. NE, Seattle
Parking available in the lot behind the church
or
across from the south side of the church on 80th Street
Dues: $22 per year, $11 after July 1.
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