This Month
Birthdays
Happy September Birthday to:
- Gretchen Carter
- Teresa Furnish
- Debbie Paxson
- Marcia Smith
Happy October Birthday to:
- Joyce Arthur
- Janet Bubl
- Nelda Gill
- Christine Golden
- Priscilla Seybert
September Meeting Highlights
Joyce Cook, President, welcomed members and guests. One guest came from Eugene, and two others found out about the Guild at the State Fair. She announced there would be a Board meeting following the meeting to go over the surveys of the kinds of meetings and programs members would like next year.
Mini Sweater – Little Lopapeysa
The knitting of mini sweaters continues. There were several lovely examples this month.
Show and Tell
- Heather Sly-Haley knit a bag for her yoga mat.
- Sandy Galbraith showed the socks she’d entered in the State Fair.
- Joyce Cook showed her lace scarf, pointing out the cat pin.
- Debbie Juul showed the Christmas stocking she just finished for her grandchild.
- Kathy Goebel showed the numerous hats for donation she knit all with scrap yarn.
- Diane Williams knit and felted this backpack with leftover wool yarn.
- Genevieve Rickner modeled her cotton knit cardigan with a pattern from the 1940s.
Program
Laura Salisbury, knit designer and yarn dyer from Always Be Kind Yarn in Eugene, told the story of her business, showing her yarns and some of the items she has knit with them. A portion of the proceeds from her yarns go to support suicide awareness and prevention.
Her products are available on the web and in the Eugene yarn shop. Laurie dyed a lovely yarn for our Knitting Guild called “Millstream”!
She developed this heel construction (diamond heel) to keep the stripes aligned. Her sock patterns are also available on the website.
Upcoming Events
October 14 Meeting
This falls on the same weekend as the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival at the Linn County Fairgrounds. Perhaps some will want to carpool there after our meeting. There will be food carts available for lunch at the Fairgrounds.
To accommodate this, the Guild meeting will be shorter. There is not a formal program, but for those who want to stay, we will have a few fall patterns to knit. Please bring yarn, any size with appropriate needles, to knit a fall leaf or acorn.
Other Events
- Trailing of the Sheep Festival in Idaho – October 4-8, 2023
- Bead and Creative Arts Festival in Milwaukie, Oregon – October 14-15, 2023
Salem Millstream Knitting Guild 