February 2024 Minutes

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This Month

Birthdays

February Birthdays

• Joyce Cook
• Patty Scruggs

March Birthdays

• Lynda Hoodward
• Ginny Mahoney

February Meeting Highlights

The February 10 meeting began with a short business meeting:

• Service Project for the year will be “Operation School Bell” to provide new hand-knit hats for children (K-3rd grade) in need. This is a project of the Assistance League. Please use acrylic yarn for washability, and if you need a simple pattern, Margaret Fizer or Sue Culbertson are happy to provide one.
• President Joyce Arthur asked for a vote of those accepting the By-laws that were emailed marking suggested changes last week. Passed.
• Tia Purdy was elected to be Guild VP for 2024.
• A new process was used for Show and Tell where finished projects were placed on a table with a tag (see below).

Program: Compass Moon Creations

Jennefer Marker introduced her family business that started in 2017. They purchase 600 fleeces from 26 small family farms in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), Colorado, and Delaware. She works educating 4H and FFA youth all over the PNW in the types of animals. She presented a lively education to the Guild about the various types of wool, what the properties are and the best types for various knits. She brought a lot of her hand spun yarn to purchase, as well as stitch markers and stickers she has created. Click here to visit her Etsy shop!

Show & Tell

• Su Fennern showed her finished Mini Noa by Faina Goberstein of FGDesigns (Ravelry link)
• Debbie Paxson showed her finished 1898 Hat and Miss Marple Scarf in bright pink wool (Ravelry links)
• Sandy Galbraith showed a beautiful finished orange/yellow/gray/blue shawl (pattern unreadable)
• Tia showed her finished Wrap Me Up Sweater Scarf by Knitatude (Ravelry link)
• Heather Sly-Haley showed her finished Landon hat by ashleybah (Ravelry link)

Upcoming Events

March 2024 Meeting

Paco Handly is coming to introduce us to Naal Binding, an ancient form of knitting from Scandinavia using a single needle, originally from a whale. He will be using a PowerPoint and bring several demonstrations.

Other Events

• Willamette Heritage Center had a February Membership Drive
• March 7-10, 2024 Rose City Yarn Crawl, Portland, OR
• May 4, 2024 Sheep to Shawl – Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill