The president opened the May 2013 meeting at 7:15 p.m. and extended birthday greetings for TKGV members celebrating May birthdays. The president welcomed our guests.
The April 2013 meeting minutes were approved.
The treasurer reported the guild’s balance as of this meeting is $4,485.00.
The charity chair advised she had yarn from the Navy/Marine Relief Society for baby items. In addition, she reported this year, to date, 17 members have completed knitting items for 12 charities.
The June program will be a round robin of how to apply fringe and other embellishments to knitted items.
Yarn Shop News:
Baa Baa Sheep: will have 2 trunk shows in May, one from C2Knits and one from Plymouth Yarns. On 5/18, Cheryl Moore will teach a workshop on how to fix knitting mistakes. On 6/15, Nell Knits will offer one or knitting workshops.
The Knitting Corner: will offer a 4 session workshop on creative thinking on Thursday nights.
The Yarn Club: has 2 trunk shows now, one from Scrumptious Yarns and one from “November Knits”. On 6/15, The Yarn Club will host a Knit in Public event at the Virginia Beach Town Center.
The president advised we will have a Knit in Public event on 6/29 at the Tides baseball game. The tickets are $11.00/person, and family members are welcome. Please bring your ticket money to the June meeting.
The secretary announced the particulars of the 6/1 TKGV KIP LYS Scavenger Hunt. We will meet at 9:15 a.m. at the Panera Café at Virginia Beach Blvd. and Columbus Circle for breakfast and to kick off the event. Guild members will visit our 4 local yarn shops to Knit in Public at the shops and answer scavenger hunt questions. Members may start the event at one of the 4 local shops instead of at the breakfast. We will collect the scavenger hunt answers and the Knit in Public confirmations at the June meeting to determine who earned the most points. The 3 guild members who earned the highest number of points will win prizes.
The June program was a true walk in the closets of mother and daughter guild members and knitters, Cindy and Denise. The guild enjoyed the informative display of knitted garments both had completed, along with the patterns and yarn information.
The Ways and Means committee conducted the raffle of various donated items.
Following a review of the Fiber Kentucky Derby Hats, a winner, Sue Von Ohlsen was declared for wearing the hat that best represented fiber arts and the Kentucky Derby theme.
The guild enjoyed the show and tell.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
