Our "Winter Woolies" Tree at the Festival of Trees

The Festival of Trees was during the Thanksgiving weekend. Tuesday night a few guild members decorated our tree for the event and it came out beautiful! Here are a few photos of our tree with some of the beautiful ornaments we created!

Friday, around 12:30, guild member Gloria was on stage when they announced the winners. Unfortunately, we didn't win a ribbon and we are not exactly sure how they judge the winners, but our tree came out wonderful and is a winner to us! Proceeds for all donated trees benefit United Cerebral Palsy.


LIKCG'S WINTER WOOLIES
Here's our tree topper with some novelty eyelash yarn, with needles sticking out and five larger sweaters (that wouldn't fit into the ornaments) spelling out the word P-E-A-C-E.



Here's some of our ornaments. It was difficult to take pictures of all the ornaments and the tree. Our tree was in a grouping with two other trees.



Gingerbread Man Ornament










Here's a cute ornament with just a ball of yarn and toothpicks sticking out as needles.


Full size photo of our tree. (Note: The ballerina slippers are on the tree behind ours).

Festival of Trees

Hoped everyone enjoyed the mini holiday break and the black Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Cyber Monday, {etc., etc.,} sales!
If you didn't get an opportunity to go to the Festival of Trees at the Cradle of
Aviation, here's a few photos of trees that received ribbons.

4th Place




3rd Place



2nd Place



1st Place



Theme Award



Unique Award



Artistic Award

Love this Snoopy Treetopper!





Victorian Award




Traditional Award



Whimsical Award

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Hello everyone! Just a little reminder that we are having Jack of Lion Brand Yarn as our guest this month. We haven't seen him in a while and are very excited for his return. In the past, he's brought samples of new and current yarns and explained how some of the yarn is manufactured. Please come a little early so you may find a seat. We'd like to start the meeting as soon as we can so he can go through his presentation. Afterwards, we'll have show and tell.

See you on Thursday!

Angela.

LAST CALL FOR THE CHARITY DINNER!!

This is a reminder that Thursday, August 11th is our annual dinner at Domenico’s at 6PM. All payments need to be in to Barbara Santerley by the end of this month (July 31). The price is $32 for members, $35 for non members. Checks should be made out to LIKCG. You can find Barbara’s address in your newsletter. You may e-mail us for the info if you do not have it. Please remember, this is a charity dinner. You are more than welcome to come without a handmade charity item however, you will not be eligible for a goodie bag. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

August Guild Meeting....

JUST A REMINDER about the AUGUST MEETING:

To our newest members, guests, and friends,

On August 11, 2011, we have our annual charity dinner at a local restaurant, so there is no regular scheduled meeting at the clubhouse in August.

WWKIPD - June 18, 2011

The Guild has reserved a spot at Eisenhower Park for Knit in Public Day. We will be in parking lot 5B, picnic area "Birches" at about 10:30am till whenever we get kicked out! Bring your chairs, your various projects, family and friends (BUT NO ALCOHOL!) for a day of knitting, crocheting, spinning and fun. The board members look forward to seeing everyone.

**PLEASE NOTE: NON-NASSAU COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL BE CHARGED $10 FOR PARKING. IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN NASSAU COUNTY, YOU MAY WANT TO COME WITH THEM. THEY WILL CHECK YOUR ID AS PROOF OF RESIDENCE.**

CATCH UP!!!

Hello all. Sorry for the absence! We had a little technical problem. All is well though and we will try to start posting again.

Much has happened since our last post I hardly know where to start...how about at the Huntington Sheep to Shawl Festival the board members attended on April 27. It was a wonderful experience! I highly recommend everyone goes next year.

Our next big event was our first bus trip to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. Can you say...

'sensory overload'? It was a great day. Here are some pictures:

It was a wonderful day of laughing, talking, walking, browsing, buying, touching and just being all together. One of the things I enjoyed the most was picking out a raffle prize. Each board member picked a little something up at the festival. On the way home everyone had a chance to win one of them. It was great fun. We are hopeful of planning another trip soon!