REMINDER - Festival of Trees

The 21st annual Festival of Trees to benefit United Cerebral Palsy is going to be held on November 26-29 at the Cradle of Aviation. Gloria got a 6' tree for the Guild and our theme is Snowpeople. We will be decorating the tree on Tuesday, Nov 23 at the Cradle of Aviation. Most of us will be there around 4pm. If you are free, it would be great to see you!

Photo Overload

So here are some photos from the Long Island Fair. It's held every year at the Old Bethpage Restoration Village. I highly recommend that everyone enter something next year. It's lots of fun to participate in.

This is my Vernal Equinox Shawl.

This is Gloria's red ribbon winning Swirl Shawl.
Can you believe someone actually crochet this huge octopus?!
I thought this was cool. I think she was knitting socks.

Edited to add: I was just informed this is our own Pat Forte! I had no clue. I just snuck a quick picture!

Here are some photos from this years Rhinebeck trip. The Guild may look into organizing a bus for next year. If you've never gone you really should. There is so much to look at. It's really wonderful.

November 18 Meeting - Charity Auction Night

Hi everyone! Just wanted to remind you all that this week is our Charity Auction night. We have lots of yarn and books that we will be auctioning off. Last year was so much fun and exciting. I am looking forward to doing it again. Due to the amount of yarn we have to auction off, we will begin promptly at 7pm. The business and Show and Tell portion of our meeting will be postponed till next month. If you are participating in the auction, please wear a name tag to make tracking the sales easier. You may make your payments with cash (singles preferred if possible), or check. As we did last year, all monies collected will go to the Newsday Charities.

There will be a sign up sheet for the January Pot Luck dinner. This is a yearly event that everyone looks forward to. I love trying all the different yummy treats that people bring in so please consider signing up for a main dish, dessert or drinks.

I look forward to seeing everyone this week!

Our Next Book Discussion!

The votes are in and a decision has been made. The number one response was for “Crazy Aunt Purl’s: Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair,” by Laurie Perry. Everyone has plenty of time to pick it up and read! This book discussion will be during our December meeting.

SEPTEMBER 2010 MEETING ON 3rd THURSDAY

Monthly Meeting: Thurs. Sept 16th at 7pm.
NOTE: that this is the 3rd Thurs. of the month due to Jewish Holiday on the 9th.

Program: “Not Just for Socks”

presented by Dina, from The Knitting Place in Port Washington.

Dina will present a knit & crochet scarf pattern that takes 1 or 2 skeins, in addition to some of her original designs. Koigu and Madelinetosh sock yarn will be available for purchase at a 10% discount for members.

As always, there will be time for Socializing, Show & Tell, & Refreshments!! Don’t forget to bring your Dollars for our Charity 50/50. Looking forward to an informative meeting on the 16th.

Location: Merrick Golf Club, Club House Rd Merrick NY, Just South of Merrick Rd, East of Meadowbrook Pkwy. Questions: Contact us at liknitcrochetguild@gmail.com

ANNUAL CHARITY DINNER!

We had a wonderful time at our annual charity dinner hosted at Domenico's Restaurant in Levittown. We had 78 members and guests attend. We collected beautiful items for our charities. We will have a tally soon. In the meantime, here are just a few photos from the event!
















The LIKCG would like to thank all of the companies for their contribution and support in making this dinner such a successful event. Especially to the members who went out to get donated items for our goodie bags and auction!

WWKIP Day!

We had a great day at World Wide Knit in Public Day held at Eisenhower Park on Saturday, June 19th! We met new friends and members from other guilds. One new friend saw our posting on Ravelry and came all the way out from Ridge!!! We also celebrated Gloria Cannon's birthday.

Here are a few photos from the days event!

Our information table with charity patterns and info about our guild.









Forgot to get a picture of Gloria Cannon's birthday cake before we cut into it!