February 3, 2020

The February meeting took place on a snowy winter day, with 13 members and 3 guests in attendance.

The meeting began with introductions and announcements.  Jan H encouraged anyone interested in receiving Cody's Grand Loop Knitting Shop newsletter to give her their contact information. The shop has the largest collection of yarn for sale in Wyoming!


Karling reminded everyone that the Powell Homesteader Museum's button art is due Friday, February 7th. Contact Marybeth for more information.
Zann accepted $6 fees for the March TAGY Sachiko kits. Please let her know if you are interested and have not yet signed up.

Monthly Challenge

Stitch Meditations

February's monthly challenge was Stitch Meditation.  Examples were shared by Lili, Zann, Karling, Alice, Jan H, Jan W, Sue, Judy and Ben.

Lili's antique lace SM

Grand Prismatic Spring- Yellowstone

Pam shared results of her Quilting Arts magazine challenge to transform "ugly" fabric.  She explained the techniques she experimented with along with before and after examples. These will be submitted to Quilting Arts magazine, so no photos yet.



Jan H showed her January challenge with an added flange and binding.

Jan's cowl

Jan also shared a knitted cowl that has various yarn colors representing layers of Wyoming's geology and a just-finished market bag complete with a daisy on the bottom.






Ellen showed fun and easy pin cushions made with felted wool scraps.

Pin cushions

Barbara Pike showed the Yellowstone Quilt Fest Raffle Quilt for 2020. The blocks are from the 2019 Block Challenge "Wyoming Wildflowers".  It was pieced by Barbara and quilted by Judy Mackie. Tickets will be available soon.

Guest, Rose French, showed two hand appliqued quilts. One is Hawaiian technique in pastel colors and the other features flowers surrounded by custom machine quilting.

Ellen presented the program, "Knitting Seamless Sweaters Without A Pattern".  She included a very thorough step-by-step handout detailing all aspects of the technique and necessary supplies.

Ellen brought many examples of knitted sweaters, pullovers, cardigans, skirts and bags. She demonstrated that most things can be knit without seams as a "tube in various shapes".  Choosing needle size, wool, silk and cotton blended with wool yarn, washing methods, where to buy and dying yarn were covered in her demonstrations.