The January meeting will be only on Zoom!

Due to the crazy weather, the January guild meeting will be on Zoom only.

There will not be a meeting at the Hoover Church of Christ. Stay home!

Due to the questionable weather conditions we are not going to have an in-person meeting tomorrow. We will instead meet by Zoom from 10am to 12 noon. Get yourself a hot beverage and a cookie and meet us to share your Fiber Resolutions for 2025.

Zoom information was included in the meeting notice you received earlier. We are sorry that we can't post Zoom connection information online as nefarious people like to interrupt Zoom meetings with their opportunities to buy time shares.

Winter Weather and the Meeting

Saturday's meeting may be converted to Zoom due to inclement weather. If that happens members will receive an email notice with Zoom instructions. If you aren't a member of the guild and would like to join, check the Membership tab on this site.

January Guild Meeting, Saturday, January 11

Percy wants to see what you've been working on!

Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025

Time: 10:00 to Noon-ish

Location:  Hoover Church of Christ, 3248 Lorna Road, Hoover

 

Our program this month is:  New Year’s Resolutions

Join us this Saturday for our annual New Year’s Resolutions! We will discuss what we accomplished in the past 12 months as well as focus on goals for the upcoming year. Please bring your work to show off for Show and Tell. Also, if you have program or workshop ideas now is the time to shine! Please share your ideas as we begin preparations for our 2025 Programs.

 

Membership Dues and Renewal

The Guild’s membership year runs January through December. Annual dues are $25 per individual, and $30 per family. Dues are due by February 28th.  If you want to keep getting meeting announcements and Zoom room information, don’t forget to renew on-time. See the Membership page on the guild blog for more information. 

 

Name-tags: If you don’t have a name-tag or would like to replace your current one, look for the bucket of name-tag supplies at each meeting. If you would like to add something special of your own to the tag, don’t forget to bring it to the meeting.

Knitting Study Group

The knitting study group meets this Wednesday, January 8, at 10:00 in the library at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on Paton Chapel in Hoover. Everyone is welcome!

Park in the front of St. Peter’s and come in either entrance, the main door on the right or the door to the left. From the main entrance, walk down the hall on the left, that same hall is to your right if you come in the left entrance. The library is in the middle of that hallway and it's labeled.

Keep an eye on this blog in case the weather is bad enough that the church closes on Wednesday.

The Yarn Ball! Saturday, December 11, 11:30

 

Saturday, December 11, 2024, from 11:30am  to 2pm

Hoover Church of Christ, 3248 Lorna Road, Hoover, in the Fellowship Hall

Our program this month is:   Our annual Yarn Ball

We will be meeting in our usual location, but note the time change. We will meet from 11:30am - 2pm to avoid conflicting with the church’s Santa’s breakfast. Please wear your Festive Fiber-related Frocks. For the gift exchange, please bring a wrapped “favorite item” of fiber tools or accessories, with a goal value of around $15. 

The board will provide finger-sandwiches, beverages, and paper products, but please bring a favorite finger food to share. 

Board Elections:  Right before the festivities begin we will elect our new Board for next year.

Name-tags: If you don’t have a name-tag or would like to replace your current one, look for the bucket of name-tag supplies at each meeting. If you would like to add something special of your own to the tag, don’t forget to bring it to the meeting.

Coming in January: Fiber Resolutions and Show and Tell

November Meeting, Saturday, November 9, 2024, 10:00am

Date: Saturday, November 9, 2024

Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm (corrected)

Location:  Hoover Church of Christ, 3248 Lorna Road, Hoover, in the church library

Our program this month is:   “Discovering a ‘Lost’ Art” with Julibeth Jones

Tatting is often described as a ‘lost art’. Is it really? …and if so, how did a ‘tween manage to come upon it and pick up a shuttle? Take a walk down memory lane with Guild member, Julibeth Jones as she shares snippets of tatted lace lore and her own story of discovery. The program will conclude with a screen‑projected demonstration. Shuttles and thread will be available for those interested in seeing if they, too, will ‘flip’ for this lacey craft. Books (including two 100+ year old tatting books/pamphlets), tools, threads, and work samples will also be on display.

Please note that we are meeting in the church library this month, so look for signs and people to point you in the right direction. Enter through the main entrance instead of the basement entrance.

 

Name-tags

If you don’t have a name-tag or would like to replace your current one, look for the bucket of name-tag supplies at each meeting. If you would like to add something special of your own to the tag, don’t forget to bring it to the meeting.

Coming in December: Yarn Ball

Just a heads up so you can prepare, December’s meeting will be the Yarn Ball. Please wear your Favorite Fiber themed Festive Frock. For the gift exchange, please bring a “favorite item” of fiber tools or accessories, with a goal value of around $15. We’ll have a potluck lunch of finger food. Also note the following time change:  the meeting will be from 11:30am - 2pm.

It’s time to Choose the board for next year. If you would be interested in serving on the board please let us know by responding to this email, so that we can talk to you about which positions are available.

Membership Dues and Renewal

The Guild’s membership year runs January through December. Annual dues are $25 per individual, and $30 per family. Dues are due by February 28th.  If you want to keep getting meeting announcements and Zoom room information, don’t forget to renew on-time. Check your meeting announcement sent to through email for instructions.

June

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024
Time: 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Hoover Library

GET DIRECTIONS

Our program this month is: World Wide Knit In Public Day

For our June meeting we will go to the Plaza at Hoover Public Library Plaza at Hoover Public Library to join them in celebrating Worldwide Knit in Public day. Some of us will be setting up on the stage to demo non-knitting or crochet crafts. Feel free to join us up there if you want to spin or weave or . . . (Some of us will also be bringing knitting or crocheting to do elsewhere in the room) If you want to come early to get set up, to can arrive as early as 10am when the library opens. There will be crafting lessons at 11. Those are full, but you can sign up on the waitlist on the library website if you’d like.

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Name-tags

If you don’t have a name-tag or would like to replace your current one, look for the bucket of name-tag supplies at each meeting. If you would like to add something special of your own to the tag, don’t forget to bring it to the meeting.

Refreshments

After a long break from refreshments at the meeting, we’re starting up again! Look for an email in the near future to sign up to provide them for a future meeting.

Our Zoom Room

Our Zoom Room is open 24/7 for any member to practice using it. This is a subscription service provided by the guild for the use of its members for guild activity. Guild meetings and groups will take precedence over individual use. Please do not share the meeting and passcode numbers with non-members for the safety of all members.