December 2012
Purls of Wisdom T I D E WAT E R
K N I T T I N G
Holiday Party & Baby Shower for Newborns in Need Note new location for this meeting only:
Lynnhaven Colony Congregational Church, 2217 West Great Neck Road, Virginia Beach Check tkgv.blogspot.com to confirm the meeting date. Questions? Email us at tkgv1@yahoo.com. Submissions for the January issue of the newsletter are due Dec. 15. Email Editor Sonja Barisic at snbarisic@gmail.com.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE 2 Member Birthdays, New Member, 3 4 5 6
Calendar, Roving Sheep Charity Knitting, Colorway Contest Nancy Shroyer Class Photos Knitting App Review Book Review, Holiday Decorating
7 Meeting Minutes 8 Holiday Potluck & Baby Shower
O F
V I RG I N I A
A Message from Our President
DECEMBER MEETING Monday, Dec. 3 7 p.m.
G U I L D
I have come to the conclusion that I will not get all my holiday knitting done, even if I knit from morning to night until Christmas. As I grumbled a few choice words to myself and wondered why I didn’t start my knitting sooner, I rearranged my project list into three groups: must get done, would like to get done and in my dreams. I sorted by what should get mailed and I sorted by how much I could get done the fastest and whose feelings would be hurt and to whom did I promise something three Christmases ago. I sorted until my eyes were rolling in my head, cursing the day I learned to knit. Finally, I sat back, took a deep breath and said, “Knitting is no fun when you are this stressed and this is not what the holidays are about.” I know it sounds cliché, but I thought about how fortunate and thankful I am to have a warm home, food on the table, my family all together and more yarn than I know what to do with. I also felt a little bit ashamed that I was stressing over knitting projects when there are so many people dealing with much bigger issues and concerns. My project list became self-evident at this point and was either a need or want. I need to finish the mini Christmas stockings for Justin and his squad deployed to Afghanistan because he is far from home in a hostile land and I want to bring a little “home” to him. I pray they will all be home for the holidays next year, safe and sound. I need to knit a baby ensemble for the Newborns in Need program because there are babies in our area who don’t have adequate clothing when they go home from the hospital and the weather is cold. I need to knit a hat or two for a lonely vet in a VA hospital to let them know they are not forgotten. And I need to knit a scarf or cowl for Carrollyn Cox’s church project to keep the homeless warm. I want to finish my son’s other sock, but probably won’t get it done this Christmas. I know he will understand. He already told me he wasn’t going to hold his breath waiting for the other one. Warmest wishes to you and your loved ones this holiday season.
Debbie Hen derson
T R E A S U R E R ’ S
R E P O R T
The Guild’s current bank balance is: $5,171.
Beverly Boler