Cable Gram Blog
Knitblogs: Part Two
MKG Cable Gram - Volume 22, Number 2
In the last issue of Cable Gram, I profiled several knitblogs that are interesting and diverse in the online worldwide knitting community. This time, I stayed closer to home and asked several local knitbloggers their thoughts and opinions on blogging. Blog addresses are given at the bottom of the article.
A Knitter's Tour
MKG Cable Gram - Volume 22, Number 2
Coldwater Collaborative, Excelsior
The Place: Ah, summer. Time to send the kids off to camp, grab your girlfriends, and spend a day exploring the many knitting temptations to be found in and around Lake Minnetonka. Begin your tour in the charming small town of Excelsior, where you can cool your tootsies in the lake; warm up your credit cards at the antique shops, spa, bead shop, and art galleries; and fortify yourself with ice cream and chocolates. Now you're ready for some serious yarn shopping, starting with Excelsior's warm and friendly Coldwater Collaborative. Opened in 2002, this 900-square-foot shop is tucked inside a building that dates to the 1920s, with stone floors, a working fireplace, and yarn nestled in every nook and cranny. In the summer, you can knit at café tables on the sidewalk out front while enjoying the scent of flowers wafting from nearby gardens. There's even a bed-and-breakfast inn (www.birdhouseinn.com) next door if you want to make a weekend of it. The shop's name may not shout "knitting," but rest assured, that's what they're all about here. Owner Carri Hammett picked the name because her shop is just two blocks from Lake Minnetonka, and she and her staff view their role as collaborators in the creative process of knitting.
The World of Knitblogs
MKG Cable Gram - Volume 22, Number 1
Knitblogs -- short for "knitting weblogs" -- have exploded in popularity on the Internet. Blogs are personal websites which can be used as personal diaries, opinion pages, how-to sites -- in short, they can be used in any context the author wishes. For knitters, that context ranges from an online register of knitting work begun and finished to providing how-to help for other knitters to opinions about trends in the world of knitting. Knitblogs are a creative outlet not just for knitting information, but for personal and creative urges of any kind.
For Members Only: Proposed Bylaw Changes
MKG Website Exclusive - knitters.org
Attached (link no longer available) are the proposed changes to the Minnesota Knitters' Guild Bylaws. The proposed changes are highlighted in red for emphasis only.
These proposed changes include the following information:
Fiber Art Humor
The resurgent popularity of fiber arts has made knitters and crocheters open targets for comedians. The following gang news story parody was reported by Tina Fey on NBC's Saturday Night Live Weekend Update segment on Saturday, May 6, 2006:
Members Only: Yarnover 2006 - The 20th Minnesota Knit Together
MKG Website Exclusive - knitters.org
Come and join us for the most eagerly anticipated day of the year. April 29, 2006 is the 20th anniversary of Yarnover. It will feature Lucy Neatby as the Keynote Speaker, 16 other fantastic and well known teachers, and a huge vendor market. Make sure your MKG dues are paid by December 31, 2005, to receive the first mailing. This will be the best one yet. We promise.
Here are the instructors we have lined-up for the event:
Get the most out of your love of knitting! Membership benefits include pre-registration for Yarnover, organized public service projects and camaraderie with fellow knitters. Annual dues are $30.