More knitting in Ely!

As from this Thursday 9th July, Ely ktog will be meeting EVERY Thursday - same time (7pm to 9pm), same place (the bar of the Lamb hotel).

Hope to see you there!

Extra June knitting date

There's a fifth Tuesday this month - so if anyone's around, we'll be meeting at the Cambridge Blue on Tuesday 30th June, 7-9pm. Hope to see you there.

July knitting dates, and a day at the Fitz

Hi all:

The knitting dates for July are as follows:

Thursday 2 July
7-9pm, The Lamb, ELY.

Tuesday 14 July
7-9pm, Granta Bar, ground floor, University Centre, Granta Place, off Mill Lane, CAMBRIDGE

Thursday 16 July
7-9pm, The Lamb, ELY

Saturday 18 July - note location
2-4pm, Grads Cafe, third floor, University Centre, Granta Place, off Mill Lane, CAMBRIDGE

Tuesday 28 July
7-9 pm, Cambridge Blue, Gwydir Street, CAMBRIDGE

It'll be worth checking back later in the month to see if the Ely group are having a Fifth Thursday meeting...

I thought that you would like to know that the Coral Reef is coming to Cambridge. The organisers are trying to start up more crochet coral workshops around the country in schools and galleries starting with the Fitzwilliam.

The workshops will be on July 4:

Darwin - Coral and Crochet!

Two sessions 11.00 - 13.00 & 14.00 - 16.00

Admission is free

_http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/whatson/events/article.html?1837

It would be great if any of you would like to come. If any one would like to help teach others would be appreciated - but of course you don't have to.

Jackie currently sends out the email information once every month (and it will then also be uploaded to the blog and Ravelry - see below). If you find out about something that you think others would be interested in please let her know by (about) 20th of the previous month ( jackie AT rippeth DOT org.)

You may find that other people arrange additional activities which will not have been included in the email or the blog. To be fully up to date, the Knit Cam group at http://www.ravelry.com/groups/ktog-cambridge-uk is the best place to go.

Lace workshops in June and July

Mary (chemchik) has offered to repeat the lace workshop she gave last summer - thanks, Mary!

The dates are June 27th and July 4th, 2-4 pm (ish), lots of space left, no charge.

More info, directions, what to bring etc. - please contact mmr37@cam.ac.uk

If anyone else is intending to run workshops this summer and would like them listing on the mailout or the blog, please leave comments here or e-mail me (Liz) using the e-mail address in my profile...

June knitting dates - bumper WWKIP edition!

Seven knitting opportunities this month...

Edited on 6th June to add additional WWKIP details.

Thursday 4 June 7-9pm,
The Lamb, ELY.

Tuesday 9 June 7-9pm,
Granta Bar, ground floor, University Centre, Granta Place, off Mill Lane, CAMBRIDGE

Saturday 13 June - Worldwide Knit In Public Day (first day), 12 noon
Town, Gown and Country Show; meeting at Reality Checkpoint (the big lamppost in the middle of Parker's Piece) and knitting as near as possible to that. In the event of wet weather (boo!) we'll be meeting at The Avery - map here

Thursday 18 June 7-9pm
The Lamb, ELY

Saturday 20 June 2-4pm - note change of location
Grads Cafe, third floor, University Centre, Granta Place, off Mill Lane, CAMBRIDGE

Sunday 21 June - Worldwide Knit in Public Day (second day) 3-5pm,
Jazz on Jesus Green, CAMBRIDGE with Jazz Ambience. Meeting from 12.30 onwards. We will be sited close to the loos, behind the ice cream hut. Which is just over the lockgates bridge. Feel free to bring friends, family, kids, picnic and dogs (on leads please) to this one. If it rains, we will be in the Portland Arms on Mitchums Corner, behind Staples. This will of course mean a problem for those of you with kids or dogs, so please consider this before setting out that day.

Tuesday 23 June 7-9 pm
Cambridge Blue, Gwydir Street, CAMBRIDGE

Hope to see you there!

Any further details on the Worldwide Knit in Public day (WWKIPD) events will be posted first on Ravelry, or in comments to this post. This blog endeavours to keep up with events, but as the group's very informal, and this author doesn't catch up with Ravelry as often as she'd like, it's definitely worth subscribing to the very friendly and welcoming Ravelry KTog group for the latest news on events, meeting-places, stash enhancement opportunities and intros from people new to the area.

May knitting dates, and some national events stuff

We crochet, we drink, we knit, we think...



Hello all, and hope spring has finally sprung for you too!

The knitting dates for May are as follows:

Thursday 7 May
7-9pm, The Lamb, ELY

Tuesday 12 May
7-9pm, Granta Bar, ground floor, University Centre, Granta Place, off Mill Lane, CAMBRIDGE

Saturday 16 May - note change of location*
2-4pm, Grads Cafe, third floor, University Centre, Granta Place, off Mill Lane, CAMBRIDGE

Thursday 21 May
7-9pm, The Lamb, ELY

Tuesday 26 May
7-9 pm, Cambridge Blue, Gwydir Street, CAMBRIDGE

As ever, links to the locations are on the right-hand sidebar (and the broken links to the University Centre now work again - not sure how long it was since I last checked them); hope to see you there!

Jackie included a press release about the Ravelry Day in early June in the e-mailing-out, but Blogger doesn't support file uploading, so here's an equivalent. I Knit London has produced a listing of national knitting events for the year in their newsletter this week, starting with Wonderwool Wales at the weekend, and ending with the Knitting and Stitching shows in the autumn, with links for further information.

If you find out about something that you think others would be interested in please let Jackie know, or leave a comment on the blog, by (about) 20th of the previous month. Because these meetings are very informal, you may find that other people arrange additional activities which will not have been included in the email or on this blog, and this will probably happen on the knit Cam group at http://www.ravelry.com/groups/ktog-cambridge-uk.

* Apologies to anyone who turned up on Saturday and didn't work out we were at the Grads café; or indeed just didn't make it up the stairs in the absence of the lift! We were assured on Tuesday night that the room itself would be open even though the bar is now closed during the day. And according to the notice next to the lift, the lift's due to be operational again before the next Saturday meeting; but only the day before, so you might want to phone on the day if making it up the stairs is likely to be difficult - (01223) 337766 - there is a service lift, and staff were happy to help; but it only goes to the second floor. Kudos to Clare, Katie and Genevieve, and Diana, who did fight their way up there against all odds!

Cambridge and Ely knitting dates for April

Thursday 2 April - including pattern/magazine/book swap
7-9pm, The Lamb, ELY.

Tuesday 14 April
7-9pm, Granta Bar, ground floor, University Centre, Granta Place, off Mill Lane, CAMBRIDGE

Thursday 16 April - including yarn/materials swap
7-9pm, The Lamb, ELY

Saturday 18 April
2-4pm, Granta Bar, ground floor, University Centre, Granta Place, off Mill Lane, CAMBRIDGE

Tuesday 28 April
7-9 pm, Cambridge Blue, Gwydir Street, CAMBRIDGE

The stash swaps in Ely are an opportunity for anyone who has stash (yarn or books etc.) that they do not want to bring it along in case someone else would like it. To take part you don't have to bring anything - its still OK to take something home.

Jackie will be sending out the email information once every month (and it will then also be uploaded to the blog and Ravelry - see below). If you find out about something that you think others would be interested in please leave a comment on this blog by (about) 18th of the previous month and they can be sent on to Jackie. Because these meetings are very informal and I will only be sending out this email once a month you may find that other people arrange additional activities which will not have been included in the email. Some of these might be arranged via this blog; but more likely on the Ravelry knit Cam group at http://www.ravelry.com/groups/ktog-cambridge-uk.