holy crap!!! look at all that yarn! everyone brought yarn for the Yarn Swap, which i thought was a great success! thanks to everyone for participating and bringing in yarn to swap! thanks to Tracie for lugging all the leftover yarn back. we will be donating (hopefully) to a senior group learning to knit or crochet in the Queens Area. i think the swap went well, and we should do this again in a couple of months....

also, the Charity Crafting went very well! we are working on squares and / or blankets for Project Linus. (www.projectlinus.org).

so hope to see you all next week! we will definitely be doing charity crafting on a monthly basis-- the 3rd Thursday of every month, if there is not a holiday.

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hello crafters!!

tomorrow, Thursday March 20, 2008, is going to be an exciting night for ACK! we are doing 2 new activities in one night!!!! amazing! here's the details:

1) Yarn Swap! this is a basic yarn swap. basically, you bring yarn from your stash that you just dont want anymore. we put it on the table, and people take whatever they like. whatever is left on the table at the end of the night will be donated to a charity. charity to be determined at group tomorrow. so be there if you have a suggestion!

2) Charity Crafting!! the group has decided to do charity crafting for Project Linus (
http://www.projectlinus.org/ ) . basically, bring yarn and knit or crochet a square for a blanket to be put together for this organization. there are no restrictions or size requirements for the squares. it's easy, fun, and you are contributing to a good cause! this is exciting!

i hope to see you all tomorrow!!
bring your cameras!!

hello crafters!!!

please join us tomorrow, Thursday March 6, 2008 at 8pm ish at Freeze Peach Cafe (www.freezepeach.org) for crafting!

last week we had a good discussion about events to come up in the future.... well, there's going to be 2 on one day!

March 20, 2008 ---
1) Spring Cleaning Yarn Swap-- bring in whatever yarn you dont want sitting around in your closet anymore. everyone can take whatever is placed on the table on that night. at the end of the night, any yarn that is not going to a good home, we will donate the yarn for an organization that does charity crafting... speaking of...

2)Charity Crafting will begin tonight as well. the group decided to make squares for Project Linus once a month and we will begin our first squares on March 20th. there is a Project Linus in Queens, and we will be in touch with them in the near future... i am also being flexible about this -- if you get bored with squares, feel free to bring in another project you are working on for charity. i understand that we all have different interests, but just as long as we are making and giving to a good cause, it is good. :)

hope you can join us tomorrow.... it's going to be a good day... IT'S MY BORNDAY!!!!

see you all tomorrow!

hello crafters!!!

tomorrow is craft night! it was great to see everyone
again! i feel like i havent seen any of you for a
while!

well, we had a great group last week.

2 activities that we definitely want to happen.

1) yarn swap-- we will be doing this on March 20, 2008. everyone brings whatever yarn they feel comfortable parting with (it does not matter how much,
how expensive, or how long it's been in your stash) we will put it on the table, and everyone grabs what they want! leftover yarns will be given to charity groups... which leads us to...

2) charity crafting! we think it would be a great idea to make something for charity all together once a month at our gatherings. i feel it would be best to give to charity either in the queens / astoria / or nyc area. if you have any ideas about which charity would be appropriate for this, please let me know and we can all discuss this together tomorrow and the weeks to come. :)

so, join us tomorrow, Thursday Feb 28, 2008 at about 8pm ish at Freeze Peach Cafe (www.freezepeach.org) for crafting, hand brewed teas, coffees, and hand mixed hot choclates and other awesome beverages. plus yummy local snackies! yum!!!

hope to see you tomorrow!