Knit and Crochet Tennessee

Monday, September 2, 2013

Donation from Simplicity

Check out just a few of the items

that will be available for sale

at the Big Stitch Boutique on October 12!
Selection includes 10" aluminum needles,
afghan hooks, 10" plastic needles, doublepoints,
aluminum circular needles, beaded stitch markers,
14" plastic and aluminum needles, crochet hooks
and on and on and on!!!

The Great Tennessee Spin In

Good afternoon,

I wanted to pass this information on to you and your group. The National Spinning and Weaving Week is coming up in October (National Flyer is attached to this email) and to get a jump start on the festivities the TN State Fair is hosting the first annual ‘Great TN Spin In’ event (flyer attached to this email) on Monday Sept. 9^th from 10-2pm. That is also School Day, so there will be Elementary School students bused in from across the state to attend the Fair. The Spin In will allow the children to see, most for the first time, the craft of Spinning. There will be a large display area set up with posters explaining what spinning is and its history. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a live demonstration must be worth a million.

We hope to have the largest gathering of Spinners in one place in the State at the Spin In. Please pass this information on to your fellow spinners and make plans to come join us!

Thank you,

Alicia Williams

TN State Fair

Volunteer Department Head for

Spinning, Weaving and Rug Hooking

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

State Fair 2013

I’m the Volunteer Department Head for the TN State Fair over the new Spinning, Weaving and Rug Hooking section of the Creative Arts Exhibitions. I’m sending you two letters to pass along to the group, if you will. The first is to see if anyone is interested in coming over and doing live demonstrations during the Fair with me. We’d just be doing what is normally done at regular meetings, only just doing it at the Fair. Bring a wheel and work on any project you want. The main difference would be answering questions for observers. Monday and Tuesday of the Fair are when the school kids come and I’d love for you all to come up and hang with me to demonstrate on one or the other of those days. It will be so much fun! I’m really excited about the booth space. It’s large, air conditioned (inside the Creative Arts Building, not the Sheep Barn), near the restrooms (no porta potties) and I am working hard on decorations already.

The second letter is to encourage group members to enter stuff in the Fair this year. The Premiums are good and went largely unused last year. There are so many talented members in the group and they do such beautiful work, it’s just a shame not to showcase it at the State Level, in my opinion.

Anyway, pass them along if you don’t mind and discuss it. Let me know if you have questions. Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Thank you,

Alicia Williams