Knit Your Ass Off in April!

the yarn monkey

Hello Prospect Heightizen. Feeling a bit taxed? Tab up your troubles and knit something handy. To RSVP go to http://knitting.meetup.com/1331. It's FREE! For those of you on Ravelry.com join the Knit PH discussion group.

Reminder, this seasonal knitting circle ends in Spring (May?) and starts again in the fall (October). For those of you that cross Flatbush also check out the Park Slope Knitting Circle on MeetUp.com: http://knitting.meetup.com/937.

Crocheters are welcome and men are encouraged.

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Knit PH at Maha's Cafe Wed. April 2, '08 from 7:00 to 9:00

Maha's Middle Eastern Cafe
69 Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn , NY 11217
RSVP: Room for 10

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Knit PH at Perk Thurs. April 10, '08 from 7:00 to 9:00

Prospect Perk Cafe
183 Sterling Place
Brooklyn , NY 11238
(718) 783-7875
RSVP: Room for 14

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Knit PH at Freddy's Sun. April 20, '08 from 7:00 to 9:30

Freddy's Bar & Backroom
485 Dean Street
Brooklyn , NY 11217
(718) 622-7035
RSVP: Room for 40


On this evening, Knit PH shares the room with the brand new German Language Studies Club. You can knit or converse in German, but you are not required to do both. There will be cake.

Für weitere Informationen, contact [email protected] about all things German. A grosse danke schoen to Totunic uber-baker Mz. Swiss for last month's smakzne Red Velvet cake. An eager crowd awaits the next treat.

Always available on this night:
- Yarn swift
- Wool winder
- Yardage counter
- Friendly advise on knitting and Tutonic declention
- Conversational Rilke and Brecht
- A delcious cake baked by Mz. Swiss

WARNING: Drinking and SSRI medication are not friends, do not mix.

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the yarn monkey

Subject: The Yarn Harlot in New York

For you fans of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, aka The Yarn Harlot, she will be speaking in New York the first week of April on her "Inexplicable Knitter Behavior Tour 2008".

The Yarn Harlot is Canadian humorist and well known blogger whose books include "The Secret Life of a Knitter, "Knitting Rules!", "At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much", and "Things I Learned from Knitting (Whether I Wanted to Or Not)".

Inexplicable Knitter Behavior Tour 2008
URL: http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Starts at 7:00PM

Borders Books (at Columbus Circle)
10 Columbus Circle
New York NY, 10019
Tel: (212) 823-9775

the yarn monkey

Subject: Happy Hooking

Meetup.com member Cherise asked me to post her fall 2008 event.

CALLING ALL HOOKERS!
Help! We Need Volunteers

This coming fall, Harlem Crochet Out & Knit 2 will be looking for some help organzing its second event on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. What we don't have are VOLUNTEERES!!! We are looking for needle work artists to teach and people to set up. If you're interested in lending a hand please contact Cherise:
[email protected]

Please provide the following information:
- Your name
- The best way to contact you
- The area(s) you are interested in working (see below)
- Your time preference (even runs from 12 - 5)

We need help in these areas of work:
- Teaching adults and kids hwo to crochet and knit
- Kids craft area
- Setting up
- Cleaning up
- Greeter
- Fashion show
- Welcoming committee

Thank you in advance for your support see you in September!
Thanks, Cherise

the yarn monkey

Subject: Summer Knit

Hello crafty people,

In previous years Knit PH ended in spring and picked up again in the fall. As a group consensus Knit PH will go all season long into summer for the first time. Plans are still in the works but Knit PH will start our outdoor knitting circles in June. Some of our members have volunteered to be co-pilots to help run our summer sessions. The main resposibilities will managing the Meetup.com listings, watching for the weather in case we have to notify cancelation to the group, and showing up early to reserve space. Here’s some suggestions for some summer activities.

- Yarn exchange and end-ball give away
- Needle exchange
- Book loans (best at Freddy's)
- A picnic/bandshell concert night
- Sloan/Kettering Hat Drive (they need hats all season long)

A PLAN OF ACTION
To KIP is to "knit in public", Knit PH takes it outdoors summer 2008. Two FREE public locations that we will use are the Sculpture Garden behind the Brooklyn Museum and the Picnic House area in Prospect Park. Both are near bus/train transit, they’re pretty safe and have bathrooms. Although we will take a break from Maha’s and Prospect Perk for the summer we will still keep Freddy’s (otherwise we'll lose that calendar slot).

We also plan a big picnic with the Park Slope Knitting Circle at some point in summer. For questions and more information e-mail me at: [email protected]