Work on knitting after it comes down from the bridge

Knit CamBRIDGE update!   (Sorry for the long silence ... I've been helping hubby to open Millpond Records & Books. Busy days and more on that later.) 

Received the following email request from the Knit CamBRIDGE HQ earlier today. Please forward this request to any fibre / crafty friends.

By the way, there are many pictures of the bridge on the Facebook group KNIT camBRIDGE.

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Hi Everyone,

 

As you know after the knitting for the bridge comes down it will be sewn into scarves for the Tie One On Party and to give to charity etc etc.

 

Here’s one way people can get involved in that effort under the direction of volunteer Joanne Jones. Can you include this info in your websites, twitters and facebooks. Thanks!

 

 

Volunteers Needed to Turn the Bridge Knitting Into Scarves and Blankets

Knitting from the KNIT camBRIDGE project will be sewn into scarves to be sold and auctioned off raising money for local organizations (i.e. YWCA, Food Bank and Cambridge Centre for the Arts) and blankets to be given away to worthwhile causes.  To help out pick up your scarf kit at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts on Saturday, October 16, 2010, between 9am and 11:30am.  All materials and instructions will be provided. The completed scarf must be returned to the Cambridge Centre for the Arts on Sat, October 30, 9am and 11:30am.

 

Young people, ages 10 to 17, may volunteer to sew under the supervision of Joanne Jones, at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts on Saturday October 16, 23, and 30, 9am to 11:30am.  Please find details regarding this opportunity at www.minedrecreations.com.  You must register for this volunteer opportunity directly through Joanne Jones info@minedrecreations.com or 519-653-1206 mailbox 1. 

 

If you are interested in either opportunity and have questions please contact Joanne Jones directly.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Sophie

 

Sophie McCann

Arts Coordinator

Cambridge Centre for the Arts

City of Cambridge

519-740-4681 ext. 4367

www.cambridgecentreforthearts.ca

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Knitting for Knit CamBRIDGE

On Monday, I had the pleasure of spending the day with Sue Sturdy ~and company~ at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts. What a busy and inspiring space!  We were busy organizing the knitting into different sizes, rolling long strips of knitting into manageable logs, and stacking them onto Sue's office windowsills - some of my favourite images are of these knitting "logs".  

Projects are coming in from around the world. For example, there's a piece that's come from Spruce Grove, Alberta. Marie McP-- used to live in Cambridge and says, in her letter:

Knit Cambridge Club:  Enclosed is a knitted rectangle piece for the bridge. What an interesting and fun project. I once lived in Cambridge and I very much miss it.  Sincerely yours, Marie McP--  

Hope you enjoy these photos I took on Monday. The knitting that is coming in is fantastic. I shouldn't just say knitting because there is one, bad-@ss crochet project: colourful skulls & crossbones.  

Tonight, as usual on Wednesday evenings, we're gathering to knit and chat. We'll be at the Hespeler Library by the fireplace in the big comfy chairs from 6:30 - 8:30.  There are rumblings of moving our gathering to a local coffee shop that has recently re-opened but we can decide that later. Today, we're at the library. :) 

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Cold day in ... May? Greg knits!

Okay, so it isn't actually a cold day in July. Regardless, a rather momentous and highly remarkable event has recently occurred.  

This actually happened: Greg says to Wendy, "I should learn how to knit." 

The background? We were sitting at Melville Cafe, gazing over the Grand River and the Main Street bridge, whilst sipping coffee.  The Knit CamBRIDGE basket was nearby so I picked up the ongoing knitting. Nothing unusual here. But then, Greg reminded me about the Guinness Record Attempt on June 19.  "I should learn how to knit." I nearly fell off my chair. 

So, I showed him what to do. He was, I might add, a rather adroit student or I'm a really good teacher. Another, more likely possibility is that knitting really isn't that difficult. Anyone can knit ... if they want to.  

I'm attaching proof of Greg's first foray into the fibre arts. There's also a lovely photo of yours truly with the Main Street Bridge in the background. It's looking all cold and bland: definitely needs a warm bridge cozy. The final photo is completely random: Greg took it today when we were walking along the Grand River below the flood walls. I love the textures and subtle colours.

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Monthly Knitting Circle

TONIGHT!!!  Join knitters and history enthusiasts as we learn about:  "Textiles and Cambridge: A Match Made in History"

Tonight's speaker is Karen Dearlove. Karen holds a PhD in History from McMaster University and is the Executive Director of the Canadian Industrial Heritage Centre in Brantford. She has organized two local history symposiums held in Cambridge and is planning a third to be held in 2011. Karen is also Chair of the Cambridge Archives Advisory Board and on the Steering Committee for the Waterloo Regional Museum. 

Her talk will recount the significant impact the textile industry played in shaping the communities of this area.

7pm social

7:30 pm talk

FREE ADMISSION

Cambridge Centre for the Arts 60 Dickson Street, Cambridge

740-4681 ext. 4376

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Can't make it tonight?  How about Monday, June 7

Debbie New – "Unexpected Knitting"

Knitter, author and teacher Debbie New enjoys the non-traditional possibilities of knitting and has masterminded innovative freeform techniques, such as 'virtual knitting' and 'swirl knitting', to achieve striking effects in her work. She has won many awards and has been named Waterloo Region's Visual Artist of the Year.

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September/October/November

Monthly Knitting Circles with resume again with more wonderful speakers to look forward to. Updates will be posted on the website below.

For more information on the Artist-in-Residence program of events, including the KNIT camBRIDGE project, contact Sue at 740-4681 ext. 4491 or sturdys@cambridge.ca

Program information can also be found at www.cambridgecentreforthearts.ca

KNIT camBRIDGE website: www.knitcambridge.com

Facebook: KNIT camBRIDGE

Twitter: twitter.com/suesturdy

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Volunteers Needed for World Record Attempt!!!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR A

WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT!

 To celebrate the important history of the knitting industry in the Cambridge area and knitting as a vital contemporary art form, on Saturday, June 19 Artist-in-Residence Sue Sturdy is inviting knitters to attempt to set a new world record for the most people knitting simultaneously!

A team of volunteers will be needed to assist with this event to:

-          Count people coming into the record setting area (civic square

-          Officially witness the record attempt 

-          Provide information and directions to participants

-          Assist vendors

-          Assist with on stage activities including a knit fashion parade and knitting games

-          Help with event set up, teardown and clean up

If you are interested, please contact Sophie McCann at mccanns[@]cambridge.ca or call 519-740-4681 ext. 4367. Full orientation provided.

Join the World Wide Knit in Public Day event on Facebook!!  

www.cambridgecentreforthearts.ca

 

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