The Weekly Stitch

Hello all,
Hope you are having a great Monday!  Here is what is going on with YOH this week:

• Tuesday - 10 AM in the Hospitality Room at FBC McKinney.
• Wednesday night - 6:15 PM in the Fireside Room at FBC McKinney.

Current Projects:

• Chemo caps and scarves - for adults, kids and babies. To be donated to Texas Oncology McKinney, Medical City Children's Hospital, and UT Southwestern Moncrief Center.
• Blankets and knitted/crocheted toys - to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital.
• Bereavement Preemie Items:   Gowns, sweaters, hats, and blankets to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital Labor & Delivery Department.  Items should be in pastel colors and sized for a 2 pound preemie.  Also, the nurses have requested 2 or 3 gowns or sweaters in a newborn size.  Let me know if you need help with patterns or sizing.

Take care and God bless!  Hope to see all of you soon!!

Gina

The Weekly Stitch

Good afternoon all! Hope you are having a great week! Here is what is going on with YOH.

• Tuesday - 10 AM in the Hospitality Room at FBC McKinney. YOH will be hosting a World Wide Knit in Public (WWKIP) event during our regular meeting. Our meeting will be at the same place and time - we just may have some additional attendees because of the event. Because of that, we were thinking that we should bring some extra breakfast goodies to share. If you are able, please bring a breakfast item, paper goods, or utensils. If you want to bring paper goods or utensils, drop me an email so we don't have too many duplicates. Also, if you are not familiar with the event, check out the website. This is a world wide event started in 2005 by one lady. It has now grown to hundreds of events and extends over a week, instead of just one day!
• Wednesday night - 6:15 PM in the Fireside Room at FBC McKinney.

Current Projects:

• Chemo caps and scarves - for adults, kids and babies. To be donated to Texas Oncology McKinney, Medical City Children's Hospital, and UT Southwestern Moncrief Center.
• Blankets and knitted/crocheted toys - to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital.
• Bereavement Preemie Items: Gowns, sweaters, hats, and blankets to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital Labor & Delivery Department. Items should be in pastel colors and sized for a 2 pound preemie. Also, the nurses have requested 2 or 3 gowns or sweaters in a newborn size. Let me know if you need help with patterns or sizing.

Take care and God bless! Hope to see all of you soon!

Gina

Finch Students

What an exciting year this has been teaching 5th grade students at Finch Elementary how to knit!  This is the second year Yarns of Hope members volunteered their time teaching during the students' recess break throughout the school year.  Organized by Becca Masters, she helped schedule time between the class as well as volunteers.  There were several consistent students who took up the craft and stayed all year learnng how to make squares.

This year, there was a specific goal in mind when teaching the students how to knit: how to give of their time and talents.  Many of the students at Finch Elementary are low-income families.  They are used to receiving meals, rides, clothes, etc.  Yarns of Hope wanted these students to know what it feels like to not only receive but to give in return.  While the students learned how a new talent in the hopes of carrying this throughout their life, squares were made and then joined to make a group blanket.


 


This blanket was then decided by the "designers" who to give this to. The class wanted to give this to one of their teachers who is pregnant.

The blanket was well-received and the students loved contributing to this project!

Yarns of Hope would love to teach a new batch of 5th graders next year, but we need your help!  Volunteering for an hour a week is needed from 4-5 knitters/crocheters to help give more one-on-one training and speed up the tutoring process.  Please consider donating your time in the fall and see young future crafters learn what we ourselves have become so passionate about.

Many thanks, Becca for organizing this year!  This program has certainly made an impact for years to come!

The Weekly Stitch

Hello ladies-

This may be a long one because there is a lot of info to share about the next two weeks. So, hang in there, and keep reading!

VERY IMPORTANT CHANGE FOR TOMORROW'S MEETING!! We will be meeting at my house (2512 Cayenne Drive) tomorrow instead of the church. The church building is closed because they are installing new HVAC units on the roof (this means bringing them in with helicopters and the whole bit!) So, we will meet here instead of canceling. Let me know if you need directions.

Wednesday night - 6:15 PM in the Fireside Room at FBC McKinney. (As of now, we are okay to meet there - will let you know if anything changes.)

Next Tuesday, June 12th - YOH will be hosting a World Wide Knit in Public (WWKIP) event during our regular meeting. Our meeting will be at the same place and time - we just may have some additional attendees because of the event. Because of that, we were thinking that we should bring some extra breakfast goodies to share. If you are able, please bring a breakfast item, paper goods, or utensils. If you want to bring paper goods or utensils, drop me an email so we don't have too many duplicates. Also, if you are not familiar with the event, check out the website at http://www.wwkipday.com. This is a worldwide event started in 2005 by one lady. It has now grown to hundreds of events and spreads out over a week, instead of just one day!

Ongoing Projects: Same as always - just not taking the space to list out as the email I already long enough!

Take care and God bless! Hope to see all of you soon!!

Gina

The Weekly Stitch

Hello all,

Hope everyone had a great weekend and is enjoying the hot weather. Speaking of, with the warmer weather, it is time to switch to lighter weight yarns, especially cotton, for the hats and scarves.

Cancer patients still get cold during the summertime (esp. in the air conditioning) and they also need some sun protection for their heads.  However, they don't need the thick and fuzzy yarns that are so great during the cold months.  A lightweight acrylic or cotton yarn is perfect.

Meetings this week:

• Tuesday - 10AM in the Hospitality Room at FBC McKinney
• Wednesday - 6:15PM in the Fireside Room at FBC McKinney

Summer schedule:

• Our Tuesday meetings will stay the same.  If you have kids, bring them along.  For Wednesday night meetings, the Children's Ministry has cancelled our childcare for this Wednesday.  It will resume in August when all of the regular Wednesday night activities resume.  We WILL have meetings for most of the summer and I will let you know if there are any nights the building is closed.  Same as Tuesdays - bring the kids along.

Current Projects:

• Chemo caps and scarves - for adults, kids and babies.  To be donated to Texas Oncology McKinney, Medical City Children's Hospital, and UT Southwestern Moncrief Center.
• Blankets and knitted/crocheted toys - to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital.
• Bereavement Preemie Items:   Gowns, sweaters, hats, and blankets to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital Labor & Delivery Department.  Items should be in pastel colors and sized for a 2 pound preemie.  Also, the nurses have requested 2 or 3 gowns or sweaters in a newborn size.  Let me know if you need help with patterns or sizing.

Have a great week and God bless each of you.

Gina

Field Trip To Fiber Circle

What a fun opportunity today for Yarns of Hope as the group had one-on-one time with Diane, the owner of our favorite yarn store in Farmersville: Fiber Circle.

In addition to browsing and purchasing some beautiful yarns for new and exciting projects, Diane also gave us a demonstration on finger knitting and how using the i-cord technique can be incorporated with other novelty yarns in new trendy projects such as scarves and wraps.

Looking forward to the next field trip and seeing all the wonderful projects come to life from these exciting yarns!

The Weekly Stitch / Field Trip

Good Monday to all of you!

I trust that all of you moms had a great Mother's Day!  I enjoyed a relaxing weekend up at the lake, even got to finish a knitting project!

Tomorrow morning is our field trip to Fiber Circle.  We will meet at the church at 10AM in the Connection (large open area just outside of the Hospitality Room).  We will caravan/carpool out to Farmersville.  Diane will have a special craft for us then we will have time to shop.  Afterwards, I suspect that there will be quite a few that want to stay for lunch at one of the restaurants in downtown Farmersville.  Should be lots of fun.  IMPORTANT - IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON GOING WITH US, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO WE WON'T LEAVE WITHOUT YOU!  Also, my cell phone number is 972-658-0576 in case you need to call me.

Wednesday - Meeting at 6:15 in the Fireside Room.  We will have childcare for the next two weeks. Childcare will resume in early August along with the regular Wednesday night activities at the church.

Current projects:

• Chemo caps and scarves - for adults, kids and babies.  To be donated to Texas
• Oncology McKinney, Medical City Children's Hospital, and UT Southwestern Moncrief Center.
•  Blankets and knitted/crocheted toys - to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital.
•  Bereavement Preemie Items:   Gowns, sweaters, hats, and blankets to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital Labor & Delivery Department.  Items should be in pastel colors and sized for a 2 pound preemie.  Also, the nurses have requested 2 or 3 gowns or sweaters in a newborn size.  Let me know if you need help with patterns or sizing.

God bless each of you

Gina

The Weekly Stitch

Happy Monday!!

Hope everyone is doing great and looking forward to cooler weather later this week!!  I made a trip to Medical City Children's Hospital and UT Southwestern and donated a bunch of hats, scarves, blankets and toys, etc.  The nurses and staff were so appreciative of all of our hard work  - thanks to each of you who helped make this possible.

Mark your calendars - our field trip to Fiber Circle in Farmersville is next Tuesday, May 15th.  We will meet at the church at 10 and then carpool out there.

Meetings this week:
• Tuesday - 10AM in the Hospitality Room at FBCMcKinney
• Wednesday - 6:15PM in the HOSPITALITY Room at FBCMcKinney (NOTE ROOM CHANGE)

Summer schedule:  Our Tuesday meetings will stay the same.  If you have kids, bring them along.  For Wednesday night meetings, the church's regular activities are finished as of LAST week. We will have childcare through May 23rd.

We WILL have meetings for most of the summer and I will let you know if there are any nights the building is closed.  Same as Tuesdays - bring the kids along.

Current Projects:
• Chemo caps and scarves - for adults, kids and babies.  To be donated to Texas Oncology McKinney, Medical City Children's Hospital, and UT Southwestern Moncrief Center.
• Blankets and knitted/crocheted toys - to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital.
• Bereavement Preemie Items:   Gowns, sweaters, hats, and blankets to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital Labor & Delivery Department.  Items should be in pastel colors and sized for a 2 pound preemie.  Also, the nurses have requested 2 or 3 gowns or sweaters in a newborn size.  Let me know if you need help with patterns or sizing.

Have a great week and God bless each of you!

Gina

Get Ready For The Texas State Fair!

With only 144 days left until the State Fair, it's never too early to start craving those Fletcher Corny Dogs, plan for TX/OU weekend or even visit the women's exhibit hall to see what other crafters have proudly been working on for the past year for the rest of us to ooooh and ahhh over.

The official Creative Arts Handbook has been mailed out and has been received by crafters who are squealing with delight. For those that attended the fair last year and have decided that this is the year that they are going to submit, here is your chance!

This year the theme is Big & Bright and what a great theme it is as us Texans love to live up to the song! There are 124 pages worth of instruction and entry information; enough to make one calculate how many entries one person can submit (over 1100 categories in case you were wondering!)

As a disclaimer, more information about each category and entry forms can be found online at State Fair Creative Arts Competition Handbook but below is the breakdown for the important details and deadlines to be aware of before the fair begins.

• Entry forms and fees must be received by Friday, July 27th before 5:00. They may be mailed or dropped off in person but must arrive by the 27th.
• One entry allowed per person per class number
• Physical projects/entries will be accepted Friday - Sunday, August 17-19.
• Judging begings after August 19th
• A friend may drop off/pick up entries in your place as long as they have the ticket
• Non-winning entries are to be picked up between Sept. 12-14, Winning entries are picked up after the fair closes between Oct. 24-26.

Good luck everyone and looking forward to seeing everyone's submissions this year!

The Weekly Stitch

Hello all,

Hope you are all having a great Monday!! What a night we had at Relay For Life last Friday! Despite the gale force wind and fighting to keep everything from blowing away, we had a great time, some tears, sold lots of hats and scarves, and gave away several hats to survivors. Wonderful night! We raised about $300 that night and over $3900 overall. Record year for YOH.

Mark your calendars - our field trip to Fiber Circle in Farmersville is May 15th. We will meet at the church at 10 and then carpool out there.

Meetings this week:

• Tuesday - 10AM in the Hospitality Room at FBC McKinney
• Wednesday - 6:15PM in the Fireside Room at FBC McKinney

Summer schedule:

Our Tuesday meetings will stay the same. If you have kids, bring them along. For Wednesday night meetings, the church's regular activities are finished as of this week. We will have childcare through May 23rd. We WILL have meetings for most of the summer and I will let you know if there are any nights the building is closed. Same as Tuesdays - bring the kids along.

Current Projects:

• Chemo caps and scarves - for adults, kids and babies. To be donated to Texas Oncology McKinney, Medical City Children's Hospital, and UT Southwestern Moncrief Center.
• Blankets and knitted/crocheted toys - to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital.
• Bereavement Preemie Items: Gowns, sweaters, hats, and blankets to be donated to Medical City Children's Hospital Labor & Delivery Department. Items should be in pastel colors and sized for a 2 pound preemie. Let me know if you need help with patterns or sizing.

God bless and have a great day!

Gina