Florida Knitters

The Third Annual Florida Fiber-In is coming up - September 15- 17, in Orlando. I think I'll pass this year, since I'll be spending a lot of my yarn budget on a yarn cruise in November! Several of the Betties will be taking a 3 day cruise with Tropical Yarns. There are probably a few places left on board, so check into it if the thought of yarn on the open sea appeals to you! (let's be honest. When does yarn NOT appeal to me?)

In other news, the Gold Coast Huggers made a very special delivery to Sylvester Cancer Center in Miami. Longtime friend of both the Betties and the Huggers, "Chasey", a patient there herself, took our knitted caps to the center for us. The Gold Coast Huggers have also gotten some generous donations lately, read all about it on their blog.

I am happy to say there is a new knitting guild in Broward County (and that guild is lucky enough to have several Stitchin' Betties at the helm!) Here's the scoop:

* The guild's name will be The Purls of Sunshine
*Meetings will continue to be held at Tropical Yarns, the first Tuesday of each month - from 7pm-9pm
* Meetings will consist of show & tell, programs by fellow guild members and snacks and treats provided a selected guild member each month
* Officers are as follows:
Susan Ellingsworth - President
Lynn Everette-Lee - Vice President
Susan Chastain - Treasurer
Sarah Ellington - Secretary (a stitchin' betty!)
Ronnie Annati - Program director (a stitchin' betty!)
* Intial fee to join the guild will be $20 and dues will be $1 for each subsequent month in the year ($12/yr)
* Dues will be used towards obtaining guest speakers, covering expenses for charity shipping, etc
*Guild will be social and charity based (charities to be determined)
* A yahoo group has been established for guild members to use to communicate with fellow guild members -http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrowardYarnSluts/