This weeks meeting had a guest knitter. Anne Syme's Mom was in town and joined us for our little Tuesday get together.
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Also there that evening for a special appearance was our very own wide eyed wanderer, Eva!! (insert swanky late night talk show music here) Apparently Eva has been scouting out some new digs for the knit night. We are definately not abandoning Molly's since they are oh so good to us there, but Eva is keeping an eagle eye out for more locations to avoid dreaded monotony. Good luck in your quest Eva!!

It was a short but spicy night over at the ol' knit n spit. Lauren showed us the latest evolution of her new tatoo. I wish I had taken a picture but you know me. Not always to quick on the uptake. It's all purply and wavy behind the flowers now. I think she said the flowers themselves will be the next thing that gets filled in. When she shows up next time I will definately try and get a good shot of the new tattoo. In the meantime I do have a lovely picture of Lauren fully clothed with Laura.

She was doing a free form, wing it work of crochet which looked like it was going to turn out to be a grade A endeavour. Kindergarten is going well and you'll be happy to hear that she seems really happy with the new job. Despite repeatedly being called, "Mister", "Hey you", and "What's your name again?" Laura is getting along very well with her new itty bitty charges.

Jennie's not so itty bitty charges are as usual challenging , but rewarding. Her knitting project has really taken off and she says the kids are having a great time. I think all us scissor girls are really proud of her for getting it off the ground and going after what she wanted. Go Jennie!!!

Michelle, being inconveniently on the other side of the table didn't have much to say to mio. But since I couldn't hear her over there I've taken the liberty of inventing something she may have said... " Hello. My name is Michellllle. I enjoy several varietys of pickled foods, trips to the Christmas Tree Shops, 75 cent coupons (for their tripling power, of course) and playing dodge ball with my son. One day I hope to have triplets and form the fiercest dodge ball squad this world has ever seen. They will cripple all who stand in their way. Mwa ha ha ha. Mwa ha ha ha ha." I didn't get a picture either so I supplied this one from my "archives". heheheheh

Anyway. I didn't get individual messages this week but I did get a general feel for what everyone wanted to say to our dear buddy Christine. Michelle thought it would be a good idea to spell it out in craft supplies. I concurred:

It was Super Tuesday and everyone savvy was just in from the polls. Perched atop our many stooled side tables the scissorinas watched in awe (and some in awful repulsion) as the Republicans filed in , filling every corner of our beloved Irish pub.  They had signs, they had suit jackets. But there was one thing they didn't have: style crafts. Luckily us scissor girls were there to cover that department.

Jennie was working on the ever popular Hourglass Sweater from Last MInute Knitted Gifts.
Anne M. was working on Fetching and Clapotis.

Michelle was crocheting a lerrrrvly scarf while Anne G. just worked on a Beer. And she did a number on it too!

As usual I was knitting that horrendous (hor‧ren‧dous  /hɔˈrɛndəs, hɒ-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[haw-ren-duhs, ho-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective  shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.) scarf for a certain ungrateful Bobleo. I am happy to say although it is still not finished it will NOT be picked up again for some time. Mwa ha haha. Stupid scarf.

Oh, and if you are wondering why Sarah is pictured here in space (knitting a fantastic sweater btw - sorry, pattern is unnamed - only numbered. How hip is that?) you will be disappointed to find out that the Hat City Scissor Squad has NOT masted interstellar travel, the power to control wormholes or even how to knit in zero gravity situations. The truth is that the mirror behind her had this strange tendency to reflect camera flashes. Weird I know. 

Anyway, last but certainly not least there was Jessica!
And what was she working her fingers to the bone on? Sorry folks but NO DICE> that shits a surprise.

Now that we've covered everyones doings for the evening I'd like to say a little bit about why we are suddenly logging our meetings like this. It is all for our own dear Scissor girl, Chsteeni. We love you chicky and until you can come back in person we are going to try our very hardest to provide you the next best thing. Virtual meetings!! Plus lovey mushy messages from all of us:

Anne G: You are a strong and beautiful person. We all support you!
Sarah: We HEART you!! Thinking of you and sending you hugs & kisses.

Jennie: Miss you lots - you are in my thoughts
Anne M: See you soon.
Michelle: Keep rockin!
Jessica: It was so good to see you! It made me feel good to see your smile.
Mary: Keep on truckin sister! Tap into the snark supply!!

So, Jessica showed up to the swap bearing an amazing treat...

A cucumber shark swimming in a sea of hummus.

Well, Michelle had her eye on this bad boy aaaaaaaaaaaall afternoon.  It wasn't long after the drinking started that a plan was devised.  She would demonstrate to us the proper way to devour a cucumber predator.

Here sharky, sharky, sharky....

CHOMP!

Umm....

Are captions really necessary?

Yeah.  I don't think so either.

Todd is one lucky man.  Wouldn't you agree?  ;)

We had a great time at Christine's - tons of deelish food, vino, chit chat and STUFF!

This says it all...

Round One ... Sewing!

Round Two... Soap Making, Cooking, Jewelry...

For some reason I don't have pics of the random stuff round - which was also very much fun.

Eva and Gracie!  CUTE!

Another successful Scissor Squad par-tay.  Here's looking to Autumn for our YARN swap! Oooooh.  Drool.

Sarah McNally head and founder of the yahoo site hoped to entice local people to get together in a social setting and craft. The hope was that crafters from all walks of life would join, not just knitters.  Well, it worked...

In early October of 2004 the first official meeting was held. Hat City Ale House was the location of choice.  The girls were ready to meet their first new member, Anne.  All were excited and amazed she showed up. It was then and there something amazing was starting to happen.  Booze-Friends-Crafts.

Over the next few months more new members started to join. Eva, Jennie, Christine, Lauren, Edy...the list goes on.  With so many joining they began to get repeat names, another Michelle, another Lauren, another Anne!!  Insanity!! 

Shortly after the roster began to grow. They started to hold events and excursions.  There was Bath Product Night, Yarn shopping, craft swaps, yarn swaps, Monster making day, Sheep and wool festivals. All extremely successful and extremely fun.   

As for the actual crafting so many great projects have taken place.  Aside from some awesome knitting, there has been crocheting, embroidery, jewelry making, spinning, rug hooking, beading, sewing, more recently karaoke, the list goes on and on.  How do you like that for diverse crafting! Although the jury is still out if whether or not karaoke is a craft.

Location of the meeting has been all around the danbury area. Hat city, molten Java, Hot shots bar and grill, Rosy tomorrow and most recently Molly Darcy's.  Each location having its charms, but still always on the quest for the perfect fit.  Again Booze-Friends-Crafts and along way it was realized good light is important as well.

A year and a half after their first meeting, the Hat city scissor squad now meets at Molly Darcy's. they've gained many new members and begun many new wonderful friendships (with a little drama thrown in along the way).  Now Tuesdays just wouldn't feel like Tuesdays without a few beers, a crazy teaching story from Jennie, a challenging project and a few wonderfully terrible karaoke songs.

What's in store for the future of the Hat City Scissor Squad? Who knows!  Most likely more cool members , exciting events and a lot of fun.  At least that's all the girls can hope for.

For those of you that missed the yarn swap, here's a picture of the "yarn hog" that Michelle made!

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In celebration, Squad meeting attendees will recieve 20% off and no cost for shipping.  Just email me your order homestyleknitneedles@earthlink.net   and I will bring your order to the following meeting.

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