Mini-Reunion: KAL (Knit A-Long) – Cast On Party!

Here is another exciting mini-reunion that we are able to offer, with the leadership of one of our classmates, Sue Beery Duncan.

Sue is hoping that you will join her for a KAL (Knit A–Long) over the next 3 months.  The group will knit the same pattern, meeting 4 times (or more if we want to) via Zoom to share our questions, show our work and reconnect before our 45^th reunion in May. The pattern (Purl Soho’s Striped Triangle Garter Wrap) is straightforward so you do not need to be an expert knitter for this project, and even if you are coming back to knitting or just learning to knit, we hope you will join us.

The tentative schedule for our Zoom meetings, all at 7 pm (and meetings will be recorded.) are:

• March 3: Cast-on Party! Over the four weeks let’s work on sections 1 and 2
• March 31: Get together, chat, discuss our knitting; try to finish section 2 and begin section 3 before the April meeting
• April 28: Hopefully we are all working on section 4, and we can talk about reunion activities
• May 19: We’ll discuss some different binding-off techniques to provide an elastic edge as well as blocking
• Reunion Weekend: We can meet in our reunion dorm and share our work in person.

The pattern is free and Purl Soho sells the suggested yarn. (Feel free to use any yarn you want so long as it gives you the right gauge.)  Sue reached out to Purl Soho, telling them she was planning a KAL for our class reunion and asked if they might offer us a discount.  It turns out that the CEO, Joelle Hoverson, is an MHC grad (Class of ’89) and she’s thrilled to hear about our KAL and 45^th reunion.  Purl Soho will be offering us a discounted price once we know how many people will be purchasing yarn. 

 So if you want to join or ask some questions, please send Sue Beery Duncan an email (sbduncan55@gmail.com) by February 15. And just as an FYI, I don’t know how to knit but everyone seems to love it, so your fearless President will be signing up too!