Sweatergirl with a new title

Last night was our last meeting of the MidMichigan Knitters Guild for the year (September-May, just like school). We celebrated with a scruptious dinner - as Sarah mentioned - but I celebrated with three desserts. Sarah didn't do her part with only two! I was asked to run for VP of the guild - it was my turn! After having been a member for five years, they finally caught up with me.

The major responsibility of the VP in this guild is to plan and organize programs. We do a half-hour to hour-long program one night a month, and we can additionally have workshops at another time (Saturdays, with potluck lunches?). Those are usually pretty fun, and we try to keep them in the same theme. So - I have a couple ideas, but I want to hear about fun programs or workshops or knit-alongs that you have participated in (in which you have participated?). Of course I will ask the guild too, but we tend to have been to the same events and such. New ideas are always invigorating!

For example - here's one I picked up from the Plymouth guild - At the start of the year, everyone gets a Secret Sock Santa (I don't think they call it that!). But basically, throughout the year, you work on a pair of socks for someone (shhh! don't tell anyone who they're for!), and present them at the end of the year. I thought maybe we should have a program (half-hour) on how to size socks, then write our measurements on an index card (with allergies, etc), put all the cards in a hat, and then pick someone else's card. Even if people didn't want to do the sock exchange, the fitting workshop would be useful.

We also do a project in December, called the Hat Contest, in which people blindly select a bag of yarn and make a hat to donate to charity from the yarns in the bag. We get some interesting color combos, as most of the yarn is donated. We give a prize for "People's Choice" and "Luck of the Draw" - LynnH won People's Choice last year. Maybe the November program could be about edgings or hat shapes? Or "Making the most of those putrid colors". Hmm.

So - what programs/workshops have been the most fun? entertaining? educational? Let me know in the comments - Thanks!!!