Stitch and bitch knitting circle

Argh! My weekend of unpacking imploded on me and I can't go! I guess I'll have to meet everyone next time.

Hi... I don't knit... well I have in the past but not currently.

My Wife and kids (young adults now) love to knit.

We will be in Munich on 13,14,15 Dec (without kids) and then again on 29,30,31 Dec 9 (with kids).

I would be a real hero if I took them to some really neat wool or needlework shops while we were there.

Could you help me be a hero and suggest any?

Note that the rest of the time we will be in a home (doing a home exchange) a little north of Hannover. So if you know of any of there that would be good too.

Thanks,

Bob Keenan

Hi, bobkeenan, try THIS SITE...most of the shops are listed there. laura_k has a similar listing, but I can't access her site at the moment. Hope you can be a hero!

Aelfwynn, hope to see you this Sunday then!!!

I am managing to come into Munich today as my husband is off work and can collect the kids. Hooray!

I have never looked for wool here before. Does anybody know the best shop specifically for Baby wool ,(pastels) maybe also with unusual textures? I used Snowflake, Sprinkles, Eskimo wool in Scotland. Thanks

g24, Hmmmm...I'd suggest Wolle Rödel in Rosental (near Viktualienmarkt...kinda opposite the Starbucks...or rather the Wall Street Institute there)

This Sunday 26th November, same place, same time (5 p.m.):

Cafe Mondial
Pariser Straße 34
81667 München

Tel: 089-485735

U/S-Bahn: U5 or S-Bahn Ostbanhof, then 5 min. walking

See y'all there!

Hi, Thanks for this. I went here and the lady was very helpful and spoke english. I didn't actually buy any baby wool as there wasn't quite what I was looking for. But I did buy 2 loads of snazzy wool to make a couple of scarves for a change! Was good to see what stock was there.

Can't make this sunday as I have family visiting from Scotland, but maybe next time!!

Thanks for everybody's input!

Gail

Here's my latest FO:

[img]http://static.flickr.com/122/304208098_217d9ab314.jpg[/img]

Started: Can't remember...possibly September
Finished: 23rd November 2006
Yarn: Wolle Rödel Soft-Merino Superwash, 100% Merino, colour #390
Needles/Hooks: 4 mm crochet hook, 4.5 mm Addi turbos circs, 3.5 mm Inox circs
Pattern: Topi by Jennifer Tallapaneni on Knitty.com

Hey

Hope to be there this Sunday. Looking forward to seeing you all then

Hey, Stitchers!!! If you haven't noticed, the anchor post had been redone. Say thank you to Editor Bob. He also put in a picture for us...if we like another picture, give me suggestions and I'll forward it.

The Novum is that now we also have a sign-up sheet. This is to give a guideline to how many people would be turning up on Sundays. So, please, use it!!! (So that I don't get all worked up when people said they were going to show up but didn't show up). But if you can't log on and want to come on the spur of the moment, just come!

As for Wednesday meetings, since it's an irregular event, we'll just organise it over the thread.

Susan, It would be a pleasure to see you this Sunday! When you get to Cafe Mondial, just look to the right, we sit at the corner table at the end of the cafe. Looking forward to seeing you this Sunday!!!

So, who else's coming? Sign up guys!!!

SnBers, great to have met the two newcomers (Susan, Pam) last Sunday.

I'm not sure whether I would be able to make it this coming Sunday (3rd Dec, i.e. 1st Advent) or not...as I might be in Salzburg. But I'll reserve the table anyway and hopefully someone will be there. Please use the sign-up sheet if you get a chance to. Hope that there will be a meeting this Sunday.

Susan, Pam, if I can't make it this Sunday, don't fret. I'll be there the Sunday after...with the books, of course! Hopefully there will be somebody there who can show you how to knit!

BTW, has anybody heard anything from Abra or Bonnie???

I almost certainly won't be there this weekend, as we're visiting my husband's parents. But I am absolutely going to be there in two weeks! No more scheduling things that might run into it!

Ok, it won't let me edit my last post for some reason. Due to my in-laws' plans changing, I'll be there this week but not next week. My needles and things are still in the states, so I'm going to be embroidering, but I can help with beginning knitting anyway.

So, it doesn't seem like I'd be going to Salzburg this Sunday...so I should be at the SnB: Sunday 3rd December @ Cafe Mondial from 5 p.m.

Looking forward to seeing you guys there!

Hope to see y'all later!!!

Hi!

I am just getting to know my way around TT and found your note on the Calendar. I would really like to come along some time and have planned for it on Dec. 17th. I don't knit but do make jewelry and would love some creative company. I'll use the sign up form if I can make it on that Sunday!

Cathy

Hey SnBers! Don't slack now!!! Sign up for this coming Sunday!!!

Cathy, would be great to see you there on the 17th!!!

I'll come if I get back in town in time, but it's not certain enough for me to sign up.

Aelfwynn, well, would be great if you make it.

I've already reserved a table for this Sunday. Hope to see y'all there!

Hey, you've done a lovely job on the thread, a nice piccy and a sign up sheet!

I havn't been in aaaaaaages and I've not investigated Cafe Mondial yet. How is everyone?

Sid, wow, you're still alive? Well, how about making an appearance this Sunday? Last Sunday was such a blast - NOT - what with it was only me for 45 minutes until Chook showed up and we decided to leave and I just headed over to the German SnB. So, you should come this Sunday, or do I need to come with an extra humongous crochet hook to drag you out?

Well, I'll be there this week.

By the way, have y'all seen this?

http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoStory.asp...250de407e4b4dfb

Aelfwynn, great! Looking forward to seeing you there this Sunday and don't forget to sign-up!

And yes, we knew about the knitted-Ferrari. Someone posted about that a couple of months back.

Oh, and the Inner Truth scarf for my bf is finished and had been given to the recipient!

[img]http://static.flickr.com/136/319965696_88c9d2f4d0.jpg[/img]

Started: 16th November 2006
Finished: 12th December 2006
Yarn: Lana Grossa's Soffice, 62% Merino extrafine, 10% Cashmere, 28% Acrylic, colour #009
Needle: 5 mm/ US #8 Inox circs
Pattern: Inner Truth by Laura Andersson on MagKnits

Another scarf finished!!! *YAAAAAAAAY!!!*

[img]http://static.flickr.com/87/322142832_40c90b3b6a.jpg[/img]

Started: 23rd November 2006
Finished: 14th December 2006
Yarn: Rohrspatz & Wollmeise Worsted Merino-Lambwool in the colourway "Koralle im Meer" ("Corals in the sea")
Needles: 6 mm/US #10 Inox circs
Pattern: My So Called Scarf from Sheep in the City
Modifications: Instead of a 30-stitch pattern, I reduced it to 28 stitches and add the chain edge (4 stitches in total, so that adds up to 32 stitchs), because I have only one hank of the wool and the scarf's going to be short anyway.

SnBers, sign up for this Sunday!!!

No! Not the humungous crochet hook! If you were a straight guy who fancied fat birds, it could be considered slightly erotic. As it is, you're not, so it's just bordering on being slightly terrifying.

The scarf is lovely, I hope the snow comes soon so that your chappy can fully appreciate it's snug value.

I still havn't braved socks yet. I'm stuck on scarves, bags, miscellaneous square stuff and a cardigan that I started in spring. Oh and now I have Laura K's half-done-socks, which I'm thinking of turning into a tea cosy for my posh tea pot.

btw - I just got my course results for my science thingy - I passed! YaY! So I should come this Sunday and drink lots in celebration I start the second module soon, which is the psychology bit, so I might need you lot at some point. When other students do their psycho-tests on ex-pat relocation, I'll be researching the effects of cable addiction on ex-pats in smoky bars.

Happy happy joy joy.

What's Mondial like?

Yay!!! Sid's coming this Sunday!!!

Mondial is nice, well lit for us, as long as they don't turn the light down.

love the red and blue scarf!

Spid i want those half socks made into tights AT LEAST by the time i get back x

laura_k, actually it's orange and blue.

Anyway, SnBers, be there this Sunday, as it probably will be the last SnB for this year! (Next week is Christmas Eve and the week after that is Sylvester)...so if you miss this, it'll be the next year when we see each other again...that is, if we don't make an impromptu SnB during the week sometimes between 2006-2007

I'll try call in TalkstoStrangers too...she hasn't been showing up there for a while now and it would be nice to have all of us there again. See y'all this Sunday!

BTW, I've a new crochet book, I'll bring that along on Sunday, too!

I'll be bringing a couple of things, one to show, one to ask about, and one to work on

Oog. Sorry, all, I got sick. (no, not the novovirus.) I'm going back to bed. Have good holidays, all, and I'll see you next year if there's not a mid-week something.

It was so nice to have seen everybody again on Sunday! Hope to see you all again after the New Year!

Here's the latest FO (made for TalksToStrangers and given to her on Sunday...the hands you're seeing belong to her and not mine, I don't paint my nails...and if, definitely not red *LOL*):

[img]http://static.flickr.com/140/326384599_181cd0b074.jpg[/img]

Started: 16th November 2006
Finished: 17th November 2006
Yarn: Noro Kureyon, 100% Wool, colour #124
Needle: 3.5 mm dpns
Pattern: Kolenya from Sheep and No City
Modification: I left out the crocheted finger bridges and made the cuff a bit longer

Have a great holiday!!!

Just want to wish all the SnBers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Looky at what I've finally finished off:

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Started: March 2006
Finished: 22nd December 2006
Yarn: Regia Canadian Colour 4-ply sock yarn, colour #4727 "Vancouver"
Needles: 2.5 mm/ US #1/#2 Inox dpns
Pattern: JayWalkers by Grumperina on MagKnits

Have a great holiday and we'll see each other again in January!!! Keep knitting!

Happy New Year to you, too!

I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon helping my husbands' niece and nephew to learn crochet.

All SnBers! Don't forget to sign up for this coming Sunday 7th January for our first 2007 meeting! Would be great to see you all there!!!

Of course, Newcomers are most welcome! Especially Leelee, would be great to see you there! If you still haven't got any needles or yarn just PM and I'll bring something along for you to practice on!

Hey guys! I was thinking about joining you guys on Sunday. I do a little bit of knitting and crocheting, but not in several months. I don't really have a project going but i have some needles and yarn around here somewhere. Always looking for new people to meet! Are there usually many people who go?

hi chickens i will be there on sunday. finished my frickin grey scarf with frills today. only took me like ten years!

You're back! When did that happen?

about four hours before new year.. i texted you yesterday! didn't you get it? and what are you doing on the internet??? x

I got something crawling across the screen, but when I clicked on ok it disappeared. Aha! Twas you! Something about me being unemployed? Sounds so manky. Like I'm scavving off the german tax payers or summink. I'm not unemployed! I'm a desperate housewife! Okay, with a fatter arse and pasty English complexion, but desperate and housewifey nonetheless. I can prove it, I crafted home made cornish pasties the other day and they were yummy. Then again, I am mank, as I love car booties. Oh sod it then, I confess, I'm just lazy. Oh oh oh actually I forgot, I'm not unemployed - I'm a student! So there.



I'm on the internet because... er... I'm doing research. Yes, that's it, research. Into something or other, very important of course. Oh and I had to email my sister, who doesn't have LJ.

Wilkommen bei Bayern!

Sid, any chance that you're drunk? You're coming this Sunday!! Yay!

BTW, SnBers, apparently a newspaper had written about us back in late 2006...possibly it was the SZ (either December or November - I went and flicked through all December SZ but found nothing).. I just got this information from the lady at Wollkorb at Sendlinger Tor. She's going to get me a copy of the article, so hopefully, you might get to see it this Sunday. Did any of you know anything about this article at all???

Me? Drunk? You've been listening to those rumours again

Article? Newspaper? Wtf? How bad does business have to be, that they take interest in a knitting group? Are we really that fascinating? That glam? That spankingly desirable?



Perhaps they wrote about some archaic rules that we might be breaking. Ooh I want to see it, bring, bring, bring! I'll say one thing though, if they've even so much as mentioned a toilet complaint, I'll sue!

sid, there must be an eyerolling icon for me to use here somewhere...

are you writing lj then?! im missing it, if so.

how exciting re newspaper elemacactus. yes please bring the bit. we went in wollkorb today but just bought things from wolle roedel as normal..

laura_k, what? You were down in the LYSs yesterday and didn't call me? I was knitting with TalksToStrangers in Starbucks...we could've met up.

I'm not sure when I'll get the article, hopefully before Sunday.

boo! i would've and all. i have my best friend here so we were being subversive. what is LYS?

hertie have some really lovely wool reduced to 2,50 in their sale, it's merino with 10% angora , called english tweed, in nice useful colours like green, blue, grey and with little flecks of other colours. i want to make a jumper or something but not sure where to start.

Laura_k, LYS = Local Yarn Shop.

Ooooooh, thanks for the info on the yarn, I now know where I'll be heading to this afternoon! How about looking for easy patterns on Knitty or Magknits?

oh thanks i hadnt seen magknits. that indian summer collar is a bit mad. crikey.

laura_k, BTW, you can also try The Garter Belt, too.

thanks chicky i'll have a go through it
btw i live near you now!

laura_k, yeah, I know, you should come and visit...and I vice-versa. BTW, wanna go do some SEX this afternoon at Hertie?? (SEX = Stash Enhancing eXperience)

oooh! I was thinking about going there to see what they have this afternoon, too...

Hihihihi, SnBers, I've got the article...and now I could call myself "anonymously famous"!!! *LOL* I'll bring it along on Sunday! (The article's in German though)