Last Meeting of 2013: Friday, December 13!

Brookfield Presents

IN THE LOOP

Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Next Meeting

Friday, December 13

12:00 - 2:00pm

Location

Brookfield Place Winter Garden

Announcements

Hope you all had a restful and delicious Thanksgiving! For the last project of 2013, we offer a choice of three patterns. 

Please note that it will be a little busier in the Winter Garden than usual, as this meeting coincides with Santa’s annual visit to the Winter Garden (http://brookfieldplaceny.com/Santa13).

As always, please remember to bring back any past projects so we can send out the final parcel of baby items in a timely manner!

Patterns & Materials

We provide yarn, patterns and guidance; you bring the tools and skills.

Shells Baby Hat with Ear Flaps (crochet)

Tool: Size G (4.5mm) crochet hook

Smock Top Baby Booties (knit)
Tool: US #3 (3 or 3.25mm) double pointed needles












Bunny Nuggets (knit)
Tool: US #7 (4.5mm) double pointed needles

Charity Recipient
All 2013 IN THE LOOP projects will be donated to Staten Island communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in the summer and fall will be donated to the Richmond University Medical Center Auxiliary for their annual baby shower, to help replenish the items they distributed immediately following the storm.

2014 Meeting Dates

Our next meeting (the last in 2013!) is Friday, December 13.

Mark your calendars with these 2014 dates. We will continue to meet on the third Friday of each month from 12-2pm.

January 17
February 21
March 21
April 18
May 16
June 20
July 18
August 15
September 19
October 17
November 21
December 12 (2nd Friday)

Next Meeting: Friday, November 15

Brookfield Presents

IN THE LOOP

Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Next Meeting

Friday, November 15

12:00 - 2:00pm

Location

Brookfield Place Winter Garden

 



Announcements

The Richmond University Medical Center Auxiliary recently received our first parcel of handmade goodies. Thank you all for returning your projects in a timely manner!

Can you believe it's November already? We only have two more sessions to go in 2013. The last few projects of the year are easy, simple, and useful - this month it's baby burp cloths. As always, please remember to bring back any past projects.

Patterns & Materials

We provide yarn, patterns and guidance; you bring the tools and skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Burp Cloth (Crochet)

Tools: G (4.5mm) or H (5.0mm) crochet hook

Plain and Simple Burp Cloth (Knit)

Tools: Size 6 (4.0mm) or 7 (4.5mm) knitting needle

Charity Recipient

All 2013 IN THE LOOP projects will be donated to Staten Island communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in the summer and fall will be donated to the Richmond University Medical Center Auxiliary for their annual baby shower, to help replenish the items they distributed immediately following the storm.

Next Meeting: October 18, 2013

Brookfield Presents

IN THE LOOP

Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Next Meeting

Friday, October 18

12:00 - 2:00pm

Location

Brookfield Place (220 Vesey Street), Winter Garden

 

Announcements
October brings two distinct projects from the lovely bunch at the Purl Bee: soft and squishy crocheted balls for the crocheters and warm, snuggly leg warmers for the knitters.

 

As always, please remember to bring back any past projects.

Patterns & Materials

We provide yarn, pattern and guidance; you bring the tools and skills.



Crocheted Balls from the Purl Bee (Crochet)
Tools: D (3.25mm) crochet hook

 

 

Baby Leg Warmers from the Purl Bee (Knit)
Tools: US #5 (3.75mm) or US #6 (4.0mm) double pointed needles








Charity Recipient

All 2013 IN THE LOOP projects will be donated to Staten Island communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in the summer and fall will be donated to the Richmond University Medical Center Auxiliary for their annual baby shower, to help replenish the items they distributed immediately following the storm.

Baby hats, mittens, and booties galore!

Putting the finishing touches on the first In The Loop parcel we will send to the Richmond University Medical Center Auxiliary on Staten Island. The Auxiliary gave out their stock of baby items after Hurricane Sandy to help those in need in the community, and your hard work will help replenish their collection.

 

Thanks to all of you, they will soon have over 200 bibs, hats, socks, mittens, and booties to distribute, so that newborn babies can go home in warm clothing.

 

 

 

If you have outstanding projects from the last few months, please send them to Ina at her studio this week, so that they can be included.

Ina Braun
@ Tante Sophie avait un chien
21 Broadway
Denville, NJ 07834
201.910.0027

And don't forget to save the date for the next In The Loop meeting: Friday, October 18. See you then!

Meeting September 20, 2013

Brookfield Presents

IN THE LOOP

Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief

 

Next Meeting

Friday, September 20

12:00 - 2:00pm

 

Location

Brookfield Place (220 Vesey Street), Winter Garden Street Level

 

Announcements

• This month’s project is baby booties! Snuggly little socks for newborn feet. See below for patterns and materials.
• Please bring back any outstanding projects to the meeting on Friday! We start new projects every month and want to make sure we get everything back in a timely manner.
• You will notice that work on the construction walls in the Winter Garden has begun. For more information on the ongoing renovation of Brookfield Place, visit http://brookfieldplaceny.com/renovation-updates.       

Patterns & Materials

We provide yarn, pattern and guidance; you bring the tools and skills.

 


Simple Crossover Bootie, © LouiseMac 2011

 

Simple CrossoverBootie (Crochet)
Tools: H (5.0mm) or I (5.5mm) crochet hook

 

 

 

 

Newborn Spiral-Rib Tube Sock,© bright-fragments

 

 

Newborn Spiral-RibTube Sock (Knit)
Tools: US #2 (2.75 or 3.0mm) or US #3 (3.25mm) double pointed needles






Charity Recipient

All 2013 IN THE LOOP projects will be donated to Staten Island communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in the summer and fall will be donated to the Richmond University Medical Center Auxiliary for their annual baby shower, to help replenish the items they distributed immediately following the storm.

Meeting August 16 - NEW Location!

Brookfield Presents

IN THE LOOP

Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief

 

Next Meeting

Friday, August 16

12:00 - 2:00pm

 

*NEW* Location

Brookfield Place (220 Vesey Street), Winter Garden Street Level

 

Announcements

• Due to ongoing renovations at Brookfield Place, the meeting location is being moved again – this month we will be inside the Winter Garden at street level (not on the balcony).
• Please bring back any outstanding projects to the meeting this Friday! We start new projects every month and want to make sure we get everything back in a timely manner.

 

Patterns & Materials

We provide yarn, pattern and guidance; you bring the tools and skills.

 

This month: little mitts to go with the baby hats we made in July!

Crochet Baby Mittens

Tools: 3.5 or 3.75 mm crochet hook (D, E or F)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knit Baby Mitts

Tools: US size 7 double-pointed needles set of 4










Charity Recipient
All 2013 IN THE LOOP projects will be donated to Staten Island communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in the summer and fall will be donated to the Richmond University Medical Center Auxiliary for their annual baby shower, to help replenish the items they distributed immediately following the storm.

Ina with July hat projects

Meeting this Friday!

Brookfield Presents
IN THE LOOP
Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Next Meeting
Friday, July 19
12:00 - 2:00pm

Location
Brookfield Place (220 Vesey Street), Winter Garden North Balcony, next to AmEx Travel Services

Announcements

• Please bring back any outstanding projects to the meeting this Friday! We will start new projects each month and want to make sure we get everything back in a timely manner.
• Construction walls have begun going up in the Brookfield Place complex. In order to get to the Winter Garden from the Courtyard (corridor where Rite-Aid is located), you must EXIT onto the waterfront plaza and re-enter through the Winter Garden.

Patterns & Materials

Our July projects are the sweetest baby hats! As always, we provide yarn, pattern and guidance; you bring the tools and skills.

 

Baby Ripple Hat (Crochet) from toastyfrog.net

Tools: US Size D, E, or F (3.5 or 3.75mm)* crochet hook

*The mm size is more important than the letter size

Baby Ripple Hat, photo by geek2nurse

 

Preemie Hat with Opening on Top (Knit) from Woll-Ecke

Tools: Any size double pointed needles - 0, 1, 2 or 3

Preemie Hat With Opening on Top, photo by gertatter

 

Charity Recipient

All 2013 IN THE LOOP projects will be donated to Staten Island communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in the summer and fall will be donated to the Richmond University Medical Center Auxiliary for their annual baby shower, to help replenish the items they distributed immediately following the storm.

Bibs!

Beautiful! Just a few of the 58 completed bibs we have received back from you thus far:

 

Next Meeting: Friday, June 21

Brookfield Presents
IN THE LOOP
Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Next Meeting
Friday, June 21
12:00 - 2:00pm

Location
Brookfield Place (220 Vesey Street), Winter Garden North Balcony, next to AmEx Travel Services

Announcements

• This Friday not only  marks the summer solstice, it is also the next meeting of IN THE LOOP! On this extra-long day, we will begin our next project - baby booties.

• Earlier this month, we sent a parcel of 24 hats and 17 fingerless gloves to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. They will soon find their way to Staten Island residents in need. Thank you all for your hard work!

• If you have any outstanding projects, please remember to bring them back.

Patterns & Materials
We provide yarn, pattern and guidance; you bring the tools and skills.

Easy Booties (Crochet)
Tools: US Size K (10.5mm) crochet hook








Jelly Bean Baby Socks (Knit)
Tools: US Size 7 (4.5mm) double-pointed needles

*Ina will have extra size 7 double-pointed needles available for purchase.




Charity Recipient

All 2013 IN THE LOOP projects will be donated to Staten Island communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in the summer and fall will be donated to the Richmond University Medical Center Auxiliary for their annual baby shower, to help replenish the items they distributed immediately following the storm.

A photomontage

Returned projects and new projects from our May 17 meeting. Beautiful!

Meeting Friday, May 17

Brookfield Presents
IN THE LOOP
Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Next Meeting
Friday, May 17
12:00 - 2:00pm

Location
Brookfield Place (220 Vesey Street), Winter Garden North Balcony, next to AmEx Travel Services

Announcements

From May through August, we will have new projects every month. This month is baby bibs!

If you have any outstanding projects, please remember to bring them back.

Patterns & Materials

We provide yarn, pattern and guidance; you bring the tools and skills.
 

(c) Peanutzmom's Pattern Place

Crochet Bib
Tools: H (5.0mm) or I (5.5mm) crochet hook








(c) String Theory

Knit Bib
Tools: 5.0mm straight or circular needles

 

Charity Recipient

All 2013 IN THE LOOP projects will be donated to Staten Island communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in winter and spring will be donated to residents through the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Summer and fall projects will be donated to the Richmond University Medical Center Auxiliary for their annual baby shower, to help replenish the items they distributed immediately following the storm.

Meeting Friday, April 19

Brookfield Presents
IN THE LOOP
Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Next Meeting
Friday, April 19
12:00 - 2:00pm
Brookfield Place Winter Garden Balcony (220 Vesey Street)

Announcements

Spring has finally sprung! Hope you are all enjoying the warmer weather.

 

**Due to construction activity at the usual meeting location in the Brookfield Place Courtyard, the April session of IN THE LOOP will meet at the North Balcony overlooking the Winter Garden.

 

Directions from the Courtyard: head into the Winter Garden, take the north escalators up and make a right.

 

Patterns & Materials

We provide yarn, pattern and guidance; you bring the tools and skills.

 

In April, we will continue with single-skein projects:

 

 Easy Fingerless Gloves (Crochet)
Tools: H (5.0mm) crochet hook

 

Toast and Toasty Fingerless Gloves (Knit)

Tools: #7 (4.5mm) 16" circular needles OR #7 (4.5mm) 16" circular needles

 

Driver's Hat (Knit)

Tools: #7 (4.5mm) 16" circular needles

 

 

Charity Recipient

All 2013 IN THE LOOP projects will be donated to communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in winter and spring will be donated to Staten Island residents through the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Learn more about the foundation's work at www.tunneltotowers.org.

Meeting Location Change!

Due to construction activity in the Brookfield Place Courtyard, IN THE LOOP will meet at the North Balcony overlooking the Winter Garden. (You may still enter the Brookfield Place complex via the Courtyard entrance.)

From the Winter Garden, make a right at the top of the North Escalators.

Meeting Friday, March 15

Brookfield Presents
IN THE LOOP
Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Next Meeting
Friday, March 15
12:00 - 2:00pm
Brookfield Place Courtyard (220 Vesey Street)

Announcements

Thank you all for sending back your completed scarf and cowl projects. We have sent Tunnel to Towers a package of 48 cozy, hand-made goods. (If you have an outstanding project, please bring it to our meeting this Friday, and we will include it in the next parcel delivery.)

We will start fingerless gloves at our March gathering – the perfect project for the transition into springtime.

Patterns and Materials

We provide the yarn, pattern, and guidance; you bring the tools and skills.



 
  Easy Fingerless Gloves (Crochet)
  Tools: H (5.00mm) crochet hook

Toast and Toasty Fingerless Gloves (Knit)
Tools: #7 (4.5mm) double pointed needles OR #7 (4.5mm) 16" circular needles




Driver's Hat
Tools: #7 (4.5mm) 16" circular needles


Charity Recipient
All 2013 IN THE LOOP projects will be donated to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in the winter and spring will be donated to Staten Island residents through the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Learn more about the foundation's work at www.tunneltotowers.org.

Welcome to Our New Blog!

With the renaming of World Financial Center to Brookfield Place, we thought that IN THE LOOP was also due for an update. We wanted the new look to radiate warmth, community, and a bit of playfulness. We think it fits the bill!

To reflect the "new" Brookfield Place location, we have set up a new blog url and migrated all of our old posts. Please update your bookmarks with www.BrookfieldPlaceInTheLoop.blogspot.com.

And don't forget to mark your calendars for our next session on Friday, March 15!

Meeting Friday, February 15

Brookfield presents IN THE LOOP Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief Friday, February 15, 2013 12 - 2pm Brookfield Place World Financial Center Courtyard, next to Starbucks Announcement Hope you are all staying warm and dry! We will continue the single-skein projects started in January. Our goal is to get as many completed cowls and scarves to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation as possible this chilly winter. Patterns & Materials We provide the yarn, patterns, and guidance; you bring your skills and tools. Lilou Loop (knit) Tools: US #11 (8.0 mm) 24" circular needle Matilda Chicken-Wire Scarf (crochet) Tools: Size N (10.0 mm) crochet hook

Charity Recipient

All 2013 In The Loop projects will be donated to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Pieces completed in winter and spring wil be donated to Staten Island residents through the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Learn more about the foundation's work at www.tunneltotowers.org.

Meeting Friday, January 18

Brookfield presents IN THE LOOP Knitting and Crocheting for Hurricane Sandy Relief Friday, January 18, 2013 12 - 2pm Brookfield Place World Financial Center Courtyard, next to Starbucks Announcement  Happy New Year! We hope that you can join us for the very first In The Loop session of 2013. This month, we will be making single-skein cowls and scarves. The completed pieces will be distributed to Staten Island residents affected by Hurricane Sandy via the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Learn more about the foundation’s work at www.tunneltotowers.org. Patterns & Materials We provide the yarn, patterns, and guidance; you bring your skills and tools. Lilou Loop (knit) Tools: US #11 (8.0 mm) 24" circular needle Click HERE for notes on the pattern Matilda Chicken-Wire Scarf (crochet) Tools: Size N (10.0 mm) crochet hook  Click HERE for notes on the pattern

See you on the 18th!