Sandy Relief Knitting Bee - November 27

Calling all knitters! Help knit patchwork squares to make blankets for Hurricane Sandy Victims on Tuesday, November 27.

See below or visit the Sandy Relief Knitting Bee Facebook page for more information.

Meeting Friday, November 16

Brookfield presents WFC IN THE LOOP Full-Year Charity Partnership with Habitat for Humanity - New York City Friday, November 16, 2012 12 - 2pm World Financial Center Courtyard, next to Starbucks Patterns & Supplies This Friday, we will continue working on the throw pillows we started in October. For those who were unable to join us last month, there are additional pillow and coaster kits to keep everyone busy! As we quickly come upon the end of the year, please bring back any outstanding projects so that we can get as many completed items to deserving families. If you have completed a project and are not able to attend, please mail it to Ina at her studio:

Ina Braun

Tante Sophie et Cie.

21 Broadway

Denville, NJ 07834

Charity Recipient

All projects in 2012 will be donated to new homeowners of the St. John's Residences to be built in Ocean Hill-Brownsville by Habitat - NYC.

Announcements
We know that Hurricane Sandy has posed huge challenges and difficulties for all of us in this area, and we hope that this post finds you and your loved ones safe and with power, heat, and hot water.

While the storm caused the annual Canstruction exhibition at the WFC to be postponed, Brookfield and Canstruction are collecting canned goods for City Harvest, which will be distributed to those affected by Sandy. The collection box is in the Winter Garden.

Meeting Friday, October 19

Brookfield presents WFC IN THE LOOP Full-Year Charity Partnership with Habitat for Humanity - New York City Friday, October 19, 2012 12 - 2pm World Financial Center Courtyard, next to Starbucks Patterns & Supplies Join us this Friday as we begin working on a new project that will take us through the end of 2012 - throw pillows. These pillows will be a sweet accent piece for the families moving into Habitat for Humanity's St. John's Residences. For those of you who joined us last week, don't forget to bring your completed coasters. See you this Friday with your needles or hooks in hand!  Perfect Square Pillow: Size 11 / 8mm needles Sweet Home Sweet Pillow: 4mm hook

Charity Recipient

All projects in 2012 will be donated to new homeowners of the St. John's
Residences to be built in Ocean Hill-Brownsville by Habitat - NYC.

Announcement
There are some projects from earlier this year that have not been returned.
If you have an outstanding project, please bring it with you to the next meeting -
preferably complete but okay if not!

If you have completed a project and are not able to attend the next meeting,
please mail it to Ina at her studio:

Ina Braun
Tante Sophie et Cie.
21 Broadway
Denville, NJ 07834

Meeting Friday, September 21

Brookfield presents WFC IN THE LOOP Full-Year Charity Partnership with Habitat for Humanity - New York City Friday, September 21, 2012 12 - 2pm World Financial Center Courtyard, next to Starbucks Patterns & Supplies This month we will begin lovely projects for the living room. We have actually accumulated a fair amount of leftovers and will make those work for a fun mix of coasters for each household. Knit Coasters: 10.5 or 11mm needles, short bamboo or 24" circulars for working in rows Granny Square Crochet Coasters: 3.5mm, 4mm or 4.5mm hook, size F Crochet Coasters: 3.5mm, 4mm or 4.5mm hook, size F

Charity Recipient

All projects in 2012 will be donated to new homeowners of the St. John's
Residences to be built in Ocean Hill-Brownsville by Habitat - NYC.

Announcement
Projects can no longer be dropped off at the Arts Brookfield office between
meetings. If you have completed a project and will not be able to attend the
next meeting, please mail it to Ina at her studio:

Ina Braun
Tante Sophie et Cie.
21 Broadway
Denville, NJ 07834

Meeting this Friday, August 17

Brookfield presents WFC IN THE LOOP Full-Year Charity Partnership with Habitat for Humanity - New York City Friday, August 17, 2012 12 - 2pm World Financial Center Courtyard, next to Starbucks Afghan Assembly This Week! Finish up those afghan panels - this week, we'll assemble them to make complete projects to include in the distribution kits for the families at the new St. John's Residences, which will be mailed to them in time for their move into their new homes in mid-September. Invitation from Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity - New York has invited all members of In The Loop to join them at the Dedication  Cerermony on September 15th in Oceans Hill - Brownsville!   All projects in 2012 will be donated to new homeowners of the St. John's Residences to be built in OceanHill-Brownsville by Habitat - NYC. Announcement Projects can no longer be dropped off at the Arts Brookfield office between meetings. If you have completed a project and will not be able to attend the next meeting, please mail it to Ina at her studio: Ina Braun Tante Sophie et Cie. 21 Broadway Denville, NJ 07834

Meeting this Friday, July 20

Brookfield presents WFC IN THE LOOP Full-Year Charity Partnership with Habitat for Humanity - New York City Friday, July 20, 2012 12 - 2pm World Financial Center Courtyard, next to Starbucks

This month, we'll sew in labels to our completed projects and continue working on afghans for the living room. Please bring ALL completed projects this week so that we can begin to assemble the kits.

Remember, each afghan piece (1 piece per kit; 4 kits per finished blanket) will be due Friday, August 17th. At that meeting, we'll combine all the sections together to make complete projects to include in the distribution kits for the families at the new St. John's Residences, which we'll give out at our September meeting!

Patterns & Materials

There are no new projects this month, but this is the time for completing any incomplete projects and finishing complete projects with customized labels!

Ina will bring all the items we need - labels, needles, thread, as well as some expert advice for how to secure the labels to the projects so that they are not in the way and do not fall off!

Recipient Charity

All projects in 2012 will be donated to new homeowners of the St. John's Residences to be built in Ocean Hill-Brownsville by Habitat - NYC.

July and August Activities

The dog days of summer are upon us, so we will be taking advantage of the cool interior of the World Financial Center to do our upcoming on-site projects.

Join us in July to sew in labels to all of the incredible projects we have created thus far in 2012 - almost TWO HUNDRED different projects to donate to the deserving families who have moved into their new homes in Ocean Hill - Brownsville, Brooklyn!

You should also continue to work on your afghan projects. The knitting project kits have all been taken, but we have a number of crocheting kits remaining for those of you who are speedy crocheters and still want to take something home to work on before our August 17th meeting.

As a reminder, ALL afghan kits are DUE at the beginning of our August 17th meeting, when we will sew up the pieces into complete blankets as part of our presentation to the Habitat for Humanity families.

Remember: if you are stuck, please contact Ina at 201.910.0027 or via e-mail. The only successful project is a completed project!