I help with the Michaels calendar at my store and found out yesterday that Michaels is planning on another open house on May 19, 2012 from 1-3. Hope this helps everyone get prepared.

I don't know about anyone else, but I got mixed messages about last Saturday's (March 3) meet the teacher event. I'm new to teaching at Michael's and this was the first event I was able to particiapte in. My store's class scheduler (the one with whom I schedule classes) told me that all the teachers were required to be there (correct), that we were expected to be in our respective departments (incorrect) to answer questions and motivate potential students. We were not to be doing demos (correct).

I am so far behind in my certification binder that I need to ask for an extension. Does anyone know who I contact?

I am busily completing my samples for the certification. there is a ripple sample required - is it a sc or dc ripple. Does anyone know what CYC prefers? there is nothing in the handbook. Also, what is the spiral method? Is that simiklar to a humongous granny?
thanks

Am I crazy or is the guage on this blanket about 10" off? When I tried this with a J hook the piece was about 36" long instead of 27". I went down to a I hook and still have about 33". To get the proper size I would have to use about a size G hook. Is everyone having this problem?

Thanks,
Mary

As I'm thinking about how I will teach this project, I am second guessing some of the choices I made regarding "1 hdc in same sp as last sl st" when I worked up my sample. I'd like to know what other people have done.

1. Since the sl st is worked into the first hdc of the round, I remember thinking it odd that the instruction was hdc in same space rather than same stitch. I didn't see where there would be a space so after ch2, I worked my first hdc into the same previous-row-hdc that was joined by the sl st. Is this what others have done or have I missed something?

My store has not done this since well before I started working there 3 years ago. I am trying to schedule our first joining party, but I have no idea how long a session I need to schedule. I can't find any guidance on Moogle and no one in the store seems to have any idea either. How long does it take to complete a blanket? I really don't know how many volunteers we will have show up, so I could be working mostly by myself or I could have a dozen volunteers. There doesn't seem to be that much interest from our customers.

Just started swatching this project today and I have a question about the end of row 4 in the first half of the project. As written the instructions say "rep from * across to last 2 ch-sps, ch 5, sk1 ch-sp, 3 dc in turning ch-sp, turn." It seems to me that it should be something like 'rep from * across to last 2 ch-sp, ch 5, sk 2 ch, 3 dc in next ch, turn.' This would put the 3 dc in the top ch of the chains that count as a triple at the beginning of row 3 rather than the space and would better match the beginning of the row ["Ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in first tr"]

The new projects have been added to this link. Unfortunately, CYC decided to create a link to the PDF Project instead of providing a clear image we can print and use. These are not the kind of images that can be include in a poster. How annoying. Why this it is so complicated?

Today I found a new Newsletter, check to see the inf. about open house