My Name is Amber Beck, I am the President of the (soon to be) "Shorewood Knitfits Chapter" which is an extention of "The Knitting Guild of Association", we are located out of "StitchnHook" in Shorewood Illinois. We are newly formed and can't wait to hear from you. Please check us out when you get a chance!!

The picture didn't come out well this time but, these are the current board members front row starting at left Pres: Amber Beck, Secretary: Jen Appel, back row starting at right VP: Barb Beck, Co-Treasurer Ruthann Squellati, Treasurer: Muriel Schaus, Educational Dir: Sonda Lee, Charity Coordinator: Juanita Townsend , and first member Joan Hinch. I think because this picture is kinda hazy we will take another just to help our own eyes!!

Well hello everyone, our first meeting as a group went well. We have alot of ruff spots to get smoothed out , but it all takes time! We had our meeting on the 16th of March 2004 Tuesday, with a nice snack to get us threw. We worked on the mundane stuff like our by-laws and when to meet next: Here it is April 20th, 2004 from 11:00am to 1:00pm bring your knitting and lunch. If your driving by just stop in to see what we are doing , k ! We are also in need of more officers to fill certain positions so by June 30th we should have another election. Keep on clacking your needles !!

Copy right info

Recently I have been hearing about needing a copy right for protection and the "Free Patterns Knitting Ring" requires this of you to be part o their site so here is a little info from the Copyright Office :

    There is no provision in the copyright law or the practices of the
Copyright Office regarding any
     type of protection known as a "Poor Man's Copyright."
    



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Copyright Office
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE 
Washington DC 20559
(202) 707-3000
www.copyright.gov
********************************** and here is how you get one:

Claims to copyright in either published or unpublished photographs may
be registered in the Copyright Office. Form VA should be used to apply
for copyright registration for photographs. To apply for registration,
send the following material in the same envelope or package to the
Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20559-6000:

1.A correctly completed application form;
2.A nonrefundable filing fee for each application; and
3.A nonreturnable deposit of the work to be registered.

Two or more unpublished photographs may be registered as a collection
if:

1.The elements are assembled in an orderly form;

2.The combined elements bear a single title identifying the collection
as a whole;

3.The copyright claimant in all of the elements and in the collection
as a whole is the same; and

4.All of the elements are by the same author, or, if they are by
different authors, at least one of the authors has contributed
copyrightable authorship to each of the elements.

Published collections of photographs and all of the copyrightable
elements of a unit of publication may be registered on a single form
with a single fee if all of the photographs are owned by the same
copyright claimant.

Registration of a collection of photographs extends to each
copyrightable element in the collection. There is no limit to the
number
of photographs that may be included in an unpublished collection. See
the enclosed Circular 40a, "Deposit Requirements for Registration of
Claims to Copyright in Visual Arts Material," for further details.

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Below is a link to the site !

Free Patterns

News News go to the free patterns page we finally have a pattern for you to have. Please take a copy for yourself and your friends. The patterns we put here are ones we make ourselves and wish for you to enjoy them .

This is the store front of StitchnHook where we gather to knit. Also below is a link to get more information from Sonda about here shop and her classes. We as a guild promote teaching of this art to others, no matter who you are ! Big kudos to Sonda for stepping in to be the Educational Director for now it is very helpful to have someone with the patience and know how to be teaching this for us!! Thank you, Thank you !