Hello fellow fiber enthusiasts!
I would like to introduce Joyce Stebbins. She hails from Rhode Island and has the accent to back it up. She moved to Summerville in 2007 and soon joined the staff at The Village Knittery. She was the knitting instructor there for 9 years and enjoyed sharing her love of knitting there by giving knitting lessons on various levels.
Joyce learned to knit at age 7 from her mother. Her first finished object was a scarf. By age 12 she was making gifts for her friends and family. Joyce's mother was a good knitter, she would knit argyle socks for Joyce's dad on dpn's without a pattern. By high school Joyce had knitted her first Fisherman's sweater.
Joyce also has designed Christmas stockings, Christmas tree ornaments, scarves and fingerless gloves. And she still provides knitting lessons weekly. She joins us for the Wednesday Knit meet up at Panera Bread in Summerville.
Joyce has been a member of the FKG since it's conception and she served as treasurer since the beginning as well. She is also a member of the The Knitting Guild of America and has been doing casework toward becoming a master knitter. She joined the TKGA 3 years ago.
She has a one daughter, who just moved to Summerville from Hawaii last year and also 2 wonderful grand boys that she enjoys doting on and spoiling. One resides here and the other stayed in Hawaii so she still has a great vacation spot to go to.
Unfortunately, we can take the girl out of Rhode Island but we can't get her to support the local football teams. She is an avid and very vocal New England Patriot fan. Much to my chagrin and I give her grief about that every chance I get. So when you see her around town be sure to remind her that the Panthers are right up the road and her Patriots laid an egg this year at the Super Bowl. lol
Thanks for taking the time to meet Joyce. Stayed tuned later in the week to meet another member of the FKG.
**Side note - don't forget about the FKG meeting tomorrow evening. Hope to see you there!
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