Naju kNitters

Seoul Stitch n Bitch isn't the only expat knitting group in Korea. I also know of a group that's meeting down in Naju.

I contacted Leah (MagicKnitter on ravelry.com) and this is what she had to say about the group:

Right now we’re meeting on Tuesday nights at Kenya Espresso in Naju. My cell number is 010-6870-1939 if anyone wants to join and can’t find us or needs to talk. It’s three of us right now, but we’d be happy to have some more. Thanks!

You can also email her at knittingmagicgirl@gmail but she says that the phone is the easiest way to get in touch with her.

Mid-week Meetup

In addition to the regular Sunday meetings some people are trying to organize a mid-week meetup. There will be a meeting Tuesday October 21st at 3pm till about 7pm at the Starbucks next to KB Bank in Itaewon. Look for the knitters on the 2nd floor. The mid-week group will also meet Wednesday November 5th at 10am in the same location.

There are about 62 people on our email list. Last Sunday we had a record turnout of more than 15 people. That means there's over 45 people on our email list that don't come out to Stitch n Bitch. Now, I know some of you are members who've left Korea and others are just spammers waiting for a chance to strike, but I figure a lot of people on the list are knitters who can't meet on Sunday afternoons.

Rachel, one such member, has said that she'd like to start a mid-week group. Consequently there's some discussion going on the email list about where and when to meet. If you're interested in meeting sometime that isn't the first and third Sunday of each month, please join in that conversation. Two mid-week meetups are scheduled but nothing's written in stone.

And just to be clear, this isn't any sort of "rival" group. There's certainly enough fiber love to go around Seoul. We'll continue to meet as usual as long as there's people coming out.

Special Meeting Saturday February 16th, 2008

Hello hello!

Have you all hear of THE coolest knitting and crochet website on the internerd these days: ravelry.com ? No? Well you should head on over there and check it out. It's a great place to organize your projects, your stash, check out patterns, and meet people!

I sound like a paid advertisement eh? Well I'm not I just totally adore the site. And it has a Korea group on there. This Saturday a bunch of us from the ravelry.com Korea group are going to be meeting up for some yarn shopping, dinners, and knitting and you're all invited.

Sarah, from our SnB group organizes the Korea group over on ravelry and I know she'd be thrilled if any of you wanted to come. Here's our plan as it stands:

1pm meet at Anguk Station Exit 6 and head over to myknitstudio. (It's on the 3rd floor of the GS25 convenience store that you see just at the entrance to Insadong)
That woman has a lot of cool luxury yarns (Koigu anyone?) and the largest selection of English knitting and crochet books/magazines that I've seen in Korea. We'll spend some time there and then head over to...

Dongdaemun Shopping Town (Dongdaemun Station exit 9). 6 (or 5?) floors of crafty goodness. The whole basement is yarn. Lots of it is in bulk but there are many sellers who will sell 1 ball at a time. After yarn shopping it's time for...

Dinner at Himalaya, an Indian restaurant at Dongmyo Station (1 stop away). I've never tried it but one of our ravelry friends says it's great! And finally post dinner is an optional sit and knit at Sarah's place which, correct me if I'm wrong, is at Jegi-dong station.

You all are invited for all or part of this day of fibery goodness. If you can't make it right for 1pm at Anguk than feel free to give myself a call at 010 2897 3825 or Sarah at 010 3194-9685 to see where we're at.

Directions to Cafe T+

We no longer meet at Cafe T+. Please join our Google Group mailing list for the latest information.

We meet every first and third Sunday of every month.

Cafe T+ in Hyehwa/Daehagno.
Here are your directions:

Go to Hyehwa Station, Line 4, Exit 4. When you come out of the station you'll be facing a Baskin Robins. Turn left. Walk all the way to the end of the street. It's not a paved street but a tiled one full of little shops and booths and other fun stuff. At the end of the street on your right will be a Watsons and Cafe T+ is upstairs from that. Just before you get to Watsons/T+ There's a Smoothie King. The cafe has a large welcome mat that has a green T+ on it.

If you get so that you can see a Dunkin Donuts and a Starbucks clearly across the intersection, you've gone too far.

The Cafe itself is on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the building. We'll be on the 3rd. When you get up there, there's sort of a glassed off area on the left, and we'll be in there hopefully at the largest table. They serve wine, coffee (latte, cappuccino, etc.) salads, pasta, and pizza.

I also know that bus 143 from Noksapyeong will take you to Hyehwa station near exit 2. Cross the road for exit 4.
101, 102, 104, 107,106, 108, 140, 143, 149, 150, 160, 161, 162, 301, and 407 also all go there.

If you're coming down from the north on any of those busses it will drop you very close to T+. The stop is called Sungkyunkwan University. But it doesn't often announce in English. It's one stop after Hansung University which does announce in English.

151, 171, 172, 272 drop you off almost outside Cafe T+ if you're coming up from the South. The stop is Sungkyunkwan University as well.

Here's the link for the bus map: http://bus.congnamul.com/SeoulRouteWebApp/view_english/map.jsp
But you have to be running Internet Explorer with Active X installed otherwise it doesn't work.

Hope to see lots of you out. If you get lost or anything give me a call. My
number is 010 5265 3825.