2019 – 2024 Guild Treasurer Carol Myers
Carol Myers is one of the Guild’s “super volunteers” who are the backbone of its success. She is in her third term as the Guild Treasurer. She joined us in 2012 to expand her knitting network and to learn more about the craft. She loves the programs, the opportunity to see others’ knitting projects and keeping in touch through the monthly News Blast. Wanting more of a connection with guild members, she volunteered, first as a County Fair coordinator, then as a Programs co-chair. She also worked to find us our new home at the Encinitas Community Center and continues to help in the search for Guild volunteers. She strongly feels volunteering on any level is a rewarding experience and hopes more members will become involved.
Her knitting journey began in 1996 when she was inspired by IBM co-workers. She learned at an LYS in suburban Detroit. A thrower, she began with sweaters for her nephew and niece, then on to adult sweaters. She mostly knits for others: accessories, afghans and the requisite baby blankets. She has spent almost 13 years doing finishing work at Yarning for You and working their Help Desk but is giving that up in the spring. She is looking forward to getting back to making more sweaters. Perhaps her most fun project was a red sweater for her young nephew; a self-designed haunted house motif and her first foray into Intarsia. She says the best part of her week is knitting with others. She is in several groups including the La Costa Knitters guild sub-group.
Carol moved to San Diego in 2000 to be closer to her sister’s family. The day they were moving from their Michigan home to California, she was so stressed with the movers she spent several hours shopping at her LYS getting yarn to see her through the 2000-mile road trip while her husband was left to manage things. (Smart woman!)
Her nonprofit demands yielded many friendships across the nation but not locally. Knitting with others at an LYS and then working there parttime was great for stash building, but also gave her a community of friends who welcomed her. What she loved best about working at a yarn store was helping knitters with project problems and teaching classes. That part-time job also gave her more knowledge and new skills.
Carol was born and raised in Detroit although she spent her early teens in a small northern Michigan town and there had the best school days ever. A woman of hidden depths, she earned a varsity letter in basketball from her Detroit high school. She never stopped working after first job in 8th grade and has been a waitress, a cherry-picker, a movie theatre and a drive-in movie concession stand clerk, a shipping clerk at cooking store, a retail cashier and a credit manager at women’s clothing store. Professionally, she became a bookkeeper, payroll manager and otherwise ran the office for a construction sub-contractor. She was active in National Association of Women in Construction. She moved on to IBM as a customer relationship representative for major automotive corporations.
She moved to California to establish and direct the nonprofit founded by her sister which serves scientists, therapists and children with speech apraxia, which her nephew has overcome. As part of her nonprofit work, she executed many certified education programs both in the USA and internationally, including its first research symposium and published the proceedings. She got to meet the most adorable children and amazing researchers and parents.
She earned her BA in 1989 from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI finishing two years then completing the second two after a 20-year hiatus. She has been married for 42 years, meeting her husband on a weekend group sailboat trip across Lake Huron where they both realized they loved musical show tunes (of all things… I mean, who can sing every tune from Fanny?)
— Tania Marshall, Guild President, News Coordinator and Guild Photographer
