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Excursion to the Frolic!

Excursion to the Frolic! – still room on the bus! Our fellow knitters, the Downtown Knit Collective, run a spring fibre festival each year with a popular marketplace and workshops. This year’s Frolic is April 27th and 28th with the … Continue reading

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Adjudicated Show

Our Adjudicated Show is in just 3 weeks, and this past weekend some wonderful volunteers took photographs of the over 140 entries that were received. From what I hear Fiona Ellis will have a tough time judging the samples. There … Continue reading

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May workshops

Update: Registration is still open, and we are happy to welcome non-members as well!  Email Angela at ac.dliugsrettinkwknull@gnimmargorP with your name, which workshop(s) you would like to register for, and your phone number, and bring your $40 payment (per class) with you on … Continue reading

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2012 Already

The past couple of months have flown by, we have had some great speakers and there are more great speakers on the line up for the rest of the year. We also have a fabulous adjudicated show planned in June, … Continue reading

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Speakers for 2011 Knitters’ Fair

We have two fabulous speakers for this year’s fair.  Kate Atherley and Denise Powell. These seminars are included in the cost of your admission and are on a first come basis. No preregistration is required. Kate Atherley 10:30 The first … Continue reading

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Intentional Pooling

Last night guild member Janelle Martin introduced us to the world of intentional pooling. This is a technique that uses the characteristic of some yarns to have the colours line up (or almost line up) when knitting them. Many of … Continue reading

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March

Thanks to everyone who volunteers for the Guild – both our new volunteers and continuing volunteers. Without you and our past volunteers we wouldn’t be who we are. Our February meeting had Debbie New show us her use of colour … Continue reading

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Skills Night

Mandy has graciously posted instructions on the slip stitch technique which she has decided to call Indecisive Stripes Rib on Ravelry. Here is Norma with her Alice Starmore Sweater, which she knit stranded but did duplicate stitch repair the elbows. … Continue reading

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Welcome Back

Last Tuesday, the Guild started its 25th year. The silver anniversary year will be about “Colour in Knitting”, we will learn about how dyers work with and create colour, how to combine colours and use them to their best effect … Continue reading

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Watch This Space!

As you may have noticed (or not depending on how often you visit here) we have been doing some rearranging here at the KW Knitters Guild. We are hoping that the changes that we are putting in will help you … Continue reading

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