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Tuesday, September 8: Robbie Laughlin
You MUST be registered to attend even if you have renewed your membership.
Robbie Laughlin is joining us to speak about self-publishing, collaborating in the yarn industry, and giving us a sneak peek at his upcoming book, Beyond the Needles!
Robbie self-published ... Read More
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We thank you so much for continuing to support and show interest in our Knitters’ Fair.
We genuinely enjoy being able to provide a safe and friendly setting for everyone to get together and show off all the beautiful fibres and creative items offered by our vendors.
Since we are unable to ... Read More
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Thank you for your interest in joining us as a member or returning member of the K-W Knitters' Guild!
This year, we are able to accept payment electronically by Interac e-transfer, through Square, or by cheque.
New members only
New members, please complete the registration ... Read More
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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 to navigate the site and get to know the Guild better.
On June 8, we had a fabulous adjudicated ... Read More
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Steeking
Hold your breath, let’s steek! Guild member Victoria Lewin will talk about the ins and outs of taking a pair of scissors to your knitting (yes, you read that correctly). Steeking allows you to knit a piece in the round, and worry about making openings for your arms or a cardigan front ... Read More
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Galt House of Yarn is a full-service Local Yarn Store (or LYS, in common knitter's parlance) located in beautiful and historic downtown Galt, Cambridge, Ontario.
The Galt House of Yarn aims to create a positive, encouraging, and community-based retail experience for both their local and online ... Read More
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Wendy Bauer of Oakridge Farm joins us to talk about ideal yarn choices for your projects. She will go over why to choose different yarn weights, plies and fibre content for strength and utility. She has Suri alpacas and Shetland sheep, but mills fibre into yarn for many local farms. Wendy will bring ... Read More
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Our second meeting of the year is October 10, and we'll be exploring the world of Slow Fashion.
What is Slow Fashion October? “A celebration of the small-batch, handmade, second-hand, well-loved, long-worn, known-origins wardrobe.”
This month we'll be exploring ideas around ... Read More
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We hope you will join us on Saturday, September 9th, 2017, at the Kitchener Aud. This year we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Fair, and the 31st anniversary of the K-W Knitters' Guild.
More Information can be found on the Fair site
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Again this year, the K-W Knitters' Guild will run a bus to the Toronto Knitters Frolic on Saturday, April 29th, 2017.
See the event listing for full details and sign up information: https://www.kwknittersguild.ca/events/37/
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Our speaker at the January 10th guild meeting is Patrick Madden from Signature Yarns.
Patrick will be lecturing on the pros and cons of knitting with man-made fibures, how they are produced and the variety available to knitters in today's marketplace. He will also have yarns and kits available ... Read More
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Our speaker this month is Peggy Sue. She is a textile designer from the U.S. who is trying to make a Canadian fashion house by only using Canadian fibers, milling and handwork to make her garments. By going to different farms across Ontario she is able to source her fiber and felt locally. She is also ... Read More
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We know that it's still summer, and you would much rather think about swimming and ice cream than fall colours and warm wool, but as a knitter, I know I'm thinking about these things all the time! That's why I'm preparing for the KW Knitters' Fair now, and I'd like you to, as ... Read More
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coriand3r knits Silk/Merino gradient in Sunrise colourway
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Planning is well underway for this year's Knitters' Fair, and we need your help! The fair is organized and run entirely by volunteers, and we couldn't make this event happen without almost 100 wonderful, friendly, helpful people who donate their time and enthusiasm. Most volunteer spots are ... Read More
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Your fair committee is happy to announce that vendor registration for the 2015 K-W Knitters’ Fair is open! We have started planning and scheming for this year’s fair, and we hope to see all of the usual shops and artists at the fair and some new ones, too. This year there are a few new points ... Read More
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This month we are excited to be hosting Brittney Baldwin she is a fabulous knitter and we are so glad to have her speak at the January meeting. She is in a Masters of Cultural Analysis and Social Theory program at Laurier and she is studying knitting as an aspect of identity, diaspora, and rebellion ... Read More
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Hello everyone,
This year we were hoping to have a skills night
during the December meeting and we were hoping to see what people were
hoping to learn or to teach. You don’t have to be an expert to teach
and you can ask for a simple skill like decreasing. An example that
someone may want ... Read More
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That's right, it's almost here, the knitting event of the year! The Guild and especially the Fair committee have been working hard to bring you a great Fair this year. Take a look at the Fair site for details: Information for Attendees
I hope to see you all there!
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This year's Fair is fast approaching on Saturday, September 13th. Are you interested in getting in for free? Save your money for yarn! We are working hard to make this Fair even better and bigger than before but we really need your help. Volunteers are required for a 2-hour shift. There are a few ... Read More
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We have a dual agenda for our feature in May. First, that dry and dreaded Annual General Meeting that every organization must face, once a year. The Guild Executive will be doing our utmost to keep the business concise, though we will be ensuring member questions are answered and next year's Budget ... Read More
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Spring is finally making some small inroads! We hope to see lots of folks out in the longer daylight hours on Tuesday. Catherine will be our speaker this month, talking about and showing off some One-Skein Wonders, perfect examples of accessories which you still have plenty of time to knit for entry ... Read More
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Tabi will be this month's speaker, and will be telling us all about what makes luxury yarns so luxurious, and how the fibres are handled from animals to end use. Precious luxury yarns are the perfect thing for a tiny treat of an accessory, so come out and learn all about them - we hope you'll ... Read More
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Just a short teaser ahead of our newsletter, so folks have time to prepare! For the February program, Anatomy Of The Sock, our speaker will be talking us through an optional Knit-a-long activity. For those who would like to participate, you'll need to bring just a couple things along:
scrap ... Read More
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December is a great time to learn new skills we can maybe practice right away on our holiday knitting! This month we’re focusing on great ways to get your knitting started, with 3 unique ways to cast-on, as well as a handy skill, two-handed knitting. Be sure to bring the required supplies ... Read More
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On behalf of the Fair Committee, I would like to thank everyone who joined us for the 2013 fair, and apologize for the issues that we had moving to a new location. As you can imagine, moving such a large event is a huge undertaking, and we had a few last-minute snags that compounded to create the ... Read More
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This year we're exploring the world of "Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes... and we don't mind Arms either". We're talking accessories here ladies, the items you wouldn't wear by themselves in public! We start the year with a panel discussion of why we knit accessories, why we love them and what they enable ... Read More
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We’ve made it to the end of another Guild year! What better way to end it, than with a talk about finishing? Not just finishing projects, but endings (and the beginnings they come from, and in turn, bring about) in general. Our guest this month is Ashley Reid from All Strung Out ... Read More
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April Program – Amy Singer, No Sheep for You! As we head towards Spring and Summer, clothing gets lighter, and we put away our wool sweaters, socks, mitts, and hats. So what do you do when you don’t want to knit with wool? Knit with something else! Amy Singer, editor ... Read More
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March 12 - Inspired Cables - Fiona Ellis Fiona LOVES cables so in this presentation she hopes to inspire you to attempt the technique, delve deeper or maybe even try your hand at designing them yourself. She will speak a little about the technicalities, show you where she finds her inspiration and ... Read More
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Colorwork with Kate Atherley Feared and loved in equal measure. So simple and yet so difficult. So easy to learn and yet so intimidating. Even seasoned colorwork knitters feel their technique needs work, yet new knitters leap in fearlessly. In this session, Kate will take about why we feel this ... Read More
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Everyone should experience the rewards of knitting with handspun yarn. Danny Ouellette will discuss the benefits of using handspun yarns, ways to pick projects and stitch patterns that make the most of these yarns, and some ways how to avoid common problems that can occur. There will be many sample ... Read More
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For our December meeting, we have a wonderful chance to sample all kinds of things! The skills we have lined up for you to learn include a provisional crochet cast-on, short-rows, entrelac, cabling without a cable needle, and a picot bind off. If you would like to participate in a hands-on fashion, ... Read More
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Double-knitting is a technique for creating a fabric with no wrong side. Alasdair Post-Quinn has been collecting double-knitting techniques and developing concepts that use this reversible fabric in exciting new ways. He's documented much of his work in his book "Extreme Double-Knitting: New ... Read More
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This month Amy Swenson of indigirl.com will be joining us October 9 to give us a variation of her talk “Beyond Purls; the Precious GEMS of Knitting”. The GEMS are Gauge, Ease, Measurements and Sizing. Amy will share her approach about each of these areas, and give us insight into ... Read More
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Our 2012-2013 year will be off to a wonderful start on September 11, when the Guild’s own Anne Blayney and Johanna Botari will be taking us on a journey through colour. They will take us from basic colour theory and colour combining techniques to ideal uses for different types of coloured ... Read More
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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 are more details on the show (June 12th, 2012 at 7pm) and a list of our ... Read More
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Laura Nelkin's presentation will focus on how she takes inspiration, technique and function into play as she designs. She will show a progression of her work how she builds, explores, and refines knitting concepts while she designs new patterns. This talk will be fun, fast paced, and contain tips ... Read More
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Update: Registration is still open, and we are happy to welcome non-members as well! Email Angela at Programming@kwknittersguild.ca 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 the weekend! ... Read More
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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, with Fiona Ellis.
For now though, I would just to like to share something the Downtown Knit Collective ... Read More
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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 time doesn’t have to be awful:
your first sweater, your first ... Read More
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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 us have had a project (I know I have had several) that after knitting ... Read More
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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 and projects. For those people who are unfamiliar with Debbie's ... Read More
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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. I could not looking close where she had patched ... Read More
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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 in knitting projects, and a variety of colourwork knitting techniques. To ... Read More
