Our program for October is Knitting Hats for Sailors. This amazing charity group distributes over 1000 hats a year to Sailors in the US Navy and Coast Guard one ship at a time. Amazingly, the drop off point for this world-wide project is in Aptos! Is that convenient or what! Sandra Berglund will be our … Continue reading October 2021 – Knitting Hats for Sailors
September-Laurie R. King
September is Book Month for the Knitting Guild. I am extremely pleased to report that Laurie R. King will be the speaker for the September day meeting of the guild, Thursday, September 16 at 10AM. Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes stories, beginning … Continue reading September-Laurie R. King
August-Roy Clemes (Evening)
In a repeat for all of us who missed Roy Clemes in the June evening presentation, Roy will present how your yarn gets to you from a sheep once it has been sheared. Fiber preparation of the sheared and washed fleece using a flicker, Lock Pop, hand cards, blending board, and drum carder will be … Continue reading August-Roy Clemes (Evening)
Sivia Harding – Beaded Bracelets
In April, we tried to have a Spring Workshop, but the time was not quite right. We were able, however, to schedule a program with the same teacher for a program in July. We are very pleased to present Sivia Harding showing us how to make Beaded Bracelets for the July meetings. Please note that … Continue reading Sivia Harding – Beaded Bracelets
June 2021-Henry and Roy Clemes
Henry and Roy Clemes: Fiber Art Woodworkers and Equipment Builders How does your yarn get to you from a sheep once it has been sheared? Are you able to participate in the process? Henry and Roy Clemes will present the steps in the selecting and preparing fleece that you can spin into yarn to achieve … Continue reading June 2021-Henry and Roy Clemes
May 2021 – Allison Korleski of Fiber Nation Podcast
We are very pleased that our May Program speaker will be Allison Korleski, who started the popular podcast called Fiber Nation, based in Colorado at Interweave. Fiber Nation is a knitting podcast presenting tales of textiles, craft, and culture. Allison’s interesting background ranges from interdisciplinary studies to book buying to fiber arts and is a self-taught knitter. She … Continue reading May 2021 – Allison Korleski of Fiber Nation Podcast
April 2021
Our April Program is Remote Learning for Knitters. Are you at a loss for knitting ideas and info on knitting? Since we are primarily an educational organization, I assume that we are always interested in ways to improve our knitting or to educate ourselves on the history of knitting or to just plain amuse ourselves … Continue reading April 2021
March 2021
Knitting for Charity – New Ideas. Introduction of KAL for the Year. Info on Spring Workshop.Several members will present information on the charities we have recently supported. One guest will speak on an international charity for which she has knit 233 items. This one is a really interesting, rewarding and different charity for us all … Continue reading March 2021
February 2021 – Knitting Intentions, Stash and Hats
February is our traditional month for stash exchange. But how do you have a stash exchange during a pandemic? We’ve got some ideas for you. We also will discuss knitting intentions and setting a goal for knitting charity hats. Put on your thinking caps and be ready for participation.
January 2021 – International Knitting
Norway - Arne & Carlos, self-striping yarn and other colorwork ideas Do you ever look at those wildly colored striped yarns and wish that you could knit like that, except you can’t! You think that maybe they are found a lot in socks, and you do not knit socks! And besides, you think that yarn … Continue reading January 2021 – International Knitting
