The Knitting Guild of Santa Cruz

International Knitting: Kaffe Fasset – England/California Have you ever seen knitting designs in wild colors and wondered about the inspiration for those? Did you ever wonder if those designs are available and wish that you could knit something like that, if nothing more than a cowl or a pillow? Would you be surprised to know … Continue reading January 2022

The Knitting Guild Annual Holiday Party will be Tuesday evening, December 14 at 6:00. (Paid members only) The Board is planning a live, in person meeting at the Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Avenue in Live Oak, December 14. 6:00 PM to 8:00. (The Live Oak Grange is a large, open, green building with a … Continue reading December-Holiday Party!

Our program for November is an online Fashion Show of cowls we have knit this year. Although this has been a very low key knit along all year, let’s face it. We’re only now getting into cowl season. But let’s not forget that cowls have some good advantages over other knitted items. Cowls are often … Continue reading November 2021 – KAL Wrap up – COWLS

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 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

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)

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

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

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

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