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Monthly Guild Meetings
On the second Thursday of each month we bring in a speaker from the fiber arts community to present. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), the meetings will remain virtual until further notice. Virtual meetings start with the evening's programming at 7p.m. and we finish with a virtual show and tell. We are currently using Zoom for our virtual meeting space.

On the second Thursday of each month we bring in a speaker from the fiber arts community to present.  Meetings start with social knitting time at 6p.m., the evening's programming at 7p.m., and we finish with project show and tell.  We meet at the Fremont United Methodist Church: 2620 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR 97212.

Guild membership fees allow us to pay our speakers and rent out the space each month.

GUILD MEETING
December 10, 7 p.m. (click here to join)
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Lori Patterson of Abstract Fiber
Understanding Yarn Through Hand Spinning

Hand spinning your own yarn is positively the best way to understand yarn. And when you understand yarn you can genuinely make your knitted projects truly your own. In this talk, Lori will provide a clear roadmap for learning about hand spinning yarn and how it can help you get to know your yarn that much better.

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GUILD MEETING
January 14, 7 p.m. (click here to join)
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Cecelia Campochiaro
An Introduction to Sequence Knitting and Making Marls

Hear about sequence knitting, marls as colorwork, and Cecelia’s journey from high tech to knitting-book author.

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GUILD MEETING
February 11, 7 p.m. (click here to join)
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Kristine Vejar and Adrienne Rodriguez, cofounders of A Verb For Keeping Warm
Journeys in Natural Dyeing

​Journeys in Natural Dyeing shares the story of Kristine Vejar and Adrienne Rodriguez’s travels to four countries, Iceland, Mexico, Japan, and Indonesia, where they visited natural dyers who use their locally-sourced dyes in dramatically different environments to create textiles that evoke beauty, a connection to the land on which they live, and showcase their mastery of skill. From their California-based studio, Vejar and Rodriguez used their own locally-grown and gathered dyestuffs, from leaves to fungi, and utilized techniques, from extraction to fermentation, to create over 400 shades of color. This book includes profiles of the artists met, shares their process of creating dye, and includes recipes and projects to create a wide spectrum of color. Kristine and Adrienne hope this book and talk help you learn how to work with your own natural environment to create deep, beautiful colors and to see your neighborhood in a whole new way. 

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GUILD MEETING
March 11, 7 p.m. (click here to join)
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Jennifer Berg of Native Knits
We Are Still Here: Keeping My Culture Alive Through Knit Design

Jennifer will talk about sharing her Navajo heritage through Native focused knitting designs. She'll give us a tour of her home, family store, frybread stand (small example of tortilla making by Clara, Jennifer's grandmother) and talk about how she is keeping her heritage alive through design. She'll show her inspirations and talk a bit about appreciation vs appropriation. Jennifer will introduce her Tsekoh Cowl (Rock cut/Canyon), which was designed specifically for her visit to Puddletown, and which will be featured in the class she will teach for the Guild on April 17th and April 24th, 2021.

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GUILD MEETING
April 8, 7 p.m. (click here to join)
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Carson Demers of Ergo, I Knit 
Tips to Knitting Longevity and Comfort

Let’s face it, we all want to knit forever! What’s your plan to get there? Here’s a talk that will give you an overview of what you need to have in mind to make your goal. We’ll discuss specific tips that you can take away and try in your knitting. And you’ll get some strategies for integrating them into your knitting routine.

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GUILD MEETING
May 13, 7 p.m. (click here to join)
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Faith Humphrey Hill of Dartily
Mirror Knitting

Mirror Knitting is a technique that allows the knitter to work stitches from the left hand needle to the right hand needle, then knit them back again from the right hand needle to the left...allwithout turning the work. Mirror Knitting (aka Backwards Knitting) is an efficient technique for short rows, large projects that are heavy to rotate, and colorful yoke cardigans that you don’t need to steek! This technique is interchangeable with other methods within a single project.

Fiber artist, Faith Humphrey Hill, will demonstrate the Mirror Knitting technique in both English and Continental styles of knitting, and she will demonstrate how it can be achieved without changing how you hold the yarn. She will share the technique’s impact on stitch structure and how she utilizes the technique in both her functional knits as well as her knit portrait artwork.

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GUILD MEETING
Shellie has been postponed due to the coronavirus 

Shellie Anderson: Finishing Techniques

​When Shellie was seven years old, her grandmother taught her to knit. Since that day, knitting has been a true passion for her. Over the years she would put down her knitting needles for a while, only to pick them back up again. A few years ago, Shellie picked up the needles again with the goal of becoming a knitwear designer, and for five years she was lead designer at Shibui Knits. That was an exciting challenge and now she is ready for new things and is excited to share her independent label, Shel Designs, with the knitting community.

Shellie strives to create patterns that help a knitter elevate their knitting skills, either through a new technique, construction method, or finishing method. It gives her a thrill to help knitters at every skill level achieve this. Her patterns provide all the information necessary for you to create a piece you will be proud to wear or share. She will be sharing with you some of her favorite techniques that will enhance your knitting skills.

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Meeting Space
​We meet at the Fremont United Methodist Church: 2620 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR 97212