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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.  

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

GUILD MEETING
October 14, 7 p.m.  (click here to join)​

Susan Rainey
Introduction to Invisible Stranding

Invisible stranding is a game changer that Susan Rainey loves to share with other knitters and she will introduce this technique  to us in her presentation. Also known as Ladderback Jacquard, invisible stranding is an essential tool for the serious colorwork knitter because it allows the knitter to carry yarn across any number of stitches without catching the floats. When knitting with two or more colors, it is usually standard practice to trap long floats by twisting the working yarn with the carried yarn, but this creates a pucker in the fabric on the right side, and often, the other carried color shows through. With invisible stranding, these issues are eliminated and the colorwork remains neat and uniform. Susan is a knitting instructor who dabbles in design.  She shares her passion for knitting with her equally obsessed sister, Sally, on their blog “The Rainey Sisters,” which has been going strong for fifteen years.

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GUILD MEETING
November 11, 7 p.m. (click here to join)
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Kate Atherley
The Good, The Bad, and The Pooling: Working with Multicolored Yarns

Kate Atherley will discuss the fun and challenges of working with hand-painted yarns, including a review of different types of hand-painted colorways. With the help of lots of photos, she will explain how to figure out what a yarn will look like when it is knitted up and she’ll provide guidance on how to best apply different types of colorways for the most attractive results. Kate will also share stories about the best, the worst, and the most surprising skeins of variegated yarns she’s bought. She is a knitting author with nine published books, an internationally recognized knitting teacher and editor, and the co-founder and publisher of Digits & Threads, an online magazine of Canadian fiber and textile arts.

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GUILD MEETING
December 9, 7 p.m. (click here to join)
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Gayle Roehm
Hand Knitting Design in Japan

Gayle Roehm will discuss Japanese knitting design and introduce us to some of her favorite Japanese knitwear designers and their designs, highlighting the incorporation of beautiful stitchwork and unique variations on traditional techniques. While there isn’t a long tradition of Japanese knitting nor specific unifying elements of Japanese design, you are likely to be inspired, amazed, and sometimes bewildered by these creative and intriguing designers. Gayle has lived in Japan, speaks Japanese, and is the translator of Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible and 250 Japanese Knitting Stitches as well as several other books of Japanese knitting. She is also a nationally recognized knitting instructor and a knitwear designer.

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