Join members of the Toronto Fringe Festival for “Stitch ‘n Bitch” during the 2015 festival.
Fringe After Dark
Located in the Fringe Club near the beer tent at 581 Bloor St. West
8:00 – 11:00 p.m.
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Additional yarn stores offering member discounts
Our new LYS Coordinator Cindy O’Malley has been out visiting all of the Toronto area yarn stores to confirm the discounts offered to Guild members.
3 new yarn stores are offering discounts Continue reading
Executive Committee 2015/16
Following an extended nomination period that closed on April 12, we are pleased to report that the Guild has a nominee for each position most critical in maintaining the Guild. We all agree that elections are a good thing. It happens that this year we have a single candidate for each role and thus all nominees will be acclaimed. Continue reading
Knitters Frolic … not long now
It’s not long now until the fibre event of the season … the annual Toronto Knitters Frolic is 11 days away. Continue reading
January – Robin Hunter
Robin Hunter will be speaking about knitting with Hand-Dyed Yarns.
June – Nadine McLeod
Nadine McLeod, Knitwear Designer
Nadine McLeod Designs
The Art of Knitting – Transcending Yarn
An inspirational look at the popularity of knitting and how the current knitting craze has impacted our pop culture and the art world.
Nadine is a freelance knitting designer who is inspired by texture, natural fibers, the hand and drape of yarn, and beaded embellishments.
Living life a stitch at a time!
May – Carol Milne
Carol Milne
Carol Milne is the lone pioneer in the field of knitted glass. Pushing the limits of her material through persistent and relentless experimentation, she developed a variation of the lost wax casting process to cast knitted work in glass. Continue reading
November – Donna Hancock
Wellington Fibres
Donna Hancock the founder of Wellington Fibres, will be our guest speaker. Donna is on the faculty of the University of Guelph and is the founder and owner of a working farm raising mohair goats. Wellington Fibres also operates a spinning mill which produces exquisite mohair yarns from the farm’s goats.
December – Holiday Social
A fun, informative, and social night. The executive presented answers to questions received regarding the guild, introduced the executive, newsletter committee members and webmaster. Opportunity to meet and mingle with other members at a social in the café.
April – Fiona Ellis
HOSIERY HISTORY — When a fashion trend debuts it can be shocking or at least unsettling to the common view of what constitutes appropriate attire. If however, the look in question resonates with the contemporary thinking, the trend becomes acceptable and widely adopted. Continue reading
