Hannah Phoenix is a new Board member this Guild year. She sits on the Communications and Frolic Planning committees, and tells us more about her experience on the Board below.
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Member Spotlight – Mary W. Martin
Mary W. Martin is an award-winning knitwear designer who has developed brand new techniques for double knitting that can create reversible mirrored patterns on the front and back of knitted fabric (which she has named Fusion knitting), or even completely different reversible patterns (Fission knitting). She tells us more about her knitting journey below.
Continue readingBook Review for “Unravelling Canada: A Knitting Odyssey”
Guild member Genevieve Chornenki reviews “Unravelling Canada: A Knitting Odyssey” by Sylvia Olsen (Douglas & McIntyre, 2021). Sylvia will be a guest speaker at this year’s Toronto Knitter’s Frolic July 23-25.
Continue readingJune Vendor Spotlight: The Wool Mill
Wendy Mortimer is the owner of The Wool Mill on the Danforth. In addition to being a yarn shop, they also provide knitwear repair services and finished knitted products.
Continue readingMember Spotlight: Sarah Dawn
Sarah is a knitwear designer with a brand new pattern coming to Interweave Knits this summer! She shares with us her design process, and also gives us her insight into how to make the fiber community a more inclusive place for all.
Continue readingMeet Our Social Media Coordinator – Simone Sherriff
This month we get to know our social media extraordinaire, Simone! She tells us about her vision for the Guild’s social media presence, as well as about her knitting journey.
Continue readingMeet Our Partnerships Liaison – Margaret Bryant
New to the board this year, Margaret’s background both in publishing and as a “serial volunteer” make her a perfect fit for the Partnerships role.
Continue readingSpin Us a Yarn: No Business Knitting!
Guild Member Genevieve Chornenki has recently published a book! You can find Don’t Lose Sight wherever you buy books, and to celebrate we are reposting an article Genevieve wrote for the Guild newsletter last year.
Continue readingMember Spotlight – Susan Hart
Susan Hart is a clothing designer who joined the Guild a year ago. She tells us the big difference she finds between knitting and sewing garments, and about the memories tied to an extra special shawl knit.
Continue readingMay Vendor Spotlight: Linda’s Craftique
Linda has been running her yarn shop for 37 years! She tells us how she got started in the business and about her recent move.
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