Knit Nights
TKG hosts virtual Knit Nights once a month from October through May. Meetings are free for members and do not require pre-registration. Knit Nights are moderated by members. TKG Knit Nights are scheduled for 7pm to 8:30pm EST on the following dates for 2024-2025. Members should log in to the Membership Hub to access the Knit Night Zoom meeting link.
- Thursday, October 10th 2024
- Wednesday, November 13th 2024
- Tuesday, December 3rd 2024
- Tuesday, January 7th 2025
- Monday, February 3rd 2025
- Wednesday, March 12th 2025
- Thursday, April 10th 2025
- Monday, May 5th, 2025
Monthly Meetings
Monthly meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month from September to June. All meetings will be available as virtual meetings via Zoom, and some will be offered as a hybrid meeting with in-person attendance available as well. Each meeting listing specifies whether the meeting will be a Zoom Webinar or Hybrid. In-person attendance for hybrid meetings will be at Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto. This is an accessible venue – for more details, refer to our FAQ page under About TKG at https://torontoknittersguild.ca/faq/. Meetings are free for members – Find out about TKG MEMBERSHIP
Special Events
The Guild occasionally organizes special events of interest to our members .
Pricing: Participants without an AGO annual membership will need to buy a day pass ($30) .
Our tour guide, Rhonda Katz, is donating her services to the Guild, so no additional fee.
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April – Susan Fohr
April 20, 2016 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Susan Fohr, Textile Museum of Canada
Susan Fohr is an avid knitter, spinner, sewer and natural dyer who lives in Toronto. Susan will share how her work as a museum educator has shaped her identity as both an educator and a maker.
She is currently the Education Programs Coordinator at the Textile Museum of Canada and formerly an historic interpreter at Black Creek Pioneer Village. She will highlight influential exhibitions and public programming initiatives that have revealed the powerful ways in which traditional craft practices have evolved to address contemporary issues.
Vendor Tables – Robin Hunter, Mary Pat McDonald, and Tanya Preobrazhenski (Artisaknity)
For the April meeting, we have a micro market of patterns, yarns, and jewelry; all meant to spark our creative aspirations!
Robin Hunter will have knitter’s notions and patterns for sale. The notions include a Colour Tool Grid and the hard to find Buttonhole Gauge. Patterns will be on sale for 50% of the marked price. Payment for Robin Hunter Designs is cash only.
Mary Pat McDonald will have colourful stash yarn, and kits with her two patterns. Cash and cheques are acceptable payment.
Tanya Preobrazhenski from Artisaknity, will have an array of jewelry for knitters, featured in Vogue Knitting. Bring additional beauty and charm to your knitting with enamel sheep accessories from the Artisaknity Bijouterie collection. Select from pendants, rings and earrings. The stitch markers are perfect as zipper pulls and key chains. Tanya is offering members a 20% discount on jewelry at the meeting. Cash only please.