January – Robin Hunter
Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON, CanadaRobin Hunter will be speaking about knitting with Hand-Dyed Yarns.
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. Meetings are free for members – Find out about TKG MEMBERSHIP
Robin Hunter will be speaking about knitting with Hand-Dyed Yarns.
The TKG annual fashion show features items hand-crafted by our members, with commentators to speak about the features of each modeled item. We encourage every member to participate and show off your handiwork, whether you are celebrating your first knit or your first 1000th knit! How to Participate If you are interested in participating, please […]
Skills Exchange Mini Workshops A great opportunity to learn a number of useful new techniques in short 15-minute sessions. It will be a fun and social evening, with many valuable skills being shared by our volunteer teachers. If you have a technique or skill you would like to share, please email Debra -- programme@torontoknittersguild.ca. Sadly, […]
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. Take tights for example. A glimpse of stocking was once, as Cole […]
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. Combining her passion for knitting with her love for cast glass sculpture, her knitted […]
An inspirational look at the popularity of knitting and how it has impacted our pattern choices, pop culture, home fashions and the art world.
Jennifer & Becky of the Upper Canada Fibreshed will speak about yarn and fibre available locally and of production systems within a 250 mile radius of Toronto that span from farm to fashion. UpperCanadaFibreshed.ca.
Designer, teacher and technical editor Kate Atherley will be speaking on the topic of Math for Knitters. She'll be sharing tips and techniques for handling the numbers problems that come up in knitting: from yarn requirements to buttonhole spacing and instructions like "increase 12 sts evenly across", to questions of and issues around gauge. And […]
Patrick Madden of Signature Yarns in Toronto will be presenting about the life/work balance of running a small business, the importance of volunteering and making time for creativity. Patrick will also have an assortment of his hand knitting yarn collections for sale at the meeting. Patrick Madden is the owner of Signature Yarns based in […]
A fun evening to sit, knit, socialize and enjoy some holiday Sweet 'n Savouries! Featuring member Show 'n Tell and our Ugly Sweater contest. Vendor: Bree Zorel of Tenderfield: Slow Cloth Nation featuring a selection of Merino and Alpaca yarns direct from South America and knitting patterns for babies and toddlers. Preferred payment method is […]