January – Robin Hunter
Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON, CanadaRobin Hunter will be speaking about knitting with Hand-Dyed Yarns.
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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.
Then the list of Knit Night dates:
- 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 .
Currently Open for Registration until October 4th
Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park
Guided Tour of Quilts: Made in Canada Exhibit
Saturday, October 19th at 1:45 pm
Pre-registration is required .
Pricing: Standard ticket: $30
Seniors (65+, must provide birth date): $26
ROM membership holders (must provide ROM membership number): $10
Refer meeting calendar, below, for details and online registration form.
February – Work of our Hands Fashion Show 2015
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 […]
March – Skills Exchange Mini Workshops
Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON, CanadaSkills 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, […]
April – Fiona Ellis
Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON, CanadaHOSIERY 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 […]
Toronto Knitters Frolic
18th annual Toronto Knitters Frolic 2 days of workshops and a Marketplace on Saturday. See the details on the Frolic website
May – Carol Milne
Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON, CanadaCarol 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 […]
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WWKiP 2015
World Wide Knit in Public (WWKiP) day is an annual international celebration of knitting and other fibre arts with almost 1000 separate events in countries around the globe. It’s about sharing the experience of knitting, with knitters and non-knitters alike! We encourage you all to get out there and celebrate WWKiP day with with fellow […]
June – Nadine McLeod
Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON, CanadaAn inspirational look at the popularity of knitting and how it has impacted our pattern choices, pop culture, home fashions and the art world.
Stitch ‘n Bitch @ Toronto Fringe Fest
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. More about the Toronto Fringe Festival . . .
September – Upper Canada Fibreshed
Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON, CanadaJennifer & 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.