Silk: A World History November 9, 2024 - a review by Genevieve Chornenki. Silk, that strong, luxury fibre that adds shimmer and elegance to knitting yarn! While admiring it online or in your local yarn store, have you ever considered its past? If not, put your needles down and your feet up.… read more . . .
4×4? No, swatch some more November 9, 2024 - by Twisted Cord. If you’re dead set against swatching at all or beyond 4 inches by 4 inches, Catherine Lowe understands. In The Ravell’d Sleeve, she calls swatching (and blocking) “the outcasts of the hand-knitter,” and she concedes that these preparatory steps interfere with… read more . . .
Quilts: Made In Canada November 9, 2024 - by Emily Chatten. On Saturday, October 19, 2024, the Toronto Knitters Guild organized a guided tour of the Royal Ontario Museum’s exhibit “Quilts: Made In Canada,” and over twenty people attended. The exhibit included a range of quilts from primitive to spectacular, utilitarian to art,… read more . . .
Member Spotlight: Tricia Griffith November 9, 2024 - For our November 2024 Member Spotlight, we invited Patricia (Tricia) Griffith to tell us about herself. Read on to get to know Tricia who volunteers to help with the guild’s programming and Ravelry group. Do you come from a long line of knitters? Not really.… read more . . .
Member Spotlight: Phaedra Livingstone October 10, 2024 - For our second installment of our Member Spotlight series, we've asked Phaedra Livingstone to take a turn at telling us about herself. Read on to get to know Phaedra better! Phaedra Livingstone, a museologist and professor of Communications, Media, Arts and Design at Centennial College,… read more . . .
Babies and Big Red October 10, 2024 - by Michele Arishenkoff. Michele Arishenkoff welcomes a new baby into her extended family with a handknitted gift and a letter that lovingly connects the baby to their family and those that came before them: Dearest child, Here is the story of your sweater (…and Big… read more . . .
