Member Spotlight: Janine MacDonald April 1, 2025 - For our April 2025 Member Spotlight, we invited member Janine MacDonald to tell us about herself. Knitting is only one of Janine’s pursuits. She’s a committed crafter and maker as well as a homebuilder, and for her there’s no finish line! Read on to learn… read more . . .
Thread by Thread March 9, 2025 - Thread by Thread By Alice Brière-Haquet Illustrated by Michaela Eccli Translated by Sarah Ardizzone Imprint: Eerdmans Books for Young readers Publication date: February 18, 2025 Reviewed by Genevieve Chornenki Tink and frog are words that knitters quickly learn. In knitter’s language, the words signify a mistake; we undo… read more . . .
Ann Budd—Knitting Superhero February 10, 2025 - by Orysia Cox. As my knitting progressed and I completed a few sweaters, I wanted to personalize my work—use stitch patterns from stitch dictionaries, redo the math to accommodate a larger bicep or add waist shaping, or knit a sweater that fell between the designer’s… read more . . .
Member Spotlight: Sydney Whitwell February 10, 2025 - Sydney Whitwell identifies herself as a strong intermediate knitter. She learned to knit “a few times” and joined the Toronto Knitters Guild in 2023, looking for like-minded makers. Read on to be impressed by Sydney’s command of fibre arts, her rapid knitting progress, and her… read more . . .
Member Spotlight: Orysia Cox December 29, 2024 - There’s a two-hour time difference between Calgary and Toronto, but Calgary resident Orysia Cox is an avid member of the Toronto Knitters Guild. Read on to learn the way that Orysia came to knitting, why she surrendered monogamous knitting, and how both numbers and needles… read more . . .
Kat’s Craft Corner—A Dream Come True November 29, 2024 - Congratulations to guild member Katherine McLeod! Her new store, Kat’s Craft Corner https://katscraftcorner.ca/, will officially open the week of December 8, 2024, and her longstanding dream will become a reality. “I played with the idea of a store for years,” Katherine says. “Wouldn’t it be… read more . . .
