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CHIX Meeting – Dropped stitches

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

Drop it like it's hot... We will be dropping stitches in our knitting and crochet. Come and join us to learn how and why. Supplies:  Sport or worsted yarn Size […]

SoCK Meeting – Shadow Knitting

Richard & Meg Weekley Community Center 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX, United States

Have you heard of Shadow Knitting, or Illusion Knitting?  Join SoCK this month with Andrea Conrad from KIK. She will be presenting this technique. Bring two colors of yarn, contrasting […]

KIND Meeting – Yarn Substitution

Bayland Community Center 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, United States

Do you have a pattern you like but don’t want to use the yarn the pattern calls for?  Sandy Zeringue, formerly of Knitting in the Loop, will talk about what […]

KIK Meeting – Reading charts

Kingwood Medical Center 22999 US 59, Kingwood, TX, United States

Have you missed a ,*( ) in reading a pattern?  A chart can be a visable way to read patterns.  They are available with a lot of patterns and can save […]

KNOT Meeting – What is Yarn?

Immanuel United Church of Christ 26501 Border Street, Spring, TX, United States

Yarn by definition is a continuous often plied strand composed of either natural or man made fibers or filaments and used in weaving and knitting to form cloth.  Have you […]

KNOW Meeting – Needle Tasting!

Spring Creek Barbeque 21000 Katy Fwy, Katy, TX, United States

Knitter's Night Out West (KNOW) meets from 6:30-8:30pm on the last Monday of each month (except in May and December) at Spring Creek Barbeque, 21000 Katy Freeway, I-10 at Westgreen Blvd in Katy.  Many […]

KNIT Meeting – Tawashi Knots

Trini Mendenhall Community Center 1414 Wirt Rd, Houston, TX, United States

October is busy.  Come and join us as we learn how to knit a Tawashi Knot.  Using a combination of knitting and origami to make little scrubbies, the Tawashi Knots […]

CHIX Meeting – Plaid Scarf

Tracy Gee Community Center 3599 Westcenter Dr, Houston, TX, United States

It's Fall, so think plaid. Let's make an easy and quick scarf using aran or worsted weight yarn. Supplies: Normal knitting supplies (stitch markers, scissors, etc.) NEEDLE:  Size 8 YARN:  […]

SoCK Meeting – Swatching

Richard & Meg Weekley Community Center 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX, United States

Join us as we talk about KNITTING DANGEROUSLY!! Wait, what? Dangerously? I'm talking about jumping into that new project with that yummy yarn without knitting a GAUGE SWATCH! Let's bring […]

KIK Meeting – Substituting Yarn

Kingwood Medical Center 22999 US 59, Kingwood, TX, United States

Have you ever wondered why the yarn you chose for a project didn't seem to work?  Sometimes we substitute yarn for what the pattern recommends.  Come to the KIK meeting Saturday October […]