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Knitting in the Hills Retreat

Horseshoe Bay Resort 200 Hi Circle North, Horseshoe Bay, TX, United States

Registration will open Sunday, July 29th at 1pm CST!We are thrilled to be back at the Horseshoe Bay Resort again this year. Located just off of Lake LBJ near Marble Falls, TX,  there are beautiful walking trails, bike rentals available, golf courses including a putting course, fitness center and on-site spa.Our 2019 Teaching Lineup includes […]

KNOT Meeting – Sweaters

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

Roxanne Rump will lead an interactive discussion on some common sweater types, focusing on design considerations and pros and cons of each type of construction.  Examples and patterns will be available to demonstrate the concepts discussed. 

KNIT Meeting – Make your own stitch markers!

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

The days of boring stitch markers are over!  For March we will be learning how to make our own.  SoCK's own Keena Kang will be demonstrating multiple techniques to make your own stitch markers.  If you have the following supplies, please bring them, if not, we will have supplies to share.  Supplies: lobster claw clasps;  […]

Camp Allen Retreat – 2019

Camp Allen 18800 FM 362, Navasota, TX, United States

The annual retreat at Camp Allen near Navasota will be held March 21-24, 2019.  2019 Retreat Announcement

KNOW Meeting – Tawashi Knots

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

Do you need some Short-Attention Span knitting? Well, join us at KNOW on Monday, March 25th at 6:30 pm for a fun program by Bethel King on knitting Tawashi Knots! What are Tawashi Knots? They are useful little projects you can wash dishes with or use as soft scrubbies to wash your face. Perfect for […]

KNIT Meeting – Entrelac

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

Ruth Cutting will bring the wonders of entrelac to our meeting.  Ruth suggests a skein of self-striping yarn with long color runs; something like Noro's Silk Garden or Plymouth's Gina.  DK or worsted weight would be the easiest to work with.  And of course, bring needles in an appropriate size for the yarn.

CHIX Meeting – Joining in the round

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

Sue Werner will present our program for April.  If you are interested in trying some alternate methods for joining circular knitting, please join us.  There will be samples of the various methods available; if you wish to try them, you will need a small amount of worsted weight yarn and your favorite needles.  Also, feel […]

SoCK Meeting – Mitered corners

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

Join SoCK as we explore a mitered corner.  Please bring cotton yarn and size 8 or 9 needles.  We will continue sharing our progress on the KAL shawls. 

KIK Meeting – Cables without cable needles

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

We meet at Kingwood Medical Center in the Kingwood room on the third Saturday of the month at 10 am. I’m looking forward to our April  20, 2019,  program with  Elizabeth Spies teaching us how to knit cables without cable needles.  Materials needed are worsted weight yarn, in a solid, light color and a needle […]

KNOT Meeting – info on Houston Fiber Fest

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

Nancy Polychronopoulos will tell us all we need to know about Houston Fiber Fest which will be held June 21st - Jun 23rd at the Berry Center.