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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 of our members arrive early to have dinner and socialize before the meeting.  Everyone is welcome! Join us in September for a Needle tasting!  Tools […]

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 pattern is free on Ravelry for knit and crochet. Bring a worsted weight cotton of one color, 5 stitch markers, and yarn needle for sewing […]

The Best Little Yarn Crawl in Texas

Join the fun at the annual Hill Country yarn crawl!  This week long crawl will take you through yarn stores across San Antonio, Austin, and surrounding areas.  Experience new stores, indie dyers and tons of fun filling up your passport. Check the event website for more details, and to order your passport.

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:  One slow striping and one solid. OR you may use one ball of slow striping. Skills: knit, purl, slip stitches, tubular cast on and tubular […]

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 it out of the shadows and talk about why you should be swatching and when you can get away with not swatching. Bring a swatch […]

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 19th.  Our program will be "The Difference Fiber and Weight Make To Your Project" presented by Doris Scott, owner of The Yarn Store Boutique.

KIND Meeting – Blocking

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

DATE CHANGE FOR KIND OCTOBER MEETING! Due to a conflict at the Bayland Center, the October KIND meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 22.  Time is 10am-noon, as usual. Please join us to learn what a difference blocking can make to your finished items.  Marsha Smith will have the same patterns, blocked and unblocked, for […]

KNOT Meeting – Ornament at Purly Girls

Purly Girls 702A Spring Cypress Rd., Spring, TX, United States

The KNOT October meeting is at Purly Girls Yarn Shop in Old Town Spring at  702A Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77373. We will be doing a knitted ornament for the holiday season. Kits will be available for a minimal cost. Please join us for a tour of the new Purly Girls Yarn Shop and a […]

KNOW Meeting – Spinning

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

For our October program Penny Nelson and Peggy Barnette of Sky Loom Weavers will be taking us for a spin!  Penny and Peggy will present a program on spinning, that magical process that creates yarn from fiber.  They will cover the history of spinning and demonstrate some special techniques; you will even get a chance to […]