Knit at Night Guild

Texas Fleece & Fiber Festival
2022-10-28 - 2022-10-30 | Hill Country Youth Event Center, 3785 Hwy 27, Kerrville, TX, 78028, United States
SAVE THE DATE!!
October 28th – 30th, 2022
Hill Country Youth Event Center – Kerrville, TX
www.texasfleeceandfiber.com
Friday: 10a – 6p
Saturday: 9a – 6p
Sunday: 9a – 2P
Texas Fleece & Fiber Festival is a festival celebrating fiber producers, artists, teachers and enthusiasts.
TFF is set in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Join our live sale Facebook group and visit our website to sign up for classes!

KNOW Meeting - Felting
2022-10-24 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Spring Creek Barbeque, 21000 Katy Fwy, Katy, TX, 77449, United States
DATE CHANGE: We’re meeting a week early this month!!
Please join us for a program on felting.
Amy will share what she learned while converting a well-loved handknit sweater into a lined autumn felted tote/purse. If you have made felted purses in the past, please bring them.
Members are also invited to show and share any of your completed projects.
Members often arrive early to visit over dinner and show their support to the restaurant
for their generosity in allowing us to meet there. Visitors and members from other
chapters are always welcome.
We’re looking forward to seeing you on October 24th!

Charity Knit-Together Event
2022-10-23 12:00 - 15:00 | Karbach Brewing Co., 2032 Karbach St, Houston, TX, 77092, United States
What: Charity Knit-Together event
When: Sunday, October 23rd from 12 noon – 3PM
Where: Karbach Brewing Co.
2032 Karbach St,
Houston, TX 77092

We have a friendly competition planned for this first Charity Knit-Together event of the season!! Co-Charity coordinators (Sarah & Marie) will have a sign-in sheet. The chapter that has the greatest number of participants in the event will win seasonal notions to distribute to the whole chapter!
Membership to KANG is not a requirement to attend our charity knit-together events. Feel free to bring a friend!! Come on out and drop off your worked items, shop for new charity yarn, and catch up with friends from other chapters.
As a reminder, at charity knit-together events:

Bring needles or crochet hooks
Bring your Grammy
Bring your favorite pattern
Do NOT bring yarn, we have plenty for you to choose from!!
Bring your friends
Bring your completed items to add to the collection

What to make for charity: hats, scarves, blankets, shawls, socks, mittens, gloves, stuffed toys, wash cloths, head bands, slippers/booties, sweaters, cowls; ALL sizes from preemie to XXL adult.

Can’t make the May Knit-together event? Stay tuned to the KANG website, the Facebook page, or email knitatnightguildcharity@gmail.com for further details on additional upcoming Charity events!

KIND Meeting - Beaded Stitch Markers
2022-10-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, 77074, United States
Sunita will be teaching us to make beaded stitch markers. She will provide the materials.
If you have any small jeweler’s pliers, please bring them.

KIK Meeting – Open Knit & Charity Discussion
2022-10-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Harris County Public Library, Kingwood Branch, 4400 Bens View Ln, Kingwood, TX, 77339, United States
REMINDER: NEW MEETING LOCATION!
KIK meetings have moved to a new location – Harris County Public Library, Kingwood Branch. We will meet in the large room to your right as you enter the library.

This month we will have Open Knitting and a discussion about Charity Knitting. We’ll also talk about our plans for Fall and Winter projects!

Bring your finished projects for Show and Share!

AND…… Bring a friend!

KNIT Meeting - Knit-Along (KAL)
2022-10-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Trini Mendenhall Community Center, 1414 Wirt Rd, Houston, TX, 77055, United States
Join our October program as we begin a knit-along with Laura Nelkin’s Starry Light or Love and Light (both available on Ravelry).
They are created by knitting with LED fairy lights. The star and small version of the heart require a 66 foot (200 light) strand. The large heart requires a 99 foot (300 light) strand. They are available on Amazon and Ebay and possibly a local craft store.
Also, bring your Show and Share!!

The Zoom link will be included in the email to chapter members. If you are not a KNIT member, but would like to join via Zoom – contact Karen at knitatnightguildknit@gmail.com

SoCK Meeting - Lace Knitting
2022-10-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Richard & Meg Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX, 77433, United States
Summary
New to knitting or to knitting lace? Come to the SoCK chapter meeting, learn some basics, and get some hands-on practice with a simple lace pattern.

Pre-work (HOMEWORK):
Using fingering or DK yarn and size 5-7 needles, cast on loosely 39 stitches.
Work four rows in garter stitch, placing stitch markers between edge and body stitches (after first four stitches and before last four stitches on needle) while working row 4.

The Best Little Yarn Crawl in Texas
2022-10-07 - 2022-10-16 | TX
The 2022 Best Little Yarn Crawl in Texas runs from October 7th through the 16th. We are continuing to evolve the crawl this year, so make sure to check here for all the news.

No passports needed – You do not have to purchase anything to join the fun! Just come see us online or in store for featured discounts, special events and door prizes.
We will have a Bingo card this year that you can download and get stamped during the crawl – visit all the participating shops for a chance to win a grand prize or enough to get a “bingo” for a chance to win one of two smaller prizes.
Each store will have its own crawl door prize drawings as well!
To celebrate 16 years of crawl, stores will have a limited supply of souvenir project bags that will be given away with a purchase of $75 or more. Shop early to get yours!
Every store is keeping their own special crawl hours so please check the store guide for information and to plan your route.
Each store is featuring a brand of yarn at 15% off. This means all yarns that are part of that brand are on sale during the crawl.
Each store continues to have their own safety policies, mask requirements and/or in store customer limits where needed so please click the store websites below for the most up to date information.

We can’t wait to see you again this fall!
https://thebestlittleyarncrawlintexas.com/

Katy Lace Knitters – Roses Lace Pattern
2022-10-04 11:00 | Luby’s, 485 S. Mason Rd., Katy, TX, 77450, United States
Katy Lace Knitters will meet at 11 am on Tuesday, October 4th at Luby’s. (TIME & LOCATION CHANGE!!!) The address is: 485 S. Mason Rd., Katy, TX 77450
Cynthia Long will present the Roses pattern from Grandmother’s Flower Garden by quiltercaroline. Please bring your own copy of the pattern to make corrections, it is free on Ravelry.
We hope you can stay after the meeting for lunch. Please let me know if you can attend at joshanmom@aol.com because the restaurant needs a head count.

CHH Spinners – Spin-In
2022-10-01 10:00 | Guild House, 1425 Blalock, #202, Houston, TX, 77055, United States
The Contemporary Handweavers of Houston (CHH) is scheduled to meet on Saturday, October 1st from 10a-12p at the CHH Guild House, 1425 Blalock, 2nd floor.

If you are a spinner, bring your wheel, drop spindle or e-spinner and check out our group and the guild. For more information, see the CHH website: http://www.weavehouston.org and for questions email programs@weavehouston.org

KNOW Meeting - Pompoms & Tassels
2022-09-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Spring Creek Barbeque, 21000 Katy Fwy, Katy, TX, 77449, United States
Join us for a program on Pompoms and Tassels.

Pompoms and tassels add a lot of fun to your knitting projects. If you haven’t tried making them or want to explore a new technique, we will make pompoms & tassels using homemade templates. If you have purchased tools (i.e. Bucilla, Boye, Clover, etc.) please bring them and we will discuss them.

Homework:
Everyone should bring any project you would like to add a Pompom or tassel to, lots of leftover yarns, a tapestry/darning needle and a pair of sharp scissors for trimming. If you have a bent seaming needle, that would be helpful.

Members are also invited to show and share any of your completed projects.

Members often arrive early to visit over dinner and show their support to the restaurant for their generosity in allowing us to meet there. Visitors and members from other chapters are always welcome.

DFW Fiber Fest
2022-09-22 - 2022-09-25 | Irving Convention Center, 500 West Las Colinas Blvd., Irving, TX, 75039, United States
Save the Date!!
We’re working on plans, getting hotel room blocks set up and will soon be taking applications for teachers and vendors. Stay tuned as we update with new events, new classes, and tons of fiber fun!

KIK Meeting - Open Knit & Peyton Heart Charity
2022-09-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Harris County Public Library, Kingwood Branch, 4400 Bens View Ln, Kingwood, TX, 77339, United States
NEW MEETING LOCATION!
KIK meetings have moved to a new location – Harris County Public Library, Kingwood Branch. We will meet in the large room to your right as you enter the library.

This month we will have Open Knitting and Charity Knitting of hearts for the Peyton Heart Project. Pattern will be provided just bring your needles and any leftover bits of yarn you have – any color!

CHH Spinners - "The Boro Phenomenon"
2022-09-17 10:00 | Guild House, 1425 Blalock, #202, Houston, TX, 77055, United States
Boro, literally, “rag” in Japanese, refers to objects that have been used, broken, and worn to tatters, then lovingly mended to last far beyond their expected life.
Antique Japanese boro textiles, much like patchwork quilts in America, eventually came to be appreciated for their artistic qualities which have much in common with contemporary art. They are now seen as a prime example of the slow fashion movement, which promotes re-use of textiles for sustainability and reduction of waste.
Our speaker, Yoshiko Wada, is a textile artist, curator, art historian, scholar professor and author. An internationally known expert on shibori, boro and other Janese arts, Yohshiko has received multiple awards for her work, including the George Hewitt Myers Award recognizing “lifetime achievements and exceptional contributions to the field of textile arts.”
For more on Yoshiko and her work visit her website: https://yoshikowada.com/

Yoshiko will be giving her lecture live from England via Zoom.

KIND Meeting - Color!
2022-09-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, 77074, United States
We are going to focus on color!! We’ll use a fun, interactive technique to sort and select colors for projects from large lots of yarn. We’ll look at how to best choose colors for different types of knitting techniques, such as brioche, mosaic, fades, magic balls and fair isle.
If you have a colorwork item that shows great use of color (or bad!) please bring it, in addition to any regular show and share items.

KNIT Meeting - Techniques for Joining Yarn
2022-09-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Trini Mendenhall Community Center, 1414 Wirt Rd, Houston, TX, 77055, United States
Join our September program on Hands-on techniques for joining a new yarn.
Members will have an opportunity to share methods and practice techniques for joining yarn. You are encouraged to share more than one technique – for different types/weights of yarn, color work etc. Also, bring your Show and Share!!
Homework:
Bring a variety of scrap yarns and needles to practice.

The Zoom link will be included in the email to chapter members. If you are not a KNIT member, but would like to join via Zoom – contact Karen at knitatnightguildknit@gmail.com

Katy Lace Knitters – Trellis Pattern
2022-09-13 10:00 | TX
Katy Lace Knitters will meet at 10 am on Tuesday, September 13 at The Toasted Yolk.
Jan Clark will present the Trellis pattern from Grandmother’s Flower Garden by quiltercaroline. Please bring your own copy of the pattern to make corrections, it is free on Ravelry.
We hope you can stay after the meeting for lunch. Please let me know if you can attend at joshanmom@aol.com because the restaurant needs a head count.

SoCK Meeting - Christmas Knits
2022-09-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Richard & Meg Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX, 77433, United States
Don’t put off your Christmas knitting any longer! Let’s talk about planning out our Christmas knitting with ideas for easy and quick projects. Dolores Rose will be our guide to explore options for everyone on your list: articles to wear, items for the home, and things for play and comfort. Plus, share your favorite gift items to make.
Homework:
Bring some 100% wool yarn and appropriate needles or hooks and we’ll get started on a set of felted drink coasters.

CHH Spinners – Spin-In
2022-09-03 10:00 - 13:00 | Guild House, 1425 Blalock, #202, Houston, TX, 77055, United States
CHH Spinners is scheduled to meet on Saturday, September 3rd at 10a at the CHH Guild House (1425 Blalock, Suite 202).
If you are interested, bring your wheel, spindle or e-spinner and join in. For details on CHH, contact them at 832-767-5441 or visit their website at weavehouston.org.

KNOW Meeting - Cast On/Bind Off
2022-08-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Spring Creek Barbeque, 21000 Katy Fwy, Katy, TX, 77449, United States
Join us for a program on a cast on/bind off.
Nancy Polychronopoulos will demonstrate the German Twist cast on and the Icelandic bind off.

Bring yarn (preferably a light-colored solid worsted weight) and appropriately sized needles for that yarn. There is no homework.

Members are also invited to show and share any of your completed projects.

Members often arrive early to visit over dinner and show their support to the restaurant for their generosity in allowing us to meet there. Visitors and members from other chapters are always welcome.

Texas Yarn Trail
2022-08-26 - 2022-09-04 | TX
SAVE THE DATE!!
Dates are currently scheduled for August 26th – September 4, 2022
More details coming soon!

KIK Meeting - Dorset Buttons
2022-08-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Harris County Public Library, Kingwood Branch, 4400 Bens View Ln, Kingwood, TX, 77339, United States
NEW MEETING LOCATION!
KIK meetings have moved to a new location – Harris County Public Library, Kingwood Branch. We will meet in the large room to your right as you enter the library.

For our program this month, Cynthia Hansen will teach us how to make Dorset Buttons to use as shawl pins. Cyn will provide materials and direction sheets.

For those with experience, she will bring more detailed “next steps” instruction sheets to embellish the buttons. Everyone attending should bring a tapestry needle and pointy scissors, such as those used for embroidery.

KIND Meeting - Yarn Cake Cast On
2022-08-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, 77074, United States
Phylis Tomlinson will present the “Yarn Cake Cast On.”
This is a little like burning the candle at both ends! Casting on from both ends of the cake or ball of yarn takes the guess work out of a long-tail cast on. It is simple and can be found on YouTube in a heartbeat, but this is an opportunity to have someone demonstrate and then practice with your fellow knitters.
Please bring a cake of yarn and appropriate-sized needles (straight or circular are both fine.) If you have a hank and no winder there will be a swift at the meeting to create your cake. If your preference is to hand-wind, do so in a manner in which both ends of the ball are accessible.

SoCK Meeting - Tips & Tricks
2022-08-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Richard & Meg Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse Rd, Cypress, TX, 77433, United States
August is that time of the year when the pace slows down, and all you want to do is find a cool place to sit, knit (or crochet), and chat with your fellow guild members. Bring projects you’re currently working on and kick back – the program’s more casual this month. Tell the group about your favorite tips, tricks, or projects. Sometimes these golden nuggets are game-changers!

KNIT Meeting - Creativity Exercise
2022-08-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Trini Mendenhall Community Center, 1414 Wirt Rd, Houston, TX, 77055, United States
August program – Kathy Wells will lead a creativity exercise. Each member should bring 3-4 SMALL balls of yarn to share for the activity. Bring different weights, fingering to super bulky, and a variety of textures- any ply, boucle, ribbon, fun fur, satiny to homespun, etc. The yarn will be used by all for this fun and creative activity. Kathy will supply needles.
Show and Share

A Zoom option will be available for those unable to attend in person and the link will be distributed to KNIT members. Other KANG members may contact Karen at knitatnightguildknit@gmail.com

CHH Spinners – Spin-In
2022-08-06 10:00 | Guild House, 1425 Blalock, #202, Houston, TX, 77055, United States
CHH Spinners is scheduled to meet on Saturday, August 6 at 10a at the CHH Guild House (1425 Blalock, Suite 202).
Bring your wheel, spindle or e-spinner and join in!! Visit their website at weavehouston.org or for any questions on the spinning group, contact Gloria Chukman (gchukman@yahoo.com)

Katy Lace Knitters – Grandmother's Flower Garden
2022-08-02 10:00 | Toasted Yolk, 98 W Grand Parkway S #100, Katy, TX, 77494, United States
Katy Lace Knitters will meet on Tuesday, August 2nd, at 10 am at Toasted Yolk on the southwest corner of 99 and I-10,
The first lace pattern of the Grandmother’s Flower Garden scarf will be presented and we will all swatch it. Bring your own pattern, it is free on Ravelry.
It is recommended that you swatch with slightly heavier yarn than you are using for your scarf. Stay after the meeting and enjoy lunch.

Please email me at joshanmom@aol.com if you can attend. The restaurant likes a head count.

KNOW Meeting - KAL: Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf
2022-07-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Spring Creek Barbeque, 21000 Katy Fwy, Katy, TX, 77449, United States
KNOW’s July program will be a knit-along presented by Jan Clark. We will be knitting the “Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf“, which is a free pattern available on Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/multidirectional-diagonal-scarf).

This scarf looks great with variegated or self-striping yarn. A good yarn to try would be a DK weight, knit with size 6 needles, or try a heavier yarn with appropriate needles for a faster finish. You can use the same yarn throughout or different yarns in each triangular section of the scarf as a way to use some leftover stash yarn. It’s also possible to use two yarns held together for a different look. There are so many possibilities that you may want to make more than one!
This is a fun project for knitters with limited experience and for highly skilled knitters. If you have not previously knit short rows, this is your opportunity to learn!!
Members are also invited to show and share any of your completed projects.

Members often arrive early to visit over dinner and show their support to the restaurant for their generosity in allowing us to meet there. Visitors and members from other chapters are always welcome.

KIND Meeting - Vacay Social
2022-07-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, 77074, United States
For the July meeting of the KIND chapter, we will take a vacation from an organized program and just sit and knit and enjoy each other’s company.
It will also be a chance to ask for help with any knitting or crochet projects.

KIK Meeting - Afterthought Sock Heel
2022-07-16 10:00 - 12:00 | R. B. Tullis Branch Library, 21569 US-59, New Caney, TX, 77357, United States
The afterthought heel is a term coined by the late Elizabeth Zimmerman in her “Knitting Without Tears” book. The heel is knitted after the leg and foot of your sock are completed. It’s a great technique to know for working heels in a contrasting color.
At our July meeting, Irene Piatek will teach us how to knit this heel.
* Details of your homework assignment will be forthcoming prior to our meeting.
