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KNOT – Breast Cancer Awareness

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

KNOT will meet the 3rd Thursday in September (9/15) at Immanuel United Church of Christ in Old Town Spring (26501 Border St).  The meeting was moved due to Stitches Texas being Sept 22-25!October is breast cancer awareness month. Our own KNOT member Carol Lynn Coglianese, MD is going to give a presentation that goes beyond the "what you need […]

KIK – Blocking Your Knitting

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

The KIK meeting has been permanently changed to the third Saturday of the month so this month's meeting will be on September 17th.Susan Draper will present a program and demonstration on blocking your knitting. She will also discuss care of your knitted garments.

Stitches Texas

Omni Mandalay Hotel & Irving Convention Center 221 E Las Colinas Blvd, Irving, TX, United States

STITCHES is a fiber experience for knitters and crocheters. It includes classes on topics from design to finishing with every topic in between. The STITCHES Market is a shopping experience you won't want to miss with vendors who come from across the United States and around the world to display the latest yarns and gadgets […]

KNOW – Let’s Have Some Fun!

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

A September to remember with K.N.O.W. "Let's have some fun"! Bring as many 5 gram mini skeins of fingering weight yarn to swap as you would like to knit.Not sure what to do with a Mini Skein? Have no fear, we will give you ideas you can use for projects you will love.*Many of us […]

KNOW – Slipping Stitches

October brings "Slipping Stitches". We would love to ask our members to share examples of knit pieces and experiences from their own slip stitch projects. We will offer a handout and information on conquering this wonderful technique.A group of our members arrive early to eat before the meeting. Please feel free to join us.

Hill Country Yarn Crawl

Join the 10th annual Hill Country Yarn Crawl!Join us for ten fun-filled days crawling your way through 19 yarn shops around and about central Texas! Bring family, meet up with friends, make new ones, and see all the great things each shop has to offer. To add to the fun, you will have lots of […]

SoCK – Make Your Own Stitch Markers

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

The days of boring stitch markers are over!  This month, we'll be learning how to make our own.  Keena Kang will be demonstrating the technique on how to make 3 different kinds.  I you wish to make some in class, please bring the following supplies:Jump ring stitch markers:1. Jewelry pliers. Needle nose pliers (Brand: Bead […]

KNIT – Intro to the Drop Spindle

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

Anyone who is interested in hand-spinning, please join us as Jenny Quattlebaum is giving a brief demonstration on how to use the drop spindle. She will be providing a sampling of several different fiber types.  There are not enough drop spindles (Jenny will be bringing five spindles) to pass around; however, if you have one […]

CHIX – Crochet Borders for Knitted Projects

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

Chix will have Tamara Gooderham as our guest speaker. Tamara will begin her presentation at 10:10 am.  Please be prompt.Homework will be as follows:      Knit a square approximately 5" by 5" in a worsted weight yarn in stockinette stitch (knit one row, purl one row).      Don't cast on or bind off too […]

KIK – Roundtable

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

The October meeting of KIK will be a Roundtable share from members who have been on a yarn crawl, went to a workshop or trunk show recently. Tell us about what you learned and where you've been!