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February 2025 Programs

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KIK – Charity Knit-In Event
KIND – Knitted Items From Loved Ones
KNIT – Chemo Hats
KNOW – Ribbing Variations
SoCK – Portuguese Knitting

For more information regarding the latest chapter programs, please visit our CALENDAR page! Here you will find exact dates for upcoming guild chapter meetings, including full program descriptions for each meeting.

On the Calendar page you will also find various guild-wide events (charity knit-ins, affiliate sales and the like) and up-coming events in the yarn community / Houston area (FiberFests, conventions, etc.).

Please visit the KANG Chapters page to find your nearest chapter.

March 2025 Programs

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KIK – Sit ‘n Knit Social
KIND – Mary W. Martins Fission Knitting
KNIT – Knit A Chick a Bunny or a Bear from a Square
KNOW – Sit ‘n Knit Social
SoCK – What’s the Do About Crochet?

For more information regarding the latest chapter programs, please visit our CALENDAR page! Here you will find exact dates for upcoming guild chapter meetings, including full program descriptions for each meeting.

On the Calendar page you will also find various guild-wide events (charity knit-ins, affiliate sales and the like) and up-coming events in the yarn community / Houston area (FiberFests, conventions, etc.).

Please visit the KANG Chapters page to find your nearest chapter.

Charity Knitting – Mar 2025 Update

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At our Feb 8 charity event, we got to speak with Gloria Trowbridge, Nurse Navigator at the Woman’s Hospital of Texas. She talked about her clients and their need for chemo hats (men too), wraps, and Knitted Knockers.

At the event, we collected:

  • 4 blankets
  • 1 scarf
  • 4 chemo wraps
  • 7 WUA pieces 
  • 37 hearts 
  • 31 hats
  • 84 in total 

We have recenty donated the following:

The Landing

  • 7 toiletries’ bags 
  • 7 hats

LBJ hopsital

  • 10 Fidget sleeves

Project Linus 

  • 4 blankets 

Kingwood Hospital

  • 3 baby hats
  • 3 blankets
  • 1 booties/hat set

Woman’s Hospital of TX

  • 4 blankets 
  • 4 hats

Star of Hope

  • 20 hats

Our next charity event is Saturday, April 12 from 11-3 at Spring Creek Barbeque, 21000 Katy Fwy, Katy. This event is hosted by KNOW!

A guest speaker from The Landing will talk about their clients’ needs that crafters can support such as soap sacks or pouches. 

We recommend the Anything Knit Pouch pattern by Mama in a Stitch, which is made with super bulky yarn on size US 13 needles.

Yarn, thread and buttons will be provided April 12. 

From Our President – March 2025

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Here it is March already – seems like we just finished knitting Christmas gifts. Speaking of holidays, “Ramadan Mubarak” to our Muslim members as they start the month of Ramadan today.

Also today (March 1) is the Houston Craft Community Day and KANG is now a part of it! This is a free event highlighting local craft groups. KANG will have a table there with volunteers to talk about knitting and the Guild. It will be held at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, 4848 Main St., 77002 from 11am to 3pm.

I hope you have heard at your chapter meetings that we need a nominating committee to select next year’s officers. We would like at least one member from each chapter. This is a short-term commitment (now through the middle of May). Please let me know if you can join this committee; I would like to have the committee in place by the middle of March so they can start looking for officers. Also, if you would like to volunteer to be an officer next year, the open positions are as follows:

  • KANG Secretary
  • KANG Treasurer
  • Charity Chair
  • Retreat Chair
  • Workshop Chair

On my needles now is the Ivy Vest, a very fun and easy project. Also, I’m working on Dragon Watcher’s Hood, a gift for my niece in Wisconsin where the woods are said to be full of dragons.

Kate Wilson
KANG President
knitatnightguild@gmail.com

Craft Community Day!

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We are officially in for Craft Community Day at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft!! They have already added us to the event page.
 
We would like to have 2-3 people at the table at all times. If that is preferred, we can do 1-hour or 2-hour shifts. We need at least 5 or 6 people to volunteer.
 
Bring lovely examples of your knitting, crocheting, spinning, needle felting, etc., to show what wonderful work we do!
 
Date: Saturday, March 1, 2025. We will be outdoors!
Time: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm (plus setup and breakdown time, details TBA)
Cost: There is no cost to participate, and it is free for the public to attend.
Location: 4848 Main St, Houston, TX 77002 (museum district, right off 59).
Provided: They will provide a 6-foot table and a tent.

From Our President – February 2025

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I’m working on the last couple inches of Aimee Sher’s Hibernate sweater. It’s going to fit well! I think I’ll do another of her patterns soon, maybe the Mariner sweater. I want to finish Hibernate by Feb. 3 as that is the day I have hip replacement surgery. 

Have you seen the Hoodola pattern by Laura Nelkin? It’s a bit warm for Houston (unless we have another freeze!), but I’m going to make one for my niece in Wisconsin. Looks like a fun thing to knit.

We were sorry to hear that the Houston Fiber Fest has been cancelled again this year because of renovations at the Berry Center.

I’m excited to register for our retreat at Camp Lone Star from March 27-30. Last year’s retreat was such fun!

Kate Wilson
KANG President
knitatnightguild@gmail.com

Charity Knitting – Feb 2025 Update

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KIK will be hosting the first charity knit along of 2025 on Saturday, February 8, 12:30 – 4 pm at Kingwood Country Club, 1700 Lake Kingwood Trail, Kingwood, TX 77339.

Gloria Trowbridge of Texas Women’s Hospital will join via zoom at 1:00 to talk about patient needs and KANG’s assistance. There will be LOTS of soft and pretty yarn on hand. Bring circulars for working with DK and worsted weight yarn. 

KNIT will also be talking about charity needs and creating chemo hats on February 11. Charity will bring lots of soft yarn and members should bring circulars to work with DK and worsted weight yarn.  

Star of Hope received 1 sweater, 7 warm hats and 2 cowls a couple days before the snowstorm on January 20.  

Texas Women’s Hospital received 8 new hats this month.

Charity Knit-In & Zoom Event

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KIK will be hosting the first charity knit along of 2025 on February 8, 12:30 – 4PM at the Kingwood Country Club.
 
It will take place in the boardroom at 1700 Lake Kingwood Trail, Kingwood, TX 77339.
Parking is open, the boardroom is closest to the right side of the building as you are coming down the street.
 
We will be having Gloria Trowbridge as our speaker.  She is a Nurse Navigator from Texas Women’s Hospital and works with breast cancer patients.  This is via zoom at 1:00PM.
 
The Zoom details:

Topic: KANG Charity Knit Along
Time: Feb 8, 2025 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/81229344938?pwd=sO7um0WOHVqetzLgatpisjnJHz7WlE.1

Meeting ID: 812 2934 4938
Passcode: 4ud0eE

 
If there are questions about getting to the club, my phone number is (916)802-9246 and folks can text (or call). We will have water and unsweet tea available.
 
Maggie Mentakis
KIK President

January 2025 Programs

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KIK – Social Knitting
KIND – Charity Donations & KAL
KNIT – Crochet Basics for Knitters
KNOW – Emotional Support Chicken 
SoCK – Thrower/Picker/Flicker–Which One Are You?

For more information regarding the latest chapter programs, please visit our CALENDAR page! Here you will find exact dates for upcoming guild chapter meetings, including full program descriptions for each meeting.

On the Calendar page you will also find various guild-wide events (charity knit-ins, affiliate sales and the like) and up-coming events in the yarn community / Houston area (FiberFests, conventions, etc.).

Please visit the KANG Chapters page to find your nearest chapter.

Charity Knitting – Jan 2025 Update

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In November & December Charity distributed a total of 207 items to: 

  • The Landing
  • Foster to Success
  • Women’s Hospital of Texas
  • LBJ Hospital
  • Robin Hood Project
  • Head Start HISD
  • Cross community Church
  • Star of Hope

The recipients are always so thankful for the items this group has beautifully created. 

We look forward to KIK (hopefully) hosting an early February knit-in Charity event where we will hear from one or more of our charity recipient groups. Stay tuned for the details.