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KANG 2026 Retreat

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Can you be-leaf that our KANG 2026 Retreat is just a couple short months away? The Retreat Planting Committee has been hard at work, and the plans are blooming nicely.

Join us on Thursday, March 26 through Sunday, March 29, 2026 in La Grange, TX for a weekend of friends, fun, and of course, knitting time! Thistle be the best weekend ever with goodies galore and a project or two inspired by springtime in Texas. Camp Lone Star will provide our lodging and meals again, and we are happy to offer single and double occupancy room options as well this year. A single room will be $440 and a room with double occupancy will be $320 per person.

This event is exclusive to all current KANG members. Space is limited to 24 attendees. So, be sure to make your way clover to the KANG website on February 1st, 2026 when you receive the email from the KANG Webmaster that retreat enrollment is open!

Detailed information will be provided to registered guests during the first week of March. Please direct any questions to our Retreat Chair, Susan Motycka, at knitatnightguildRetreat@gmail.com.


Hope to seed you there!

January 2026 Programs

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KIK – Portuguese Knitting
KIND – Knitting Machines
KNIT – Portuguese Knitting
KNOW – KAL Show & Share
SoCK – Beaded Key Lanyard

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 2026

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Our next Charity Knitting event will be hosted by the SoCK chapter!

Saturday, January 10th, 2026 from 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Windwood Presbyterian Church, 10555 Spring Cypress Rd, Houston, TX 77070

SOCK’s regular chapter meeting is the same day and location from 10am-noon, all are welcome to attend! There will be plenty of time after to go get lunch, then return for the charity event at 1:30.

If anything changes and it doesn’t make it into the newsletter, be sure to check our website and Facebook group for the most up-to-date info.


Linda Currie (KIK) & Nancy Smith (KNOW)
Charity Co-Chairs

From Our President – January 2026

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Happy New Year!

I’m looking forward to a good year and hope you are too. Have you decided on any New Year’s resolutions yet? I have a few… all knitting-related.

  1. Finish/frog/throw out all my unfinished projects (five at the moment). I love starting projects but am not so good at finishing them.
  2. Work on getting rid of some of my stash. Look for stash-busting projects. Don’t buy any yarn unless it’s for a specific project that will be started soon.  
  3. Don’t start more than two new projects without finishing one. One can be an easy, brainless, TV-watching pattern; the other, something more complicated.

I’ve been knitting like mad lately, working on a sweater for my husband. He’s gone for a couple of weeks, so I have the house to myself and lots of time to knit! The pattern is called Forester Henley in case you are interested.


Kate Wilson
KANG President
knitatnightguild@gmail.com

December 2025 Programs

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KIK – Holiday Party!
KIND – Holiday Party!
KNIT – Holiday Party!
KNOW – Holiday Party!
SoCK – Holiday Party!

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 – Dec 2025

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Cozy Threads, Creative Hands, Community Heart

Hello KANG friends! As the weather cools down and our projects warm up, November has been a wonderful month of creativity and connection. Our knitters and crocheters have been busy stitching up everything from winter accessories to community charity contributions. Thank you to everyone who has shared time, talent, and yarn to keep our guild vibrant and meaningful.

We are continuing to receive donations and working to get them out to various charities.

Thank you for your continued efforts.

Linda Currie (KIK) & Nancy Smith (KNOW)
Charity Co-Chairs

From Our President – December 2025

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A belated happy Thanksgiving to all of you. We did it the easy way this year and went to a restaurant for dinner. The only problem with that is that there are no yummy leftovers!

I hope you are all nearly finished with your knitted holiday gifts. I have to admit that I’m way behind. Luckily I don’t have many to make. I’ve finished a cowl and am using the addi knitting machines to make some hats – very quick!

This is very short, but I need to get back to my knitting. Happy Holidays to everyone! 

Kate Wilson
KANG President
knitatnightguild@gmail.com

November 2025 Programs

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KIK – Snowflake Ornaments (crochet)
KIND – “Pack it or Hack it”
KNIT – GNOME-vember!
KNOW – Project KAL kick-off
SoCK – Trunk-or-Treat!

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 – Nov 2025

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As the seasons change, our hearts remain steady in service. Thanks to the generosity and skill of our members, our guild continues to wrap our community in warmth—one stitch at a time. Your contributions of time, yarn, and love are making a real difference!

Recent Charity Highlights:

Humble Head Start Hat Project
This fall, we delivered 58 hats to Humble Head Start students. The teachers and families expressed heartfelt gratitude many of the children wore their hats proudly the same day!

“Your generous offer has touched my heart and the hearts of our families. May you continue to be blessed and a blessing.” — Humble Head Start Manager

Texas Women’s hospital
Items were delivered to hospital with help of Julie (KNIT) & her daughter. Delivered were 16 hats and 3 wraps.  

LBJ hospital
Not mentioned in Sept news, but Julie (KNIT) dropped off 4 fidget sleeves for geriatric patients. 

Donation Follow up:

Maria (KIK) made final pickup load of yarn from Mr. Klein and delivered a nice, knitted hat and thank you plaque for his very generous donation.

October 25th ADDI & SENTRO knit off:

Hosted by KNOW at Spring Creek BBQ. Even with threat of rain & floods we still had a successful knit off. We were able to get 12 hats & 2 scarves created and ready for donation. Many other items were brought to meeting for donation also.

Ongoing Donations Received:

We continue to receive items for donations for various charities. We’ve received knitted knockers, blankets, hats, scarves, fidget sleeves, & soap sacks.

One of us was able to make a visit with every chapter this month. Enjoyed getting to meet every one of the chapters. We were able to pickup some donations and share charity yarn with your chapters as well.

Linda Currie (KIK) & Nancy Smith (KNOW)
Charity Co-Chairs

From Our President – November 2025

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What a beautiful day! Fall has finally arrived… I grew up in Wisconsin and even after 40+ years in Houston, I have never gotten used to the heat.  I’m always wanting to knit heavy winter sweaters too – the kind that you may be able to wear for two days a year in Houston!

The Quilt Festival was a success – both for the quilters and for KANG. We had almost 30 members working at our yarn winding booth at various times, and we received about $230 in donations from people who stopped by to have yarn wound.

You may have heard that someone gifted the Guild with two addiExpress knitting machines. I have been trying out one of them and was able to make a hat in about an hour and a scarf in about two hours. If you want to borrow a machine for a week or two, let me know.

On the needles: I finished a baby blanket and am now working on a Summer Square top (the second one). It’s a pattern by Hinterm Stein. Many of her patterns have a very unusual construction, but I’ve found that if I just follow the pattern, it always works out!


Kate Wilson
KANG President
knitatnightguild@gmail.com