The November and December KNOT meetings will be combined and held on December 3rd from 6:00-8:00. We will be holding our Annual Holiday Knitting meeting at an alternative location (TBD). Look out for a KNOT flyer for more details about the KNOT Holiday Knitting meeting. Please consider kitting an item for donation to the Montgomery County Women’s Shelter. We will be collecting items at the Holiday Knitting Meeting on December 3rd. Tote bags, toiletries, women & children’s hats, scarves and shawls would be much appreciated during this upcoming cold season.
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KANG Fall Charity Knit-in
More information will be announced later.
Spring Charity Event
The next KANG event will be held on April 27, 2019, from 9:00am to 1:00pm at the Kingwood Medical Center.
The theme of the knit-in is Hats for Charity. We will be knitting and accepting hats for preemies, children, women, and men, along with the Head Start hats. We have a special request for preemie hats and blankets for the fetal bereavement program at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital in Houston. Bev’s Baby Rib Hat for 2-3 pound preemies is a good option, and Micro Preemie Hats for the smallest babies. Blankets should be 20″ – 22″ square. Color is not a concern, but please stay away from brown, black, and solid white. We will pass out tickets for the number of items brought to the event and will draw for prizes.
There will be a featured speaker for the Head Start hat program, along with the area coordinator for Knitted Knockers. We will also have a silent auction for our donated, high-quality yarn which is not suitable for charity knitting. Plus, bring a knit or crochet related wrapped gift for a special, fun game ($10 – $15 limit), and canned or non-perishable items for donation to a local food pantry. All auction proceeds and donated food items will go to Humble Area Ministries.
KIK will provide hot coffee, tea, and hot chocolate, plus bottled water. Please bring finger foods to share.
If you would like to donate yarn for charity use, it must be worsted weight, machine washable and dryable. Small quantities of yarn are acceptable as long as they meet the above stated requirements.
KNOW Meeting – Weird and Wonky to Wonderful!
At our KNOW meeting on Monday, October 29, Janet Madden will present her program, “Weird and Wonky to Wonderful—Bash the Stash for Charity Knitting!” You will learn about the charitable organizations and related projects sponsored by each chapter, score some patterns, hear a few stories, and maybe find a new use for that strange skein stored somewhere in your stash. Bring yarn and needles to match. Hopefully, you’ll be inspired! Please plan to attend what promises to be a very enjoyable and worthwhile program.
Fall Charity Knit-in
Come join us and knit or crochet for charity on October 6th, from 8 to 12 at St Anne de Beaupre Catholic Church, 2810 Link Road, Houston, 77009. Bring a friend or two (KANG member or not) and help spread the word. We will have yarn available for projects; please supply your own needles or hooks. Patterns for our charity projects can be found here.
- Bring a dish to share; we will provide water, tea, and coffee
- Bring a non-perishable food item for donations to a local food bank
- Bring a giftwrapped single skein of yarn for a fun game, if you want to play
- And bring cash or your checkbook for our silent auction with amazing items to bid on
Please RSVP to [email protected].
As always, great door prizes await you! Looking forward to another fun-filled day with everyone!
Spring Charity Knit-In 2018
As always, the knit-in is open to anyone who likes to knit and/or crochet for charity. Please help spread the word! Feel free to bring a food item to share with the group. We will have an oven and a microwave to heat up food. Water, coffee, and tea will be provided.
The first 25 people to check-in will receive a door prize. We will have a drawing for three raffle prizes at the end of the knit-in. Everyone can earn one raffle ticket for each of the following and there is no limit to how many tickets you can earn:
- Attend the event
- Bring a non-member guest
- Turn in a completed, handmade charity item
- Donate a ball of acrylic/washable yarn for charity
We will play a knitting related game. Participation in the game is purely voluntary and the winners will receive prizes. If you want to play, be sure to bring your knitting notions. Game rules will be revealed at the knit-in.
To RSVP for the knit-in, please email knitatnightguildcharity@gmail.
To RSVP for the knit-in, please email knitatnightguildcharity@gmail.
October Charity Knit-In
The purpose of this charity event is to get together, to do something that benefits others who are in needed, while doing something that we love.The purpose of this charity event is to get together, to do something that benefits others who are in needed, while doing something that we love.
This event is now open to non-members as well. Anyone who would like to knit or crochet for charity is welcome!
The focus for this Charity Knit-In is on cold weather items – hats, and scarves. But you can choose to work on any other projects for charity.
- The first 25 people to register will receive a door price. Click here to register on evite.
- Everyone present is eligible to get up to three raffle tickets for the raffle prize drawing at the end of the event.
- One raffle ticket for being present.
- One raffle ticket for donating yarn.
- One raffle ticket for completing a charity project at the event.
What to bring:
- Knitting needles or crochet hooks appropriate for the projects you wish to work on. US 11 needles/L11 hooks or bigger are needed for working with bulky yarns. The 2-hour scarf pattern calls for US 19 knitting needles.
- Any pattern that you would like to use for the charity item you wish to make.
- Any yarn that you would like to donate for this charity knitting event. The types of yarn needed are in worsted, bulky or super bulky weight with darker colors like black, browns, blues, and greens.
Click on this link for full description of this event!
KIK Mtg – Scrap Happy
We will be putting together kits for the Scrap-happy Celebration Hats which will be distributed to area Head Start students. These make cute, colorful hats that are fun to make! Bring some smooth, washable worsted weight yarn from your stash. Partial skeins are prefect! As little as 10 grams of yarn will make one of the 5 color bands on the hat. Five balls are needed to make a hat. If you have a scale you use to weigh yarn, please bring it. We will be winding 10 gram balls to put in kits. Bring in your yarn already wound into 10 gram balls and receive an extra door prize ticket! If you want to get started on one of the hats, bring size 7 needles for knitting in the round. If you have questions, please contact me at knitatnightguildcharity@gmail.
Materials: smooth, washable worsted yarn, scale for measuring yarn if you have one, size 7 needles (dpns or circular)
Charity – Knitted Knockers
Our next Charity Knit In is planned for June 3, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at St. Anne DeBeaupre, 2810 Link Road, Houston, Texas 77009. I hope many of you will be able to attend. We have a comfortable facility that will accommodate as many as choose to attend.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to knitatnightguildcharity@gmail.
If you plan on working on this project, you will need size 4 needles. I have been working on making Knitted Knockers for about a month getting a range of sizes ready for delivery to Ben Taub. In making these “knockers”, I’ve used both dpns and a 40 inch circular. Either of these work. You do need needles with good points because you will be making lots of increases. The prettiest increase on the finished product is a make 1 left. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.
You may work on the charity project of your choice at the Knit In – but, your project does need to be for charity. This event will be Pot Luck as we have done in the past. There has always been a wide variety of tasty dishes!
Please join us for the fun – snacking, knitting, and door prizes! I look forward to seeing many of you as we join together to –
Do what we can, with what we have, where we are