Tag: KIK

KIK Meeting – Christmas Crafts

November is our annual knitting & yarn Christmas Celebration with Gloria Stafford!
Bring a tapestry needle and yarn in two different colors.
Gloria will provide card stock for the project.
Advisement: Covid restrictions at the library require social distancing. Due to the current Covid-19 threat level, we will follow current CDC & local guidelines and recommend that all attendees (both vaccinated and unvaccinated) wear masks.

KIK Meeting – Outlander KAL (continued)

In October, we will continue our Outlander KAL!


KAL – Boar Hunt Capelet, Part 2
We will finish knitting the Boar Hunt Capelet from the TV series Outlander. Bring your questions; there will be a short Q&A session to help with problems you may have encountered. We will also work the bind-off and learn the Chinese Waitress bind off technique.
Advisement: Covid restrictions at the library require social distancing. Due to the current Covid-19 threat level, we will follow current CDC & local guidelines and recommend that all attendees (both vaccinated and unvaccinated) wear masks.

KIK Meeting – Outlander KAL

For September’s program, we are starting a Knit-A-Long!!
KAL – Boar Hunt Capelet, Part 1
We will begin to knit the Boar Hunt Capelet from the TV series Outlander. This lovely capelet is easy to knit using bulky yarn and features a seed stitch collar and left- and right-leaning increases for the shoulder shaping. The free pattern will be provided at the meeting.
Materials List:
  • bulky weight tweed yarn (~250 yds)
  • 24-inch circular needles in size 11
  • stitch markers

FYI: Knit Picks has a reasonably-priced selection of bulky weight yarns.

Advisement: Covid restrictions at the library require social distancing. Due to the current Covid-19 threat level, we will follow current CDC & local guidelines and recommend that all attendees (both vaccinated and unvaccinated) wear masks.

KIK Meeting – Pandemic Projects

In August, our program will be “Pandemic Projects.”

We all did a lot of kitting during the pandemic, so bring some of your favorite completed projects to share with members.

*Note: KIK resumes in-person meetings this month, temporarily meeting at the R. B. Tullis Library, located on the US-59 northbound feeder road, just north of the Grand Parkway. Covid restrictions at the library require social distancing; also, please wear a mask if you have not been vaccinated.

KIK Zoom Meeting – Knitwear from the movies

As fiber artists, you most likely have noticed knitted or crocheted garments while watching movies, but have you ever thought about trying to recreate one of those garments? KIK member Connie Blakley, a fan of period movies and an avid knitter, recently decided it would be fun to do some research about knitwear seen in movies. She will discuss her findings and show some patterns that closely resemble those garments. Members are encouraged to share their own discoveries of movie knitwear.
Please send an email to KIK President (knitatnightguildkik@gmail.com) if you are not a chapter member and wish to attend.

KIK Zoom Meeting – Chinese Waitress cast on/bind off

Program will be presented by Connie Blakley
The KIK program for June will be a demonstration of the Chinese Waitress cast on and bind off stitches. This technique produces a lovely edge that looks the same on the right side and wrong side of your fabric and also looks the same on the cast-on and bind-off edges. It is an excellent choice for exposed edges on garments such as shawls and scarves. If you wish to knit along during the meeting, bring some yarn, knitting needles appropriately sized for your yarn choice, and a crochet hook.
Please send an email to KIK President (knitatnightguildkik@gmail.com) if you are not a chapter member and wish to attend.

KIK Zoom Meeting – Double knitting

Double Your Fun with Double Knitting

You’ve heard of double vision, but have you heard of double knitting?  Join KIK at our May 15 meeting where Connie Blakley will introduce you to this technique. Double knitting is usually knit with two colors, incorporates a design, and produces a fabric that looks the same on the front and back. It is especially striking when knit with gradient yarn in two complementary colorways. If you want to knit along, bring two colors of yarn and appropriately sized, straight needles. You will also need a crochet hook for the cast on.
Please send an email to KIK President (knitatnightguildkik@gmail.com) if you wish to attend.

KIK Meeting – Brioche, part 2

The KIK meeting will be via Zoom on April 17 at 10 a.m. and the program will be Part 2 about Brioche knitting. Everyone who has Show & Share items,please email the president their photos, preferably in jpg format, the week before. We will be knitting 2-color Brioche flat.
Please send an email to KIK President (knitatnightguildkik@gmail.com) if you wish to attend.

KIK Meeting – Brioche samples

KiK’s February meeting was cancelled due to power outages and internet connection problems. Our meeting in March will have the same program scheduled for February. Members are to send pictures of their finished projects by Thursday the 18th for a show and share using PowerPoint. We will be knitting samples of brioche for the program to start a two color brioche cowl. Needed is a dark and light color DK weight yarn and US size 4 circular needles about 24 or 32 inches, and also a stitch marker. Homework will consist of knitting 2 starter samples of 4 and 5 row stockinette using 25 cast on stitches. The 4 row will be in the darker color and the 5 row will be in the lighter yarn.

Please send an email to KIK President (knitatnightguildkik@gmail.com) if you wish to attend.

KIK – Ribbing and Cables

January’s KIK program will be presented by Connie Blakley and is all about how to achieve neater, more even ribbing and cables. You will learn the Norwegian technique for knitting and purling continental style. Connie will also offer some tips for achieving similar results if you knit American-style. We will knit a swatch of ribbing and cable stitches and you will need: worsted weight yarn, size 7 needles, and a cable needle. Homework: cast on 26 stitches and knit 4 rows of garter stitch. We will finish the sample swatch during the meeting

Please send an email to KIK President if you wish to attend.