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KNOW Meeting – I Loved the Hank, Now What?

While we normally meet at Spring Creek Barbeque, 21000 Katy Freeway, I-10 at Westgreen Blvd in Katy currently we are holding Zoom meetings. Chapter members, please watch your email for a Zoom invitation.

Members from other chapters wishing to attend our meeting are welcome to do so. Please email KNOW prior to April 24th to be sure to receive a Zoom invitation.

The April Program will be a Power Point presentation entitled “I Loved the Hank, Now What?” presented by Amy Rodgers.  There will be a short introduction to variegated yarns and what may be some unintended consequences when knit up.  Photos and written descriptions of stitch patterns that highlight the yarn as itself will be shown. Specifically, this will include  slip stitches with long floats, drop stitch patterns, elongated stitches and multi row lattice floats.

KNOW Meeting – Interesting Edgings

Due to the unusual weather and power failures, the February KNOW meeting was cancelled.  In March we will be presenting the program that was scheduled for February.

Want a change from ribbing?  At our March meeting, KNOW will explore and share interesting edgings.

Members are invited to share their interesting edgings; we ask for a photo ahead of the meeting so we can all see it close-up.  We ask if you share it, bring your project or swatch so that you can show off during the Zoom meeting. Your meeting reminder will include the details for submitting your photos.

Chapter members, please watch your email for a Zoom invitation. If you are not a KNOW chapter member but wish to attend the meeting, you are welcome to do so.  Please email KNOW prior to February 20th to receive a Zoom invitation.

KNOW – Slipped stitches

Members from other chapters are most welcome. Please send an email request to the KNOW president a few days ahead of the meeting and you will be emailed a Zoom invitation.

This month, KNOW members will once again delve into the wonderful world of slipped stitches. Many slip stitch patterns are done with yarn held on the wrong side (like in mosaic knitting), but others slip stitches with the yarn on the right side. We will explore one of the latter, a pattern that results in an interesting wavy, woven look in multi colors, but uses one color at a time. To try it out at the meeting, select a yarn in two or more contrasting solid colors and bring appropriately sized needles.

KNOW December meeting

KNOW will be Zooming on December 14th starting at 7:00 pm. (Please note this is not our usual meeting date.)
Participants are asked to don their most outrageous Christmas wear and we will knit and visit.

KNOW Meeting – Steeking

At the current moment we are holding Zoom meetings. KNOW Chapter members, please watch your email for a Zoom invitation. Members of other KANG Chapters are welcome to join us, please email know@knitatnight.org by September 24th to receive an invite to join our meeting.

KNOW will be having a steek night! We plan to complete our mini knit-along by steeking on our fair isle coffee cozy, then finish off with a button band. For anyone who missed part 1, you can knit your fair isle piece ahead of the meeting:

Steek this coffee cozy on Ravelry:  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/steek-this-coffee-cozy

Alternatively, bring any other fair isle knitted practice piece (ideally in non-superwash wool).  And bring your scissors! We will be cutting up our knitting (on purpose!) then putting on a button band.

KNOW Meeting – Coffee cup cozy

At the moment we are holding Zoom meetings. Please watch your email for a Zoom invitation. Members of other KANG Chapters please email knitatnightguildknow@gmail.com by August 24th to receive an invite to join our meeting.

We will be doing a mini-project over the next two Zoom meetings. For the first part, we will get our colorwork going as we knit a small fair-isle piece in the round during the August meeting.

In September, we will take the finished fair isle and do a steek, where we cut our knitting (!) and add a button band. The result will be a colorful cardi coffee cup cozy!

  • The pattern for the project is “Steek This Coffee Cozy” by Rachel Molenaar and it is free on Ravelry.  Please download it ahead of the meeting and print it out if you like (and if you are able!)
  • For the meeting, grab an assortment of DK or worsted weight wool (non-superwash and 100% wool suggested) in 5 colors: 2 for the background and 3 for the pattern.
  • You will need circular needles or double-pointed needles (size 5 suggested; we will knit 53 stitches in the round.)

Join us as we learn from each other; there are many ways to knit stranded colorwork, and many ways to knit in the round!

KNOW Zoom Meeting – Using your stash

Knitter’s Night Out West (KNOW) – Monday, July 27th,. 6:30 – 8:30 pm.

Knitter’s Night Out West meets from 6:30 pm – 8:30pm on the last Monday of each month (except in May and December).  While we normally meet at Spring Creek Barbeque, 21000 Katy Freeway, I-10 at Westgreen Blvd in Katy at the  moment we are holding Zoom meetings.  Please watch your email for a Zoom invitation.

At our July meeting we will be discussing ways to use up your stash.

KNOW Zoom Meeting – Flash your Stash!

At our next KNOW meeting, Flash Your Stash!  Send in 1-3 photos. We’ll put all your photos on a single PowerPoint slide – but without your name. We’ll have some fun trying to guess which slide belongs to which member.  If you get the most answers right, you will get bragging rights!  We will also hold our typical show and share of projects. Don’t be shy; proudly show off your stash, and know that, no matter how big, someone always has more yarn than you! Directions for submitting your photos will follow via email.

Knitter’s Night Out West meets from 6:30 pm – 8:30pm on the last Monday of each month (except in May and December). Please watch your email for a Zoom invitation around June 23rd.

KNOW Meeting – Linen Stitch

Knitter’s Night Out West meets from 6:30 pm – 8:30pm on the last Monday of each month (except in May and December) at Spring Creek Barbeque, 21000 Katy Freeway, I-10 at Westgreen Blvd in Katy.  Many of our members arrive early to have dinner and socialize before the meeting.  Everyone is welcome!

For our March meeting Amelia Speck will give KNOW attendees an overview of the linen stitch and its cousin, the half-linen stitch.  These versatile stitches are lovely in solid yarns but can be magical when used with multi-colored yarns.  The resulting fabric looks and acts woven.  Please bring a selection of yarns: one multi and two complementary solids and needles to try it out for yourself!

Also, I would like KNOW members to think about the upcoming WorldWide Knit in Public Day, Saturday, June 13, 2020.  This event was mention at the last Executive Board Meeting and I would like to get a feel for how KNOW members view this event.  It may be that the KANG will organize something Guild wide but if not, I think it would be great if KNOW could do something.  I look forward to hearing your thoughts either at our upcoming meeting or by email.

KNOW Meeting – Sequence Knitting

Jan Clark will introduce us to Sequence Knitting — repeating a given sequence of knit and purl stitches to create patterns and textures that are often reversible.  Jan will cover the three types of sequences:

  • one-row, in which the sequence length is divisible by the total number of stitches in your row
  • serpentine, in which the sequence length is not an even multiple and has to be completed in the next row
  • spiral, in which the sequence is worked in the round.

Bring Worsted or DK yarn and appropriate size needles and join us!