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Huge congratulations to Jeanette Sloan, knitwear designer and founder of BIPOC in Fiber, who has been named in King Charles’ first birthday honours list. Jeanette has been awarded the British Empire Medal in recognition of her career as a knitwear designer and her efforts to make the fibre space more inclusive, diverse and welcoming for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.
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To allow more of you to visit regularly, the Collection team are now opening the doors to Britannia Mill on the first Saturday of the month in 2023.
Our venue for 2024 was High Leigh Conference Centre, Lord Street, Hoddeston, Hertfordshire EN11 8SG.
Yarn journal is a bi-annual publication with a large and varied list of contributors. Members can claim £5 discount.
Our 2023 Convention was held 8-10 September 2023 at The Hayes Conference Centre, Alfreton. See the Programme on the Programme page. News item published: .
We are delighted that Justin Bieber chose to wear a crochet blanket at the Oscar awards after-party - and even more pleased that he chose one (Persian Tiles) designed by our patron Jane Crowfoot. Congratulations to Jane for reaching such starry heights. Wear your hand-crafted items with pride - they are the new designer-chic!
We are urgently looking for an organised and efficient administrator to join the Board of the
Knitting & Crochet Guild as our Secretary, keeping the Board accountable and overseeing all
company secretarial tasks. Our Secretary must be a member of the Guild.
We are delighted that Tricia Basham was one of three finalists in the Heritage Crafts/March Volunteer of the Year Award 2022 at the prestigious awards ceremony held on 30 January 2023.
(more…)We are delighted that Tricia Basham was one of three finalists in the Heritage Crafts/March Volunteer of the Year Award 2022 at the prestigious awards ceremony held on 30 January 2023.
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Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas from the Knitting & Crochet Guild. On each day until 5th January 2023 we'll be sharing tips and treats from the Guild with…
We've been talking about a new website for some time. Then at the end of October our previous supplier told us that they would turn off the server running our…
