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Did you know the Knitting & Crochet Guild has an Etsy shop selling vintage yarn? ...

Your Board is delighted to have accepted Alison Peck's offer to act as Chair of the Guild until Convention 2025. Alison will use her enthusiasm and considerable skills to lead and coordinate the work of the Board. Alison has been a member of the Board for almost six years, is the editor of Across the Needlebed, and was the Guild's Treasurer until 2024. She has also contributed machine knitting workshops at Conventions ...

Our North Norfolk Branch will be visited by BBC radio during the morning of 14th January 2025, and will be trying to teach Edd (the presenter) how to knit. That could be interesting! ...

Updated: 13 September 2024
Two emails about the AGM have been sent to members. One gives the details of the meeting, and the other tells you how to submit a proxy vote if you are not attending the AGM in person. If these did not reach your inbox, please check your junk/spam folder.

The 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Knitting & Crochet Guild was held at 11am on 7 September 2024 at High Leigh Conference Centre, Lord Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 8SG ...

By Desiree Jeans If you’re looking for new inspiration, different designers to follow, and up-and-coming dyers to support, then maybe a creative social media challenge is what you need to refresh your social scrolling. Joining in or following a social media challenge (usually on Instagram) can be a great way of discovering new creatives and makers within the knitting, crochet, and yarn community. Whether you hand-knit, machine-knit, or crochet, you can participate in these challenges by posting your own responses to the prompts, or by following the hashtag to see what everyone else has posted. You can join ...

To allow more of you to visit regularly, the Collection team are opening the doors to Britannia Mill on the second Saturday of the month in 2024. Do come along to meet the team and find out more about what they do. You can find the up-to-date list of dates for Open Days and Drop-in days on our Collection Open Days page. Visiting the Collection is a great way to find out more about the objects we house and care for, to be inspired and meet some of our volunteers. A Drop-In day is very informal, where you ...

This is an online talk on 11th February (6pm - 7:30pm UK time) by Dr Angharad Thomas, a volunteer at the Guild's Collection. It will cover her book "A Knitters Guide to Gloves" and give information about the Knitting & Crochet Guild of the UK, and our Collections. The modest title hints at a powerfully important guiding value of Center for Knitting and Crochet – that makers make the best scholars of knitting and crochet, because scholarship based on deep personal understanding and experience of these crafts, their history, and the materials, techniques, and perspectives that define and ...

You can buy membership of the Knitting & Crochet Guild as a gift for someone else.

You must be a current member to buy a gift membership using these instructions.

If you have any questions or are not yourself a member of the Guild, please email membership@kcguild.org.uk for further assistance ...

Congratulations to Tricia Basham who is a joint winner in this year’s Heritage Crafts/Marsh Volunteer of the Year award! This award marks Tricia’s outstanding contribution to the Knitting & Crochet Guild, particularly in the period from 2013 to 2019 when she dedicated herself full-time to running the Guild almost single-handedly. Modestly she did not wish to be the Chair, although she held the position in all but name. Hers was a hands-on approach, which meant that Tricia tackled all roles within the Board and filled in wherever necessary. This was all done quietly and with good humour. The ...

Barbara Smith, our publications curator for the Collection, will be lecturing as part of the V&A Knitting of the British Isles: A Hands-On History course on 21st February 2024. Barbara will be talking about the evolution of Aran Style. We have more details on our Event listing for the course. News item published: . ...

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 ...

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. Update: See our Open Days page for the latest information on Open Days and Drop-in days. ...

Our venue for 2024 was High Leigh Conference Centre, Lord Street, Hoddeston, Hertfordshire EN11 8SG. Save the date and join us for a weekend of keynote talks, workshops and sociable crafting. This exclusive weekend is available to Guild members only ...

Image: The Yarn Journal Image: The Yarn Journal Yarn journal is a bi-annual publication with a large and varied list of contributors. A colourful and insightful view of all things yarn related, making connections, and joining threads. Susan, Yarn journal Members may claim £5 discount for a single issue, or a £5 discount on their first payment for a new subscription. The discount applies to any item on this page of the Yarn Journal website ...

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: . ...