The Guild has published several videos, most of which are only available to members. We also have guidance on showing videos during a video conference.
Latest video
KCG2306 – Knitted Pudsey with Kelly Ferguson
Kelly Ferguson describes how the Knitted Pudsey hanging was created. (9 minutes) ...
Index to videos published before 2022
- Videos from our 2020 Un-Convention are listed on the Resources for Branches and Members page (members only).
- Videos from the 2021 Un-Convention are listed on the 2021 Un-Convention Programme page (members only).
Links to a selection of individual videos
In December 2020 members of the Birmingham Branch met by video conference to discuss their activities since the first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. (49m) You will see the fantastic crochet and knitted items they had made, learn about some of the techniques they used, and hear how the restrictions of lockdown affected their crafting lives and how their crafting made lockdown easier ...
KCG2102 – Unusual craft conversations
Janet Collins leads a discussion on unusual knitted and crocheted items. (34m) ...
KCG2201 – A Timeline of the Guild
See a brief history of the Guild and its Collection. (10m 35s) ...
KCG2202 – How to deal with almost anything
James McIntosh and Dr Thomas Ernst FRCP motivated and entertained us as we headed back to Convention in 2022. (60m) ...
KCG2203 – SOS (Suppliers of Synergy)
Lorna Hamilton-Brown MBE challenges assumptions and responsibilities to help achieve the benefits of diversity. (58m) ...
KCG2204 – Classic Knits of the 80s
Prof. Sandy Black looks at the wave of British knitwear designers that emerged in the late 1970s and 1980s. (1h 2m) ...
KCG2301 – Tales from the Mill by Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith explores the Knitting & Crochet Guild's Collection. (37m) ...
KCG2302 – Collecting Patterns – Emma Vining
Emma Vining describes how she collects pattern inspiration, and how she uses these ideas to develop her original hand knitting designs. (53m) ...
KCG2303 – Shaping Knitting: how different stitches alter the knitted fabric by Alison Ellen
Explore with Alison Ellen how stitches alter the width and length of knitted fabric. (59m) ...
KCG2304 – Reknit Revolution – Amy Twigger-Holroyd
Amy Twigger-Holroyd presents twenty years of exploring sustainability through knitting. (57m) ...
KCG2305 – The Lost Flock – Jane Cooper
Watch Jane describe how she discovered "The Lost Flock," saved it and learned from it. (1h) ...
KCG2306 – Knitted Pudsey with Kelly Ferguson
Kelly Ferguson describes how the Knitted Pudsey hanging was created. (9 minutes) ...
NCV21-010 – Patterns to inspire
About the video There are over 50,000 pattern leaflets in the Guild's collection, issued in the U.K. from the 1910s on - a unique resource. This talk shows the range of leaflets in the collection, and some of the really special, unusual and inspiring patterns accessible to Guild members. (55m 20s) ...
