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 ...

Janet Collins leads a discussion on unusual knitted and crocheted items. (34m) ...

See a brief history of the Guild and its Collection. (10m 35s) ...

James McIntosh and Dr Thomas Ernst FRCP motivated and entertained us as we headed back to Convention in 2022. (60m) ...

Lorna Hamilton-Brown MBE challenges assumptions and responsibilities to help achieve the benefits of diversity. (58m) ...

Prof. Sandy Black looks at the wave of British knitwear designers that emerged in the late 1970s and 1980s. (1h 2m) ...

Barbara Smith explores the Knitting & Crochet Guild's Collection. (37m) ...

Emma Vining describes how she collects pattern inspiration, and how she uses these ideas to develop her original hand knitting designs. (53m) ...

Explore with Alison Ellen how stitches alter the width and length of knitted fabric. (59m) ...

Amy Twigger-Holroyd presents twenty years of exploring sustainability through knitting. (57m) ...

Watch Jane describe how she discovered "The Lost Flock," saved it and learned from it. (1h) ...

Kelly Ferguson describes how the Knitted Pudsey hanging was created. (9 minutes) ...

In this talk given at Convention 2024 Vikki Haffenden shares some of her thoughts about how her books are contributing to the current resurgence of interest in machine knitting. (1h) ...

Using examples of her designs, and course members’ work, Sue explains her design process, what inspires and drives her, and how she sees her work developing in the future. This talk was given at Convention 2024. (54m) ...

Lily discusses the considerable overlap on the science / creativity Venn diagram and how it impacts her work. This talk was given at Convention 2024. (54m) ...

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) ...