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  • Meetings
  • Workshops and Retreat
  • Join the Guild
  • About
    • Contact
  • Members Area
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Holiday Stranded KAL
    • Spring Workshop
    • Fall Workshop
    • Retreat
    • Membership List
    • Community Service
    • May Awards
    • Pictures
    • Handouts from Programs
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ARLINGTON HANDKNITTERS GUILD
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Meetings start at 7:30 pm (come at 7 for socializing before the meeting) and take place at the Bob Duncan Center (2800 S Center St, Arlington, TX 76014) unless otherwise noted.

Guild dues are $25 for the year. Please feel free to attend a meeting as a guest. If you would like to join the guild, you can fill out the membership form and pay your dues at a meeting or join now on this website.
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In-person Meetings for 2023-2024 guild year
September 26, 2023
Program: Deborah Carlson -
Intro to "Choose Your Own Adventure Holiday KAL"
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October 24, 2023
Program: Deborah Carlson -
Stranded Colorwork & KAL Cast-On

November 14, 2023
Program: Deborah Carlson - Lace Geography and Blocking Colorwork


December 12, 2023 (Holiday Banquet)
White Elephant gift exchange and KAL Show & Tell
Date and time: TBA
Place: TBA


January 23, 2024
Program: Sarah Martinez - knitCompanion 2.0

February 20, 2024 [note: not the 4th Tuesday!]
Program: Alissa Barton (Knitting Fairy) - Fixing Brioche Mistakes

March 26, 2024
Program: Tim Stephens - Double Knitting

April 23, 2024
Program: Carla Billingsley (Quixotic Fibers) - Assigned Pooling

May 28, 2024 (Spring Banquet)
7:00 pm
Place:
TBA
Zoom Knit-ins for 2023-2024 guild year
The second Sunday of each month at 1:00 pm, the guild will host a Zoom knit-in for socializing with other guild members. The next Zoom meeting is October 8.

List of previous programs
​2022-2023 guild year:
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Elizabeth Crecelius: Magic Ball method
Karen Robinson: Quick tips for designing your own scarf or cowl and small group hands-on design time
Debi Carlson: Stranded and Fair Isle Knitting tips
Sarah Martinez: How to make stitch markers
​Alissa Barton (The Knitting Fairy) - Fleegle Heel
​Sarah Martinez: knitCompanion


2021-2022 guild year:
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Trudy Fedorko (Ewe2Yarn): Guild Knit-a-long
Trudy Fedorko (Ewe 2Yarn): Guild KAL Finishing and All About I-Cord
​Alissa Barton (The Knitting Fairy), How to make use of stitch dictionaries​
Mary (Caroe) Toon (Butterfly Girl) on what knitters can learn about yarn from spinning​
Vanessa Vyles, Twin Stitches​
Alexandra Davidoff, PomTassel​

2020-2021 guild year:
​Alissa Barton (The Knitting Fairy): Magical Blocking
​Carol Jones (
Chicken Coop Dyeworks): The Inspiration of Color
​Julie Fairley (
JuJu Knits): The Healing Power of Yarn
​Carla 
Billingsley (Quixotic Fibers): The Use of Color in Projects
​Tim Stephens (
Periodic Knits): The Chemistry of Color
​Trudy Fedorko (
Ewe2Yarn): The Inspiration in Pattern Designing
2019-2020 guild year:
​Karen Robinson, Fiber Content and Projects
Alissa Barton, Part 1 of 
Whitecap Beach Wrap KAL (cast on and establish pattern)
​Alissa Barton, Part 2 of Whitecap Beach Wrap KAL (finish back and pick up wings)
​Alissa Barton, Part 3 of Whitecap Beach Wrap KAL (finishing and blocking)
​Carissa Browning, 
Breaking Plaid pattern discussion (inspiration, the technique, potential modifications)
Sarah Walworth, Explanation of tech editing
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Our 2019-2020 guild knitalong was the Whitecap Beach Wrap, designed by Alissa Barton.