Welcome Guild Members and Friends! The Monthly Round-up is where you’ll find a summary of upcoming guests, workshops, knit-alongs, with topics and links gleaned from our monthly meetings. Please enjoy and feel free to drop us a line with any suggestions or corrections. knittingguildofthedesert@outlook.com
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Upcoming Events
Knitting Guild Meetings
September 12th – Nancy Bates, National Parks Hats
October 3rd – L’Atelier
November 7th – Gina Carlson from Yarnaholics
December 5th – KG Desert Holiday Party
January 9th – Amy Snell, www.deviousknitter.com
February 6th – Casapinka! With a class on the 5th
March 6th – Fashion Show/Luncheon
Day Trips
August 29th – Hands on Knitting Center – Lunch and Workshop
Sept 28th – Alamitos Bay Yarn Company – Lunch and Workshop
Local
- San Diego Yarn Crawl – Sept 9-12
- Knit Dizzney – Sept 18th
- Stitches SoCal, Pasadena – November 12-13
Ten Most Popular Man Hats
Patti Reyes
Hubby Hat
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-hubby-hat
Two by Two
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/two-by-two-2
Classic Ribbed Hat
https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2019/01/30/classic-ribbed-hat/
Regular Guy Beanie
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/regular-guy-beanie
Man Hat
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/man-hat-2
Jason’s Cashmere Hat
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jasons-cashmere-hat
Boyfriend Hat
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boyfriend-hat-2
Graham
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/graham-2
Oslo Hat
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oslo-hat-5
Bankhead
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bankhead
Rikke Hat
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rikke-hat
Sockhead Slouch hat
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sockhead-slouch-hat
August Knitting Zoo Patterns
by Meri McGraw
August 12th is World Elephant Day! To celebrate we have a herd of patterns for you!
And Bloomsbury
The Knitting Zoo would like to have some wonderful examples of animals
❖ Please feel free to knit (or crochet) any animal for the “zoo”, you don’t have to follow the monthly “animal” and can use any pattern.
❖ Patterns we provide are free and will be posted on our website
❖ Bring your finished animals to any KG of the Desert meeting. You will be registered for each animal you knit. There will be a special prize drawing at the luncheon in March for anyone that has knitted (or crocheted) an animal.
❖ Animals should be at least 5” in size – no miniatures!
❖ All animals will become property of KG of the Desert and will be donated to a shelter (To be announced) after our luncheon in March.
Show And Share Slideshow
Knitting And Technology Presentation
by Jeffery Pinkston
Links:
VerypinkKnits KnitCompanion Playlist
knit companion
https://www.knitcompanion.com/
KCDesigns Pre-Configured Patterns
https://www.create2thrive.com/product-category/kcdesigns/
Erdo by Brady Robinder
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/erdo-hat
Easy as Pie Shawl
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easy-as-pie
Hesh Hat
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hesh
Family of hats
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