Our September meeting was on Zoom. We hosted guest speakers Lisa and Diane from Hands On Knitting Center (HOKC). They showed us how art and nature can inspire our knitting. They also introduced us to the project we will be working on during our upcoming field trip to HOKC. At our meeting we also talked…
Highlights from August Guild Meeting
We had a fun and well attended August meeting with guest speaker Kait Hilliard. Kait is a guild member and owner of Coachella Valley Yarn LLC, in La Quinta California. Kait told us all about this year’s H+H Americas trade show in Chicago, IL. We loved seeing the 2025 yarn and fiber trends. Kait’s, presentation…
July
Our July meeting was on Zoom with a fabulous member speaker, Jeffery Pinkston. Jeffery’s presentation titled, “Yarn First, Patterns Later”, gave us loads of inspirational tips on how to pick patterns for our beautiful (and maybe impulsive) yarn purchases. His vast list of resources was colorful, fun and modern. Jeffery’s presentation and resources are available…
June
Our June meeting was conducted via Zoom. We hosted guest speaker, Marie Green of Olive Knits, who talked about her love of knitting and showed us examples of her products and services. We had a wonderful Show and Share as well. Download the Show and Share below to see more.
May
Our May meeting was our last in-person meeting until October. We will meet via Zoom during the Summer months. This month we learned some helpful ways to fix our knitting mistakes. Members were encouraged to bring their problem projects and get help. We wrapped up with a fabulous show and share event where members brought…
April
We had a wonderful April meeting with guest speaker, Kyle Kunnecke, general manager of Makers Mercantile. He showed us all the wonderful new yarns for spring knitting. We also had a fantastic show and share thanks to our wonderful members. Click on the download below to see what was shown.
March
Rock The Sock Luncheon We had a fantastic KGD Luncheon at the Classic Club in Palm Desert. We had a great Stash Sale and Fashion Show. Many, many attendees won raffle prizes and door prizes donated by some of our wonderful members and sponsors. Congratulations to member Joan Cohee who won our Grand Prize. Congratulations…
February
We had a very well attended February meeting! Our guest speaker, Amy Snell, showed us several techniques for improving the fit of our hand knitted socks. She also provided us a helpful handout which was delivered to our members via email. To learn more about Amy, visit her website, devious knitter.com. Ann Dunn was the…
January
We had a very well attended January meeting with Guest Speaker Catherine Petitti. Catherine told us about herself and how her business, Red Barn Yarn, came to be. Catherine brought samples of her beautiful hand painted yarns for purchase. We celebrated birthdays and talked about our March 3 2025 Luncheon and Fashion Show at the…
December
Our December meeting was fun and full of surprises! Kait Hilliard of Coachella Valley Yarn gave a wonderful trunk show featuring Ambah Obrien patterns made with Koigu Yarn. Kait has kits available while supplies last. See the slide show below for more information. Sue Dunning won the Block of the Month (BOM) Prize. Thank you,…
