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This page contains brief items too short for Knitters News, plus links to highlighted Knitters News items of special interest. It does not replace Knitters News.
New, special items of interest Around the Internet and Other Items of Interest can be found near the bottom of this page.
Membership – The 2025 Directory is available. See the latest news here, including how to get your updated name badge insert. If you haven’t renewed yet, options for payment are included. You must be a paid 2025 member to register for 2025 workshops (see the next item for details).
Square® Service Charge Increase – Square®, the payment processing service that the Guild uses for in-person card charges, has increased its service fee. Our standard card-present processing rate is currently 2.6% + 10¢; it will increase to 2.6% + 15¢. This is only a five-cent increase. The new rate takes effect March 27, 2025.
Workshops – Online registration is here! Click on any 2025 workshop link from our Workshops in 2025 listing for full details on how to sign up and payment options. Don’t miss out – pay your 2025 membership online now to make sure you are eligible for these great workshop opportunities.
Show and Share – In-person Show and Share resumes at the March 2025 meeting. You can also submit photos of your projects for our Virtual Show and Share gallery. Instructions for submitting are at the bottom of all Show and Share pages. Links to older galleries going back three+ years can be found here.
Social Knitting – Opportunities for social knitting have been updated and are listed under the Calendar tab (linked here).
Ravelry – Check out our Ravelry SDNCKG group page where you can find special announcements not available on the Guild website and a link to the Guild’s library on Ravelry. Members can post questions and provide information about non-Guild events (the forum is moderated and inappropriate posts may be edited or removed).
The Guild is on Instagram – The Guild has a social media account on Instagram. Expect to find announcements, reminders, workshop news, and more. If you have an Instagram account, scan the QR code to the right and click the follow button – or search for SanDiegoKnitters while in Instagram.
Guild Library – The Guild has an extensive library full of knitting and crochet pattern books and related resources. It’s easy to check out books and pick them up (and later return them) at in-person Guild meetings. Details here.
Did you know? We have a number of talented Guild members who are published designers; you can see many of their designs and patterns on Ravelry (their Ravelry IDs appear in parenthesis). Members include, in alphabetical order: Irina Anikeeva (hibis411), Claudia Carlson (FibertoFabric), Wendy Gaal (socalknitgirl), Renate Kamm (oberpfalzerin), Mary Martin (MaryWMartin), and Cally Monster (Monster Knits). Let us know if we are missing your or another member’s name!
Around the Internet
Fiber-related stories
- From Shears to Sweaters, an experimental new exhibition examines the long, wooly relationship between humans and sheep.
- Meet Delilah Designs, the creator of Free People’s knit swan sweater.
- At 92, Olga de Amaral is still pushing fiber art forward.
- Equipment from Jaggerspun’s shuttered mill will live on at a Maine Farm (Gealach Fola Acres, also a new Ravelry group).
- How did three humble cabins in a Kentucky forest evolve into a thriving textile arts community?
Knitting Resources:
- NEW! TechKnitter offers different tricks for working in many, many ends.
- As knitters we often find problems with colors bleeding, especially with hand-dyed yarns. Undercover Otter has compiled a detailed article on the topic at their site.
- Clara Parkes maintains a list of Upcoming Knitting and Fiber Events around the world on her Knitter’s Review website – check it out here.
- Need information or help in substituting one yarn for another for a project – check out Yarnsub.com
Podcast News – Fruity Knitters podcasts can be found here. And don’t forget Arne & Carlos’ Sit and Knit for a Bit.
Other Items of Interest
Quilter Activities – For members who quilt – you can find news about local quilting events on the Guild’s Ravelry SDNCKG group page in the discussion topic “Quilt Notices.” Check our Ravelry Group page for any update.
Local museums:
- Mingei International Museum. The Mingei is a wonderful museum of arts and crafts (with a cafe), located in Balboa Park. Check it out at Mingei.org/whats-on.
- Visions Museum of Textile Art. Located in Liberty Station; check it out at VMOTA.org
- The San Diego Museum of Art. Check the San Diego Museum of Art’s website for information and events.
- County Art Museums. Here is a link to a listing of all museums in San Diego County. Check individual websites for details.
Have information about events around the county which may be of interest to Guild members? Submit to Webmaster@SanDiegoKnitters.com
– Sydnie Wauson, Webmaster
