Betsy Hershberg delighted and amazed us in February 2011.

  The Snohomish Knitters Guild meets in downtown Snohomish, Washington on the 2nd Tuesdays of the month. Location: Waltz Building 116 Ave B (click to view map); Snohomish, WA. Doors open at 6:00pm for an impromptu knit group, 6:30pm for Knit Lab. The main program starts at 7pm. After the program we have show and tell for finished projects. The evening concludes at 9pm. We hope you will join us!

Join us for some relaxed tutorials and move between them at your own pace. We will have several stations set up around the room for you to try out some knitted cast ons, for example picot and provisional plus a few others, so bring your yarn and some needles to learn/practice your knitted cast ons. 



Several of our members learned about measuring your body in the free fitting booth, at Vogue Knitting Live and will be sharing some of their tips and measuring expertise to help you find your own measurements for better fitted fiber creations. 


Do you have a project that has you stumped? Come and ask our knit & crochet experts for their help.



For those of you who would prefer to just hang out with your cohorts and work on your latest project, we will have our usual tables set up for that as well!

Fair season is just around the corner. Come and hear some of the fiber department superintendents speak about how to make your project grab the judges' attention (in a good way) and an explanation of the judging system and criteria. Also get some great ideas of projects to enter into the fair.

Here are some of the regional fairs in which you can consider entering your projects or just for enjoying a day at the fair.

Thurston County Fair | 31 July - 4 August                        Entry Submission Dates: 23 July
Stanwood-Camano Community Fair | 2 - 4 August       Entry Submission Dates: 30 - 31 July
Skagit County Fair | 7 - 10 August                                     Entry Submission Dates: TBA
Pierce County Fair | 8 - 11 August                                     Entry Submission Dates: TBA
Northwest Washington Fair | 12 - 17 August                  Entry Submission Dates: 5 - 6 August
Kitsap County Fair & Stampede | 21 - 25 August           Entry Submission Dates: TBA 
Evergreen State Fair | 22 August - 2 September            Entry Submission Dates: TBA
Puyallup Fair | 6 - 22 September                                   Entry Submission Dates: 23 - 25 August

More regional fairs and dates can be found here.

We have rescheduled the Destash Sale to 9 July. Tell all of your neighbors, friends and fiber enthusiasts to come and browse the selection. The sale is open to the public, however selling is limited to members only, so join now to sell your fiber related items that you would like to clear out.

The guild will have its own table here as well, with project worthy buttons from Tin Pan Arts and other fabulous items, with proceeds to benefit the guild.

*Members wishing to sell their own retail products (destashing their inventory) are welcome, however new retail items MUST be marked at sale prices (below retail value).

At this meeting, Aleen will share with us some of the principals of Amy Herzog's book Knit to Flatter. This book "is is about learning to celebrate the body you have been given, and creating sweaters that make you look and feel great." See Aleen's great book review in the upcoming May Newsletter.

Aleen will walk us through some of the principles covered in the book and help us understand how to choose and create the right patterns for our own unique figures. Short rows and darts to improve pattern fit will also be covered.

Join us in celebrating the guild's birthday! We will have cake, door prizes, a raffle, Secret Pal Swap and general fibery fun. Bring your projects to work on while you enjoy the festivities and visit with your friends, fellow guild members and visitors. This is a terrific time to bring your friends and neighbors, so that they can see how much fun the Snohomish Knitters Guild is!

Would you love to get a gift of your own? Join the Secret Pal Swap and create a gift for a fellow guild member to surprise them with at the meeting, when you receive yours. This is perfect for those of us who have longed for a postage-free swap opportunity. Signups are open until 15 May.

We will also be accepting your membership renewals online starting 1 September and at this meeting.

Download and view a PDF log of our past programs and events, by clicking the desired year below.