We have a vacancy on the committee of the Handknitters Guild. We are looking for a member to join the committee. This is a volunteer position. The committee meets each month prior to the Sit and Knit meeting. This is a great opportunity to help to support and build the Guild. Any member who is interested [...]
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Vacancy – Committee Member
Posted in Membership on April 30, 2011 |
Charity Knitting Donations – September 2010
Posted in Membership, Miscellaneous on November 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
During the month of September 2010, the Guild received from our members the following charity knitting items : 70 Anglicare Squares (to be made into blankets) 5 sets of baby bootees, 15 cardigans and 6 beanies for the Carol Chisholm Society (http://www.carolinechisholmsociety.com.au/) 16 beanies for the Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory A very big thank you [...]
Library News
Posted in Library, Membership, Miscellaneous, Sit and Knit meets on September 1, 2010 |
New titles New books purchased for the library are:- The Great North American Afghan, Knitting the Perfect Pair which is a sock book, The Little Box of Scarves which has 20 cards of rather nice scarves, Colour Knitting Techniques and Jean Greenhow’s The McScarecrow Clan. Computerised Library Catalogue In the near future our library will [...]
Thank you and Welcome to new members
Posted in Events, Membership on September 1, 2010 |
Thank you A big thank you to those members who spent a half day at the Handknitters Guild stand at the Quilt and Craft Fair. It would appear that four persons per half day session was quite adequate enabling one or two to spend time away from the stand to look around or participate in [...]
Charity Knitting – Marsupial Pouches
Posted in Events, Membership, Miscellaneous, Sit and Knit meets on September 1, 2010 |
A thank you from the marsupials and possums for their lovely knitted pouches. Over 2000 pouches have been passed on to the Wildlife Victoria Carers and are very much appreciated. Thanks to everyone who has knitted these pouches. As part of our Charter, the Handknitters Guild Inc support many charities by knitting garments and items for them. Amongst these are Wildlife Victoria with [...]
Quilt and Craft Fair
Posted in Events, Membership, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Quilt and Craft Fair is on again from Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 July 2010. Come and visit us in the Guild Row (usually the last row from the main entrance). We will be displaying our Raffle Rug and selling $2 raffle tickets. Also on display will be a sample of the charity knitting [...]
Handknitters wanted
Posted in Membership, Miscellaneous on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Handknitters Guild receives a steady request from members of the public looking for people who would like to knit garments, etc for them for a cost. If you are a member of the Handknitters Guild and are interested in taking on this type of knitting please email the Guild at hkguild@gmail.com with your kniting experience, preference [...]
July 2009
Posted in Events, Membership, Miscellaneous, Sit and Knit meets on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Join us at our next ‘Sit and Knit’ meeting from 2 p.m. on Sunday 5 July at Ross House, 147 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Raffle tickets are still on sale and cost just $2. The knitted blanket made by our members looks fantastic. The blanket received great comments when it was on display last Saturday at [...]
Happy New Year
Posted in Events, Membership, Sit and Knit meets on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year to you all. Our first ‘Sit and Knit’ meeting for 2009 will be held on Sunday 1 February between 2 and 5 p.m. at Ross House. Please bring along your finished block for the Raffle Rug. If you are having difficulties please see Shirley at the meeting. Teresa Dair, owner of Dairing in Richmond [...]
Welcome to our new members
Posted in Membership, Miscellaneous on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to our new members who are Patricia, Anne, Carol, Nola, Rhonda, Allison, Anja, Heather, Glenn, Nola and Cheryl. Hope to see you all at the Sunday Sit and Knit meetings and upcoming events.
