Members and non-members are invited to picnic and knit/crochet in Stanley Park on Saturday, August 16th, 2008, from 9:00 am to dusk.  Rain or shine.
Location:  at the picnic shelters near the Childrens’ Farmyard & miniature train.  Take the #19 Stanley Park bus on Pender Street or park in the nearby lot. 
Bring a chair or blanket […]

We’ve been toying with you for a while about bringing Susanna Hansson up from Seattle to teach a workshop for us. It’s official now. The weekend workshop will be September 26 to 28th. Susanna Hansson Workshop Registration.
Friday evening Susanna will talk to us about Knitting in Norway: Past and Present or What did Napoleon have […]

When I saw the baby beluga being born at the Vancouver Aquarium the other day a bizarre thought occurred to me, “Boy, that birth was easier than giving birth to our new logo.” Don’t ask me where that thought came from but there it was, full blown.
Read more about the Birth […]

Come out to the Victoria Fibre Festival and Knit-Out for a weekend of knitting and fibre events culminating at Saxe Point Park on Sunday. The event starts this coming Friday, June 20 with a dinner and fashion show. Sign up for a class on Saturday or attend a presentation given by Sivia Harding on […]

Join us for a day of workshops on April 12, 2008. We’re offering four workshops by four different instructors. You’re sure to find something of interest!
Janis W. is teaching Beginning Crochet. By the end of this class you’ll know how to make a square and the four basic crochet stitches.
A […]

Have you ever wanted to be part of something BIG? Then join Knit for Diabetes. Tricia Edgar, the brainchild of the project talked to our members this month.
• Help raise funds for the Canadian Diabetes Association’s diabetes research and education programs.
• […]

by Laura
Hi all! This year I made the trek to New York to deliver mittens that the West Coast Knitters’ Guild had made for my daughter Annie’s class. I am sure that some of you have received a postcard in the mail from some thankful and happy recipient. This was the last year for […]

by Y E.
Sometimes we lose track of where we are in our knitting. I lose track when I do not file my papers. Immediately after the WCKG November 2007 meeting I wrote about Ivan Sayers’ presentation, & lost it. Now I must dig into Yeats’ “rag and bone shop of the […]

Impressions about interacting on the Friday evening at City View Baptist Church, with Lucy Neatby and the audience by Y (Betty Ruth E.) on the morning after, September the 29th, 2007.
Watching the friendly footsteps of Paulette L. with Lucy Neatby as I sat in a car waiting with my fellow knitters, my excitement about […]

Guild member Nigel P. and my dad, Geordie are traveling their way across India this winter. You may be interested in following along with them on their travel blog: Travellin’ Light. Nigel’s most recent post talks about how a turban is wound around the head and likens it to winding a ball […]