Members of the MKG board meet to discuss Guild business.

Join us for one of our most exciting meetings of the year: our State Fair round up!

Whether you entered a project yourself or simply want to see the beautiful handiwork of some of your fellow Guild members, the September meeting is always a great celebration of the art of knitting!

Anyone who entered a hand knit item in the 2019 Minnesota State Fair is welcome to come and tell us about it, whether that item won a ribbon or not. We have a few easy guidelines that we ask everyone to please follow.

• Only show hand knit items that you entered in the 2019 Minnesota State Fair. Make sure to bring the judges comments to share with us.

• Please show no more than five items and limit your time to about five minutes. We want everyone to get a chance to show off their entries.

• If you have things to show, they need to sign up before the meeting. We are now offering two ways to do this. You can sign up online here up to one day before the meeting or you can arrive early and sign up in person. We would like to know the pattern and yarn names for each item if possible.

As with our other show & tells, we will be taking pictures of the items to post here on Ravelry and other social media.

This meeting is free and open to the public, however we encourage you to join the Guild so we can continue to offer programs like these.

Tour twenty regional farms with a variety of fiber animals, fibers and food products for sale, and many demonstrations and farm activities for all ages. Maps and information on all of the farms are available here.

Members of the MKG board meet to discuss Guild business.

Save the Date alert!! The Great Guild Getaway Committee has already begun the planning for the 2019 Fall retreat which will be happening October 11-13, 2019 at Camp Knutsen in Crosslake, Minnesota. Multiple events are under development, including a  design contest to celebrate this year’s yarn that was specifically designed for the 2019 retreat, a wonderful marketplace to purchase even more yarn from three vendors, massage therapy for relaxation, and more yarn dyeing classes for the adventurous.  

Retreat participants can choose to be as active as they want to be. Some see and do everything, while others prefer to chat with group members and stick to their knitting! No matter how you choose to manage this weekend, we guarantee you will have a wonderful time. Registration details to come.

Registration will open August 17.

Designer Showcase

The Minnesota Knitters' Guild would like to invite you to spend the evening with some of the Guild's very own pattern designers! In this showcase, you'll get to learn more about these designers and how they started designing. There will be a question and answer session to ask the designers questions related to their design process. Towards the end of the evening, each designer will have their own table for you to individually discuss designing and their patterns and view any samples if the designer has them available.  

There will also be a Show & Tell at this meeting. Sign up before the meeting to show off your latest finished object. Please only one item per person and bring the name of the pattern and yarn used if possible.

Meetings are free and open to the public, however we encourage you to join the Guild so we can continue to offer programs like these.

Members of the MKG board meet to discuss Guild business.

There will also be a Show & Tell at this meeting. Sign up before the meeting to show off your latest finished object. Please only one item per person and bring the name of the pattern and yarn used if possible.

We need volunteers to help at this meeting, please sign up here. 

Meetings are free and open to the public, however we encourage you to join the Guild so we can continue to offer programs like these.