Amy Hawley

President

(Term 1, Year 3)

Amy was taught to knit by her grandmother when she was seven years old. Her grandmother needed help making small scarfs for a church bazaar, and thus began Amy's love for charitable knitting. Amy temporarily put her knitting on the back burner when she got married and started a family, but in 2006 she took up knitting again, taking classes at local knitting stores and challenging herself to learn more techniques. Amy has a project with her wherever she goes, plus many more on needles at home. She loves all things cables and has visited over 20 yarn shops throughout Minnesota.

Email Amy (presidentmkg@gmail.com) | amyh66

Jess Dahlberg

Secretary

(Term 1, Year 1)

Jess learned to knit in middle school and attempted (but never quite finished) a few garter stitch scarves. Years later, she picked up crochet with her best friend in law school and eventually fell back into knitting. Ever since then, she's been a daily knitter (commuting time for the win!) and has never looked back. She enjoys knitting gifts for friends and family and loves trying new techniques.

Email Jess (secretarymkg@gmail.com) | Jvoigt02

Rose Tobelmann

Treasurer

(Term 1, Year 1)

Rose learned to knit from her mother at the age of ten.  She started knitting on the ends of small paint brushes.  She continued to knit off and on through her teenage and young adult  years and became a more avid knitter after taking a Norwegian sweater knitting class through community education.  Today, knitting has become a passion and knits for charity, herself and her family her stash. She enjoys meeting other knitters and learning new techniques.

Email Rose (treasurermkg@gmail.com) | tobel

Jess Long

Programming Director

(Term 1, Year 3)

Jess learned to knit from her aunt when she was young. She crocheted a little in college, but picked up knitting after college and hasn’t been able to stop since then. When she isn’t knitting, she’s thinking about knitting. Jess always has a pair of socks on the needles.

Email Jess (programmingmkg@gmail.com) | kirbiebird

Shelley Hermanson

Yarnover Director

(Term 2, Year 3)

Shelley has been knitting since 1952. Her mother taught her to knit to keep her quiet. She has chaired the Yarnover committee since 2000.

Email Shelley (yarnovermkg@gmail.com) | Freeda

Dawn Baddeley

Service Director

(Term 1, Year 2)

Dawn learned how to knit from a book, making pair of red mittens shortly after finishing college. She focused on other crafts while raising her family, but rediscovered knitting about 10 years ago inspired by knitting friends. She has an embarrassingly large yarn stash but has an agreement with close friends to empty the stash if something should happen to her before her husband finds out how much yarn is really in there!

See our Charity Knitting Page for more information about our current projects and donation process.

Email Dawn (servicemnkg@gmail.com)

Kathy Lewinski

Member Experience Director

(Term 2, Year 1)

Kathy has always been into crafts, but didn’t teach herself to knit until after college. She really got hooked while living in San Francisco when a friend opened a knitting store. To pitch in, Kathy started knitting up fun (and odd) things for window displays, as well as teaching classes. In the last couple of years, she has started designing her own knitting patterns (many of them available for free on Ravelry!) with toys and mittens being her primary obsessions.

Email Kathy (membershipmkg@gmail.com) | katbaro

Kathryn Beckwith

Volunteer Director

(Term 1, Year 3)

Bio to come.

Email Katie (volunteermkg@gmail.com)

Kate Westlund

Social Media and Technology Director

(Term 2, Year 1)

Kate became enthralled with knitting when she was a young girl and saw a fellow young person knitting on a plane. She implored her mother to teach her everything she knew, which as it turned out was only casting on and knit stitch. Once Kate learned to purl from the book in this very same beginner's knit kit, there was no end in sight. (Although Kate has a penchant for misplacing every day items like keys and sunglasses, she still has and uses many notions from that kit.) Kate is the type of knitter who doesn’t always swatch, which is sometimes obvious in her finished projects.

Email Kate (socialmediamnkg@gmail.com) | khwestlund