Regular meetings are free to members. Special Events may have a fee and will be noted. To join any special programs, you must be a member.
September2025
3:30pm to 6:00pm
If we don’t have a speaker lined up, the meeting will be member-led and include a beginner demo and Q and A, then we’ll show some of the more advanced patterning techniques that our machines can do. As always, you are encouraged to show up in person if possible (bring your lunch); the Zoom link will be sent out to members a day or two before the meeting.
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October2025
6:00pm to 8:00pm
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Price: $50
November2025
2:00pm to 4:00pm
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Price: $50
December2025
5:00pm to 9:00pm
Holiday potluck.
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Price: $50
January2026
Sarah Etchison
8:00pm to 9:30pm
ADDITIONAL FEE REQUIRED
Sarah has visited us every January for many years, it has become a guild tradition. She has a wealth of knowledge about all aspects of machine knitting; whatever topic we decide on for 2026 it will be a special day.
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Price: $75
February2026
Sarah Etchison
9:00pm to 11:00pm
Two day weekend retreat. Bring your machine and a project to work on. Get together with other members to learn from each other, relax and have fun, while getting uninterrupted time to work on your machine knitting skills.
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Our meetings are now held both in-person and via Zoom. Usually there’s a guest speaker, some of whom are here in person, others present via Zoom. Which means that we’ve had speakers from all over the world, people who are the rock-stars of our niche. Even if the speaker is joining us on Zoom, it’s still worth showing up in person to the meeting to meet other members in real life, eat lunch together (bring your own sandwich,) see some of the Show and Tell items up close, and get questions answered.
Guild members will receive a Zoom invite the day before the meeting. As well as the guest speaker, there’s a short business/announcements section, then Show & Tell which is often a big hit, our members make some awesome knitwear items.
We currently don’t have a permanent home for our in-person gathering; read each month’s listing carefully for the location. In early 2025 we’ve been using a room at the Ignacio Valley library in Walnut Creek, but it’s not always available.
Speaker: No Speaker
Topic: Enjoy your summer!
Speaker: No Speaker
Topic: Potluck and Sale/Swap No fee for Members Spring-clean your knitting supplies! Get out any surplus yarn, books, machines, accessories and bring them along. If you have a lot of stuff bring a small table if possible, or a blanket to spread your wares on the ground. If you have a large item to sell, consider posting it ahead of time on our new for-sale section on this website to gauge if there’s interest. Bring cash for small purchases, maybe even a checkbook. Sellers should consider what payment methods they can handle, such as Venmo or PayPal. Transactions are between individuals, the guild is not responsible.
Speaker: No Speaker
Topic: Lorem Ipsum es simplemente el texto de relleno de las imprentas y archivos de texto. Lorem Ipsum ha sido el texto de relleno estándar de las industrias desde el año 1500, cuando un impresor (N. del T. persona que se dedica a la imprenta) desconocido usó una galería de textos y los mezcló de tal manera que logró hacer un libro de textos especimen.
Speaker: Terri Laura
Topic: Choosing colors for Fair Isle knitting. This meeting is via Zoom.
Speaker: Presentations by Members
Topic: Nancy: Industrial Cut and Sew necklines Marti: Garter bar, Knitleader. Kirsten: Tracking your patterns and notes about your projects. Alice: LK150 Fair Isle carriage.
Speaker: Diana Sullivan
Topic: "Make an Afghan in a day!" Diana's long-running YouTube channel is famous in the machine knitting world, she is such a great teacher. Diana has also joined us in person several times over the years for two-day weekend workshops. This meeting is via Zoom.
Speaker: No Speaker
Topic: Weekend retreat at San Damiano Retreat Center. Several members got together for a relaxing and fun weekend to work on their projects and learn from each other.
Speaker: Sarah Etchison
Topic: "Pockets, pockets, pockets!" Sarah has been teaching machine knitting for close to 45 years! She is experienced with all brands of knitting machines and enjoys playing with texture and experimenting with the capabilities of the machines. She will be teaching the guild about pockets of all kinds! This is an in-person event.
Speaker: No Speaker
Topic: Holiday party and potluck lunch. Bring any items to swap, sell, or give away.
Speaker: Claire Newberry, from the UK
Topic: Double Bed Jacquard knitting. This meeting is via Zoom.
Speaker: Member Demonstrations
Topic: "Socktober" member demonstrations about making socks either flat or in the round on a flatbed machine, no special sock machine required.
Speaker: Heddi Craft
Topic: Making socks on a vintage or reproduction circular sock machine. This is an in-person meeting.
Speaker: No Speaker
Topic: Summer social with potluck lunch. Bring any items to swap, sell, or give away.
Speaker: Elena Berenghean, from the UK
Topic: Making Magic on the Knitting Machine. Elena has a well-known YouTube channel, Knitology 1x1. Her specialty is hand-manipulated stitches on the machine. She showed us some fairly simple cables and then some advanced techniques, doable with a little patience. This meeting is via Zoom.
Speaker: Carson Holgate
Topic: Hack your knitting machine using AYAB (All Yarns are Beautiful) Carson has a popular YouTube channel, Knitfactoryimpl. Today, she talked about volunteering on an open-source hack to bring our 1980s knitting machines into the 21st century. This is an in-person meeting.
Speaker: Jack Doubrley
Topic: Jack and his wife Katherine, have a long-running YouTube channel, theanswerladyknits. Jack's contribution is that he knows how to repair the machines and was one of the first to start sharing the details of how that is done. Today, he answered member' questions about their machines. This meeting is via Zoom.
Speaker: Sally Butcher, from the UK
Topic: Sally is a tireless answerer of beginner questions in the Facebook groups, she has helped so many people get started. Today she shared how to make a cabled hat, scarf, and mittens on the LK150. This meeting is held via Zoom.
Speaker: Sarah Etchison
Topic: DesignaKnit software.
Speaker: Sue Jalowiec
Topic: Sue is from Knit It Now.
Speaker: Anna Haferman
Topic: Knit a sheep-patterned hat on a machine such as an LK150 that doesn't have automated patterning. This is an in-person meeting.
Speaker: Victoria Salmon from the UK
Topic: Short-rowing. This meeting is held via Zoom.
Speaker: Susan Guagliumi
Topic: An Open Spaces video seminar.
Speaker: Mary Matz
Topic: Sweaters, sweaters, and THE EVERYTHING SWEATER
Speaker: Helen Sharp
Topic: Short Row Shaping and the Garter Bar
Speaker: Ria Burns
Topic: Natural Dyeing of Yarns and Machine Knitting
Speaker: Sarah Etchison
Topic: Shawls and Cover-ups
Speaker: Irene Woods
Topic: Making Sweaters with Yokes on the Knitting Machine
Speaker: Susan Plack
Topic: Knitting Socks in the Round
Speaker: Nic Corrigan
Topic: Nic presents Kurt Payne’s recordings on necklines
Speaker: Claire Newberry, from the UK
Speaker: Carol Scott
Topic: Fabulous fabrics, hems, bands and trim
Speaker: Juan Alcantar
Topic: Shawl collars on single and double beds; Vertical buttonholes
Speaker: Sarah Etchison
Topic: Mosaic and Maze Knitting on the Knitting Machine
Speaker: Helen Kaye
Topic: Sweater Design
Speaker: Olgalyn Jolly
Topic: The Easy, Secret Cut and Bind Neckline
Speaker: Diana Sullivan
Topic: Afghans… and more!
Speaker: Susan Adams
Topic: Planned Pooling
Speaker: Elena Berenghean, from the UK
Speaker: Marie Bruhat