Speakers

Upcoming and recent speaker information is found on the news blog page.

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2024/2025 Speakers (subject to change)

September 2025 – Barb Barone and Cynthia Hyslop, former yarn store owners and now the creators of Yarniversity by River City Yarns offer on-line courses, tutorials and share their knowledge.
October: Jon Hetts of ULA+LIA
November: Jane Thornley
December: Aleks Byrd
January: Pam, Little Red Mitten
February: Gianna McGrath, GEM Made Designs

2023/2024 Speakers

May 2024 – Stephanie Earp – Recent trends and reports from mainstream fashion, observations from the point of view of a local yarn shop, overview of natural and man-made fibres
April 2024 – Sally Melville – The most common mistakes knitters make
March 2024 – Laura Nelkin – All the things that can be done with a stitch saver
February 2024 – Taiu Landra, Koigu Wool Designs
January 2024 – Amy Singer, editor of Knitty Magazine
December 2023 – Julie Crawford, creator of Knitted Bliss, teaching how to embroider on knits
November 2023 – Alexis Hoy – Merging Genres: Finding the bridges in your creativity
October 2023 – Sandi Rosner, Learning Short Rows: how, why and where to use them
September 2023 – Fiona Ellis – Jump Start your Creativity

May 2023 – Alexa Ludeman from Tin Can Knits: Mini Workshop – Design a Colourwork Yoke
April 2023 – Fiona Ellis: Let’s Twist Again!
March 2023 – Sylvia Olsen: History of the Cowichan Sweater & the Coast Salish knitters
February 2023 – speaker cancelled
January 2023 – Kirk Dunn: Bringing Knits Alive
December 2022- Chris Liszak: Wet Felting
November 2022 – speaker cancelled
October 2022 – Christine LeGrow & Shirley Anne Scott: Saltwater Knits
September 2022 – Sally Melville: My Life in Knitting

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