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The Dropped Stitch Knitters Guild (DSKG) was formed in 1997 as a local chapter of The Knitting Guild of America (TKGA). We are also a participating guild of the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Council.
Our purpose is to promote knowledge of, and appreciation for, the skills associated with the art of knitting.
Membership is open to anyone interested in knitting. All are welcome from beginning knitters to life-long knitters. Annual dues are $25.
Thursday, September 5 - Sunday, September 15, 2024
Friday, August 23 & Saturday, August 24, 9 am - 5 pm
$5 entry fee per exhibitor, not per individual item.
Premium Books are available online in case you have questions about entry categories. (www.statefair.exponm.com). Go to participate then Competitions then Home Arts.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 9 am - 4 pm
This is new as Pickup Day previously was the Monday after the State Fair closed.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 starting at 9 am in the Home Arts Building
There is no charge for parking or admission on Knitting Display Setup Day.
Monday, September 9, 10 am - 2 pm in the Home Arts Building
There is not charge for parking or admission for volunteers.
DSKG meets the first Saturday of the month, 12:30-2:30, at the North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Avenue, NE Albuquerque (2 blocks north of Paseo Del Norte, immediately west of Wyoming Avenue).
ANNUAL STASH EXCHANGE
FIELD TRIP TO THE MOUNTAIN & VALLEY WOOL FESTIVAL - Santa Fe, NM
COLORWORK
ANNUAL HOLIDAY TEA PARTY & GIFT EXCHANGE
Dropped Stitch Knitters & knitting/crocheting friends lovingly created 52 soft chemo caps that were donated to the Lovelace Cancer Center in Albuquerque, NM, for their cancer patients. Melissa Blacklock, the Lovelace Cancer Center contact, said that the patients were very appreciative of receiving a soft, cozy hat.
Dropped Stitch Knitters & knitting friends sent 22 warm, woolen hats to the Hats for Sailors National Project. They will be distributed in December to a yet unannounced ship or ships.
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If you can help with this worthwhile project, please make a chemo cap and bring it to our next DSKG meeting. We collected 24 caps in March that were donated to the Lovelace Chemo Center. Since caps should be soft, easy to make (so we can make more of them!), and not have holes that would reveal the wearer’s hairless scalp, search on sites like Ravelry for appropriate free patterns.
Hats for Sailors’ mission is to provide deployed sailors of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard with handmade wool hats. Their policy is to supply hats for every sailor on the ship(s) selected. We will continue to collect hats to send each May and November.
Hats must be made from 100% super wash wool. This is for fire safety reasons as other fibers can melt or catch fire resulting in injury. Also, most of the recipients may not know proper washing techniques for wool and we don’t want your work inadvertently felted.
Yarn donations for the prison project should be in the sport weight range or a little heavier for use with medium size crochet hooks. Most often, they receive synthetic yarns but would appreciate natural fibers as well. Lighter weight yarns can be marled together by crocheters who have some experience.
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