Upcoming Featured Guild Event:

March 15, 2025

For our March program-

Please join us for a wonderful early afternoon with our special guest

“Lily Chin” who will be joining us virtually to discuss her -“Faroese Shawl Basics, Top Down and Traditional Bottom Up“

Bio:

What hasn’t Lily done? She was named to the Crochet Hall of Fame in 2015, named a Master Knitter by Vogue Knitting in 1991, and has been involved in some aspect of the fashion industry since age 13. A NYC native, Lily has lived part-time in Los Angeles as well. She’s designed for magazines and yarn companies since 1982.  She’s worked for designers from Ralph Lauren to Diane von Furstenberg, from Isaac Mizrahi to Vera Wang. Her work has been on the backs of supermodels and celebrities.

Lily was officially made fastest crocheter in the world in 2002 international competition. She has authored books in knitting and crochet since 1999 and has online classes and several DVD’s. She writes articles and has been teaching since 1989. Her workshops, lectures and seminars in hand and machine knitting and crochet are conducted worldwide. She’s even had her own line of yarns and patterns from 2005-2008.

Lily has made over hundreds of appearances on television and in print media, from the Late Show with David Letterman to CNN, from the NY Times to the Washington Post. She’s on the cast of PBS’ Knit and Crochet Now tv show for season 13. She is most proud of her teaching skills, using state-of-the-art tech equipment in class so that all can see.

 Lily’s been teaching since 1989 internationally and for all major shows including Stitches & Vogue Knitting & Chain Links & TKGA, she’s taught every month virtually since May 2020.

Program:

Faroese Shawl Basics, Top Down and Traditional Bottom 

Description: The Faroese islands are comprised by eighteen rocky, volcanic islands between Iceland and Norway in the North Atlantic Ocean. A part of the kingdom of Denmark, it is a self-governing archipelago. The lacy Faroese shawls from the region feature unique shaping that helps keep the shawls on the shoulders. Instead of a more familiar triangular, rectangular, or circular shape, Faroese shawls are shaped like butterfly wings. Some have very long ends so they can be tied around the wearer's waist for extra warmth. The most distinguishing characteristic of Faroese shawls is the center back gusset shaping. Each shawl consists of two triangular side panels, a trapezoid-shaped back gusset, an edge treatment, and usually shoulder shaping. Learn how to work these from the bottom up as well as from the top down using miniature samples in class. See the lace pattern possibilities to incorporate them into the shawls.

Join us this Saturday March 15th at the Memorial Library branch.

After all March is the month of Luck and come make sometime to enjoy your knitting with others. This is a great way to learn or show off your talents. We have a wonderful group that would love to meet you.

Hope you are able to join us.

The Guild meeting will be held at the Memorial Branch Library, 3200 Copper Street beginning at 11:00 AM.

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