Knitting Guild Association
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The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA) is the largest knitting association in the United States
. It has 10,000 members in the United States and abroad, and is dedicated to promoting knitting and knitting education. Members are individual knitters, and there are also local guilds who belong to TKGA. To date there are 290 local knitting guilds affiliated with TKGA. Each receives an e-newsletter from TKGA and can access a member guild page on the Web site. The Knitting Guild Association's headquarters is in Zanesville, Ohio
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Each TKGA member receives CAST ON magazine from TKGA in the mail each quarter. Cast On is "The Educational Journal for Knitters" and is filled with valuable lessons and patterns for all levels of knitting. Members can take TKGA correspondence courses by mail and can enroll in a three-level Masters Program where they can earn a Master Knitting certificate and pin. Members also have access to articles and free patterns in a members-only area of the TKGA Web site. Members gather at least once a year at the The Knitting Guild Association's Annual Conference to share their knitting projects, increase their knitting skills, shop for supplies and gain inspiration from one another.
Founded in 1984, TKGA held its first conference in 1985. The Knitting Guild Association celebrated its 25th anniversary at the 2010 conference, held July 9-10, 2010, at the Radisson Hotel/Center of New Hampshire, in Manchester, New Hampshire
. The conference included classes, fashion shows, shopping opportunities and Silver Anniversary celebrative events for knitters.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It has 10,000 members in the United States and abroad, and is dedicated to promoting knitting and knitting education. Members are individual knitters, and there are also local guilds who belong to TKGA. To date there are 290 local knitting guilds affiliated with TKGA. Each receives an e-newsletter from TKGA and can access a member guild page on the Web site. The Knitting Guild Association's headquarters is in Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,586 at the 2000 census.Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane, who had constructed Zane's Trace, a pioneer road through present-day Ohio...
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Each TKGA member receives CAST ON magazine from TKGA in the mail each quarter. Cast On is "The Educational Journal for Knitters" and is filled with valuable lessons and patterns for all levels of knitting. Members can take TKGA correspondence courses by mail and can enroll in a three-level Masters Program where they can earn a Master Knitting certificate and pin. Members also have access to articles and free patterns in a members-only area of the TKGA Web site. Members gather at least once a year at the The Knitting Guild Association's Annual Conference to share their knitting projects, increase their knitting skills, shop for supplies and gain inspiration from one another.
Founded in 1984, TKGA held its first conference in 1985. The Knitting Guild Association celebrated its 25th anniversary at the 2010 conference, held July 9-10, 2010, at the Radisson Hotel/Center of New Hampshire, in Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...
. The conference included classes, fashion shows, shopping opportunities and Silver Anniversary celebrative events for knitters.