Friday 28 February 2014

KNITTING AND CROCHET GUILD

Founded in 1978, the Knitting and Crochet Guild are a national charity dedicated to UK domestic hand knitting, machine knitting and crochet. It is run by volunteers and supported by subscriptions and donations. They have held exhibitions and run courses and workshops as part of their education programme. (this could be something to consider as a means of introducing the community to our project) They also have displays at national yarn fairs to share and develop skills, knowledge and enthusiasm about knitting and crochet.

"to be the leading national voluntary organisation for knitting and crochet in the UK, by working for the benefit of members and promoting education, innovation and preservation for the crafts of crochet, hand knitting and machine knitting"

SlipKnot is the journal for the Guild that has been published since its foundation. The aim was to tackle the subjects of hand knitting, machine knitting and crochet at a higher technical level, encouraging critical approaches to techniques and historical study and also recording contemporary developments.

The Guild is based at Unit 4, Lee Mills Industrial Estate, St Georges Road, Scholes, Holmfirth (investigation into why this place was chosen, could look at history of the area). Preservation is one of the key aims of the Knitting and Crochet Guild, it has collected material relating to domestic knitting and crochet in the UK.
Items from the Knitting & Crochet Guild's collection



THEIR AIMS

  • supporting a network of local and regional groups which engage and encourage members to take part in the whole range of Guild activities
  • publishing the journal, SlipKnot, which is written by and for members
  • preserving a select collection of historic and modern knitting and crochet of museum quality and interest, and a collection of patterns, magazines, periodicals, books yarn samples and shade cards which are made available to members and other interested people for reference purposes and for loan where feasible
  • developing the website as a reference source for members and others


REFERENCES
http://www.kcguild.org.uk

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