InternationalGuilds

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Canada


AlbertaBritish Columbia Manitoba Maritimes New Brunswick Newfoundland Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon


Regional
The Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers

The Canadian Machine Knitting Guild
Sherry Kocher, Box 125, Ballinafad, ON NOB-1HO, 905.877.2944 kocher@globalserve.net

The Knitting Guild of Canada


Alberta

Calgary
Alberta Handicrafts Guild-Weaving
M.J. Glass, 11 Mayfair Road SW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2V 1Y5

Gilli-Hook Heritage Knitters Guild
Jo-Anne Dyment, 116 Westminster Drive SW, Calgary, AB T3C 2T1, 403.242.0231, Dymentg@nucleus.com

Heritage Weavers Association of Calgary

Sheep Creek Weavers
Jane Setka, Box 7, Site 7, RR 8, Calgary, AB T2J 2T9

Camrose
Wild Rose Weavers
Tillie McGuigan, 4619 48th Street, Camrose, AB, Canada T4V 1K9.

Edmonton
Edmonton Croft Weavers Guild
Fran Ferrier, Edmonton AB

Edmonton Weavers Guild

Hand Knitters Guild of Greater Edmonton
Lisa Tomaszewski, PO Box 72083, Edmonton, AB T6B 3A7, 780.986.3222, edmknitguild@yahoo.com

Hand Weavers, Spinners & Dyers of Alberta

Fort McMurray
Knitting Guild of Fort McMurray
Lynn Piercey, 132 Rose Bay, Fort McMurray, AB T9H 2X1, 780.791.2612, lynn.piercey@shaw.wave.c

Fort Saskatchewan
Spinners, Dyers and Handweavers Guild of Fort Saskatchewan
Jane Frey, Box 3132, Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 2T2, spinweave@canada.com

Lethbridge
Lethbridge Handicraft Guild
Celeste Pride, 811-5 Ave South, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1J 0V9

Textile Surfaces Design Guild
Lynn Stevens, Lethbridge AB

Lousana
Twisted Sisters
Donna Hutchinson, Box 29, Lousana, AB, Canada, T0M 1K0

Red Deer
Parkland Handweavers and Spinners Association
Elizabeth Thain, Old Court House #211, 4638 Ross Street, Red Deer, AB, Canada T4N 6B3

The Spinning Jennies
Annette Johnston, Red Deer, AB, glassewe@telusplanet.net

Vegreville
Vegreville Spinners & Weavers Guild
Muriel Prior, Box 1713, Vegreville, AB, Canada T0B 4L0


British Columbia

100 Mile House
South Cariboo Spinners & Weavers Guild
T. Speers, 100 Mile House, BC

Armstrong
Tzouhalem Spinners and Weavers Guild
Homespun Haven, RR#4, C-5, Knob Hill South, Armstrong, BC, Canada V0E 1B0

Campbell River
Midnight Shuttles Guild of Spinners & Weavers

Chilliwack
Chilliwack Weavers & Spinners Guild

Denman Island
Denman Island Spinners & Weavers' Guild
Rae Ellis, 2703 Piercy Road, Denman Island, BC, V0R 1T0, 604.335.2695

Duncan
Shuswap Spinners and Weavers

Tzouhalem Spinners and Weavers Guild
Barbara Dowd, Box 676, Duncan, BC, V9L 3Y1, b-wdowd@seaside.net

Gabriola Island
Gabriola Weavers & Spinners
Jean Brown, Gabriola Island, BC

Golden
High Country Fibre Arts Build
Arlene Cochran, Golden, BC

Hudson Hope
North Peace Spinners & Weavers

Kamloops
Kamloops Arts & Crafts

Needlemania Guild
Janet Payne, 4840 Beachview Place, Kamloops, BC V2H 1M5, 250.578.0056, jaknits@shaw.ca

Thompson Valley Weavers Guild
Sandra Tucker, Kamloops BC

Kelowna
Ponderosa Spinners Weavers and Fiber Artists Guild

Kimberley
Kimberley & District Fiber Artists Guild
Viviene Henriksen, Kimberley BC

Langley
Crazy Clackers Langley Weavers & Spinners Guild
Marilyn O'Malley, 9749 206A Street, Langley, BC, V1M 2K9, 604.882.1808

Westcoast Knitters Guild
Nancy Vivian, 5051 - 203rd. Street, #36, Langley, BC V3A lV5, 604.534.3478, marion_topping@telus.net

Maple Ridge
The Passionknit Club
Kathie Chiu, 22188 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 9K2, 604.463.8296, Kathie_Chiu@can.salvationarmy.org

Whonnock Weavers Spinners

Merritt
Sagebrush Spinners and Weavers

Mission
Mission Weavers and Spinners

Nanaimo
Mid-Island Weavers and Spinners Guild
St. Paul's Anglican Church Hall, Nanaimo BC

Nanoose Bay
Nanoose Bay Weaver's and Spinners Guild

Parksville
Qualicum Weavers and Spinners Guild

Port Alberni
West Coast Weavers and Spinners Guild

Powell River
Powell River Dogwood Tabbies
7216 Hazelton Street, Powell River, BC V8A 1R2

Powell River Fine Arts, Weavers & Spinners
Gloria Bond, Powell River, BC

Prince George
Prince George Weavers' and Spinners' Guild

Quesnel
Quesnel Spinners & Weavers Guild

Richmond
Richmond Spinners and Weavers Guild
Ivy Michaels, Richmond, BC

West Coast Knitters
Paulette Lane, Minoru Cultural Centre, 100-7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond/Vancouver, BC V6Y 1R8, 604.291.9999, paulette_lane@msn.com

Robson
Selkirk Weavers & Spinners Guild
PO Box 180, Robson, BC, Canada V0G 1X0

Royston
The Woolgathers
Mellva Olson, 3985 Island Highway, Royston, BC V0R 2V0

Sidney
Deep Cove Weavers and Spinners Guild
Box 20173, Postal Outlet #1, Sidney, BC V8L 5C9

Island Shuttle
Diane Cross, 9600 Third Street, Sidney, BC V8L 2Z9

Sooke
Sooke Handspinners
Bev Walker, RR 2, Woodhaven Road, Sooke, BC V0S lN0

Surrey
The Jolly Yarners' Knitting Guild
Surrey/White Rock, BC, 604.538.9342

Peace Arch Weavers & Spinners Guild

Vancouver
Greater Vancouver Weavers and Spinners Guild

West Coast Knitters
Marion Topping, 7430 Angus Drive, Vancouver, BC V6P 5K2, 604.261.1508, marion_topping@telus.net

Vernon
Kalamalka Weavers & Spinners

The Vernon Knitters' Guild
Corinne Main, #8 3100 35th Street, Vernon, BC V1T 9H4, 250.545.8334, dcmain@workshopbc.com

Victoria
The Newport Knitters
Ami Ayre, 539 Newport Avenue, Victoria, BC V8S 5C6, 250.370.7799

Victoria Handweavers and Spinners Guild
Lee Valentine, PO Box 6358, Depot 1, Victoria, BC V89 5M3

Victoria Knitters' Guild
Joy Fox, 54571 Old West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC V9E 2A7, 250.744.1621, joyefox@shaw.ca

Williams Lake
Williams Lake Spinners and Weavers Guild
Dorothy Unrau, 651 Hodgson Road, Williams Lake, BC V2G 3P8

Wilson Creek
Sunshine Coast Spinner's and Weaver's Guild
Meets first Monday of the month 12:30 to 3:00 at St. John's United Church Hall, Davis Bay Road, Wilson Creek. Contact: Celeste Colbourne, RR 26, 2055 Sunshine Coast Hwy., Roberts Creek, British Columbia V0N 2W6 Canada (604) 886-1465 spinsters-loft@dccnet.com


Manitoba

East St. Paul
Manitoba Yarnspinners
Tom Howard, 2415 Bray Road East, East St. Paul, MB R2E 1E4, thoward9@mb.sympatico.ca

Sandy Hook
Interlake Knitter's & Crocheter's Guild
Sharon Chittick, Box 148, Sandy Hook, MB R0C 2W0, 204.389.5707, Knitnut86@yahoo.ca

Thompson
Thompson Knitting Circle of Friends
Jurate Gertzbein, 97A McGill Place, Thompson, MB R8N 0H9, 204.677.2116, gertzbeinj@exploration.incoltd.com

Winnipeg
Manitoba Weavers and Fibre Artists (MWFA)

Squash Knitting Guild
Liz Kozoriz, 671 Warsaw Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3M 1B5, 204.284.1628, kozoriz@merlin.mb.ca


Maritimes

St. Joseph Island
St. Joseph Island Spinners
Mireille Gagno Moes, attail@soonet.ca


New Brunswick

Fredericton
Fredericton Knitting Guild
This group meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Stepping Stone Centre, 15 Saunders Street, Fredericton, NB, fredericton-knitting-group@hotmail.com

Moncton
The Moncton Knitting Guild
Catherine Vardy, 34 Johnson Avenue, Moncton, NB E1C 6X8, 506.383.1727


Newfoundland

Holyrood
Textile Guild
Linda Lewis, PO Box 149, Holyrood, NF A0A


Northwest Territories


Nova Scotia

Bedford
The Bedford Knitting Guild
Susan Hannah, 373 Ridgevale Drive, Bedford, NS B4A 3M2, channah@atcon.com

Dartmouth
Knit-Co!
Lucy Neatby, 45 Dorothea Drive, Dartmouth, NS B2W 5X4, 902.434.5179, lucyknit@atcon.com

East Lake Ainslie
Lake Ainslie Weavers and Craft Guild

Halifax
Atlantic Spinners and Handweavers Guild


Nunavut


Ontario

Ajax
Durham Handknitting Guild
Barbara Garland, 119 Clover Ridge Drive East, Ajax, ON L1S 1H1, 905.683.0363, bgsknits@rogers.com

Shuttlebug Weavers and Spinners Guild
Irene McHorg-Coey, 19 Panter Crescent, Ajax, ON LlS 3T4

Ancaster
round the Bay Knitting GuildA

Aurora
The York/Simcoe Knitting Guild
Sarah Smith, 366 Pinnacle Trail, Aurora, ON L4G 7G2, 905.726.2001

The York Region Knitting Guild
15040 Yonge Street, Aurora, ON L4G 1M4, 905.713.2066

York Simcoe Knitting Guild
Sarah Smith, 366 Pinnacle Trail, Aurora, ON L4G 7G2, 905.726.2001, sbsmith@interlog.com

Barrie
The Barrie Knitters' Guild
Elizabeth Fallone, 40 Marshall Street, Barrie, ON, L4N 3S5, 705.726.9692, eliza@mcw.net

Belleville
Quinte Knitters Guild
Ellen Marie Kellaway, Quinte Living Centre, Front Street, Belleville, ON, 613.969.8986 knithunt@mercury.kosone.com

Blackstock
Scugog Shores Spinners and Weavers Guild
Kathlee Petrie, RR 1, Blackstock, ON L0B lB0

Bracebridge
Pine Cone Treadlers Guild
Keitha Boyer, 52 Aubrey Street, Bracebridge, ON PlL 1L9

Burlington
Burlington/Oakville Knitting Guild
Carol Reeve, 1251 Fairview Street, Burlington, ON L7P 2L3, 905.336.7989 reever@istar.ca

Burlington Weavers & Spinners

Campbellville
Cambridge Spinners and Weavers Guild
Barbara Laking, 464 Campbellville Road, RR #2, Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0

Cookstown
Huronia Spinners Guild
June Sorenson, RR 3, Cookstown, ON L0L lL0

Fort Frances
The Borderland Knitting Guild
Maggie Simms, Rural Mail Box 108, RR 1, Fort Frances, ON P9A 3M2

Georgetown
Halton Hands in Motion Knitting and Crocheting Guild
knitting@cogeco.ca

Heritage Handweavers and Spinners
Jane Altobolli, 22 Charles Street, Georgetown, ON L7G 2Z2

Goderich
Huron Tract Spinners and Weavers
PO Box 517 Goderich, ON N7A 4C7

Guelph
Guelph Handweavers and Spinners
Barbara Scott, 87 Liverpool St, Guelph, ON N1H 2L2, Ingrid Boesel 74273.504@compuserve.com

Hanover
Queens Bush Guild
Barb Gemmill, 406 2nd Street, Hanover, ON N4N 1A7

Kilworthy
The Severn/Muskoka Knitting Guild
Anne Russell, 1043 Sparrow Lake Rte D, RR 2, Kilworthy, ON, P0E 1G0, 705.689.1486 imagiknit@muskoka.net

Kingston
Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners
370 King Street West, Box W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4

Kingston Knitters' Klub
Wool-Tyme, 725 Gardiners Road, Kingston, ON, K7M 3Y5, 613.384.3951, wooltyme@kingston.net

London
Forest City Knitters Club
Kathi James, 39 Finsbury Crescent, London, ON N6G 2B3, 519.472.6500

London District HandKnitters' Guild
Susanna Suchak, 324 Mornington Avenue, London ON N5Y 3C1, 519.453.4686, susanna@gtn.on.ca

Milton
Miltons Knitters
Anne Featonby, 7605 Appleby Line, Milton, ON L9T 2Y1, 905.878.7990

Mississauga Knitting Guild
Wannietta Prescod, 263 Ontario Street North #214, Milton, ON L9T 2T7, 905.878.4091, kwp@interhop.net

Minesing
Huronia Spinners Guild
Simcoe County Museum, RR 2, Minesing, ON L0L 1Y0

Minesing
Sticks n' Needles
Susan Simms, The Knitting Habit, 6100 Thorold Stone Road, Niagara Falls, ON, 905.357.9730, yarn2you@knittinghabit.com

Mississauga
The Mississauga Knitting Guild
Mary-Ethel Bradley, Mississauga, ON, 905.277.8473

North Bay
Near North Knitting Machine Club
874 Norman Avenue, North Bay, ON P1B 8C5

North York
North York Knitting Guild
Irene Reed, 630 Conacher Drive, North York, ON M2M 3N3, 416.225.5301, newblum@interlog.com

Orangeville
Orangeville Knitting & Crocheting Group
Tracy Mainwaring, 303 Alder Street, Orangeville, ON L9W4X5, 519.942.9015, tracy-rob.mainwaring@rogers.com

Orillia
Knitting Design Guild
Deb or Lyn Gemmell, 110 Mary Street, Orillia, ON L3V 3E2, 705.326.1900, cabinfever@cabinfever.on.ca

Ottawa
Glebe Knit-Wits
Laurie Kingston, 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 1100, Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7, 613.241.3982, ext. 27, lkingston@ivillage.com

The Ottawa Knitting Guild

Ottawa Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild

Perth
Lanark County Spinners
Linda Eder, ederlj@hotmail.com

Peterborough
Kawartha Hooks and Needles Guild
Christina Pridie, 432 Roger Street, Peterborough, ON K9H 1W9, 705.748.3402

Peterborough Handweavers' and Spinners' Guild

Picton
Ontario Weavers and Spinners Guild
Natalie McPherson, Box 2024, 35 King Street, Picton, ON K0K 2T0

Sarnia
Bluewater Knitting Guild
Barbara Fell, PO Box 716, Petrolia, Sarnia, ON NON IRO, 519.882.2345, bfell@ebtech.net

Sauble Beach
Pottawatomi Spinners and Weavers
Dee Burnlees, 846 6th Street North, RR l, Sauble Beach, ON N0H 2G0

Sault Ste. Marie
Handspinners Guild of Algoma
Pat Beer, 240 Boundary Road, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5B9

St. Catharines
Niagara Handweavers and Spinners
Maxine Westdorp, 31 Appleford Road, St. Catharines, ON L2P 3M2, westdorp@npiec.on.ca

St. George
Knitting Guild of Canada
Cindy Nicholls, PO Box 549, St. George, ON

St. Mary
The St. Mary's Knitting Circle of Friends Knitting Guild
Marlene Weston, Box 1154, St. Mary's, ON, N4X 1B7, lking@execulink.com

Stirling
Belleville Weavers and Spinners
Marilyn Holden, RR 4, Stirling, ON K0K 3E0

Strathroy
Pioneer Treadlers, Spinners and Weavers
Marion Satchwill, 35 Pannel Lane, Strathroy, ON N7G 2C5

St. Mary
The St. Mary's Knitting Circle of Friends Knitting Guild

Timmins
Porcupine Handweavers and Spinners of Northern Ontario
Linda Eder, ederl@vianet.on.ca

Toronto
Downtown Knit Collective

Etobicoke Handweavers and Spinners Guild
Elizabeth Evans, 50 Evelyn Cres, Toronto, ON M6P 3C9, cetkovskievans@rogers.com

Knitters Guild of Toronto

KNITOMATIC

The New Toronto Knitting Club (Machine Knitters)
Chris Judd, 3047 Lakeshore Boulevard West, Toronto, ON, M8V 1K5, 416.251.6858

Toronto Guild of Spinners and Weavers
Enza LoMonaco or Betty Parks, PO Box 244, Station ‘R’, Toronto, ON M4G 3Z9, toronto_guild_of_spinners_and_weavers@hotmail.com

The West Toronto Knitters' Guild
Diane Martin, 4968 Dundas Street West, Etobicoke, ON M7A 1B2, 416.742.9842, hedgecat@idirect.com

Troy
K W Knitters' Guild
Sally Laidlaw, RR #1, Troy, 519.647.3353

Waterloo
The Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters' Guild

K-W Weavers and Spinners Guild
65 Noecker Street, Waterloo, ON N2J 2R6, 519-576-2854

Williamsford
The Queen's Bush Guild
Hilda Wagner, RR 1, Williamsford, ON N0H 2V0

Willowdale
The North York Knitting Guild
Irene Reed, 630 Conacher Drive, Willowdale, ON M2M 3N3, 416.225.5301, rene5301@rogers.com

Woodstock
Oxford Knitters' Guild
Marie Leduc, 778 Wilton Creek, Woodstock, ON N4S 7H3, 519.4211147, mme.leduc@moncourrier.com


Prince Edward Island


Quebec

Hudson
Hudson District Handweavers and Spinners Guild
Betty Petolas, Box 865, Hudson, PQ J0P 1H0

Montreal
The Montreal Knitting Guild

Tisserands Quebec Weavers
4660 Doherty Ave, Montreal, PQ H4B 2B3.

Pierrefonds
The Quebec Dyespin Guild
Tonia van Breevoort, 10548 Belair Drive, Pierrefonds, PQ H0Y 2K7

Toronto
Downtown Knitters Collective


Saskatchewan

Craik
Prarie Wool Weavers

Regina
Cat's Paw Knitters
Deborah Behm, 2815 Quinn Drive, Regina, SK, Canada S4P 2W2

Regina Weavers and Spinners Guild


Yukon

Whithorse
Guild of Canadian Weavers
Julianne Ourom, Secretary, 19 Klondike Road, Whithorse, Yukon, NWT Canada Y1A 3L8, jourom@yknet.yk.ca

The Northern Fibres Guild
Mary Armsrong, B2-302 Steele Street, Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 2C5, 867.668.7964, dogfibres@hotmail.com

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