Lighthouse Knitting Guild of Maine

06/08/2026

World Wide Knit in Public Day is Saturday, June 13th. Let's Show our community that we are proud to be knitters! Lighthouse Knitting Guild of Maine will be at the Veteran's Memorial Park in Raymond (1298 Roosevelt Trail) just across from Good Life Market.

Worldwide Knit in Public Day has been celebrated every year since 2005 in communities both large and small in the US and abroad.
For our celebration, we will have a gazebo (or canopy if the gazebo is not available) set up in the park. You can park your car in the main parking lot. Overflow parking will be available at the Good Life Market. The Market will also be available for bathroom trips, or to purchase a beverage or yummy snack/meal! You will need to bring your own chair and of course, your knitting! Come join us! If the weather looks ugly, cancellation info will be posted on our website, our page, our Ravelry page and in an email to members.

Members- we will also be distributing the mini-skeins for our Maine Fibershed project. Stop by to pick out your favorite to participate in the August KAL.

06/05/2026

Meeting Reminder!
Come Relax with some Social Knitting Time!
Saturday, June 5th
12:30-3:00 pm at the WRAE
(building behind the Windham High School)

We could all use extra knitting time in our day to just relax and recharge, so please plan to come join us! We will be launching our next KAL to benefit the Dempsey Center and Jen T will have all the details (also available on our website under the Knitting for Others tab. We will also be going over all the last-minute details for our Worldwide Knit in Public Day event on June 13th in Raymond. Plus, there will be plenty of time for your wonderful Show & Shares and of course, KNITTING! Grab that knitting bag and come join us!

>>Members- we will have a selection of acrylic yarns available at this meeting for our upcoming charity knitting projects including some sock weight yarns!

05/03/2026

Have you started planning your knitted "chicken project" yet? 🐥

Hey there crafty peeps! 🐥 the running theme through this year’s fair will be the “wonderful world of poultry!”
You could rule the roost with your Exhibition Hall entries of paintings, photographs, knit items, sewing, quilting- the possibilities are endless! Don’t chicken out - get those poultry pieces ready for entry! No need to put all your eggs in one basket - you can enter multiple items!!! Who knows - you might create something as rare as hens teeth!
We’ll all be walking on eggshells until the entries are judged!!!

(AI created photo by Judy Taylor)

04/30/2026

MEETING REMINDER
Saturday, May 2nd
12:30-3:00 pm at the WRAE
(building behind the Windham High School)
Featuring An Introduction to the Maine Fibershed
with Pat Harpell beginning at 1:00 pm
This will be a terrific mini workshop to learn more about our wonderful Maine based Fibershed! Pat will be introducing us to "what is a FiberShed". She will be discussing the importance of local fiber to our economy and how small changes in our fiber choices can add up to significant changes to our local ecosystems. Pat will take us on a "tour" of Maine's rich fiber farms via a garland of local fiber swatches that range from alpaca to yak and help us learn what is needed to go from shorn sheep to a locally produced yarn. She will also sharing a fun KAL opportunity with us to help promote Maine produced fibers. More details on the KAL will be coming soon, so stay tuned! In the meantime, learn more about the Maine Fibershed HERE
PLUS - We will also be wrapping up our Carissa Browning KAL with our prize drawing, so be sure to bring your completed Browning projects to be eligible. Add to that our regular Show & Share, updates on upcoming activities, and plenty of social knitting time.
Be sure to mark your calendar to join us!
Maine Fibershed

04/26/2026

TKGA is having a knitting retreat right in our New England neighborhood - Check it out!

Kate Atherley will be teaching at our Knitting Retreat November 5-8, 2026, in Manchester, New Hampshire. See the exciting classes she will be teaching at TKGA.org/retreat.

Registration opens Friday, May 1, 2026 at 12noon Central (10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern). Space is limited to the first 50 who sign up. Space sells out quickly so mark your calendar to register!
https://tkga.org/contests-events/retreat-2026/

04/24/2026

Maine is so fortunate to have so MANY WONDERFUL Local Yarn Stores and we love them all! This Saturday is Local Yarn Store Day, so please plan to stop by your favorite store (or several!) and see what's new. Many of them are planning special sales, events and giveaways to check out!

04/09/2026

>>>Meeting Reminder

04/02/2026

03/28/2026

If you are looking to add to your yarn stash and you live near one of these Mardens locations, this sale may need to be on your weekend "to-do" list!

03/25/2026

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