Welcome knitters. If you are viewing this page you have probably been thinking about how one would actually start a knitting circle. We have assembled a number of suggestions necessary to make your knitting circle a reality. We hope that the following information will help you feel more confident about starting a knitting circle. We believe you can follow in our footsteps, tweaking details to match your particulars to make your circle suit your community and group dynamics. As always please let us know what works for you and your group.

Navigation

There are several ways to navigate through the Circle Basics. If you know what you want to learn, click on that topic in the side bar or on the links in the paragraphs below.

How to start

For every project there is a beginning. The beginning for a knitting circle is the desire of two or more people to gather together to share their love of knitting. To accomplish this you will need a comfortable place to meet, a date and time for your meeting and a general focus for your group’s activities. Read full Starting a Knitting Circle article.

Meeting place

Every city has many possible places for a circle to meet. For us this was the trickiest part of getting our circle started. We live in a small community and while there is a variety of locations we needed something that would suit small numbers while we grew our circle. It is important that you chose a place whose price is within your means and in an location where knitters will feel comfortable. Read how to find a Knitting Circle Meeting Place article.

Promotions

Promoting your circle is vital to letting everyone in the community know about your newly formed knitting circle and its meeting dates. Word of mouth is a great way to get your message out especially if you are affiliated with other organizations. However to reach a larger audience you will need to use other more traditional means to communicate with potential new members. The promotions section has sample posters and sample newspaper ads for you to use as well as basic promotional ideas. Read full Knitting Circle Promotions article.

First meeting

It is often said that you only have one chance to make a first impression, the same could be said about a first meeting. The knitting circle you dreamt of starting will be competing with many other community activities for members and their time. It is important that you are prepared, relaxed and ready to welcome your new guests. We will show you how to take care of all the little details of the first Knitting Circle Meeting.

Charity

We found very early on in the existence of Knitting Circle Armstrong that the members were very eager to knit items for those less fortunate. Even at our very first meeting we discussed the possibilities for charity projects. Every community has organizations that welcome and need knitted goods. There are also many project ideas that work well as donated items. Read full Knitting Circle Charity article.

Circle resources

In this section you will find a number of page templates that we used for organizing information for our circle. We have included the first meeting documents as well as some sample posters. We are happy to share them with you to make your job of organizing a bit simpler and will add more in the future. Read all about Knitting Circle Resources.

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