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Master Knitting Program© FAQ's If you're already enrolled in The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA) Master Knitting Program© you can log into the Masters area here. If you are not enrolled and are ready to test your skills, this may be the program for you. The TKGA Master Knitting Program© is a non-competitive and rewarding achievement program for advanced knitters. Program completion culminates in the presentation of the coveted TKGA Master Knitter title and pin. What does it involve? Arenda Holladay has written an insightful article called On Your Way to the Masters: By Hand!, a personal testimony that provides a first-hand account of this creative journey. In addition to knitting samples and garments from written instructions, you will prepare a notebook of research and answers to questions. The Master Knitting Committee will review everything thoroughly, using well-established criteria. It is not unusual for knit or research portions to be returned for rework with constructive suggestions for improvement. (A sample of the program material format can be found at http://www.tkga.com/resources/Sample_of_LevOne_forWeb.pdf in the TKGA Member Login area.) You must successfully complete each Masters Program level before ordering the next higher level. Choose from three separate TKGA Masters Programs (Hand Knitting, Machine Knitting or Passap Machine Knitting). A pin is awarded upon completion of any of these three programs. There is no time limit for participation at any level in the Masters Programs. But if your instructions are more than a year old, you must order (at no additional cost) the most current instruction version for your level. Your completed lessons must comply with that current version. A bibliography of reference materials is included with your program instructions. In addition, you can reference "On Your Way to the Masters" articles in each issue of Cast On. The articles are written by the Masters Program Committee. An online archive of articles from previous Cast On issues appears in the TKGA Web site’s Members Only area. As you work through the program, you can post questions on the TKGA Message Board under the Masters Forum. At least once a week a Masters Committee member will respond to questions posted on the Forum. The questions will be archived so anyone can reference them. Are you ready to begin? See the TKGA Catalog for a description of the program and go to Shop TKGA to place your order. How many Master Knitters are there? This figure, of course, continues to grow. A list of those who have completed the course appears on the Masters Program page of the The Knitting Guild Association Web site. The program began in 1987. From October 2001 (when The Knitting Guild Association staff began entering program details into a database) to mid-November 2006, 1027 people have submitted their workbooks and projects to the Master Knitting Committee in pursuit of a Level One, Level Two or Level Three certificate. How many of the 1027 passed their program level within the same timeframe? A whopping 787! The rest are considered “pending” and are highly likely to finish. Frequently Asked Questions by Those Enrolled in the Program For answers to some of the frequently asked questions (FAQs) by knitters enrolled in the Masters Hand Knitting Program and especially those working through Level One, click here. You can also log onto the TKGA Message Board and post questions in the Masters Forum. A member of the Masters Committee monitors this forum and can officially answer any questions you have as you work through the program. You may even find an answer from when someone else asked your question! MOST RECENT MASTERS PINNING CEREMONY At the TKGA National Conference in Oakland, CA in September 2007, five of the 24 knitters who completed the TKGA Master Hand Knitting Program since the last Conference were in attendance. Master Knitter and former Masters Committee Member Margaret Fisher presented Master Knitter pins to (L-R) Susan Schroeder, Lori Lober, Cheryl Mason and Doreen Stacy. Dawn Seymour who modeled her Masters sweater in the Fashion Show received her pin, as well (far R). Pins were mailed after the Conference to those who were unable to attend but have earned the Master Knitter title.  ROSTER OF TKGA MASTER KNITTERS The list below includes knitters who have passed all 3 levels of their respective TKGA Master Knitting Program (3 levels of Hand Knitting, 3 levels of Machine Knitting, 2 levels of Passap Machine Knitting). Names are listed with the year they passed, plus a note designating any Committee (C) or Committee Co-Chair (CC) service with the Master Knitting Program. Machine Knitting Master Knitters Cole, Pam (03, CC) Darlene Dahlman (03, C) Getty, Marion Reed (96) Hinkhouse, Billie (05) Kornides, Robin (96, C) Merritt, Jennie (98, C, CC - Originally involved in writing the machine program) Miller, Diane (96, C) Moran, Marcia (05) Myers, Marilyn (96, C) Perry, Kathy (99, CC) Scarola, Angela (98, C, CC – Originally involved in writing the machine program) Schultz, Pauline (98) Seaman, Katharine (04 PASSAP version) Smith, Brad (00, C) Teodori, Jo Ann (98, CC - Originally involved in writing the machine program) Hand Knitting Master Knitters Abbey, Joan S. (99) Adams, Nancy S. (97) Agne, Elaine (05) Anderson, Mariette (02) Bacon, Barbara (01, C) Balseca, Gina (04) Bankson (Belokur), Bobbie (95, CC) Barrett, Elisabeth (07) Beebe, Gretchen (06) Behm, Deborah (91) Bents, Ann (02) Berk, Anne (05) Bosket, Dorothy (00) Brennan, Nathley A. (04) Budd, Ann (00) Burke, Mary Sue (08, C) Carter, Jean (08, C) Carvalho, Carol Webb (91) Cea, Kathy (02, C) Chesley, Zina Mae (89) Ciccarelli, Coletta (97) Ciliberti, Valerie (08) Cimino, Susan (96) Condon, Linda (08) Copley, Deborah (08) Cornutt, Pamela (05) Dalton, Kathlene (99) Daniel, Denise (04, C) Digman, Kathleen (89) Dillon, Virginia (89, C) Dixon, Peggy (04) Downey, Elizabeth (00) Dudrow, Pat (97) Eads, Lynette (00) Eakins, Justine (90, C) Ehrlinger, Lorraine (00, C, CC) Elias, Shari (02) Esselstyn, Laverne (99, C) Esser, Susan (91) Fassett, Holly (93) Ferbes, L. Kelly (93) Ferrante, Molly (06, C, CC) Fisher, Margaret (97, CC) Flickinger, Jamie (92) Flickinger, Zaina (06) Forte, Mary (08, C) Franz, Bonnie (99) Fuchs, Pat (05) Gallentine, Ann (02, C, CC) Gargani, Teri (93) Garrett, Cathryn (96) Geddis, Dixie (05) Gilbertsen, Roxanne (98) Graves, Beverly (04) Greenlee, Alice (05, C) Gregory, Judy (09) Halpert, Mary (02) Hammond, Barbara (04) Harper, Sara (00, C) Harris, Jeannine (04) Harris, Robin (07) Helleis, Pamela (98) Henderson, Mary (96, CC) Henry, Judith W. (06) Hinkhouse, Billie (04) Hobson, Sue (UK) (06) Holladay, Arenda (00, C, CC) Holland, Mireille (92) Holmes, Patricia (02) Hopkins, Doreen (03) Hopper, Janet (96) Hoyle, Jacqueline (94) Irving, Sharon (08) Jackson, Judith (06) Jacobsen, Elizabeth (95) Janes, Joan (04, C, CC) Jannotti, Joy (07) Janz, Elsie (99) Jenness, Joan M. (97) Jicha, Victoria (08) Johnston, Ingeborg (97) Kaiser, Inge (97, C) Karras, Ruth Mazo (00) Kay, Nancy (93) Knowlton, Susan (08) Kralicek, Arletha (08, C) Kristy, Rachel (07, C) Kroesen, Stephani (03) Lampe, Jean (90, CC – Originally involved in writing the program) Langlois, Cathy (09) Lee, Teresa (90) Levy, Paula (90) Linscott, Jane (02) Lober, Lori (07) Loughead, Flory (03, C) Lucas, Jerie (91) Mackay, Audra (07) MacNulty, Shirley (88, CC - first Chairman, instrumental in writing original program) Mahoney, Nancy (96) Malich, Ruth (01) Mallette, Connie (00, C, CC) Margaret, Doreen (98) Mason, Cheryl (07) Mates, Kathryn (03, C, CC) Matthews, Roxanna (00) Mattison, Glenda (Canada) (93) May, Dorothy (04, C) McAlhany, Teresa (95) McDermott, Toni (06) McDonald, Ann (04) McLeod, Margaret Elaine (00) McRee, Elaine (98) Meggitt, Kathleen (08) Mestrovich, Betty (93) Minard, Claire (93) Monitor, Shelley (05, C) Montileone, Vanessa (06, C) Mork, Kathy (97, C) Morris, Charlotte (99, C) Mottern, Sharon (99) Mura, Alicebell (89) Myers, Toni (96) Mysse, Janet (89, C) Neer, Diane (91, C) Nelson, Cindy (01, C, CC) Nelson, Shirley D. (90) Nicholls, Cindy (Canada) (94) Oden, Sandra (06) Ogren, Carol (00, C) Ouimette, Joan (02) Paley, Barbara (99) Patrick, Lorna (05) Patterson, Marian E. (95) Perry, Kathy (01) Price, Dorothy (00) Price, Linda (08) Rafferty, Marie J. (03) Rathier, Louise T. (97) Ravenscroft, Moira Kay (06, C) Regan, Anne (03) Reitsema, Catherine (09) Rice, Alice (94) Rickey, Martha (04) Riggs, Kelley (96) Rogers, Terri (97) Sangnontrakul, Somsawat (09) Sasser, Kathy (98) Schofield, Joyce (95) Schroeder, Marcy (04) Schroeder, Susan (07) Schultz, Pauline (96, C) Schwan, Sabina (Binka) (07, C, CC) Scott, Barbara (96 - C, CC) Scott, Betty E. (96) Seaman, Katharine (03) Seitz, Carol (08) Sever, Vicki (05) Seymour, Dawn (07) Shantz, Janet (Canada) (92) Shaw, Jocelyn (91) Shearer, Gail (95, C) Simon, Rebecca (96) Singletary, Carol (08) Smith, Bobbie (04) Soncrant, Gertrude (89, C) Squires, Suzanne (97) Stacy, Doreene (06) Stewart, Carole (02, C) Strahan, Gloria (97) Stroscio, Frances (05, C) Szabo, Janet (97, C) Talley, Audrey (92, C) Tate, Beverly (98, C) Taylor, Jocelyn W. (96) Taylor-Roberts, Nancy (05, C) Terry, Susan (91) Thompson, Leona (02) Tompkins, Charlene (91) Totten, Nancy (06) Turner, Elinor (94) Van Frank, Margaret (92) Vance, Carolyn (06, C, CC) Varga, Lois (95) Unger Kroc, Jennifer (07, C) Waldrop, Andrea (08) Ward (Weiss), Hilary (06) Washburn, Evalyn (98) Weber, Charlotte (05) Wells, Carol (91) Wells, Ruth (94) West, Ellen (07) Whisenant, Ella (91) White, Mary (06) Wight, Faith (89, C) Wilcox, Lisa (09) Williams, Margaret (02) Willoughby, Sylvia (07, C) Wilson, Joanne (93) Wilt, Nancy (88, C) Wood, Patricia (98) Woodard, Robin (08) Young, Eileen Boyle (97) Zeman, Marianne (09) Zimmerman, Kathy (96, C) Zimmerman, Pixie (06) Zotter, Ingrid (97) |
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