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MKG Winter Knitaway!
When: Friday, January 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM through
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.
Location: Heidel House Hotel & Conference Center
653 Illinois Ave.
Green Lake, WI 54941
MKG Registration Fee: $120 – This event is open to MKG Members ONLY.
Event Hosts: Amber Lucsay, Nancy Hilmanowski, Anne Eudaly and Deb Nyquist
Description:
Bring your unfinished projects and enjoy a fun-filled weekend with fellow Guild members.
Registration Includes: Exclusive event yarn (or spinning fiber), prize entries for special door prizes, and exclusive access to 3 onsite vendors.
The registration for this event is through MKG and the Hotel rooms
are booked directly with Heidel House:
https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/BT01L2
75 rooms have been blocked (22 Lake View Double Queen, 5 Lake View Double Queen no balcony,
4 Lake View Double Queen no double sleeper, 2 Standard King,
2 Standard King ADA, 38 Standard Double Queen, 2 Standard Double Queen ADA)
- there are more if needed. Discounted room rate, $150 - $170/night - double occupancy.
Must be reserved by Dec 29th and secured with a credit card (block then released)
Vendors:
Star Knits (https://www.starknits.net)
Flaxen Fleece (https://www.flaxenfleece.com)
Sugar River Yarns (https://sugarriveryarns.com)
Meals:
On your own, at Heidel House, delivery, or in town.
A-L bring snacks on Friday
M-Z bring snacks on Saturday
Please note that you must bring home any leftovers of snacks that you bring to this event!
Dinners available at Heidel House: Call to make reservations with your friends,
to guarantee availability. Other restaurants are available in the
community for lunches or dinners as you desire.
There will be a Keurig machine available to use.
Please bring your favorite K-cups for use or to share.
We will supply some coffee & hot cocoa pods.
Please bring your own coffee mug and water bottle to reduce waste.
Questions? Email winterknitaway@madisonknittersguild.com
Reminder, the Madison Knitters Guild has a no refund policy.
Registration
Upcoming events
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01/16/2026 11:00 AMHeidel House Hotel & Conference Center
December 8th, 2025
Speaker: Lauren McElroy - Mother of Purl
Not Just Knitting: Living a Creative Life - A Talk and Meditation
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Our knitting can open unexpected doors within and without ourselves. Leading us to to deeper expression and authenticity. Drawing from personal experience, storytelling, meditative and creative practice Lauren will expand our ideas about what creativity is and how it can show up and sweeten every aspect of our lives. It can be “just knitting” or it can be a metaphor and a practice for self discovery.
When we think, imagine and act in the direction of our deepest inspirations we cultivate within ourselves deep peace and joy that can spread to our communities and to the world. We all know about the “rabbit hole” that is knitting, first we get into knitting then we dabble in spinning, weaving, dyeing, etc, and soon enough we end up with a farm and some sheep, but what if it wasn’t a trap, what if it was calling us into a lifelong practice of growth, surprise, and playfulness that leads us home to ourselves and enriches everything it touches.
Before we end our time together Lauren will guide a meditation to help us tap into our inherent creativity and inspiration and then open it up to the wisdom of the group to show us how many more things we can do with yarn.
Lauren McElroy is a queer, Black experimental fiber artist and meditation teacher, they are currently working in knitwear design, dyeing, punch needle embroidery, and on themselves. They also lead a weekly meditation classes for creatives learning to deepen their creative practice and life experience together. It is Lauren's highest intention that their work be meaningful, healing, and ease the suffering in the world. Lauren has been designing knitwear, teaching and working in the fiber arts since 2013. They have been published in Interweave knits, Vogue Knitting, Ply magazine, Spin off magazine, Making magazine, Knitstrips interactive knitting, and has a masterclass with Knitstars.
They can be found on the internet as Mother of Purl or some variation thereof.
Motherofpurl.net
Instagram: @motherofpurll1
Ravelry: motherofpurlknits
Our knitting can open unexpected doors within and without ourselves. Leading us to to deeper expression and authenticity. Drawing from personal experience, storytelling, meditative and creative practice Lauren will expand our ideas about what creativity is and how it can show up and sweeten every aspect of our lives. It can be “just knitting” or it can be a metaphor and a practice for self discovery.
When we think, imagine and act in the direction of our deepest inspirations we cultivate within ourselves deep peace and joy that can spread to our communities and to the world. We all know about the “rabbit hole” that is knitting, first we get into knitting then we dabble in spinning, weaving, dyeing, etc, and soon enough we end up with a farm and some sheep, but what if it wasn’t a trap, what if it was calling us into a lifelong practice of growth, surprise, and playfulness that leads us home to ourselves and enriches everything it touches.
Before we end our time together Lauren will guide a meditation to help us tap into our inherent creativity and inspiration and then open it up to the wisdom of the group to show us how many more things we can do with yarn.
Lauren McElroy is a queer, Black experimental fiber artist and meditation teacher, they are currently working in knitwear design, dyeing, punch needle embroidery, and on themselves. They also lead a weekly meditation classes for creatives learning to deepen their creative practice and life experience together. It is Lauren's highest intention that their work be meaningful, healing, and ease the suffering in the world. Lauren has been designing knitwear, teaching and working in the fiber arts since 2013. They have been published in Interweave knits, Vogue Knitting, Ply magazine, Spin off magazine, Making magazine, Knitstrips interactive knitting, and has a masterclass with Knitstars.
They can be found on the internet as Mother of Purl or some variation thereof.
Motherofpurl.net
Instagram: @motherofpurll1
Ravelry: motherofpurlknits
Planned Vendors:
Interested in carpooling? Check the Madison Knitter's Guild thread on Ravelry or the Member's Discussions page on the MKG Website.
Effective May 05, 2025: The safety and security of our members, speakers, and vendor and/or vendor staff are our most important priorities. We ask that if you are feeling ill, have tested positive for COVID, or have come in contact with someone who has COVID, that you forgo attendance at MKG events until you are well.
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Effective May 05, 2025: The safety and security of our members, speakers, and vendor and/or vendor staff are our most important priorities. We ask that if you are feeling ill, have tested positive for COVID, or have come in contact with someone who has COVID, that you forgo attendance at MKG events until you are well.
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