Membership

Membership

Welcome to the Bay Area Knitting Guild, you have found the right place for your knitting and crochet needs!

We are a group of knitters, crocheters, weavers, spinners and overall fiber lovers. We gather as a formal group 10 times a year and informally continuously. Your dues goes to helping us organize the guild meetings, workshops, meet-ups in places like the park, restaurants and libraries. We join for sit and knits, knit-alongs and holiday parties. We also have committees that run social media and charity knitting events.

Here are the general timing of the regular events:

  • Official Guild Meetings: 4th Thursday of each month, Jan-Oct. We do not meet in Nov or Dec
  • Yarn Swaps: 5th Thursday of the months that have a 5th Thursday
  • Knit in the Park: One Saturday in the months of Jan-May, then Oct-Dec
  • Zoom Knitting via Facebook post link: Most Mondays at 7pm. See Events tab for Zoom link
  • Holiday Party: Early Dec

Membership renewals are requested by Jan of the new year. If joining on or after Oct 1 of the previous year, it is valid through the following year. Membership is not pro-rated otherwise. If you are interested in joining the guild, please fill out our membership form. The dues are $20 per year which runs from January to December. If you are a charter member please contact the board for your discount code if you are paying online. 

You can also join our Facebook Group: Bay Area Knitting Guild and Instagram – @bayareaknittingguild

If you are paying for your membership online via a credit card or ACH bank transfer, please fill out the form on our membership payment platform Zeffy. All information collected is for Board membership management purposes only and is never shared or sold.  (Cash or check payments please scroll down and follow the other directions)

Note that Zeffy is a fee free platform for non-profits and they default to a donation to cover fees. PLEASE note that you do NOT have to pay any fee above the $20 membership fee, and you just need to select “Other” and “0” on the form. Validate that your total amount is $20.00 before proceeding to enter your credit card information.

To sign up for the 2025 Membership year, and pay ONLINE, fill out this form:

If you have trouble viewing, you can go directly to the form here:

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/54c50561-aa01-474e-a23f-86749d147ddd

  • Access to the Member’s Only area of the website is not created automatically upon joining the guild.  If you have not previously created a user account, you can register for access to the Member’s Only area here. Once your account is created and and membership status is verified, your account will be approved.

If you wish to pay in CASH or CHECK ONLY, then you will instead fill out the form below. Then make arrangements with Amy to pay in cash or check after filling out the form.  The form below is ONLY for those members wishing to sign up and pay in cash or check. Please do NOT fill out the form below if you pay online and fill out the form on Zeffy.