| The Alaska State Yarn Council is currently
recruiting for Board positions for 2008.
Consider joining this grass roots organization and helping
us achieve our mission and goals. Send your resume to
info@alaskayarncouncil.org today!
President
CATHERINE J. HOLLINGSWORTH
(Founder, Charter member, and Past President, Alaskan resident for 18
years.)
Catherine writes Two Sticks, a weekly column on knitting and
crocheting, for The Anchorage Daily News. Former partner in
Architects at Work, interior designer, artist, award-winning poet
and writer, Catherine teaches knitting and designs award-winning
knitwear patterns. Catherine holds an Associate in Interior Design
and a Certificate in Architectural Drafting from Anchorage Community
College, Anchorage, Alaska. She achieved honors while studying
Environmental and Interior Architecture with such notables as
architect Frank Gehry and Richard Saul Wurman at Parsons School of
Design in Los Angeles. Her passions include alternative fuel
sources, which led her to own the first passive solar house in
Alaska and to work as an engineering assistant at Los Alamos Labs in
New Mexico on the hydrogen fuel cell project. Contributions to the
Alaskan needlearts communities include: co-creator of the Yarn Expos,
co-creator of The Alaska State Yarn Council and the "Website Studio
Spaces," past President Board Member of Knitters of
the North Guild.
SKIP HENDERSON
(Charter Member and Vice
President - Allocation)
Vice President - Marketing
Vice President - Fundraising
jANICE CHULICK
Treasurer,
Recording Secretary
Corresponding
Secretary
ASYC FOUNDERS
CATHERINE J. HOLLINGSWORTH
(Founder, Charter member, and Past President, Alaskan resident for 18
years.)
Catherine writes Two Sticks, a weekly column on knitting and
crocheting, for The Anchorage Daily News. Former partner in
Architects at Work, interior designer, artist, award-winning poet
and writer, Catherine teaches knitting and designs award-winning
knitwear patterns. Catherine holds an Associate in Interior Design
and a Certificate in Architectural Drafting from Anchorage Community
College, Anchorage, Alaska. She achieved honors while studying
Environmental and Interior Architecture with such notables as
architect Frank Gehry and Richard Saul Wurman at Parsons School of
Design in Los Angeles. Her passions include alternative fuel
sources, which led her to own the first passive solar house in
Alaska and to work as an engineering assistant at Los Alamos Labs in
New Mexico on the hydrogen fuel cell project. Contributions to the
Alaskan needlearts communities include: co-creator of the Yarn Expos,
co-creator of The Alaska State Yarn Council and the "Website Studio
Spaces," past President Board Member of Knitters of
the North Guild. KATHLEEN MEGGITT
(Founder, Charter member, and past Secretary, Alaskan
resident for 50 years.)
Kathleen is a passionate knitter who has taken her skills to
the next step and now teaches knitting at her guild,
Knitters of the North, and through her own Valley School of
Creative Knitting. She is currently at work on her
Level III Master Knitter certification through The Knitting
Guild of America. Upon completion, Kathleen will be
one of just a few Master Knitters in Alaska. Her other
passions include needlework of all types, keeping current on
the latest in knitting and needlework trends, and sharing
that knowledge with fellow knitters. Kathleen is a
charter member of Knitters of the North, a member of
Ididachain Crochet Guild, Valley Fiber Arts Guild, and The
Knitting Guild of America. |
Mission
Bylaws
Contact
Us!
 |