Knit-Knights have a way with yarn

December 30, 2013

You won’t find Knit-Knight members knit-bombing or otherwise crafting in the streets.

But every Monday night, you will find them ensconced in the lower-level community room at Conshohocken Free Library, transforming miles of yarn into everything from gorgeous sweaters and exquisite baby garb to the special request items they donate to hospitals, non-profits and U.S. military personnel.

Knit-Knights was founded by Conshohocken’s Peggy O’Neill nearly eight years ago and has been going strong ever since.

The group meets every Monday from 6:30 to 8:30 and an impressive 300 members — ranging from one in her mid-90s to an occasional teen — are listed in its roll book.

Nearly 90 are active, and 40-plus routinely show up for Knit-Knights’ weekly craft sessions. They come from all over, too. The Conshohocken-Plymouth-Whitemarsh area is well represented, but so is Roxborough, King of Prussia, Blue Bell, Pennlyn, Collegeville, Royersford and points even farther afield.

“We have one lady who used to live in Plymouth but moved to Upper Darby,” O’Neill says. “She works downtown, but on Mondays, she leaves her car at a different train station so that she can make it to Knit-Knights after work.”