As a Guild member, you will receive the quarterly magazine Knotting Matters. Two formal meetings are arranged each year, held at a variety of locations, usually in UK. The meetings are open to all members with their guests, providing an opportunity to get together with like-minded people. At a regional level, local groups have been formed where members get together periodically to tie a few knots.
Apart from exhibiting at many events, often with a maritime slant, the Guild organises two meetings each year, as mentioned above - in May (of which the AGM is a small, formal part) and October (which is entirely informal). These are both usually very cheerul occasions where members demonstrate new techniques, give talks about their special areas of interest and exchange news and ideas. On the day of the AGM there is an annual Knot-Tyers Supper, which now has a 42-year tradition. The AGM has nearly always been in the UK, in a wide variety of venues. (The UK because the Guild began there in 1982 and is a UK Registered Charity (No 802153). The half-yearly meeting has migrated around Europe and North America, being held in many interesting places.
Some of the meetings for 2025-6 are:
2025 5-6 February IGKT Australia met at the Hobart Wooden Boat Festival
2025 Annual meeting of IGKT France in Rochefort, April 5-6
2025 Autumn Meeting October and AGM of IGKTNA in New Bedford, MA, USA - home of Clifford Ashley
2025 May meeting and AGM Chatham Historic Dockyard, UK - with a visit to its still--functioning 300m rope-walk.
2026 Annual meeting of IGKT France in Rouen, March 28-29 on board the ship (péniche) Pompon Rouge at the Musée MARITIME/FLUVIAL
2026 May meeting and AGM at the Rough Close Scout Campsite, Coventry, UK, May 1-3
2026 Autumn meeting, 'All About Knots' on board the ship Suomen Joutsen, Turku, Finland, 18-20 September
2026 Autumn Meeting September and AGM of IGKTNA Maritime Museum of Sandusky, Ohio, 18-20 September
Other IGKT National Organisations and local Branches also host their own similar events.
Downloadable list of IGKT meeting venues from 1982 onwards