Coming Events
ESSS meetings and activities:
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May 17 -10:00 am-1:00 pm - ESSS General Meeting
[This is on the third Saturday unless otherwise noted]
May 11 - 12:00 noon-3:00 pm Hybrid Sit 'n Knit
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Click here for the Zoom link to join us virtually at Sit 'n Knit or join us in person at the Joslyn Center
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Wednesdays- 5:00 pm -7:30 pm -in 2021 we began regularly knitting together virtually on our WIPs for the WIP challenge that year. Although the challenge is over, we always have WIPs so we kept meeting on Wednesdays join us to work o your WIPs or any other knitting you would like to work on.
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Friday "Happy Hour" - 5:00 pm -7:30 pm , bring your favorite Happy Hour beverage (the Webmaster's current favorite is water but others sometimes indulge in "adult beverages" at Happy Hour)
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Other upcoming events of interest:
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Virtual Events:
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Ongoing, Second Tuesday of the Month (4pm-5pm)- Welcome Blanket Craft-along on Zoom (If you would like information about the Welcome Blanket project, click here you can also find links to their social media on their website if you would like to follow them. If you still have questions, Mary Beth K. is a good contact for more information)​
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May 24, 2025 - TKGA meeting, Presentation by Arenda Holladay:Designing for Cast On magazine--the Process (for TKGA members only) Virtual meetings are free to all TKGA members, but you must register for the meeting, click here, (you will need to sign into your TKGA account) [Future TKGA Presentation meeting: 9/10/25]
​July 19, 2025 - TKGA Social Hour meeting,
(for TKGA members only) Virtual meetings are free to all TKGA members, but you must register for the meeting, click here, (you will need to sign into your TKGA account) [Future TKGA Social Hour meeting: 12/6/25]​
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April 3-5, 2025 - Interweave @ Home Summit.
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​Interweave has a number of events planned for later in the year both online and in person. For more information, click here
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In Person Events:
​​​​​​​​April 25 AND May 3, 2025, 12:00 noon-2:00pm - "Double Knitting in the Round" class taught by Mary Beth K at The Knitting Tree, click here for more information
​​​​May 15-18, 2025 - LA County Yarn Crawl (There is some information about the 2025 Yarn Crawl on their Facebook page, click here. The dates and details are not yet listed on the Yarn Crawl website)
June 7 AND June 14, 2025, 10:00am-12:00 noon - "Two Color Brioche Hat" class taught by Mary Beth K at The Knitting Tree, click here for more information
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​​​​August 1-3, 2025 - Bead Fest + Yarn, Lancaster, PA. Presented by Interweave.
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​Interweave has a number of events planned for later in the year both online and in person. For more information, click here
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Some other exhibits mentioned at our meeting:
There is an exhibit at LAX for the next year, between Terminals 7 & 8 (after going through security) of
Welcome Blankets. Photos and information is available on the Welcome Blanket website.
There is an exhibit at the Getty Museum on Vincent Van Gogh’s “Iris” painting, showing details about
the paints originally used, including his use of yarn.
News
An Opportunity to Learn a New Skill
Our very own Mary Beth K will be teaching two classes at The Knitting Tree this spring and summer. Mary Beth is scheduled to teach "Double Knitting in the Round" cna "Two Color Brioche Hat". See pictures below and more details and links in the "Upcoming Events" elsewhere on this page.
Double Knitting
in the Round
Two Color Brioche Hat
Click the envelope below for a sample of the latest
Monthly Cable newletter
For members, a full copy of the newsletter is available here.
A Fun Thing to Watch
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A member has shared a movie that she thought others might enjoy.
This short film called Behind the Sirdar Label (filmed in 1969), was originally made as a promotional video to promote Sirdar brand yarns (more information at the link below). The film takes the viewer through the process of spinning wool into yarn at their factory and packaging it to be sent to retailers to eventually be sold to consumers. The film, which was made in 1969, is a bit dated. For example, I doubt you would see so many women wearing dresses and nice shoes in a factory these days and the narrator wouldn't say "the team of girls" (at least I hope not!) and the hairstyles! But I did find it to be quite informative.
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Click here to watch the movie.
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