Coming Events
ESSS meetings and activities:
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March 15 -10:00 am-1:00 pm - ESSS General Meeting
[This is on the third Saturday unless otherwise noted]
March 9- 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]
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March 15, 2025 - TKGA meeting, Social Hour (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 meetings: 7/19/25 and 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:
Ongoing-Last Saturday of the month - L'Atelier Parking Lot Sale (not sure how long this will continue for, contact L'Atelier for more information)
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Various Dates between 1/25/2025 and 4/5/2025 - LA County Fair is holding workshops for creating 12” crocheted squares
that will be used to create a canopy that will be displayed at this year’s fair. Squares can also be dropped off or mailed in.
Go to https://www.lacountyfair.com/workshops/ for more information.
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March 17-20, 2025 - Vogue Knitting Destinations, Arne and Carlos in Charleston, South Carolina
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.
Be sure to check out the great list of events at Knitter's Review:
News
The TKGA Next Level Knitting Conference will be held this year on April 4-6, 2025. It is a fully virtual conference so you won't need to travel anywhere. A number of the Guild's members have already signed up for the conference--many are repeat participants. A few days ago, the guild received an email from TKGA announcing that Stephen West will be one of the presenters. The email is shown in the two boxes below with links to information and sign ups for the NLK Conference.
Stephen West will be joining us for the Next Level Knitting Conference, sharing his colorful woolly world of Westknits. He will discuss how he chooses his color palettes and share secrets for how to make your palettes pop.
This live presentation, hosted on Zoom on April 6th, will be a visual feast for the eyes while Stephen gives you an up-close look at many of his most popular design samples. He will discuss how to create successful color palettes for Marled knitting, Faded knitting, and graphic stripes and slip stitches. You will learn a few of Stephen’s color-changing tricks and color planning strategies to gain more confidence with your own knitting projects.
More information about the Conference
Can't join us live for this virtual event, don't worry. One price will get you access to all events, presentations, and classes and access to the recordings of all sessions for 6 months after the event.
The Conference will be April 4 - 6, 2025. You can find the list of classes and teachers here. Early bird member pricing of $150 is in place through March 14th. For more information about the Conference and registration for everyone, click here.
Click the envelope below for a sample of the latest
Monthly Cable newletter
For members, a full copy of the newsletter is available here.
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
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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