Coming Events
ESSS meetings and activities:
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September 20 -10:00 am-1:00 pm - ESSS General Meeting
[This is on the third Saturday unless otherwise noted]
September 14- 12:00 noon-3:00 pm Hybrid Sit 'n Knit
[This is on the second Sunday unless otherwise noted]​​
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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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September 13, 2025 (11am) - TKGA Presentation meeting, Presentation: How to Handle Variegated Yarns, presented by Mary Beth Jacobs. 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) [After this one there will not be a TKGA Presentation meeting until January, 2026]
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​December 5, 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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​​Interweave has a number of virtual classes coming up later in the year. For more information, click here
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In Person Events:
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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
November 6-9, 2025 - TKGA Retreat Doubletree Hotel, San Francisco Airport. The retreat is full but you can sign up to be added to the wait list. For more information, click here.​
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November 22-23, 2025 - SoCal Fiber Fair, LA County Fairgrounds. For more information, click here.
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​Interweave has a number of virtual classes coming up later in the year. For more information, click here
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Another exhibit mentioned at our meeting:
There is an exhibit at LAX for the next several months, between Terminals 7 & 8 (after going through security) of
Welcome Blankets. Photos and information is available on the Welcome Blanket website (on the website the end date of the exhibit is shown as December, 2025).
News
Information about Meeting Changes
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The program schedule for the September & October meetings has been revised. In September, Gillian B. will be teaching the Stretchy Cast Ons Revisited program originally scheduled for October. There is more information about that program on our Meetings page (click here) and in the September newsletter (which can be found here)! In October, we will continue our work on our Crochet Fleece Blankets under the expert guidance of
Cathy M.
Tonya’s Magic Loop program originally scheduled for September will now be taught in 2026. The November & December programs are unchanged
The updated meeting list is on the Meetings page (click here to view it)
At the August meeting, Cathy showed us some fleece blankets with crochet edging that she had made to demonstrate the method she was about to teach us. She also showed these two very handsome dog coats she made for her rescue greyhounds.
(You can see the extremely adorable pictures of her dogs wearing their coats and looking very stylish below and also on our Gallery page (click here).
Attie, shown above left lounging on the sofa is a retired greyhound blood donor. A greyhound blood donor is one that donates blood for other dogs in need. Greyhounds have O negative blood which means they are universal donors.
I got my greyhounds from the racing world, most hailed from the old Caliente track in Tijuana.
It was part of the North American racing circuit so we were really just repatriating US citizen dogs at the end of their racing careers.
Attie totally failed race track boot camp and absolutely refused to run. She found her purpose in life as a blood donor with Hemopet. She donated blood about once a month for a couple of years. Upon retirement she joined GreySave and moved in with me and my pack.
Don't worry, if you've had a recent blood transfusion, you won't have gotten any greyhound blood as it is for dogs only.
Besides, you'd be knitting at 40 mph if you did!
Click the envelope below for a sample of the latest
Monthly Cable newletter
For members, a full copy of the newsletter is available here.
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