Coming Events
ESSS meetings and activities:
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July 19 -10:00 am-1:00 pm - ESSS General Meeting
[This is on the third Saturday unless otherwise noted]
July 13 - 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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​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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September 10, 2025 - TKGA Presentation meeting, Presentation: TBD 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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​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:
​​​​​​​​​July 12, 2025, 9:00am-2:00pm - Purl Soho Sample Sale, for more information click here. If you are able to RSVP ahead a time it would help them to plan but you can still come even if you are unable to RSVP ahead of time.
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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
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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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
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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