March Newsletter
Volume 3-13
T HE M ONTHLY C ABLE
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Peggy’s Purls
By Peggy Baxter
Well, we're back from Stitches West. What a great weekend!
Am so glad that ESSS had so many members attend. Know
there was lots of learning, laughing, shopping,laughing,
shopping, stitch marker swapping and ESSS, we have a
WINNER in our midst. Yes, Ana Petrova won an Editor's
Choice award for one of her beautiful shawls.
Congratulations,Ana!
FYI, do you realize that for the past 3 years that I've attended
Sttiches West, ESSS has had an Editor's Choice winner in
the student fashion show?
I won in 2011 for a granny square vest, Sarah won in 2012
for her City Scape Double knitted jacket and now Ana has
won for her shawl in 2013. - WHO will it be in 2014??? YOU?
I would like to say a BIG thank to you to our three ESSS
members/teachers, Karen McCleary, Suji Brewer and Ana
Petrova for giving us such great information about three
different ways to do short rows. Did you find a favorite way to
do them? This information is really going to help with our
current KAL and future projects too.
Thank you,too, for those who stayed to help put up tables
and chairs. Since we are in the big room now, this is an
additional clean-up for us, but well worth it, I think.
I believe Karen McCleary will be putting more detailed
information in this newsletter regarding our collection for
March Program – Knitting &
Technology
by Ana Petrova and Lenora Stewart
Supporting your Knitting with Technology
Websites, Apps and other resources for the 21st Century
Knitter
Ravelry, U-Tube, Our Guild Website, and more!
No Knitting Homework!
But you might want to bring your iPad, Smartphone, Laptop
device.
NOTE: There is no WiFi at the Joslyn Center so bring your
"Hot Spot" if you have one.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Peggy’s Purls / March Program / KAL /CAL 2012
1
Program Planning / Shop Review / Foxy Knits ad/ Knitting
From Across The Sea
2
Upcoming events / Notice board / Charity Report / Birthdays
3
ESSS February Minutes
4
Yarn Angels, but I would like to thank everyone in
advance for cleaning out their closets, garages etc. and
bringing items for this charity to distribute. Remember, they
have several charities that they give items to, thus they can
use a variety of things....stamps, stationery, gift cards,
children's toys, books, lap robes, stuffed animals, hats, baby
things,toiletries, etc.
And finally, we will be having a silent auction (with assigned
numbers) for our library items in APRIL. Since most of our
members have "gone digital", our books, DVD's and ??? are
no longer being checked out, thus ESSS does not have the
need for a Media Librarian. Thank you to Merilyn Burnside
for being our Media Librarian and housing our extensive
collection.
Hope to see you at our March Sit 'n Knit. It's March 10,
12:30-3:30PM (double check your clocks as it's Daylight
Savings Day weekend) at the Joslyn Center. Bring your
WIP's, snacks(optional), and guests for a fun Sunday
afternoon.
Kal / CAL 2012-13
By Suji Brewer
Please bring your completed shawls to the March meeting
for a group photo. (Sarah W – as I cant be at the meeting
mine is shown below)
Next Meeting: March 16,
16, 2013
2013
10 am – 1 pm Josyln Center
Refreshments: Linda Gavaldon, Sue Johnson, Jennifer
Moraca and possibly Merilyn Burnside.
If you would like to contribute to this newsletter please email [email protected]
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The Monthly Cable
2013 Programs by Karen McCleary Shop Review
Month
April
May
June
On a fun trip to New York City to spend Christmas with
our daughter I got a chance to check out Purl Soho.
The shop was a nice oasis on a chilly night when most
stores were filled with last minute Christmas shoppers.
Purl was busy, but not swamped so we had a nice time
checking out the shop. The shop has an eclectic
selection of products: knitting and crochet supplies,
embroidery, sewing and patchwork supplies.
Purl is a really charming little shop—lots of cute little
vignettes in little cubbies. There were some fun kits,
both yarn and fabric crafts. I noted that there seemed
to be a good selection of needles and other notions.
The selection of gifty things, includes their own Purl
totes and project bags and the most incredible graphite
“sculptures” of leaves, shells, etc. that can actually be
used for writing and drawing and other fun things. I
spent most of my time shopping for yarn since I wanted
to purchase some to use for the Coquille KAL. The
selection of yarns was nice and not too overwhelming to
this fairly new knitter. I found a beautiful aqua
variegated superwash merino/cashmere blend from
Anzula. I was most impressed by the service. Even
though it was somewhat busy, staff were happy to dig
through a giant drawer of yarn to find extra. I would
definitely shop here again, thanks to the great service.
Check out their website www.purlsoho.com. Their
warehouse is in Southern California, so we can get our
orders in just a day or two. The shop blog
(www.purlbee.com), has lots of great patterns/
Program
Peggy Baxter’s Special Program
Reading Patterns and Charts
Getting Your Project Started, Creating
the Fabric (Drape) You Want
Birthday Potluck
Cables
Sally Melville Workshop
Seaming your pieces together
I-cord and Applied Edge Treatments *
Joyce Wyatt Special Program
Holiday Potluck
Continental Knitting
July
August
August 24 & 25
September
October
November
December
Emergency
Program
* Alternate meeting place or time – TBD
Merilyn Burnside
And
Foxyknits
THANKS
To all ESSS members for their support –
We had a very successful StitchesWest !
Knitting From Across the Sea
by Jacki Breiacher
By Sarah Wood
As you have seen in the KAL section above I have been
trying to finish things again, mostly because I leave for my
Cruise to the Far East with Lily Chin next week and want
an excuse to be able to buy yarn while I am away (not that
I normally need one). I will admit to making some changes
to the pattern, mostly because I got to the middle gusset
and realised I would have a little over half a ball of crazy
zuaberball left and I wanted to use it all, in the end I had
about 6 inches left so it all worked out really well.
I also finished a Citron
Shawl for myself in 3ply patons fairytale wool and hope to
finish a couple more things before I leave (although time is
quickly running out!). I have been trying to decide what to
take with me to work on between classes, still havent
made up my mind, so many things I want to work on!!
I have been doing my bit by kinitting in public, mostly on
the Bus to my weekly client meeting in Victoria which takes
about 1.5 hours each way, makes the journey productive
and means I can sightsee while I travel which you cant
really do on the underground.
I have been to a couple of shops this month, Knit with
Attitude, is in Stoke Newington, it’s a shop share where two
busniesses have half of the area each. The owner is from
Norway and they sell yarns with a ethical consciousness.
Last weekend I volunteered to test knit the Emanating
Sweater pattern via the free pattern tester group in Ravelry
which of course meant I just had to go shopping for some
DK weight yarn. So dispite the cold weather I hopped on a
bus and went to JJ Wool Crafts in Chingford, and wow
what a busy shop, I wasn’t there long but there were lots of
people going in and out. They have mostly Rowans, Sirdar
and Patons yarns but unfortunately didn’t have enough
yardage to cover what I needed. So I hopped on another
bus and went to Teasels in Walthamstow where I managed
to pick up enough Sublime DK merino in a grey blue to
complete the sweater. They seem to cover lots of crafts
but have lots of wool to choose from, the only thing missing
was a table to knit at.
If you want to keep up with my London adventures you can
also read my blog:
http://sarahwinlondon.blogspot.co.uk/
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The Monthly Cable
Upcoming Events
Event
March Sit and Knit
Craftcation Conference in
Ventura
Yarn Crawl LA 2013
Date
March 10, 2012 from
12.30 – 3.30pm
th
March 21-24 .
Location
Joslyn Center
Studio 66 Retreat
May 10-13, 2013
Crown Plaza hotel, Ventura
Indie Business and DIY Conference.
Various - No cost to participate, only to buy
bag.
Forest Falls, CA
Knit in Public Day
June 8th
TBD
April 11-14.
http://www.studio66retreat.org
Notice Board
Chartiy Report
Ellen Bloom writes: My cousin, Nurse Audra Katz runs
the cancer program at UC San Francisco Fertility
Clinic. Her group harvests eggs for women of
childbearing age and freezes them so that they can
have biological children post chemotherapy (chemo
kills their fertility because it kills the eggs).
Audra’s mother used to make most of the caps for
Audra. However, she recently found out she has breast
cancer and has not been able to fulfill this obligation.
Audra’s patients absolutely LOVE receiving the caps
and always get very emotional at the kindness of
strangers. They all have hair because it’s right before
chemo starts. This is the first cap they receive before
losing all of their hair.
Audra has a small supply of soft chemo caps that she
likes to give to her patients receiving chemo, about 1-2
ladies a week, but her supply is limited.
On an ongoing basis, I’ll be knitting and/or crocheting
and collecting chemo caps and sending them to
Audra's clinic. If you'd like to join me in donating a
couple of chemo caps, that would be wonderful. Each
and every cap will make a difference.
Please tag each cap with washing instructions.
Thank you!
Reported in the month of January: 105 items (9 dog
blankets, 1 baby blanket, 42 hats, 35 toys, and 18 scarves).
The contributions were made to 3 charities: Stitches From
The Heart, Handmade Especially for You (Women's
Shelter) and animal charities.
You can report your donations at any time by emailing:
[email protected] or wait until the meeting and either
sign the donation sheet or hand in a piece of paper with the
following information: your name, the number of items
donated, the type of items donated and the names of the
charities. Thanks to all of you who give so much.
Cathy Keller Writes:
The Yarn Angels donation nights are April 8, August 12
December 2. We are collecting during the March meeting if
you would like to participate Knit and Crocheted items
should use acrylic or cotton for washing and drying
purposes only. Examples: Blankets, afghans, lap robes,
hats, scarves, slippers, bibs, booties,socks, hats, etc ( you
know, all the items people can use). Other items can be
diapers, school supplies, backpacks, books.
The charities are: Casa de Los Angelitos, Cheer for
Children, Harbor Interfaith, Rainbow Services, Little Co of
Mary Women's and Children's Clinic, Veterans Hospital
and Torrance Memorial Clinic.
Ask me if you want more information.
Birthdays
March
Beverly Sandford 3/2
Ema Koppelman 3/4
Junelle Papke 3/13
Blair Seibert 3/18
Barbara Marpe 3/3
Victoria Fontana 3/6
Carol Augustine 3/15
Judith Solomon 3/19
Carol Hayes 3/4
Laura Geisel 3/12
Karen La Belle 3/15
Sharlene Tengler 4/4
Sachi Powell 4/21
Karen Eakin 4/12
Helga Breaux 4/26
April
Virginia Gibbs 4/1
Stephanie Lichlyter 4/17
By Joan Whitten
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ESSS Meeting Minutes –
The Monthly Cable
February 2013
President Peggy Baxter called the meeting to order. There was a reminder
to wear our name tags and turn off our cell phones. Guests were
introduced and new members were acknowledged. Peggy reminded us
that she has business cards for the Guild that we can take to hand out. It
has a map to the Joslyn Center on the back. Members can show them at
JoAnn’s for a discount. Peggy got pens for board members and members
at large. Showed us a mug and notebook that she had personalized.
These items came from Vista Print. There was discussion about Vista Print
vs Café Press. Peggy likes Vista Print. Vista Print will be linked to on the
ESSS website.
Recording Secretaries-Kathleen Tia and Karen George – Copies of the
minutes were made available on the tables.
By Kathleen Tia
March. We have 2 Starbucks boxes of coffee today.
Mentoring-Mentoring –Jurhee BlagaichHistorian/Scrapbook-Betty DeHaven- Betty reminded us that if you have
anything you want in the scrapbooks, get it to her.
KAL and CAL-Suji Brewer & Karen George–The coquille shawl is free on
Ravelry.
Pattern: www.knitty.com/ISSUEff10/PATTcoquille.php.
Knit -A-Long Page: http://sliptstitchers.org/knit-a-long
Hospitality-Susan Greenberg- Peggy reminded us that if we don’t have a
name tag on, we owe $1.00. See Peggy A.
Corresponding Secretary-Karen Eakin –Sent Thank Yous to new
members. Renee Hoffman’s mother passed away Sunday. Please give any OLD BUSINESS
completed scarves to Peggy B.
February Sit and Knit – Thanks to all who came! This is a good
opportunity to get help and advice! And, we have a great time and get
Treasurer-Peggy Avellar- Our treasury balance is $6307.96 as of February more time for social talking and interaction than we get at the regular
15, 2013.
meetings.
Vice President- Karen McCleary- Spoke about today’s program, short
rows. Talked about people donating extra worsted weight yarn for
programs. March’s program is about technology. Ravelry, websites and
knitting apps. Other suggestions were Pinterest, Etsy and Craftsy. Lenora,
Jacki, Peggy and Ana are going to be helping with that.
Yarn Angels – Supports 7 charitable agencies. Items are needed for all
ages from newborn to seniors. They also accept items that are not
handcrafted to put into “intake bags” for people who are coming into
participating charities. If donating used items, please make sure they are
gently used. Their collection deadline is April 8th which is before our
meeting. They will come to our March meeting to collect our items.
Membership-Kathy Bartholomew - An attendance sheet was circulated on
a clip-board for members to record their attendance. And the sign-up sheet Silent auction of medial library items will be postponed until April meeting.
for Show and Share was also on the clip-board. Kathy announced that we
would like to have some kind of contact information for everyone, even if
NEW BUSINESS
only a phone number or e-mail address. There are still a few members
whose e-mails are being kicked back.
The March Sit and Knit-March 10, 2013 from 12:30 to 3:30 pm at the
Joslyn Center in El Segundo.
Members at Large- Suji Brewer, Lenora Stewart, Patti Ialongo – No report
from Suji, Lenora was not present. Patti shared that she had a request to
Craftcation Conference in Ventura. Indie Business and DIY Conference.
make the business part of the meeting shorter.
March 21-24rd.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Charities-Joan Whitten –There were 105 donations for January! You can
send Joan an e-mail with your donations. Please continue to report items
you knit for charity to
Joan so that they can be included in our totals!
Yarn Crawl LA 2013 – April 11-14. No cost to participate, only to buy bag.
March program is on technology. Ravelry, knitting apps, websites, etc.
ESSS Show & Share
Merchandise- Kathy Bartholomew and Peggy Avellar- We are currently out
of canvas zipper bags. If anybody wants one, let Kathy know and she will
Cathy McFarlane - Bunny
place an order.
Jennifer Moraca – Frost Flowers Stole
Patricia Edie – Gaiter
Webmaster- Karen McCleary- Please give comments regarding the
Janice Young – Dardanelles Scarf/Shawl
website to Karen.
Susan Greenberg – Dardanelles Scarf/Shawl
You may contact Karen at [email protected].
Karen Eakin – ornament
Karen George – Bashful Butterflies – Yarn, Unique Sheep
Raffle-Brandi Dailey said everybody is fabulous!
Kathy Bartholomew – Iphone Animals
Linda Gavaldon – Sheep Baby Bibs
Newsletter-Sarah Wood- Please have your newsletter inputs to Sarah by
Jurhee Blagaich – Baby Blanket
February 28, 2013. Please consider that she is in the UK.
Pat Schafer – Cowl
Peggy Avellar
Media Librarian-Merilyn Burnside- some items are going out to members
Rosalyn Broadnax
Chinda Wongngamnit – Gold Sweater
for loan,
Boutique/Craft Sale- Kathy Bartholomew and Krystal Smith- Kathy stated
that there is a craft sale in May in El Segundo. It is in Library Park. It is
outdoors and very inexpensive. A 10 x 10 canopy, as well as table and
chairs are necessary. It is the first Saturday in May, the day before
Mother’s Day. Sarah will send out an e-mail blast. No resale license is
needed.
Photographer-Jan Sandys Renton- Peggy reminded us that when doing
Show and Share please come up to front so Jan can get a picture.
Refreshments- Leo Aguilar- Leo thanked volunteers who brought
refreshments today. Three volunteers are needed to bring refreshments in