Cable Gram Blog from June 2018
Mid-Year Charity Knitting Update
Thanks to our members' diligent knitting and generosity in yarn donations, we are well on our way to meeting our giving goals for our 2018 community charity partners.
As of June the committee has received an impressive amount of knitted items from our members:
- 30 pairs of Knitted Knockers
- 50 dishcloths for Bridging Inc.
- 106 hats, 35 mittens, 18 scarves for our schools in Minneapolis and Wisconsin
- 9 newborn hats for the Downs Syndrome Foundation
We still need more of all of these items, but in particular hats, mittens, and scarves for the school kids ages kindergarten through 12th grade. We will deliver these to the schools in October.
Hundreds of skeins of yarn and sets of needles have been donated and these are used to supply our members with yarn for the charity knitting, provided to other non-profits such as senior centers and theRonald McDonald Houses in the Twin Cities, or shared with the Textile Center or Weaver’s Guild. A large amount of amazing yarns will be available for sale at the silent auction at our December meeting.
Many thanks from the Service Committee for your wonderful donations, keep them coming!
World Wide Knit In Public Day
This Saturday, June 9th is World Wide Knit in Public Day. Here are some of the events happening around Minnesota.
Alexandria - Potomac Bead Open Knitting - Potomac Bead Company - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Baxter (Brainerd area) - World Wide Knit & Crochet in Public - Canvas Expressions - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Bloomington - WWKIP Day with StevenBe at IKEA - IKEA - 9:30am - 12:30pm
Coon Rapids - WWKIP Day - All About Yarn - 10:00am - 4:30pm
Fergus Falls - Knit in Public with Torri from Tangles to Treasures - Kaddatz Gallery - 12:00 - 7:00pm
Grand Rapids - Knit, Crochet, and Spin In Public Day - Grand Rapids Area Library - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Lake Elmo - Lake Elmo Library - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Prior Lake - Knitting at the Loop - Prior Lake Library - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Winona - WWKIP Day - Yarnology - 10:00am - 12:00pm
The Guild will be doing their In Public Knitting on Sunday, June 10th in the Great Clips section at the Twins game! (Sorry, all our group tickets are sold out for the game.)
Where are you knitting for WWKIP Day? Know of any events we missed? Leave us a comment and let us know.
Exciting Textile Center News
The Textile Center has entered into an agreement to acquire 3300 University Ave SE. This is a two-story, 31,000 square-foot building with a 40 car parking lot. It will most likely take a few years for the fundraising and renovation, but plans for the new location include smart classrooms, flexible space for program and the guilds, museum quality exhibition space, a state-of-the-art dye lab, an enhanced library, an auditorium, a larger shop, and more social space. You can read more about it on the Textile Center website.