Yarnies541

Hello Yarnies! 

Yarnies541 is hosting some stitch marker “make and takes” this weekend and next weekend. Everything will be provided to make your own stitch markers. Just bring yourself, learn and create!

• Sunday, October 12th from 1-3 at Stringfield Yarn Collective (175 S. 5th Street in Springfield).
• Sunday, October 19th from 1-3 at Cozy (285 E. 5th Ave. in Eugene).

Sunday, October 12th: Yarnies541 business meeting: from 5:30-7:30pm at Stringfield. We’ll be discussing fundraising recipients for the upcoming season, winter holiday events planning, new ideas for community building and creating new crafters!

Tuesday, October 14 monthly birthday meetup CHANGE IN LOCATION! We’ll be meeting at 255 Madison for the monthly birthday meetup this month (instead of our usual Stringfield meetup for birthdays). Cupcakes/treats provided. Outside food welcome. Please no outside beverages, 255 Madison has a good selection of drinks including plenty of non-alcoholic beverages. 

October 18th & 19th Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival October in Albany, Oregon. See www.oregonflockandfiberfestival.com for more info. Hope to see you there!

November 8th from 1-2:30 at the Springfield Public Library: Community Craft Swap! Bring stuff, take stuff! Located at 225 5th St. in Springfield.

Non-Fiber specific events:

Saturday, October 11th from noon-4: Queer Community Market at the Lavender Network located at 440 Maxwell Rd. In Eugene. Art, ceramics, books, bags, patches, stickers, community info and resources, and a free clothing exchange! 

Saturday, October 18th: No Kings protests happening. There are many, many ways to make your voice heard and we support them all. Please be as safe as you can, and support each other and our communities. There are also ways to support the protests within mutual aid. There is a tab on Yarnies541.org with some ideas for community care and mutual aid. This linktree might also be helpful no crown linktree and there are so many more ways to get involved, talk with people you know, get involved to the level you can, and coordinate with each other for care and nervous system soothing afterward (and all the time really!). 

Thank you for building and being in this community with us! 

Paid-tier Member perk: Yarnies541 is celebrating our Business Birthday in October! Paid tier members: mark your calendars for October 26th 5:30 pm. Pizza and dessert provided. We’ll be celebrating what we’ve built so far and having a stitch marker swap! Like a trick or treat for stitchers! So bring a handful of stitch markers to share, or make some yourself, see opportunity above. Paid-tier members, if you haven’t received the rsvp email, please check your spam folder.

We are offering pro-rated, paid-tier memberships for the remainder of the year. Pro-rated memberships are $15 and get you all the Free-Tier benefits: Standing invite to the Tuesday meetups, discord access, newsletter/digest, general community, expertise, and inspiration that is Yarnies541. Paid-tier membership benefits include the following as well: Ongoing 10% off at Cozy, Stringfield Yarn Collective, Ebb & Flow Boutique and Always Be Kind Yarn as long as your membership is valid, a permanent nametag button for meetups, meet & greets with makers/dyers/designers/etc. when they’re in town for trunk shows, first dibs RSVP to any classes/educational events where space may be limited, first dibs on otherwise paid ticketed events, VOTING PRIVILEGES in club business! Ticket to our business birthday party in October, and the Big Fleece party in January is included with membership. This is a great deal for the fall and winter heavy crafting season.

We want to know what you might want in Yarnies541 swag! Merch interest survey link here: Yarnies541 swag interest survey link

Please consider supporting our local businesses that support our club: cozy-yarn.com and stringfieldyarncollective.com as well as ebbandflowboutique.com and alwaysbekindyarn.com

Please check out our calendar on the main page of the website www.Yarnies541.org for recurring events. And please, as always, email or comment about events we may have missed! Or post them on the Yarnies541 Discord: Yarnies541 discord invite link