Yarnies541

Hello Everyone,

This week has been heavy with grief and outrage. The world feels chaotic and uncertain for many of us. We don’t attempt to downplay any of that, and we are feeling it with you. We believe the way through these hard times is with continued community building to hold each other closely through all of this. We have been amazed at how our members have been sharing information, resources, and community spirit with each other and Yarnies541 hopes to continue to foster that with our little club. We are capable of feeling both the horrors AND the beauty that can be happening at the same time. So please hold tight to the beauty and creative wonders of the world while we are fighting against the gruesome injustice and terror. We hold each other up in community. 

And this is not just the “terrible news digest”, so read on for fun things that don’t make you want to puke or scream, or both at the same time. 

Business meeting Sunday, January 11th, at 5pm at Stringfield Yarn Collective (175 S. 5th St in Springfield). We will be starting at 5pm as the crafter’s movie night is at 7p.m in Eugene. Business meeting will be a brief one due to the movie. We’ll be discussing The Big Fleece and Palentine’s party plans mostly. 

Crafter’s movie night SUNDAY JANUARY 11th!! Art House in partnership with Cozy Yarn Shop is offering this month’s movie: Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rebecca”, playing at 7:30pm at the Art House, 492 E. 13th Ave. in Eugene. Get your tickets here: https://www.eugenearthouse.com/crafters-movie-night/

Annual memberships are live! And will get you into The Big Fleece on the 17th! New this year, current students (18+) can receive a discounted annual membership!

Learn more here: membership page

*Paypal had some technical issues that were beyond our control recently, so if you had difficulties purchasing your annual membership, please try again. We apologize for the inconvenience and it seems to be working correctly now. 

Saturday, January 17th, The Big Fleece! Doors open at 5pm. Emerald Park Community Center located at 1400 Lake Dr. in Eugene. About The Big Fleece: Sliding scale tickets to this event are available here starting at $5 The Big Fleece tickets here

Scope out your stash for something to bring for swapping* as well as a yummy potluck dish you may want to share. The fundraising focus for The Big Fleece 2026 is currently being decided as the evolving landscape in our community may mean we change focus for this event.

*swap gifts must come from stash (NOT purchased for this event) and be fiber craft related. Swap gifts DO NOT have to be full skeins! Swap gifts can be many things! Partial skeins, a whole bag of scraps for a great scrap project, books, patterns, tools and notions, etc. even a project on the needles/hook that you no longer want to finish. The possibilities are vast!

This is a great way to pass along once loved (or not!) stash, send it to a new home, and have many laughs in the process. 

Saturday, January 17th, doors open at 5pm, potluck and announcements at 5:30 and white elephant big fleece begins promptly at 6! This year’s Big Fleece is at Emerald Park Community Center located at 1400 Lake Dr. in Eugene. Hope to see you there!

Did you know there are some new yarn stores in our midst? The Lonely Skein in Corvallis opened this week! Located in downtown Corvallis, open Wednesday through Saturday noon-6pm. 517 SW 2nd St. Suite 102. Corvallis. https://thelonelyskein.com/

And just a hop away from Covallisis the hidden gem Knitty Gritty at 824 S. Main St. in Lebanon. Open Tuesday through Saturday 11-5pm.http://www.knittygrittyoregon.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

And if you’re feeling adventurous or happen to be in Salem, Skein & Scribe is now open! Part yarn store, part bookstore, part coffee shop, located at 3989 Commercial St. SE in Salem, hours Friday/Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 11-5.

We made our club donation today to Food for Lane County! Yarnies raised $330 to help support our community. Learn more about the work that our local food bank does here: https://www.foodforlanecounty.org/

Classes are happening around town at our beloved local shops (see links below) and our Tuesday and Thursday meetups are an uplifting part of the week (check out our calendar on the website, also below). 

As always, Thank you for building this great community! Please consider supporting our local businesses that support our club: cozy-yarn.com and stringfieldyarncollective.com as well as ebbandflowboutique.com and www.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: https://discord.com/invite/6RHfvR4vTh