Yarnies541

May is really HERE Yarnies!

We’ve been seeing lighter weight fibers on the hooks and needles at the meetups and many warm weather projects. The sun has been greeting us at the meetups as well! A big change from the pouring rain and puddles from just a few weeks ago!

Important meetup update: We are changing our Tuesday 5:30 meetup space for the season, beginning this week, to the Ninkasi tasting room patio located at 272 Van Buren in Eugene. Just a few blocks from Oakshire Brewing where we have been meeting. This is a large, shaded patio that many of you will remember from last summer. Outside food is welcome, there are many options nearby for food carts, or bring your own from home or anywhere!

Thursday meetups will continue to be at Oakshire Commons in Springfield (416 Main St.) 5:30-ish.

Yarnies541 Business meeting Sunday, May 17th, 5:30pm at Stringfield Yarn Collective (175 South 5th St. in Springfield).

Upcoming happenings to find Yarnies541 in the wild:

1: NAMI walk: Saturday, May 16th 10am-2pm. 

Island Park, 200 West B Street in Springfield. This is an important event, close to the heart of Yarnies541 board member Laura (the dyer behind Always Be Kind Yarn). If you would like to walk with or support the team Laura has put together, please click HERE

You can find more general info about the NAMI walk HERE

Yarnies541 is joining Always Be Kind Yarn and the Sage Casey Foundation (via Stringfield) to table at the NAMI walk event. We’ll be handing out general information and MEEPS/Pocket Hugs and talking to folks about suicide prevention and mental health support. Swing by and say hello, join the event, or just hang out in the park in the nice weather. You know, for your mental health!

2: Yarnies541 is hosting a meep competition! Whoever makes the most Meeps to donate to the NAMI event will receive a gift certificate to Always Be Kind Yarn AND a gift basket from Stringfield Yarn Collective & Yarnies541. 

Please turn in your Meeps by May 13th at Yarnies541 meetups OR Stringfield Yarn Collective OR  Cozy.

You can take a picture of your Meeps (and the number you made) and tag @Yarnies541 on Instagram, OR post it on the Yarnies541 facebook page, OR post it on the Yarnies541 Discord under “meeps 2026” OR even email it to Yarnies541@gmail.com by Wednesday, May 13th to be entered into the competition (SO MANY OPTIONS!) And please feel free to share your meep pictures as you make-along, they are REALLY cute! Learn more about Meeps HERE and you can access the crochet AND knit patterns on the Yarnies541 website HERE

3: CRAFT MOVIE NIGHT! The Sheep Detectives craft movie night at Cinemark in Springfield 6pm on May 22nd. Lights will be low (so we can still see our crafts!) Brought to us by Cozy and Stringfield Yarn Collective. Tickets are limited, click HERE to purchase.

Image copyright: Amazon MGM Studios

4: #Instaballet has another show on June 5th at WOW Hall in Eugene, 5:30pm-8:00 pm. Support local arts by showing up & crafting at this summer’s FREE #Instaballet performances. Yarnies541 will be making blanket squares for a donation blanket for an #instaballet raffle at the end of summer.

Blanket details: make any knit or crochet blanket square, 7”x7”.

Please use a superwash wool or washable wool blend: Malabrigo Rios, Cascade 220 superwash, Berroco vintage, Universal deluxe worsted, or similar. Drop completed squares to COZY by August 14th. The blanket will be seamed and appear at #instaballet’s fundraiser on August 22nd. Taylor from Needle Fox Arts will donate an additional $2 per square to #Instaballet. 

Image copyright: instaballet

5: Stitch & Pitch 2026! Stringfield Yarn Collective has listed tickets to Pride night with the Ems on Tuesday, June 9th, for purchase on the Stringfield website. Game tickets are $12, proceeds from ticket sales go to Queer Eugene.  Learn more about Queer Eugene HERE 

****Please note: parking for Ems games is additional and can be prepaid HERE or can be paid at parking lot day of event, CARD ONLY.

Clear stadium bags are required for the event and Yarnies541 has a limited number of branded stadium bags coming in at the end of May, just in time for stitch & pitch! 

You can purchase these bags from Stringfield Yarn Collective’s website as single bags or as an add-on to stitch & pitch ticket purchase.

Paid-Tier members, check your email for a discount code for the bag purchase! 

link to tickets and stadium bags HERE

If you want to purchase your own tickets for the game, you can go through this link: https://www.gofevo.com/event/Queereugene8 

6: YIP day, Saturday, June 13th. Downtown in the Eugene Park Blocks. Stay tuned for more info.

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

7: We’re about 8 weeks away from Lane County Fair. Be looking at your beautiful and amazing creations to submit this year. We promise it’s fun and we all love to see everyone’s submissions! Please consider also joining us in submitting a Mushroom project: crochet, needle felted, knit, woven, any kind of fiber art mushroom! Yarnies541 likes to encourage all submissions and has been choosing a theme each year to help folks get interested in submitting items and get over any nervous feelings about submitting their work. You can find more at Yarnies541.org under the County Fair Submissions Info tab or HERE for the Lane County Fair creative exhibit page directly.

As always, Thank you for building this great community! Please consider supporting our local businesses that support our club: stringfieldyarncollective.com and cozy-yarn.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 email or comment about events we may have missed! Or post them on the Yarnies541 Discord HERE