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Textile Center Capital Campaign
MKG Cable Gram - Volume 19, Number 1
The Textile Center of Minnesota has completed its capital campaign! The building is theirs - ours! So many people contributed to this one-of-a-kind effort... there is no other center like this in the entire country.
Special thanks go to all of the Knitters' Guild members who gave time and money to this campaign. Our contributions, our pledges and our volunteer efforts all amounted to the Textile Center's being able to raise two million dollars!
Welcome to Winter!
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As I write this in early December, this President is feeling little discombobulated this holiday season! Does this sound familiar to any of you? As I madly knit on projects for gifts, I'm trying to focus on my blessings and positive thoughts. I am blessed with many good friends, and I count all you knitters among them. I wish I could knit more hours than are available, and even in my sleep.
Welcome to Fall!
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What a busy summer we had! We survived heat, humidity, rain and mosquitoes. I'm sure that our knitting has played a big part in our survival. If you haven't been knitting, it's time to get back at it. It's time to get those projects finished and start on Holiday knitting. And time to plan to attend the especially Textile Center's Holiday Exhibit and Sale, which open on November 1 and runs through December 23. Great handmade items for holiday giving.
Shakopee Women's Prison Project
MKG Cable Gram — Volume 18, Number 3
This quarter [summer 2002], the Minnesota Knitters' Guild provided yarn and plastic needles to support groups at the Minnesota Correctional Facility for Women at Shakopee, which houses about 370 women.
Delores Host, Shakopee's work-assignment coordinator, tells us that women at Shakopee spend anywhere between 15 and 40 hours per week taking classes and/or working. They can learn office skills, become computer literate, study toward a GED, or work as a cook, library clerk, dishwasher, housekeeper, or industrial worker, among other opportunities. They are paid 25 cents to 50 cents per hour.
Spool Knitting by Mary A. McCormack. Published 1909 (Book Review)
MKG Cable Gram - Volume 18, Number 3
My 93-year-old grandmother is my handcraft hero, so it is fitting that I found this little book at an antique shop visit made during the trek along the St. Croix Valley, from her home to mine. It is a slim red hardcover volume (only 68 pages), perfect in condition, originally owned by Ester Nyström At $12 it seemed a bit expensive, but I could not resist this gem with its extensive directions for constructing and using spool knitters, many little patterns, and charming old photographs.
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