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Come shop and get in the holiday spirit with a special sale! We have so many talented members and what better way to support each other…and get gift-giving ready? This event is open to the public so invite your friends (or family to buy gifts for YOU…)

Special guest: 
Labor of Love yarn truck will be in the parking lot on the south side of the library—be sure to stop and shop before the meeting or during the Pop-up Baa-zaar

Vendors in the lower level—Knox Room (opposite the guild meeting, which will still be in the Woods Gallery):
  • Ernestine Bains: Hand dyed and hand spun yarn
  • Dorinda Balanecki: Crystaletts Buttons, Crystal stitch markers, needle cases, purse frames and Tag-A-Stitch
  • Kitty Crawford
  • Diane Lammers and Suzanne Klein: Yarn, roving and fiber-related books, proceeds to benefit KnitMichigan
  • Madelyn Phillips and Celine Skonieczny—Eve’s Temptations: Handmade sweet treats—for gifts or to keep for yourself in your knitting bag
  • Tanya Thomann—MayBea Crafted: project bags, knitting kits, patterns, and a few holiday and knitting specific surprises
  • Julia Vesper—Knitterly Things: Yarn! Glorious yarn!
Our guild meeting will be brief, to nominate a VP among other quick items, and our regular meeting room, the Woods Gallery will be available for sitting and social knitting.

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