St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church - 15 South Avenue - Beacon NY 12508
One block south of Bank
Square and Beacon Visitor’s Center, next to the fire station
Saturday June 18, 2016
Noon – 6pm
Knit
Us As One
Beacon’s
First Annual
World
Wide Knit in Public Day
with ambient music
for knitting from 1-3pm by Craig Chin
Come knit with us!
Bring your own yarn and needles. Bring
extras to share. Bring yarn from home to trade in a ‘yarn swap’. Join one of
the knitting circles from beginners to advanced. Teach someone to knit. Learn a
new stitch or pattern. Bring projects you want to ‘show-n-tell’. Help to create
a ‘knitted sculpture’ depicting the theme ‘knit us as one’. Enter a ‘fastest
knitter’ contest to test your skills. Come by to watch others knit. Learn about
the ‘Hudson Valley Yarn Cruise’. Help to establish a ‘knitting salon’ group.
Just come in to visit our Tiffany stained glass windows.
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St. Andrew’s event is
official and registered with www.wwkipday.com
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Food for thought: Knitting offers an opportunity for community, creativity and healing. Given the times we live in, Beacon's 1st Annual WWKIP day is an opportunity for people to come together to "knit us as one" and to feel the healing power of one stitch at a time..
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