March Guild Meeting (Hybrid Meeting)
Thu, Mar 13
|Rose City Park Presbyterian Church
Laurel Kaufman The Lace Knitters of Estonia Past and Present RSVP to get the Zoom link
Time & Location
Mar 13, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Rose City Park Presbyterian Church, 1907 NE 45th Ave, Portland, OR 97213, USA
About the event
About the presentation: Laurel will describe her mentorship with one of the members of the Haapsula Knitting Guild. The presentation will include photos of the museum, the town, and the midsummer festival. Her presentation will cover the history of the guild and the difference between Estonian lace shawls and Shetland shawls. Laurel will bring several pieces of guild work and examples of some of the details in making the shawls and talk about the knupps. She will show the needles they use and share their preferred yarn.
Please RSVP to get the Zoom link to join us virtually.
About the speaker: Laurel Kaufman is a 73-year-old retired high school counselor, a job she worked for 25 years. She enjoys reading, gardening, playing petanque, kayaking, walking, birdwatching, and studying French. She spends part of every year in France with her daughter who lives there.
Laurel learned to knit when she was…