what's on in april

Spring has definitely arrived. The clocks have gone forwards, swans are nesting on the canal and we're getting ready for sunny days to come. This month we meet on April 15th and we're thinking about women, wisdom and water in a couple of separate activities that you can join in. We'll also have a mini spring share-and-swap session of seeds, plants or produce you've grown or made (this includes cakes!!!).

Our lovely Sarah Butler will be leading a session on women and wisdom. This offers a few moments where women connect in a supportive circle and claim some space to explore their thoughtm feeling and to find a few moments of peace. Sounds perfect.

Separately, artist Amy Sharrocks will be collecting water and stories for the Museum of Water, an invitation to ponder our precious liquid and the different ways we access and enjoy it. To participate, just bring along the water you have collected and be ready to share your story - but please use a bottle you are prepared to hand over. The water and stories that Amy collects will find its way into her forthcoming installation at Somerset House later this year, so its an opportunity to share your water story more widely.

For our spring share-and-swap all you need to do is bring in any excess plants/ seeds or produce you're prepared to share or swap and get bartering.

As usual we'll be at St Margaret's House, 21 Old Ford Road, E2  9PL, 15th April, 7 for 7.30pm start, refreshments available, guests welcome (£4 donation requested for non-members). There will be plenty of time to have a drink, a chat and if we're lucky and somebody does a bit of baking, nibble at something sweet.

Our April tea is from 3.30pm this afternoon at Foxcroft and Ginger 68 Mile End Road - all welcome, just buy your own drink. To avoid the Good Friday holiday, we have moved our coffee morning to Friday 25th April. Gather at 10.30am in the cafe of Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road where there's also an opportunity to find out more about writer Jacqueline Wilson's and visit her teenage bedroom.

So a lot to choose from there, ladies - plus more in the diary dates. Hope to see you next week or at another event. And bring a friend too - we'd love to meet them.

Knit & Natter 27 March

It's Knit & Natter time! Bring along your unfinished knitting projects, your tapestries and your paper-craft - or anything else you have on the go. It's March ... a great time for spring cleaning of old projects, finishing up WIPs (or PHDs as Janet calls them!) so pop along for a chat and bring a project. 

We'll be meeting this Thursday 27th of March from 6.30 – 8.30pm. 

We're meeting at The Coborn Arms, 8 Coborn Road, Mile End, London E3 2DA. Click here for a map.

This EEWI-inspired group is open to anyone who feels like popping in with a project - knitting or otherwise. It will be a casual meeting, and everyone is invited – not only knitters. Bring along your stitching or paper crafts, or simply join us for a few drinks and a good catch-up. New knitters are welcome too.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

what's on in march

Did you have time to sew up your happiness heart or was there too much going on with a fab outing to new coffee shop Muxima, the Genesis Cinema for tea, a lively book club meeting and a quiet knit and natter. Now here we are already preparing for an EEWI meeting tomorrow - yes, tomorrow 18th March (eek!). We're focusing this month on women, and our main speaker photographer Trupti Patel who will tell us about her passion for Giving Women a Voice. We also have a speaker from charity Hestia which helps women who have been victims of domestic violence. As usual there will be time to have a drink, a chat and if we're lucky and somebody does a bit of baking, something sweet  - I'm still thinking of Emily's fabulous cake last month. As usual we're at St Margaret's House, 7 for 7.30pm start, refreshments available, guests welcome - £4 donation requested.

Our coffee morning is from 10.30pm Friday 21st March when we'll meet at new cafe "The Coffee Room" at 6 a Grove Road E3 (there's no sign yet, but it's painted grey and is opposite the bus terminus, so easy to get to)  All women welcome, all you have to do is buy your own coffee and join in the banter. 

Some more dates for your diary: 

Knit and Natter - Coborn Arms, Coborn Road E3, 6.30 - 8pm, Thurs 27th March.

Afternoon Tea - 3.30pm, Monday 7th April, venue to be confirmed. Let us know if there is somewhere you would like to go in particular.

Book Club -  7pm Wednesday 30th April, Anne Bronte's "Tenant of Wildfell Hall, contact us for venue if you want to join us.

Hope to see you tomorrow thoug if you are on honeymoon we'll let you off.

Knit & Natter: Thursday 27th

It's Knit & Natter time! Bring along your unfinished knitting projects, your tapestries and your paper-craft - or anything else you have on the go. It's February... a great time for starting a new skill, learning the basics, or just meeting up for a chat.

We'll be meeting this Thursday 27th of February from 6.30 – 8.30pm. 

We're meeting at The Coborn Arms, 8 Coborn Road, Mile End, London E3 2DA. Click here for a map.

This EEWI-inspired group is open to anyone who feels like popping in with a project - knitting or otherwise. It will be a casual meeting, and everyone is invited – not only knitters. Bring along your stitching or paper crafts, or simply join us for a few drinks and a good catch-up. New knitters are welcome too.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

quick change for tea and coffee this month

Just to let you know that coffee morning tomorrow 21st February will be at Muxima, 618 Roman Road, E3 2RW.  Gather from 10.30. Thanks to Carolyn for recommending. We've also had to postpone afternoon tea until 3rd March, 3.30pm Genesis Cinema. See sidebar for details.

it's all about love and happiness

If it's true that to be happy you must be neither solitary nor idle, then a coffee morning with EEWI offers one path to joy. Coffee and croissants from Look Mum No Hands in Hackney (give it a try). And yarn courtesy of lovely EEWI ladies. Quite a good recipe.

Happiness all round too for Sarah and Anna who were successful in being chosen to receive our  £50 EEWI bursary. We look forward to hearing what course you have chosen and maybe sharing some new skills with us. And congratulations too to young Heather who won our £30 voucher for a class at Fabrications. Let us know how you all get on!

So after such a long, wet winter, we'll be talking this month about how to be happy. We'll share some ideas and we'd like to hear what makes you happy too. We're meeting as usual at St Margaret's House, 7pm for 7.30pm, on Tuesday 18th February. Newcomers and visitors welcome (£4 donation). We'll have refreshments, but we'd also love it if you want to share some love and happiness themed food or drink with us too whatever that might be. And if you can't get along to our meeting, then why not come to one of our other free, open activities - details in the sidebar.

So shake off the wind and wet weather. Find the joy. Come and say hello.


With many thanks to photographer Mike English for the lovely photo of Stacey and Elizabeth.

Knit & Natter: Thursday 29th

It's Knit & Natter time! Bring along your unfinished knitting projects, your tapestries and your paper-craft - or anything else you have on the go. It's January... a great time for stash-busting and starting new projects.

We'll be meeting this Thursday 30th of January from 6.30 – 8.30pm. 

We're meeting at The Coborn Arms, 8 Coborn Road, Mile End, London E3 2DA. Click here for a map.

This EEWI-inspired group is open to anyone who feels like popping in with a project - knitting or otherwise. It will be a casual meeting, and everyone is invited – not only knitters. Bring along your stitching or paper crafts, or simply join us for a few drinks and a good catch-up. New knitters are welcome too.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!