Wynona Studios

Wynona Studios is named after my great-grandmother, Wynona Kelly. She was a founding member of the Thursday Thimble Club of Scio OR. This group of lovely ladies was founded in 1916, and they got together until they just couldn’t any more in the learly 90′s. They would gather at each others houses on Thursday afternoons and do their mending, knitting, darning, embroidery, and other hand work. They would also gossip, share in good times and bad and enjoy some treats and punch. They would giggle, cry and encourage each other through all the phases of their lives, from young women, to young brides, to young mothers, to empty nesters and grandmothers and great grandmothers. They even had their own song!

We hold “Knit Night” on Thursdays to honor this group of women. We hope that as the attendees for Knit Night grow, that we too will still be gathering together on Thursdays to mend, knit, darn, gossip, laugh and cry together. So come join us on Thursdays from 5:30pm-7:00pm! We would love to see you. (And we promise not to make you sing!)

Thursday Thimble Club

written by Minnie Goar for the 25th Anniversary

Tune – Blest Be the Tie That Binds

On Thursday the Thimble Club meets,

and each one her neighbor can greet.

There’s grandmas and mamas and babies so sweet

All come when our Thimble Club meets.

We quilt or we sew or we darn.

We laugh and we talk and we spin our yarns.

We all feel so gay in our friendly way,

Our work simply goes like a charm.

After we all get to club,

There’s always a sizable gang,

The president raps to stop the chats

And the meeting starts off with a bang.

Then discussions of what we may do

To help those in need that we knew.

To the sick we send flowers- to others give showers.

A happy friendly family are we.