News from our Sponsors
Bazaar Girls
Bazaar Girls in Pt. Townsend is hosting a weekend of Sashiko stitching and mending, May 18-19. Guest teacher will be Rachel Barclay, coming to us from Connecticut. All levels are welcome; supply kit is included in the class fee. Visit bazaargirls.com/learn for more info.
Makers' Mercantile
Makers Nite | Meet Designer & Instructor Shaina Bilow - FREE
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 5:00 – 7:00pm Pacific
Join us for this fun, FREE online event where we will talk with creative powerhouse Shaina Bilow! We will learn more about her creative process, be inspired by a mini trunk show of projects, AND get tempted to join her on an in-person adventure to Greece!
https://tinyurl.com/MakersNite0424
Perfecting Buttonholes & Button Bands | Online Workshop - $40
Instructor: Faina Goberstein
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 5:00 – 7:00pm Pacific
This online workshop teaches essential finishing techniques for successful projects, covering tasks like preparing smooth edges and creating buttonholes and bands, ensuring stress-free stitching and proper button placement. Participants will learn to calculate ratios based on gauges and master the sizing and attachment of buttons.
https://tinyurl.com/buttonholeworkshop
Beginning Lace | Online Workshop - $40
Instructor: Faina Goberstein
Thursday, April 24, 2024, 5:00 – 7:00pm Pacific
Instructor Faina Goberstein guides participants through the captivating art of lace knitting, where traditional knitting stitches like knit, purl, yarnover, and decreases converge to create ethereal fabrics. This online workshop offers insights into lace motif navigation, essential skills like lifeline placement, and the transformative technique of blocking, empowering knitters to craft timeless, captivating pieces.
https://tinyurl.com/BeginningLace
Seattle Sky Dyeworks
Salish Sea & Sky Fiber Arts Retreat - Join us in Sequim for an all inclusive three night summer camp for fiber nerds! If you've ever dreamed of a summer camp for grown ups, here is your chance. We've got knitting, weaving, and crochet classes by local experts, it's fully catered by a local chef, and every guest gets a swag bag with a KAL pattern, skein of camp yarn (in an exclusive colorway), and a project bag. Step into the woods with your fellow fiber artists and celebrate the beginning of summer in the best possible way - with yarn! There are only nine spots left!
6/7-6/10: Register Here
May 21st & 28th at Seattle Yarn: Weaving Basics
Learn to use up your stash in fun new ways. No loom or experience necessary. We will learn to weave a scarf in this fun two part class and Seattle Yarn has loom rentals available.
Link: https://seattleyarn.com/collections/weaving-classes/products/rigid-heddle-weaving-basics-with-kasteyl
April 2nd, 9th, & 16th at Seattle Yarn: Spinning Basics
Up your fiber arts game by learning to make your own yarn! This three part class will teach you to draft, spin, and ply. You'll finish class with a full skein of your own handspun. Wheel rentals available.
Link: https://seattleyarn.com/collections/spinning-classes/products/beginning-spinning?variant=43217017536712
May 25th at Seattle Yarn: Drop Spindle 101
Learn to spin your own yarn using the most basic of spinning tools. This single day clinic will teach you how to draft, spin, and ply. No experience necessary!
Link: https://seattleyarn.com/collections/spinning-classes/products/drop-spindling-101?variant=43217396400328
April 6th & 7th: Shepherd's Extravaganza in Enumclaw, WA
Join us for a weekend of fiber fun in Enumclaw, WA! Located at the King County Fairgrounds, come shop the vendor hall, the best used equipment sale of the year, hang out in the spinning circle, and enjoy visiting with the sheep!
More info here: https://shepherds-extravaganza.com
Skagit Woolen Works
Whidbey Weavers Guild Annual Spin In - April 6th & 7th, Oak Harbor
Featured Speakers: Anna Hosick-Kalahan & Jessica Schwab, Skagit Woolen Works. 'Exploring Local Wool'.
Join us for 2 days of spinning at the Oak Harbor High School.
Saturday, April 6 & Sunday, April 7
10 am to 4 pm
Admission $20 – includes both days. An optional fiber pack will be available for purchase during the Spin-In.
Workshop participants should bring a wheel, e-spinner or spindle and a pair of hand cards, a flick carder, or a metal comb to be used to prepare locks for spinning.
Marketplace. Open both days for Spin-In attendees. Open free to the public Saturday 11-1 pm.
Group spinning throughout the weekend.
A liquidation table for equipment you wish to sell.
Bazaar Girls in Pt. Townsend is hosting a weekend of Sashiko stitching and mending, May 18-19. Guest teacher will be Rachel Barclay, coming to us from Connecticut. All levels are welcome; supply kit is included in the class fee. Visit bazaargirls.com/learn for more info.
Makers' Mercantile
Makers Nite | Meet Designer & Instructor Shaina Bilow - FREE
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 5:00 – 7:00pm Pacific
Join us for this fun, FREE online event where we will talk with creative powerhouse Shaina Bilow! We will learn more about her creative process, be inspired by a mini trunk show of projects, AND get tempted to join her on an in-person adventure to Greece!
https://tinyurl.com/MakersNite0424
Perfecting Buttonholes & Button Bands | Online Workshop - $40
Instructor: Faina Goberstein
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 5:00 – 7:00pm Pacific
This online workshop teaches essential finishing techniques for successful projects, covering tasks like preparing smooth edges and creating buttonholes and bands, ensuring stress-free stitching and proper button placement. Participants will learn to calculate ratios based on gauges and master the sizing and attachment of buttons.
https://tinyurl.com/buttonholeworkshop
Beginning Lace | Online Workshop - $40
Instructor: Faina Goberstein
Thursday, April 24, 2024, 5:00 – 7:00pm Pacific
Instructor Faina Goberstein guides participants through the captivating art of lace knitting, where traditional knitting stitches like knit, purl, yarnover, and decreases converge to create ethereal fabrics. This online workshop offers insights into lace motif navigation, essential skills like lifeline placement, and the transformative technique of blocking, empowering knitters to craft timeless, captivating pieces.
https://tinyurl.com/BeginningLace
Seattle Sky Dyeworks
Salish Sea & Sky Fiber Arts Retreat - Join us in Sequim for an all inclusive three night summer camp for fiber nerds! If you've ever dreamed of a summer camp for grown ups, here is your chance. We've got knitting, weaving, and crochet classes by local experts, it's fully catered by a local chef, and every guest gets a swag bag with a KAL pattern, skein of camp yarn (in an exclusive colorway), and a project bag. Step into the woods with your fellow fiber artists and celebrate the beginning of summer in the best possible way - with yarn! There are only nine spots left!
6/7-6/10: Register Here
May 21st & 28th at Seattle Yarn: Weaving Basics
Learn to use up your stash in fun new ways. No loom or experience necessary. We will learn to weave a scarf in this fun two part class and Seattle Yarn has loom rentals available.
Link: https://seattleyarn.com/collections/weaving-classes/products/rigid-heddle-weaving-basics-with-kasteyl
April 2nd, 9th, & 16th at Seattle Yarn: Spinning Basics
Up your fiber arts game by learning to make your own yarn! This three part class will teach you to draft, spin, and ply. You'll finish class with a full skein of your own handspun. Wheel rentals available.
Link: https://seattleyarn.com/collections/spinning-classes/products/beginning-spinning?variant=43217017536712
May 25th at Seattle Yarn: Drop Spindle 101
Learn to spin your own yarn using the most basic of spinning tools. This single day clinic will teach you how to draft, spin, and ply. No experience necessary!
Link: https://seattleyarn.com/collections/spinning-classes/products/drop-spindling-101?variant=43217396400328
April 6th & 7th: Shepherd's Extravaganza in Enumclaw, WA
Join us for a weekend of fiber fun in Enumclaw, WA! Located at the King County Fairgrounds, come shop the vendor hall, the best used equipment sale of the year, hang out in the spinning circle, and enjoy visiting with the sheep!
More info here: https://shepherds-extravaganza.com
Skagit Woolen Works
Whidbey Weavers Guild Annual Spin In - April 6th & 7th, Oak Harbor
Featured Speakers: Anna Hosick-Kalahan & Jessica Schwab, Skagit Woolen Works. 'Exploring Local Wool'.
Join us for 2 days of spinning at the Oak Harbor High School.
Saturday, April 6 & Sunday, April 7
10 am to 4 pm
Admission $20 – includes both days. An optional fiber pack will be available for purchase during the Spin-In.
Workshop participants should bring a wheel, e-spinner or spindle and a pair of hand cards, a flick carder, or a metal comb to be used to prepare locks for spinning.
Marketplace. Open both days for Spin-In attendees. Open free to the public Saturday 11-1 pm.
Group spinning throughout the weekend.
A liquidation table for equipment you wish to sell.