Spring/Summer 2019 Shows
Hello Knitty Friends, we are starting to confirm new show dates and our next retail events! Our yarns and other products will be available at the fairs and pop-up shop opportunities listed below, and please check back for more updates throughout the season!
MARCH 30 – What Women Want Spring Show, Soldotna (more info)
MAY 17 & 18 – Seward Mermaid Festival Weekend, Seward (more info)
JUNE 29 – Anchorage PrideFestival, Anchorage (more info)
JULY & AUG – Homer Farmer’s Market, dates TBA
SEPT 28 & 29 – Fireweed Fiber Fest, Soldotna
Fall and Winter dates still TBA, but we will definitely see you again at Homer’s Nutcracker Faire DEC 7 & 8 for holiday crafting!
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Pop Up Shop !!! Hand Painted Yarns!
February 15 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Alaskan Yarn Co. is having a Pop Up Shop at Sustainable Wares in Homer!! Hand painted yarns and rovings!
Sustainable Wares is located at 1103 Ocean Dr. in Homer
February 15th, 16th, and 17th, 2019
Friday 11-6 pm * Saturday 11-4 pm * Sunday 1-5 pm
We will have space for an ongoing craft circle all three days; Sunday will be dedicated to crafting as Sustainable Wares will not be open for business.
I will have the Button Boxes out!!! They have long been packed away and the time has come to set them free!
Come see all the new colors we have been dying and sit for a spell and stitch!
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GOOD SOLID BASICS, a spinning workshop with CELIA QUINN. Celia is a Master spinner who lives right here in Homer and we are very excited to have this opportunity to offer this workshop. Her schedule is very full and this is a rare chance for local spinners. Celia has taught workshops extensively across the U.S. since 1983. She knits, weaves and crochets, with an emphasis on garments and household textiles. She has spun everything from rope to sub-sewing thread, and still holds Spin-Off Magazine’s fine spinning record for cotton, at approximately 83, 000 yards per pound. Her thoughts on spinning can be found in many back issues of Spin-Off.
Saturday, October 26th 2013. 10 am to 5pm. Cost $75 plus $8 material fee.
Minimum participants 5, Maximum 10
In this class, students will be introduced to the long draw and worsted methods of spinning, and will learn appropriate uses of these techniques. They will also learn about spinning wheel mechanics, to better understand how to adjust their wheels to best advantage, to choose the best materials to use for brake bands and drive bands, how to oil your wheel, and how different wheels are best suited for certain yarns. We will discuss basic spinning principles, and how understanding those principles can help you to produce fine to thick yarns. Students will also learn about different methods of fiber preparation through demonstrations of carding, flicking and combing. We will also address plying methods, and practice if time allows.
This class is intended for spinners who can spin a continuous thread, and be fairly comfortable with their wheel.
Materials fee:$8/person
Student materials list
Wheel
Oil
Threading hook
Lazy Kate with 3 bobbins (all with yarn leaders on them)
Hand cards
Flick card, if you have one
Notebook and pen
Small amount of yarn on two bobbins in lazy kate, for plying exercise
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Fiber Faire, October 2010
1st Fiber Faire, Jerri learning to spin with Lee
The wheels waiting for new spinners
Nice socks!!
Sharon is happy to be spinning
Stephanie fondling alpaca fiber
Ellen showing the drop spindle method of spinning
Linda and Lindianne checking out the table loom and weaving
An Alpaca came for a visit from Kathy Simpson’s Alpaca Ranch
The baby yak was very friendly and popular despite the rain
CommuKnitty Stash’s First Yarn Tasting
Sarah setting out the snick snacks
Yarn samples all ready!
We got too busy to take more pictures but we had lots of fun and we sure ate well!!
Birthdays happen at Knittystash!
OSUM gals and Skippy
Happy Birthday to Jules….surprise!!
Spinning Night begins!!
3 spinning wheels, good company and a warm fire make for a lovely evening.
Jules relearning to spin.
MOVING TO THE 30 FOOT YURT
The big empty w/new floor covering
Bags o’yarn!
The first load
Oh dear, where do we start?
The big mess, now we unpack
Round 1 of organizing the yarn
The knitting circle and where the woodstove “will” be.
The new display case and lovely new rug!
“Feels good in here!”
Outside the 30′ yurt, our signs look small!
…its getting closer!!
“Hey dis heat feels pretty good!” The stove is finally in!! Yippeee!
Knitty Stash’s new home!! I can’t wait to surround it with flowers!!
Beginning to move in.
Empty baskets and boxes everywhere!
Progress!
The color is back! Configuring with straight walls is a new challenge!
We made our deadline of opening Friday for First Friday Art Walk
Cleo the shop dog is still adjusting to the new space
Wall O’ needles!