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
CommuKnitty Stash’s First Yarn Tasting
Birthdays happen at Knittystash!
Spinning Night begins!!
MOVING TO THE 30 FOOT YURT