Our Busy Spring

It's hard to keep our breath nowadays. We've been busy with all our 10th anniversary celebrations (read about our big retreat further down in the blog) and now we're heading into a couple of months of nonstop activity.
Coming up soon is the Vogue Knitting Live conference, March 14-16 at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. Stop by for classes, demos, fashion shows and lots more. Our booth will be full of fun stuff, including the debut of our custom Madelinetosh colorway, Greenwood.
After that, we'll be busy preparing for our annual sale, which runs April 24-27. As usual, all the yarn in the store will be 20% off, and we'll have a huge selection of clearance yarn at 40% off.
May kicks off with the Phinney-Greenwood Art Walk on 9 and 10. We'll be hosting an artist's work, as will dozens of other businesses in the area. There also will be live entertainment and wine tastings up and down the street.
The busy season winds up May 15-18 with the four-day LYS (local yarn store) Tour. This year, 25 stores from Kent up to the Canadian border will be participating. There will be free patterns and prize drawings at each store, as well as bigger prizes each day of the tour. This event just gets bigger every year, drawing hundreds of local knitters as well as visitors from around the country.

Big Retreat Announcement!

We're happy to announce that as part of our 10th anniversary celebration, The Fiber Gallery is hosting its first retreat!
We'll be heading to the Imperial Stock Ranch in Maupin, Ore., from October 24 to 27. The ranch is home to Imperial Yarn, one of our favorite yarn companies and also supplier of all the wool for Team USA's winter Olympics sweaters. The ranch is a complete sheep-to-skein operation, one of only a few in the country.
But wait, there's more! The retreat will also feature

• A day of instruction by Bonne Marie Burns, designer of Chic Knits patterns 
• Eco-friendly bus transportation to and from Seattle 
• Accommodations and all meals at the Imperial River Company, a lodge on the banks of the scenic Deschutes River 
• A stop in Portland at fair-traded accessory supplier Lantern Moon
• A wine and cheese reception the first evening
• Shopping opportunities
• A meeting with Imperial Yarn owners Dan and Jeanne Carver, who'll show us their whole operation
• A sheepdog herding demonstration
• A boxed lunch for the journey home
• Snacks, games and surprises

The retreat is limited to 22 participants. The cost is $900 for a shared room. Single rooms are available for an extra fee. We will arrange room shares for those coming solo.

Give us a call today at 206-706-4197 for more information. A 50% deposit is required to book.