Blue Moon Bonanza

We've transformed a corner of the store into our new Blue Moon Fiber Arts section. We're now stocking Socks That Rock lightweight and heavyweight, Yaksi, Laci, Woobu, BFL Sport and BFL Fingering.

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.

Coming Up February 17-23

Tuesday: Evening sit and knit group, 6 to 9 p.m. All knitters, crocheters and stitchers welcome! Free.

Wednesday: Midday sit and knit group, noon to 2 p.m. All knitters, crocheters and stitchers welcome! Free.

Continuing Knitting, 6 to 8 p.m. $120 for six weeks. Work on your own project in a group setting as you gain confidence, get help and learn new techniques from an experienced teacher. Contact the store for registration information.
 
Thursday: Charity knitting group, noon to 2 p.m. We have suggestions for charities and patterns. Come join us!

Learn to Knit or Learn to Crochet, 6 to 8 p.m. $20 plus supplies. No registration required.

Project Help, 6 to 8 p.m. Stuck on a project? Need to learn a new technique? Drop in for help. Only $5.

Saturday: Rigid Heddle Weaving, 10:30 to 5:30 p.m. $70. Learn to weave on one of our table-top cricket looms, including warping the loom. No experience necessary. Loom rental fee is extra. Contact the store for registration information.

Sunday: Continuing Knitting, 10 a.m. to noon. $120 for six weeks. Work on your own project in a group setting as you gain confidence, get help and learn new techniques from an experienced teacher. Contact the store for registration information. 

Tiramisu Blanket, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Free. It's not too late to join our winter crochet-along. This simple blanket requires only the single crochet and double crochet stitches. Join us for help and socialization.

Learn to Knit, 3 to 5 p.m. $20 plus supplies. In just two hours, you can be knitting! Learn how to cast on stitches and knit them as you start a simple project. Contact the store for registration information.

Coming Up February 10-16

Tuesday: Evening sit and knit group, 6 to 9 p.m. All knitters, crocheters and stitchers welcome! Free.

Wednesday: Midday sit and knit group, noon to 2 p.m. All knitters, crocheters and stitchers welcome! Free.

Continuing Knitting, 6 to 8 p.m. $120 for six weeks. Work on your own project in a group setting as you gain confidence, get help and learn new techniques from an experienced teacher. Contact the store for registration information.
 
Thursday: Charity knitting group, noon to 2 p.m. We have suggestions for charities and patterns. Come join us!

Learn to Knit or Learn to Crochet, 6 to 8 p.m. $20 plus supplies. No registration required.

Project Help, 6 to 8 p.m. Stuck on a project? Need to learn a new technique? Drop in for help. Only $5.

Thursday through Sunday: No weekend classes. Join us at Tacoma's Hotel Murano for the annual Madrona Fiber Arts Retreat.

Coming Up Feb. 3-9

Tuesday: Evening sit and knit group, 6 to 9 p.m. All knitters, crocheters and stitchers welcome! Free.

Wednesday: Midday sit and knit group, noon to 2 p.m. All knitters, crocheters and stitchers welcome! Free.

Continuing Knitting, 6 to 8 p.m. $120 for six weeks. Work on your own project in a group setting as you gain confidence, get help and learn new techniques from an experienced teacher. Contact the store for registration information.
 
Thursday: Charity knitting group, noon to 2 p.m. We have suggestions for charities and patterns. Come join us!

Learn to Knit or Learn to Crochet, 6 to 8 p.m. $20 plus supplies. No registration required.

Project Help, 6 to 8 p.m. Stuck on a project? Need to learn a new technique? Drop in for help. Only $5.

Saturday: Tea Leaves Cardigan, 1 to 3 p.m. It's not too late to join our winter knitalong. Join us for help and socialization as you work on this simple top-down sweater. Free with pattern purchase. 

Sunday: Continuing Knitting, 10 a.m. to noon. $120 for six weeks. Work on your own project in a group setting as you gain confidence, get help and learn new techniques from an experienced teacher. Contact the store for registration information. 

Sculpting with Felting Needles, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. $35 includes foam pad, needles and other supplies to take home. No experience is needed for this fun class, in which we'll make a small animal figure from unspun wool. The possibilities with this technique are endless. Contact store for registration information.

Granny Squares, 3 to 5 p.m. $20. Bring your own hook and small lengths of yarn and we'll learn the traditional technique of crocheted blanket squares. Must already know how to crochet. Contact store for registration information.

Not Just a Knitting Store

If you're a knitter (or non-knitter) who's ever thought of branching out in new directions, we've got plenty of options coming up in the next few months.

Needle-felting is great fun and needs no experience. In our Sculpting With Felting Needles class, February 9, we'll teach you how to make small objects like animals and flowers with unspun yarn and a needle. The options are endless!

If you've ever wanted to weave but were leery of huge looms, we can teach you on one of our 10- or 15-inch Cricket looms. A full-day introductory class is coming up on Feb. 22.

For aspiring spinners, we have a group that meets every first Friday of the month. We also offer drop-spindling classes (the next one in March), and have lovely, portable Sidekick wheels for purchase.

We also teach crochet, needlepoint and more. Check our classes page for more details, and widen your fiber horizons.