Which-Crafts?

First Craft day of the new year is right around the corner. I realized late last night that even though Craft day is next saturday, I hadn’t actually told anyone.

Sorry for the late reminder!

Saturday Febrary 23 - 1 pm

Alyse & Evan’s House (email me or comment if you need directions or more info)

Feel free to bring any hand-craft project that doesn’t need a whole room to do. Most seating is “couch-like”, but if you need a table, or a more straight backed chair just let me know ahead of time and we’ll set one up. Please also bring a small “potluck” item for everyone to snack on. I will of course be providing “something” and drinks.

For those who still remain at dinner time, we generally order in dinner later in the evening.

PLEASE RSVP!!!

Future Craft Days:
You can find the public calendar of events here.

The dates for this years events will be:

March 16th Hypertufa
March 29 - Craft Day
April 26 - Graham Leather’s Concert
May 24 - Craft Day
June 28 - Craft Day
July 26 - Concert (I think)
August 30 - Craft Day
September 6 - Yarn dyeing day
Sept 20 - Craft Day
October 25 - Music

You can find out more about events at our house at my website. You can also find out more about Craft-Days.

If you want to get these announcements in your email you can go to here to sign up.

Go where?

Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair - “A celebration of fiber and the fiber arts with workshops, demonstrations of spinning and weaving, vendors offering fibers for spinning plus finished yarn, dyes, books, gifts, equipment, handmade soap and baskets. Also supplies for spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, dyeing, tatting and crochet. ” - Bamm and I went last year and had a really nice time, lots of stuff to fondle, and we had a blast playing at the yarn dyeing “make and take”.

I’ll be going, anyone else want to come with?

Hey! That is only one place, where else are you going to go?

I know it sounds early but Stitches Midwest registration is already open. I have currently signed up for 2 classes, Embraceable Lace, and a Sampling of Stitches. It was really hard to choose, there were lots of classes I wanted to take and only so much $$ and many things all happening at the same time. Fitting all that together and then negotiating with a friend who is going to take a class with me for what we would take . . . well let me just say I am glad we had a week or so to mull over the options before registration opened. If the money comes in then I’ll look at maybe adding a Traditional Shetland Scarf.

If anyone else is going to be there for classes or for shopping maybe we can meet-up somewhere.

Any Place Else?

Midwest Folk and Fiber Art Fair - This one I really want to go to, someone else who wants to go who might be willing to let me hitch a ride. There are a ton of interesting looking vendors, and maybe some workshops.

Fleece to Fiber - this one looks more like an art show, but still really interesting.