Aug
CCE 2010
This is just a short note to say how much CCE was a success for me personally! I met so many wonderful people and connected with old colleagues. Every time I attend a conference I learn something new about myself and my own goals as a creative professional……
here is our group shot:
One of the most awesome things about being at CCE is you discover very cool crafts and artwork. I was SUPER lucky to strike up a pleasant conversation with Rachel of Danger Peach (sister of the fabulous Moxie – felting queen!). She works with shrink plastic and has developed techniques to get all kinds of fun textures and colors in her pieces….she gave me a pair of these AWESOME shrinky dink plastic earrings in the shape of seahorses. I love them so much!
More details and pictures about the sessions I attended and things I learned to come! Along with our first fiber video podcast….
Aug
Anniversary Sale and Mini Fiber Fest
Don’t Miss Our Once A Year Sale on Saturday August 28th 2010
Free Activities and Demos
Weave a Loom Flower Brooch – ALL DAY
Yarn Tasting with in-store yarn brands and *NEW* yarns donated by Knitcellaneous – ALL DAY
Nuno Felting Demonstration with Shannon Herrick of The Spun Monkey – 1:30PM
3-D Needle Felted Woodland Friends With Jenny, Lizzy and Friends – Starts at 2:30PM
Shop With Local Vendors from 12-4PM
Kira K – Unique knit patterns and notions
Girl On The Rocks – Clever notions, stitchmarkers and more
The Spun Monkey – hand spun yarns and fibers
Pigeon Roof Studios – elegant hand dyed fibers and yarns
Goodie Bags
For the first 50 who spend $50 or more, goodies include fun treats such as….
Current issues of Fiberarts Magazine
Mini Yarn Skeins
Monkey Sock Monkey Postcards
Publications from Chronicle Books
Hand Dyed Roving Samples from Dicentra Designs
Stitchmarkers, notions and more!
Discounts on commercial yarns, floor model spinning wheels, fiber tools, books, fibers and more! New Product Lines In Store! Items marked 10% 20% 30% and 50% OFF FOR ONE DAY ONLY
RSVP on Ravelry or Facebook
1311 16th Avenue (between Irving and Judah)
San Francisco, CA 94122
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Aug
Open Studio Sale at Pigeon Roof Studio
We’re excited to announce that Krista of the popular Pigeon Roof Studio will be joining us for our Anniversary Sale/Mini Fiber Fest! Krista is known for her unique dyeing technique that produces stunning depth of colour. Each skein of yarn or braid of fibre is dyed individually, so please be aware that there are no dyelots.
If you can’t wait till our sale be sure to visit her at her OPEN STUDIO tomorrow! Karrie from Girl On The Rocks will be there also selling her novel accessories and hand dyed fiber!
Open Studio
Saturday, August 7th, from 12:00-5:00 p.m.
305 Vernon St., #2, Oakland, CA 94610
http://www.etsy.com/shop/pigeonroofstudios
Jul
July Newsletter
We hope you are enjoying the holiday weekend! Jamie and Blas are back from Ireland and England and what a wonderful trip it was. We interviewed artists and visited spinning mills. Along the way we made some great friends too. We have hours of video, and over 2000 photos to go through and hope to share it with you soon. More in the coming month! Special thanks to all the people who hosted us in their studios and mills…
Above: Blas and Ian Gammon, manager of Cold Harbor Mill. Cold Harbor is a 200 year old water powered spinning mill which produces worsted spun yarn in the UK.
Above: Felt artist Nicola Brown and her dog at their country home in beautiful Ballybrack, Ireland.
Some Upcoming Classes at the Studio
Monday 7.5 Fiber Club Night at Old Jerusalem Cafe* FREE This coming Monday we will resume our fiber night! We’ll be bringing some felting supplies and spindles for people who want to play. Bring your projects and come craft along with us!
Saturday 7.10 Drop In Clinic: Crochet and Knit with Barbara Barbara Iachini has been crocheting for 25 years. She holds the Master of Crochet Stitches designation from the Crochet Guild of America. Currently, she teaches both knit and crochet at a yarn shop near her home in Colorado. Have her help you start or finish your next project. By appointment. Please CONTACT US for details.
Sunday 7.11 SpinLab: Entrapment! $55 In this three-hour workshop we will explore various potential add-ins for your yarns and many ways to spin them securely in. We will also cover techniques that involve wrapping or trapping your yarn in threads, from lovely candy-striping to wild tornados of whirling thread.Instructor: Shannon Herrick
Saturday 7.17 Intermediate Drop Spindling with Wonder Mike $45 Now that you’ve mastered a spun single, let’s show you how to ply and finish that yarn. In this “Part Two” Intro class, Michael will show you how to Handy Ply (a version of Andean Plying), how to skein, and set the twist in your yarn. He will also review your technique and suggest ways of refining and getting the most out of your spindle spinning.
Sunday 7.18 Needle Felted Bird $16 This fun technique uses a special needle to transform wool fleece into everything from detailed surface embellishment to 3-D figures. Using a felting needle and wool, learn to needlefelt a lovely bird! You get to pick from a rainbow of colors to make your bird.
Photo by SpiderFelt
Saturday 7.24 Merino Wet Felted Flowers $25 With a wonderful kit by Spiderfelt.com and Blas’ help you will assemble 2 large or 3 medium sized 100% wool felt flowers using a wet felting technique.
Sunday 7.25 Fiber Blending With A Drum Carder – Materials Included - $80 Do you love textured yarns and those fun and beautiful carded batts for sale at fiber festivals? Would you love to make them yourself? Learn to create blended batts for spinning using multiple fibers and colors with techniques for basic carding and a variety of techniques for blending fibers. Instructor: Keena Golden
All class registrations entitle you to 10% off the cost of supplies, yarn and fiber on the day of class! Private classes and fix it clinics are always available by appointment, e-mail us with your needs!
Upcoming Events
July 31st – August 1st Renegade Craft Show (Studio Closed)
August 2nd – Fiber Club Night
August 28th – Studio Anniversary Sale and Mini Fiber Festival – ONE DAY, BIG DISCOUNTS!
September 19th – World Wide Spin In Public Day for SF
For the latest news check our Event Calendar for full details
Summer at the Studio
We’ve adjusted our hours for summer and Kira will be in the studio regurlarly two Sundays a month! For private lessons and drop in clinics give us a call or e-mail to find out which days she’ll be here.
Mon 12-7 pm Tues, Weds & Thurs – By Appt. Friday 12-7 pm Saturday 12-5 pm Sunday 12-5 pm
Show Us Your Creativity Contest
We’ve picked TWO lucky Winners from our Flickr Photo Contest!
PJ_Church AND tizana682003 Please come by the studio to pick up a goodie bag for youself!
Jun
Support Independent Artists and Creatives!
Hello All! Please take a look at this video my colleague Lauren Venell made for another project I am working on called the Conference of Creative Entrepreneurs. It’s special event to support people like myself, yourself or someone you care about! Take a look and consider supporting our Kickstarter Campaign or register yourself to join our creative business community! – Jamie
May
May Newsletter
We hope you spent some time spinning, felting and knitting your way through the April showers. In the coming summer months we’ll be doing a some local shows and festivals, bringing new products into the studio (felting kits, books and tools), and improving and diversifying our workshops….more news soon! We wanted to give you a peek into what we’ve got at the studio…
New Products In The Studio
Hamanaka Needle Felting, Amigurumi kits and books have arrived…lots of cute animals and designs to choose from! The great thing about our distributor is that they include ENGLISH translations for all their kits.
A new shipment of exotic wood spindles from green sleeves, butcher’s caps and a few GORGEOUS nostepinnes! Check’em out before they fly away…
Mother’s Day is May 9th
Mother’s Day Felt Corsage
Some upcoming classes….
Monday 5.3 Fiber Club Night **FREE TO ATTEND ** MONDAY **
Join us for a fiber night at our monthly hangout the Old Jerusalem Cafe. Drop in and bring a fiber craft of your choice to work on. This month we’re bringing wheels and spindles to try. Bring your knitting, crochet and felting projects or just hang out!
Sunday 5.9 Needle Felted Bird
Needlefelting, an exciting and easy dry felting method. You get to pick from a rainbow of colors to make your bird. $16 pp
Tuesday 5.11 and 5.18 Beginning Knitting – Now a two part class!
Learn the basics of knitting while starting a simple scarf AND a stuffed bunny! You’ll learn how to cast on stitches, knit, and purl as well as some simple stitch patterns that work well for scarves. This is also a great class for those who are starting to knit again after a long break. $52 per person
Saturday 5.15 Learn to Weave with a Cricket Loom
This class will teach the basics of weaving with a table top rigid heddle loom. Registration includes a brand new cricket loom and instruction. $220
Saturday 6.5 Survey of Knitted Cables
Cables add a wonderful depth to knitting, as well as making the knitted fabric thicker and warmer. In this class we will try a variety of cables moving from simple rope cables to travelling cables and twisted stitches. $26 pp
All class registrations entitle you to 10% off the cost of supplies, yarn and fiber on the day of class! We’ve got more classes, check our Event Calendar for full details
Meet The Artist
Show Us Your Creativity…you might win something!
- Yourself Crafting with supplies you purchased at UFS
- Yourself at an UFS workshop
- Works in progress made from products purchased at UFS
- Completed Projects using our supplies or equipment
Upcoming Shows*
May
11 SPINNERS Zine
I (Jamie) was honored to be invited to contribute to a handmade zine by the fabulous Melissa of Mustache Rides Yarn! I’ve known the lovely Melissa as an online friend before the rise of Facebook…..yes that looong ago 
From Melissa’s Site
personal interviews with:
LEXI BOEGER * JACEY BOGGS * JAMIE CHAN * CINDY COLE * KATHY FOSTER RACHEL-MARIE * HOLLY KLUMP * NIKOL LOHR * LINDA SCHARF * EVONNE WEE * LYNN WIGELL
topics include: slugs (Jamie’s pet topic!), pineapple stuffing, sheep tending, travel, favorite smells, creative working method, favorite music & movies, migas, teaching kids about wool, spinning from bunnies, favorite flavors, recipes, favorite writers… and much more!
24 pages. 4 x 6 ” approx
made with repurposed Indian magazine pages, Joss paper, Wayne’s World dice game pages, construction paper hand-collaged, hand-stamped, hand-stapled. each copy is different, except for the interviews… the interviews are the same in each.
Price: $7.00 at www.etsy.com/shop/moustacheridesyarn
It was a great short read. I never knew Rachel Marie’s favorite smell was clean laundry or that Jacey Boggs is a sucker for Harry Potter! That plus all the included recipes (I finally got Holly’s famous Miso recipe!) and Nikol Lohr’s “Migas” was so so yummy.
There were some great questions about “process” and each artist was able to draw upon literary, art and musical inspirations…it was nice to read and I really felt like I knew my fellow spinners better.
In short: order a copy, it’s a fun read and the handmade pages, illustrations and cartoons are a hoot.
P.S. Check out Melissa’s art yarn….it’s AWESOME:
and her handmade Mystery Batts (all made in the Mustache Rides Laboratory!).
Thanks Melissa!
May
Best of The Bay
We’re excited to announce that Urban Fauna Studio was nominated for the Best of the Bay in the Art & Craft Supply category. That alone is quite an honor. Being less than 2 years old, we’re so happy that people recognize our commitment to green and local business! If you’re feeling the same ….please VOTE for us!
You know if we WIN (hell, even coming in top 10!), we’ll throw a party, champagne and yarn will flow…come on! Click away…voting ends on May 29th.
May
Mother’s Day is May 9th
Mother’s day is just around the corner! We personally couldn’t get half as much done without help from Mom (love you!). If you’re looking for that special fiber gift and you want to drop a clue to your significant other or children, come by the shop and pick up a FREE Urban Fauna Studio wish list. Fill it out and slip it to that unsuspecting family member or leave it in the shop on file for them to check out. The wish list is a postcard on the other side so you can mail it too. We’ll also be on hand to help you pick out something nice for Mom!
May
DIY Felt Mother’s Day Corsage
Megan of Not Martha created this amazing felt dahlia brooch tutorial for Holidash. It’s geared toward a Mother’s Day project but it would make a gorgeous accessory for any occasion. We thought this was a great idea to make out of our wool felt sampler packs! Our soft wool blends and saturated colors make for a corsage to last for years to come! via Craftzine
