Sheep Retreat, Maker Faire, and Blog Giveaway

Fiber Night At Cafe Kaleo - This Monday May 11th

We’ve been wanting to start a fiber meet up near the shop. The wonderful owners of Kaleo Cafe (1340 Irving Street between 14th and 15th Avenues.) have agreed to lend us their upstairs loft for fun fiber times! Our first meeting is this coming Monday May 11th 2009 from 6:30-8:30pm. Several of the Purl Jam group members are coming for sure. Blas and I will be doing a show and tell of the goodies we scored at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival (Blas made a Bee-line for the Golding Spindles…much to the dismay of our fiber allowance!).  We’ll be bringing some spindles for people who want to learn about drop spindling. If you can support the cafe by purchasing at least one drink,  it would be greatly appreciated.

No RSVP needed. Please come anytime during our time block, they close at 9PM. We encourage you to bring any kind of fiber craft project  (spinning, felting, knit, crochet, etc…) to work on. Feel free to invite friends from other fiber/craft groups!

Blog Giveaway!

Our last giveaway was a success. We’re hosting another giveaway for a copy of One Skein on the blog: http://maryjanesattic.net/blog/one-skein-book-give-away/ Read Rachel-Marie’s book review and see some examples of finished projects (great for handspun!). She wants at least 25 comments before she’ll pick a name. So let’s give everyone a run for their knitty and go over there to comment. You just might win!  If you want to purchase a copy, we have them in the store.

Santa Cruz Sheep Retreat

We’re excited to annouce that the Santa Cruz Sheep Retreat on SUNDAY MAY 17th 2009 has been finalized and we’re taking registrations! Please frolick on over to the our webpage to read more about this fiber social event. LINK HERE

Why come? Fun with baby sheep – Fleece Washing – Natural Fiber Dyeing with Sandra – Head lady of Sheepie Dreams Organic Farms – Spindle Spinning – Needle Felting – Fiber White Elephant Swap No experience needed – Participate in the activities that interest you or just enjoy the scenery – Enjoy a catered lunch of farm fresh, local produce – Carpools available too!

Maker Faire San Mateo – The World’s Largest DIY Festival

A two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology. We have been vending at Maker Faire since it’s inception in 2005. This is one of those events that crafty and tech loving folks cannot miss. It’s filled with robots, giant mouse traps, legos, knitting, music, art and more! Last year over 60,000 folks came to Maker Faire! We hope to see you there. http://www.makerfaire.com/ They’re also looking for volunteers if you have time to spare and want a free ticket to the event: http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2009/volunteer/

Crochet and Amigarumi Knit Classes For June

We’ve got a couple great fiber classes for June. Join Kira Dulaney (Kira K Designs) on Saturday June 6th as she walks you through the basics of crochet in Beginning Crochet: Learn To Crochet a Bunny. This cute bunny is only made from simple crocheted swatch. What a fun way to introduce yourself or return to the art of crochet! On Saturday June 20th you can join Annemare Munn as she teaches you to knit some cute amigurumi animals in Amigurumi Knitting: knitting kawaii (cute) toys.  You will get your choice of knitting a frog, ladybug, or octopus, and will learn both the knitting and finishing skills in addition to basic designing skills!

May Shop Schedule

Shortened Shop Hours (Closing at 2PM)
Sat. May 9th and Sat. May 16th
Closed
Sunday May 17th for Santa Cruz Sheep Retreat
Monday May 25th for Memoral Day Holiday
Friday May 29th – Prepping for Maker Faire
Saturday and Sunday May 30/31st Vending at San Mateo Maker Faire