NO FRIDAY KNITTERS GROUP ON JULY 21

 Due to summer schedules and the busyness of the Broadway area of Capitol Hill for the Capitol Hill Block Party, we are not meeting at Optimism Brewing this Friday, July 21. We will be there the following Friday, July 28, so please join us then.

Does the size of your pattern fit YOU?

Are you bothered by the sizes and designs in knit and crochet wear that don't fit YOUR body?

We received a request to have a survey put up on our blog. Cari Jehlik has organized a team of people to help her analyze the data from this survey. Cari says:

I’m spearheading a research project designed to understand where yarnwear designs consistently fall short for people. We’re trying to understand how variations in body shapes meet consistent issues in both knit and crochet wear patterns. I have a small team of people committed to helping me analyze and parse the data on the other side.

She has a survey that you can fill out to help in the goal of getting knit and crochet patterns to fit the body that you have, not an idealistic body.

Here’s the link to the survey: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeESLva1HijbhqZ0nv0KuCc_GAcMbc4so-x1qpO8cg7v8pQ_A/viewform

Cari also has it right on the homepage of her website if you want a shorter link (carijehlik.com). 

I hope that you all can help her with her research by filling out the survey.

Where to Knit Around the Puget Sound

 WHERE TO KNIT WITH OTHERS AROUND THE PUGET SOUND

These are on-going Knit "socials" offered at local yarn stores. We will be adding individual knit socials not associated with yarn stores soon. Also, the shops in the LYS Tour May 17-21 are listed at this link: Team (lystour.com) Check in with them for social knitting.

Acorn Street Shop
Knit Night
1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, 6 - 8 pm Pacific

All Wound Up
In Person Fiber Socials (limit 10)
Wednesdays, 1 - 3 pm Pacific
Fridays, 10 am - 12 pm Pacific
​Registration required
Virtual Fiber Socials
Thursdays, 6:30 - 8 pm Pacific
Zoom link on website

Bazaar Girls Yarn Shop
Information page
Nip -n- Knit
Thursdays, 5:30 - 8 pm Pacific
Crafternoon
Sundays, 2 - 5:30 pm Pacific

Seattle Yarn
Information page
Virtual Sit and Stitch
1st and 3rd Saturday of every month, 11 am - 1 pm Pacific
In-Person Sit and Stitch
1st Wednesday of every month, 6 - 8 pm Pacific
Sundays, 11 am - 5 pm Pacific

Stilly River Yarns
Social Night (In Person)
1st Tuesday of the Month, 4 - 7 pm Pacific
​Rise & Shine Social Time (In Person)
3rd Saturday of the Month, 9 am - 12 pm Pacific
Zoom-Baaaaa! (Virtual)
1st and 3rd Monday of every month, 8:30 - 9:30 pm Pacific 
Link on shop Facebook events page

Stranded by the Sea
In-Person Socials
Tuesdays 6 - 9 pm Pacific
Thursdays 11 am - 3 pm Pacific

FIBER FESTIVALS ARE COMING TO US!!!

Here is a list of the upcoming Fiber Festivals coming to the Pacific Northwest. If you know of any others that are not listed in this blogpost, please contact me at knitcaphill@gmail.com. Thanks! 

Fiber Festivals in the Pacific Northwest

Slow Yarn Crawl Pacific Northwest (21 stores involved) Oregon to Canadian border May 26-Sept 4 SLOW.YARN. CRAWL-PNW - Home (slowcrawl.com)

 Pacific Northwest Fiber Exposition E Sept 29-Oct 1 Port Angeles, WAE PNWFX (pnwfiberx.com)

 2nd Annual Quilcene Fiber Festival: From Sheep to Shawl E Oct 7 Saturday Quilcene, WA E Event Calendar | Worthington Park Quilcene (click on Oct 7 in calendar for info & directions)

 18th Annual North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival in Sequim E Oct 6 – 8 at the Sequim Museum & Arts at 544 N Sequim Avenue, Sequim WA E Information | North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival

Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival  October 14 - 15  Home | Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival (oregonflockandfiberfestival.com)  Albany, OR (Linn County Fairgrounds)

 An Awesome Recycling Idea

I just found this awesome recycling company called Redesign Collective. Here is what they do:

Redesign Collective is a grassroots textile recycling and reuse company in Seattle. We divert post-industrial materials from design and manufacturing businesses and upcycle them.

I was impressed by the way they do their business by picking up textile samples and other "no longer useful" to the manufacturer textiles and redesign them into something beautiful. Please see what they do at:

Home - Redesign Collective (redesign-collective.com)

I believe as tactile, hands-on type people we should encourage and applaud any type of textile recycling.

Sue

 Happy Spring (I hope!)

Today is a beautiful day and I hope you are enjoying some sunshine along with your favorite fiber project! 

As we get closer to the warm times (aka Summer) we will possibly be changing our meeting place. Be sure to check the blog and I will post a new venue place, if we are doing a change for that week. We LOVE, LOVE Optimism Brewing's space, but if we can sit outside at a park or wherever we would like to be able to do that.

SO! Keep watching this site to see what happens. Be assured that for the rest of April we will meet at Optimism Brewing at 1pm until 3pm. Everyone is welcome, even if all you want to do is watch us create or just have a brew!!

Sue

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!  🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

Hope you all are knitting/crocheting something GREEN today! 

Join us for Green Beer and Root Beer at Optimism Brewing: 1-3pm at 1158 Broadway (Broadway and Union)

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