Western Connecticut Yarn Council Join us for our 2nd annual FIBER, FRIENDS & FUN - A KNITALONG FOR CHARITY Come sit, knit, crochet, and enjoy the fun! NOW! TWO LOCATIONSNewtown Country Club First and Last Tavern of AvonSunday, January 11, 2015 noon - 4:00 $15 per personFee includes yarn & light lunch/snacks. Needles and other supplies are not included. We will be knitting baby hats on dk/sport weight yarn, so please bring 5 or 6 circular or DPN's or G Crochet HookSnow date: ... Read More »
A Focus on Fiber Arts: Hand felted Owl Masks, and an Art Walk By Ginger Balch Posted: 10/16/14, 11:41 PM EDT | While everyone is busy searching for Halloween costumes here, there, and everywhere, might I suggest another alternative, creating your own? With the help of Robin Mac Cahill, you can needle felt a fabulous owl mask with wool roving and a special barbed needle. Robin is a frequent artisan, who teaches both wet felting and needle felting at the New Britain Museum of Art as well as workshops at the White Memorial Foundation, Flanders Nature Center and Trust ... Read More »
Focus on Fiber Arts: Don’t miss the fall festival and the yarn crawl this weekend Submitted photo - Ginger Balch In Sheep's Clothing will take part in the Yarn Crawl on Saturday. By Ginger Balch Posted: 09/24/14, 4:47 PM EDT | Right on the heels of the arrival of autumn, comes the second Annual Fiber, Friends & Fun yarn crawl, presented by the Western Ct Yarn Council. This September 26-28, “Yarn crawlers” will make their pilgrimage from one of the seven participating yarn stores over the course of the weekend. Each store will offer yarn crawlers the ... Read More »
Focus on Fiber Arts: The ‘just right’ shawlette Posted: 09/10/14, 3:54 PM EDT | Updated: on 09/10/2014 By Ginger Balch It’s that rare project that I can find myself making more than a couple of times. That’s not to say that there are times that I have to reproduce an item many times for customers, but most times I’m not fond of churning out the same product over and over again. That being said, I do enjoy taking an idea and creating a “series”. It can be done in different color ways or slightly different techniques, resulting in a totally different product. I’m ... Read More »
