Event

NC Yarn Tour

July 1-31

37 LYS from the Mountains to the Sea

North Carolina Yarn Tour-From the Mountains to the Sea is a self-guided tour connecting fiber artists and enthusiasts with locally-owned yarn shops and fiber destinations across the state. This event encourages the fiber arts community to discover and support local businesses, while also exploring the beautiful state of North Carolina. Throughout the month of July, participating shops will celebrate with special events and attractions, exclusive merchandise, and prizes for Yarn Tour Shoppers.

NC Yarn Tour Website

Class

Project Class

Bring whatever project you are working on and get help, encouragement, and inspiration!

Wednesdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30

10:30am-12:30pm

$10

Knit Along

Astro Pop 4-Day KAL

We will meet in the store every Wednesday to work on it together!

Wednesdays, July 9, 16, 23 & 30

1:00pm-3:00pm

Event

Tour de Fleece

July 5-27

Tour de Fleece is an annual event for hand spinners that coincides with the Tour de France, the famous multi-stage bicycle race. During Tour de Fleece, spinners challenge themselves to spin yarn each day that the cyclists are riding, often setting personal goals to achieve by the end of the race. The idea is to focus on spinning, learn new skills, and enjoy the community of others who share the passion for spinning and the fiber arts.

Finish the tour & bring your marked Calendar (or email) back to the store to receive a 10% off Coupon!

Calendar

Class

Geddy Tee

Wednesdays, July 16, 23 & Aug 6

2:00pm-4:00pm

$38

There is something about a saddle shoulder construction that I find so effortlessly cool. It’s the graphic lines that work their way from the neckline down the sleeves. So modern. For this casual, everyday top, I decided to take those saddles that I love so much and work them in granny squares! Never one to shy away from a pop of colour, this unexpected placement has thoroughly won me over.

- Tanis Lavalle

Price includes pattern and instruction during 3 classes

Class

Harlow Flip Hat

Saturdays, July 19 & August 2

10:30am-12:30pm

$65

Harlow Flip is totally reversible, with the brim matching the side it’s folded to thanks to syncopated brioche. Two hats for the price of one?? Sign me up! It is knit from the bottom up, in the round, using two color brioche.

Price includes pattern, instruction and 2 skeins of Malabrigo Rios yarn.

Event

Permanent Jewelry

Thursday, July 24

2:00pm-6:00pm

$Varies

Details

Book Club

When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin

Friday, July 25

2:00pm-4:00pm

Free

Join some of your fellow Fiber Artists in discussing a book that maybe you listen to as you are stitching!

The moving story of a heart surgeon who's hiding his own heart, a little girl whose heart won't last much longer, and a shared journey toward healing for both of them--for fans looking for the emotional depth of Fredrik Backman and the Southern atmosphere of Delia Owens.

It begins on the shaded town square in a sleepy Southern town. A spirited seven-year-old has a brisk business at her lemonade stand. But the little girl's pretty yellow dress can't quite hide the ugly scar on her chest.

Her latest customer, a bearded stranger, drains his cup and heads to his car, his mind on a boat he's restoring at a nearby lake. The stranger understands more about the scar than he wants to admit. And the beat-up bread truck careening around the corner with its radio blaring is about to change the trajectory of both their lives.

Before it's over, they'll both know there are painful reasons why crickets cry . . . and that miracles lurk around unexpected corners.

Please read the book BEFORE the discussion.

Event

Stitch the Stress Away

Saturday, July 26

10:30am-12:30pm

FREE

“Bring some sunshine into your life” with Silver Threads!  We here at Silver Threads are a community that supports each other where we are through creating timeless fiber projects.

Join us for a morning of making floral granny squares and learning the mental benefits of stitching with yarn.

Class

'Building In Color' Afghan

CLASS IN PROGRESS; REMINDER FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING

First Friday every Month January thru November; next class is:

Friday, August 8

2:00pm- 4:00pm

$212

I'm excited to announce a skill-building series featuring colorwork! Learn to expertly manage multiple colors while creating a gorgeous sampler afghan.  Many of the designs are timeless favorites, some are original creations, and ALL of them are deliciously fun! 

The first class will be January 10 from 2-4PM.  Thereafter, we will meet the 2nd Friday of every month from 2-4 until November. Then you will have a finished blanket
for a holiday gift...or YOURSELF!

To make all of the “Building In Color“ panels in the book, you will need a total of 24 hanks of HiKoo’s Simplicity yarn (8 hanks each of 3 different colors is recommended). Buttery soft, machine washable, and available in a huge selection of vibrant colors, this yarn is the perfect yarn for your gorgeous
blanket! 

 We have some in the shop now, or you can order at the shop your favorite color combination. I have combo suggestions if you need help! 

Last day to order was December 20. 

 

Price includes all yarn, pattern book, and 11 instruction classes

More details

Event

Fairy Hair

Saturday, August 9

10:30am-3:30pm, 15 min slots

$Varies

The Outreach Fairy from Mountain Fairy Hair is coming to the Silver Threads & Golden Needles to make your hair sparkle and brighten up those winter days!

For pricing, more details and reservations, click the link below.

Reservations

Class

Goat Cowl

Saturday, August 16

10:30am-12:30pm

$18

Simple stitches, yarn held doubled, and incredible colors all work together to create a cowl so great, it might even be the greatest of all time!

A beautiful marl unfolds as you hold two colors together at time, shifting colors as each package is opened. The project was specifically designed to use up every gorgeous inch of yarn, whether you use a curated kit of mini skeins or precious scraps. Please read through the pattern notes before beginning.

Materials needed:
US 9 - 5.5 mm
530 - 600 yards (485 - 549 m) fingering weight in  7 colors

Kits available for purchase, or you can make up your own, or bring stash.



Price includes pattern & instruction.

Class

Is This Windowpane

Thursday, August 21

2:00pm-4:00pm

$45

The pattern plays well with an understated solid, and is structured enough to carry that crazy variegated unicorn in your stash. But it really shines with a long gradient like e.g. Shirley Brian Yarns or The Blue Brick.

You only need to know Chain stitches, Single Crochet, and Double Crochet for this pattern, and after a few rows you probably won’t even need the pattern anymore.

Price includes pattern, one skein or ball of fingering weight yarn, and instruction.


Materials needed (not included):
4mm hook required



Book Club

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

By Gail Honeyman

Friday, August 22

2:00pm-4:00pm

“Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fineis about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in love, too!”—Reese Witherspoon

No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. 

Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fineis the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .The only way to survive is to open your heart. 

Event

Stitch the Stress Away

Saturday, August 23

10:30am-12:30pm

FREE

“Bring some sunshine into your life” with Silver Threads!  We here at Silver Threads are a community that supports each other where we are through creating timeless fiber projects.

Join us for a morning of making floral granny squares and learning the mental benefits of stitching with yarn.