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

Wednesdays, Feb 4, 11, 18 & 25

10:30am-12:30pm

$10

Live Zoom Event, Sunday, February 15

1:00pm-2:00pm

$20

Finding Joy on the Needles!

Jill Tamminen is the founder of Knit Sisu, where knitting becomes a joyful pathway to mindfulness, resilience, and self-compassion.  Inspired by the Finnish concept of SISU - quiet strength, perseverance, and inner calm - Jill combines traditional knitting designs with modern flair and mindfulness to help people slow down and reconnect with the simple joy of making.

Jill will share stories about her knitting experiences, including the "Technique Shawl", a design-style that teaches knitters how to read fabric, free them from the tie to a written pattern, and build confidence.  You'll also learn some tips & tricks that will help you BYOD (Be Your Own Designer) and truly find joy and creativity on your needles! Be sure to sign up now for this encouraging and uplifting Fiberside Chat!

By Laila Lalami

Friday, February 27

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!

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ● READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ONTODAY● From Laila Lalami—the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a “maestra of literary fiction” (NPR)—comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman’s fight for freedom, set in a near future where even dreams are under surveillance.

Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA’s algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under observation for twenty-one days.The agents transfer Sara to a retention center, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes. With every deviation from the strict and ever-shifting rules of the facility, their stay is extended. Months pass and Sara seems no closer to release. Then one day, a new resident arrives, disrupting the order of the facility and leading Sara on a collision course with the very companies that have deprived her of her freedom.Eerie, urgent, and ceaselessly clear-eyed,The Dream Hotelartfully explores the seductive nature of technology, which puts us in shackles even as it makes our lives easier. Lalami asks how much of ourselves must remain private if we are to remain free, and whether even the most invasive forms of surveillance can ever capture who we really are.

Please read the book BEFORE the discussion.

Live Zoom Event, Sunday, March 1

1:00pm-2:00pm

$20

Why Didn't I know This Sooner? Tips & Tricks!

In this Fiberside Chats presentation, Keith will share and demonstrate many of his most impactful, mind-blowing tips, tricks and techniques! Keith will also share his personal journey through the fiber industry—from learning to knit and working in yarn stores to building a finishing business, teaching classes, and launching a yarn company. Attendees can expect practical, “why didn’t I know this sooner?” moments, inspiration for knitters at every level, and a special attendee-only discount at the end of the session. This Chat is sure to add to your skills toolbox!

Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18 & 25

1:00pm-3:00pm

$35

As seen is a recent Fiberside Chat!

Polina pullover is inspired by the naive art of Ukrainian self-taught painter, Polina Raiko. Everything in her house — walls, ceilings, doors, and fence — Polina covered in enamel-painted drawings of fantastic birds and flowers, Christian iconography, and the artist’s own interpretations of her dreams and life events.

Unfortunately most of her work is lost due to the flooding of the house after the destruction of Kakhovka dam in June 2023. Sadly, the war keeps destroying the cultural heritage of my homeland. So this is my humble love letter to her.

The pullover is knit top-down in the round with a large botanical colourwork pattern on the yoke and a smaller one on the body and sleeves. The pattern also comes with three neck options: ruffled mock (as shown in my sample), double folded and a regular crew neck.

Price includes instruction and pattern.

Saturday, March 21

10:30am-3:30pm, 10 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.

By Marie Bostwick

Friday, March 27

2:00pm-4:00pm

USA TODAY BESTSELLER · SOUTHERN INDIE BESTSELLER · A BRENDA NOVAK BOOK GROUP PICK · GLOSS BOOK CLUB PICK · THE GIRLFRIEND BOOK CLUB PICK · A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 (SheReads) · Margaret never really meant to start a book club . . . or a feminist revolution, for that matter in this bold and plucky novel from New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick.

By 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan is living the American woman's dream. She has a husband, three children, a station wagon, and a home in Concordia--one of Northern Virginia's most exclusive and picturesque suburbs. She has a standing invitation to the neighborhood coffee klatch, and now, thanks to her husband, a new subscription to A Woman's Place--a magazine that tells housewives like Margaret exactly who to be and what to buy. On paper, she has it all. So why doesn't that feel like enough?

Margaret is thrown for a loop when she first meets Charlotte Gustafson, Concordia's newest and most intriguing resident. As an excuse to be in the mysterious Charlotte's orbit, Margaret concocts a book club get-together and invites two other neighborhood women--Bitsy and Viv--to the inaugural meeting. As the women share secrets, cocktails, and their honest reactions to the controversial bestseller The Feminine Mystique, they begin to discover that the American dream they'd been sold isn't all roses and sunshine--and that their secret longing for more is something they share. Nicknaming themselves the Bettys, after Betty Friedan, these four friends have no idea their impromptu club and the books they read together will become the glue that helps them hold fast through tears, triumphs, angst, and arguments--and what will prove to be the most consequential and freeing year of their lives.

The Book Club for Troublesome Women is a humorous, thought provoking, and nostalgic romp through one pivotal and tumultuous American year--as well as an ode to self-discovery, persistence, and the power of sisterhood.

Live Zoom Event, Sunday, March 29

1:00pm-2:00pm

$20

Explore New & Unique Crochet Stitches with Lena Fedotova!

Join crochet designer and stitch creator Lena to see how new crochet stitches appear - and why!

What happens when familiar stitches are no longer enough? New yarns behave differently, new colorways need new solutions, and new shapes ask for new structures and this is where inspiration happens.

In this talk, Lena shares how she creates new stitches and how small technical choices can change the whole fabric. She will show some of the techniques from her book, New Ways with Crochet, and how you can use them in your own projects.

You don't want to miss this Chat where we'll explore fresh ways of thinking about crochet and discover it from a new angle!