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January Activities
Classes, Fiberside Chats, Events, Community and Book Club
Class
Help Class
Bring whatever project you are working on and get help, encouragement, and inspiration!
Wednesdays, Jan 7, 14, 21 & 28
10:30am-12:30pm
$10
KAL
Winters Beach Cardi KAL
Starts, Wednesday, January 7
It maybe Winter, but we could thing warm thoughts and knit the perfect winter beach cardigan!
Winters Beach is worn open and is the perfect layering sweater - complete with pockets, of course. This sweater is knit from bottom up to the shoulders, then sleeves are picked up around the armholes and knit down. Pockets are placed while knitting the body of the sweater and finished at the end.
Winters Beach Cardi KAL together in the store!
Wednesdays, January 7, 14, 21 & 28
1:00pm-3:00pm
Book Club
The Measure
By Nikki Erlick
Friday, January 23
2:00pm-4:00pm
A luminous, spirit-lifting blockbuster that asks: would you choose to find out the length of your life?
Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.
It seems like any other day. You wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and head out.
But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. The contents of this mysterious box tells you the exact number of years you will live.
From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise?
As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?
The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything.
Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is an ambitious, invigorating story about family, friendship, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.
Class
Sailor Slippers
Saturday, January 24
10:30am-1:30pm
$32
The Sailor Slippers are worked flat in stockinette stitch starting with the heel panel. Stitches are then picked up at the right side of the heel panel, cast on in extension and picked up at the left side of the heel panel. This forms the top of the slippers, which is knit from ankle to toe. From there, you will carry on knitting the sole from toe to heel. The top of the foot and sole are seamed together using mattress stitch, and the heel panel and sole are then seamed horizontally. The applied i-cord is then added to form the slipper opening, before washing and felting.
Price includes pattern and instruction. This is a knitted and felted project.
Materials needed:
Super Bulky Yarn and US 11 Needles - or size needed to obtain gauge.
Color A (main): 70 (70) 80 (80) 90 (90) 100 (100) 110 (110) g
Color B (accent): 60 (60) 70 (70) 80 (80) 90 (90) 100 (100) g
Color C (i-cord): 20 (20) 20 (20) 20 (20) 25 (25) 25 (25) g
Color D (sole): 80 (80) 90 (90) 100 (100) 110 (110) 120 (120) g
Class
Crescent Puff
Friday, January 30
2:00pm-4:00pm
$50
Crescent Puff is a reversible crochet shawl and uses one skein of fingering weight yarn.
The main stitch is double crochet-chain 1, the puff stitch adds texture and highlights the contrast color.
This project is suitable for Advanced Beginners, using
simple increases and basic stitches.
Price includes 1 skein of assigned pooling yarn, pattern, and instruction. This is a crochet project.
Materials needed: Size 4.00 hook
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February Activities
Classes, Fiberside Chats, Events, Community and Book Club
Fiberside Chat
Erika Åberg
Live Zoom Event, Sunday, February 1
1:00pm-2:00pm
$20
Coastal Landscapes: Islands & Inspirations with Erika Åberg!
Erika Åberg - knitwear designer and author - will join us at our Fiberside to talk about her newly published book Island Knitting - Beautiful Knitting Patterns Inspired by Coastal Landscapes. Together we will embark on a knitting journey through the captivating landscapes of Shetland, the Outer Hebrides, Gotland and Blidö. The book features 20 patterns inspired by the sea, wind and spirit of each island. Erika will show a selection of samples from the book, share the stories behind the design; the wool, the landscape and how the designs carry the place, landscape and memories in every stitch from these islands of central seclusion. As a designer, she loves to bring all of this into each garment, reflecting heritage, body, warmth and everyday life. We will talk about all of this and life on island of Gotland, in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
Class
Help Class
Bring whatever project you are working on and get help, encouragement, and inspiration!
Wednesdays, Feb 4, 11, 18 & 25
10:30am-12:30pm
$10
Event
Fairy Hair
Saturday, February 7
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.
Class
Charts and Floats
Saturday, February 14
10:30am-12:30pm
$15
This class will explain the different ways to read charts and the different circumstances around them. We will also demonstrate different ways to catch floats and when to do so. Included will be standard catching and ladderback jacquard. And best of all, we will teach you how to not get your yarn twisted as you go!
Event
Jill Tamminen
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!
Event
Stitch the Stress Away
Saturday, February 21
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 fiber art and learning the mental benefits of stitching with yarn.
Basic crochet and knitting skills are required.
Book Club
The Dream Hotel
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.
Fiberside Chat
Keith Leonard
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!
Fiberside Chat
Lena Fedotova
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!