Classes, Fiberside Chats, Events, Community and Book Club

Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18 & 25

1:00pm-3:00pm

$35

As seen in 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 vest is a bottom-up in the round with a large botanical colorwork pattern on the yoke and a smaller one on the body.


Price includes instruction.

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!

By Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Friday, Apr 24

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!

A woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdom—and her family’s ties to it—in this enthralling novel from theNew York Timesbestselling, NAACP Image Award-winning author ofTake My Hand.

Nikki hasn’t seen her grandmother in years. So when the elder calls out of the blue with an urgent request for Nikki to visit her in the hills of western North Carolina, Nikki hesitates only for a moment. After years of silence in her family, due to a mysterious estrangement between her mother and grandmother, she’s determined to learn the truth while she still can.

But instead of answers about the recent past, Mother Rita tells Nikki an incredible story of a kingdom on this very mountain, and of her great-great-great grandmother, Luella, who would become its queen.

It sounds like the makings of a fairy tale—royalty among a community of freed people. But the more Nikki learns about the Kingdom of the Happy Land, and the lives of those who dwelled in the ruins she discovers in the woods, the more she realizes how much of her identity and her family’s secrets are wrapped up in these hills. Because this land is their legacy, and it will be up to her to protect it before it, like so much else, is stolen away.

Inspired by true events,Happy Landis a transporting multi-generational novel about the stories that shape us and the dazzling courage it takes to dream.

Please read the book BEFORE the discussion.

Saturday, April 25

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.

Saturday, May 2

10:00am-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 your days!

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