May 6-11, 2025

12 Local Yarn Stores - 6 Days

This is the 13th WNC Yarn Crawl inviting the local and regional fiber community to visit local shops. Like a Pub Crawl, customers visit multiple locations, but instead of imbibing, they enjoy finding unique fiber treasures!

Throughout the Yarn Crawl weekend, crafters are encouraged to visit as many participating shops as possible. Each destination not only has special promotions and daily prize giveaways, but many also create exclusive products especially for the Crawl. This year Crawlers can also participate in a special Yarn Store Bingo game, seeking to visit certain shops and participate in different activities and mark them off their Bingo Card.

Download you Bingo Card here

CLASS IN PROGRESS; REMINDER FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING

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

Friday, May 9

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

Wednesday, May 14

2:00pm-4:00pm

$25

Taking inspiration from nature, the mini-skeins used for the Woollsia Shawl Fade version might represent a wildflower meadow in the Northern Hemisphere. As you knit, you might be reminded of the beautiful heath flowers that grow in the Australian bush, specifically one of the small heath shrubs, Woollsia pungens, whose foliage and flowers encapsulate all of the beautiful shades & the namesake of this shawl.

Materials needed:
US 5
12 mini skeins (available for purchase) or leftovers

Price includes pattern & instruction.

Friday, May 23

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!

From #1New York Timesbestselling author Lisa See, “one of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plot” (The New York Times Book Review), a moving novel about tradition, tea farming, and the bonds between mothers and daughters.

In their remote mountain village, Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. For the Akha people, ensconced in ritual and routine, life goes on as it has for generations—until a stranger appears at the village gate in a jeep, the first automobile any of the villagers has ever seen.The stranger’s arrival marks the first entrance of the modern world in the lives of the Akha people. Slowly, Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, begins to reject the customs that shaped her early life. When she has a baby out of wedlock—conceived with a man her parents consider a poor choice—she rejects the tradition that would compel her to give the child over to be killed, and instead leaves her, wrapped in a blanket with a tea cake tucked in its folds, near an orphanage in a nearby city.As Li-yan comes into herself, leaving her insular village for an education, a business, and city life, her daughter, Haley, is raised in California by loving adoptive parents. Despite her privileged childhood, Haley wonders about her origins. Across the ocean Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. Over the course of years, each searches for meaning in the study of Pu’er, the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for centuries.A powerful story about circumstances, culture, and distance,TheTea Girl of Hummingbird Lanepaints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond of family.

Please read the book BEFORE the discussion.

The rules are simple:

• Stitch every day in May. Mark your progress on this tracker.
• It doesn't have to be much--just a row, or even a stitch.
• It doesn't have to be the same project--you can bounce around.
• You don't have to finish anything.
• Just nurture your habit. It's a good one.
• It's the honor system. Be honorable.

Submit your completed tracker by 11:59pm on June 4th--in person or email to silverthreadsyarn@gmail.com, and on June 5th, we will draw a winner from all completed entries. The prize? The best kind of prize - a SURPRISE! Everyone who completes the challenge will receive a 10% coupon to spend in store or online. Stitch on, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

One last thing--in the spirit of keeping it simple, there's no requirement that the yarn be purchased from Silver Threads. But keep your LYS in your heart, okay? This is all intended to encourage you to make your fiber-y pursuits part of your every day life, and to thank you for connecting with Silver Threads. ✌️

Live Zoom Event, Sunday, June 15

2:00pm-3:00pm

$20

Through the Designer's Eyes: Forecasting Your Sweater's Story

Knitting sweaters is most satisfying when we are happy with the outcome. In this session with Jen Parroccini, we’ll talk about how to evaluate and interpret the information available to us - and when to ask for more.

If you've ever been intimidated to start your first sweater, felt overwhelmed by the endless pattern options, or ended up with a finished garment that didn’t quite turn out as you envisioned, this Fiberside Chat is for you - because honestly, we've all been there and don't want to go back!