Stitching Creations & Community

Janesville, WI Gatherings: MON. 1-3 PM, Italian House, 1603 Racine St. THURS. 6-8PM, Basics Co-op, 1711 Lodge. FREE, all ages, genders. Spin, knit, crochet - any portable stitching is welcome - no membership requirements! Visit and support: www.basicshealth.com www.rockcountyarts.com www.projectlinus.org Visit our store: www.cafepress.com/JanesvilleSnB

Monday, March 26, 2012

"Yarning" Projects Everywhere!

Knitting is Hip at Cal High
...where students are engaging in "yarning" the school property

Students in Janesville have joined in the fun, too.
If you would like to work on a similar
yarn graffiti project in Janesville, WI
to benefit a local nonprofit organization,
please contact proartist@aol.com

(Installation in August 2012)


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Friday, March 23, 2012

Knitting in the News

An organization called Government Free VJJ is encouraging women to knit uteruses and send them to male members of Congress with the note, “Dear Men in Congress: If we knit you a uterus, will you stay out of ours?

A woman has turned her love of knitting to helping British soldiers fight off the cold during Afghanistan's freezing nights. Tina Selby, 50, from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, has posted almost 5000 woolly hats to regiments in Helmand Province

Monday, March 05, 2012

February 2012 SnB Happening

Images from the
3rd Annual Midwinter
Fiber & Yarn Tasting
If you attended, we're glad you came and had fun.
If not ... we look forward to seeing you next year!



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