4th Annual Midwinter Fiber & Yarn Tasting

Thank you to all those who came, visited, 

shopped, or learned a new skill.

More importantly, thank you to our 

amazingly creative and skilled vendors!

Studio S

Frene Creek Farm

Rock Farms 

County Road Alpacas 

Pacesetter Alpacas

Knits ‘N Kits Needle Arts

 

Last Market for SnB of the Season

Time to stock up on your knit wear for the winter by shopping at the Janesville Farmer's Market on Saturday, October 16. If you'd like to sell your hand-crafted items, let us know. If you'd just like to sit, stitch, and people watch, please bring a chair and join us. Great autumn weather is forecast and you'll never find finer produce or friendly people than at the Janesville Farmer's Market, North Main St., 8am-1pm. See you there!

Weekend at Rainbow Fleece Farm

SnB autumn field trip to Rainbow Fleece Farm 2010

Erin demonstrates backstrap weaving

Needle felting demonstration & teaching on the porch

Flower takes a nap in a cooler spot while
Paula demonstrates handspindle wool spinning outside.

Patti's shop is always a riot of colors and textures!

Another generation of fiber fanatics?

Janesville SnB - Brewer Stitch 'n Pitch (Miller Stadium, Milwaukee, WI)

Happy Janesville SnB Stitchers!

Bernie Brewer (mascot) of the Milwaukee Brewers.




Bernie the knitting bobble head was this year's SnP gift to the stitchers!

For more photos from this great event, please visit our Janesville Area Stitch 'n Bitch Facebook page!

Saturday Seasonal Hours Begin March 1

ATTENTION: Saturday Stitchers
Effective Saturday, March 6
SnB Hours at Codos Coffee Shop are
8:00 am. - Noon
Don't forget to ask Russ to join his new customer "A-List"!

What's Coming Soon?

You never know who you'll see or what
will happen when you join us on
Saturday mornings at CoDoS Coffee Shop!

“Metropolis”
Featuring spectacularly restored footage of the movie, and
soundtrack carefully edited by Janesville's own Yuri Rashkin
to make this 1926 timeless classic enjoyable to modern audiences.
Soundtrack features music by Peter Gabriel, Red Hot Chili Pepper,
Bar-Kays, Kool and the Gang, Green Day, Offspring,
Yello, Boney M, Lenny Kravitz, Gogol Bordello and others.
Showing will take place at Codos on
Monday, August 31 at 7:30 pm
The screening will be followed by a discussion.
Entry is free with all of the proceeds collected
going to benefit the United Arts Alliance
scholarship fund. For more information or to RSVP
please email YRashkin@gmail.com
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Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival
September 11-13, 2009
Jefferson County Fair Park, Jefferson, WI.
As always, we'll be car-pooling. Let us know
if you want to ride along and on which day.
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• • • • • • SnB Special Guest Speaker • • • • • •
Thursday, September 17
Dennis and Christy Pace of Pacesetter Alpacas
Please join us with your questions
about anything alpaca!
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Stitch ‘n Bitch at Janesville Farmer's Market
Saturday, September 19
If you have things you'd like to sell, just bring them along.
If you don't have things to sell, just come stitch with us
and enjoy the fun of the Farmer's Market!
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Fleece & Farm Days
September 26 & 27, 2009
Pacesetter Alpacas
5546 W. Plymouth Church Road, Beloit, WI 53511
SnB will demonstrate spinning on Saturday afternoon.
More are still welcome to demonstrate in
exchange for some alpaca fiber...
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Wooly, Warped Women & Material Men
Wisconsin Spin-In
October 30-Nov .1
Washington County Fairgrounds 3000 Highway PV, West Bend, WI 53095
$6/person - ONE day pass
$10/person - THREE day pass
Children under 8 - FREE
General admission includes:
Daily demonstrations - Marketplace - FREE parking
Workshops now taking your registrations
http://www.wispinin.org/index.html

- - - 2010 - - -
14th Annual Stephenson Co. Fiber Art Fair
Saturday, April 17, 2010
9-5
Jane Addams Community Center
430 W. Washington St., Cedarville, IL
(815) 541-0897

Needles Spark as Cold Weather Descends

As the weather begins to cool, we start to realize the year is now winding down . . . and time to make holiday gifts is running short! Do you recognize any of these SnB participants in their Halloween finery?













New participant, KI (Beloit), found out our SnB gathering has FREE lessons so Paula has helped her learn to crochet while Judith has introduced her to spindle spinning. We also have a yarn ball winder, swift, and other tools that are available for use upon request to our stitchers to help them with their projects! Don't forget the books and DVD's on loan, too...

On Saturday, November 8, SnB participated at the Roosevelt Elementary School PTA Arts & Crafts Fair as our last sale venture in 2008. We plan on continuing to sell our FOs in 2009 at the Janesville Farmer's Market and other venues. Get those knitting and crochet needles busy during the winter months so you can join us for the fun and profit next year!

Please remember to write your FOs in our binder for the year-end tally. Last year our group completed over 600 projects and we hope we can top that number in 2008.

Upcoming Special Events Calendar:
Saturday, November 22
Stitch 'n Assist at 10:00
CoDos Coffee Shop, 119 N. Main, Janesville

Sunday, November 23
Field trip to Rainbow Fleece Farm Holiday Open House
Yarn, roving, felting, kits, FOs, carding and meat available

Thursday, December 4
Annual Holiday Party REVISED TIME: 6-10
Call 608-752-9248 for details.

Saturday, December 13
Stitch 'n Assist at 10:00
CoDos Coffee Shop, 119 N. Main, Janesville

NOTE: No gatherings on Christmas
and New Years Day

Saturday, December 27
Stitch 'n Assist at 10:00
CoDos Coffee Shop, 119 N. Main, Janesville

Saturday, January 10
Stitch 'n Assist at 10:00
CoDos Coffee Shop, 119 N. Main, Janesville

Saturday, January 24
Stitch 'n Assist at 10:00
CoDos Coffee Shop, 119 N. Main, Janesville

Looking forward . . .
January – Sock Knit-Along (learn to make socks!!!)
March – Mystery Project (knit or crochet)
May – Annual A Good Yarn Contest
June - October – Farmer's Market and other
opportunities to sell our FOs