Stitches Midwest 2011

Riots of color and texture at

Stitches Midwest 2011

Schaumberg, Ill

If you missed Stitches Midwest,

mark your calendars NOW for SnB's

3rd Annual Midwinter Fiber

& Yarn Tasting

February 25, 2012

Details TBA

2nd Annual Midwinter Fiber and Yarn Tasting

The Janesville Area Stitch 'n Bitch invites all ages to attend the 2nd Annual Midwinter Fiber & Yarn Tasting on Saturday, February 19, 2011 from 9am-4pm at Basics Natural Foods Co-op, 1711 Lodge Drive, Janesville, Wisconsin. Admission is free to enjoy the "Yarn Bar" where you can touch and work with a variety of natural fibers and yarns, watch fiber arts demonstrations, win one of many door prizes, learn about area fiber farm resources, buy hand-spun, knit, and crocheted items or wood tools such as hand spindles, shuttles and more, and even get FREE lessons in spinning, crochet or knitting! Participating vendors include Clear View Farm, Firefly Field Finns, the Illinois Wool & Fiber Mill, Loveless Fiber Farm, Pacesetter Alpaca, Red Brick Road Farm, Frene Creek Farm, Rock Farms, and Spring Beauty Farm featuring the fiber of various sheep breeds, goats, llama, alpaca, rabbit and silk.

Calendar of Events 2010-11

Holiday Tree Decorations Requested

Our Thursday and Saturday host, Basics Natural

Foods Co-op, will be putting up a holiday tree

in the store. Please consider knitting

or crocheting a nice ornament for the tree

to express SnB's appreciation for letting us

use their facilities throughout the year!

THIS COMING TUESDAY!...

Stitch 'n Booze
Tuesday, November 16
O'Riley & Conway's Pub

214 W. Milwaukee St., Janesville

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Rainbow Fleece Farm Fiber Extravaganza
Holiday Open House
November 21-21 & 27-28
11am-4pm
W71891 Hustad Valley Rd., New Glarus, WI

SnB Holiday Party
Thursday, December 9

Location - just ask us...
Bring a dish to share & a gift $10 or under

Stitch 'n Booze
Tuesday, December 21
O'Riley & Conway's Pub, 214 W. Milwaukee St., Janesville

___________ 2011 ___________

2nd Annual Fiber & Yarn Tasting
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Basics, 1711 Lodge Drive, Janesville
Volunteers needed!

Sheep In The City
Feb 25-27, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Best Western
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Spin In
April 7-9, 2011 (Thu-Sat)
Country Springs Hotel
Waukesha, Wisconsin
www.wispinin.org/

Rainbow Fleece Farm Spring Shearing Show
April 9-10
11am-4pm
W71891 Hustad Valley Rd., New Glarus, WI

Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
Cedarville, Illinois

The Fiber Event
April 15 & 16 2011 (Fri-Sat)
Greencastle Indiana
http://www.thefiberevent.com

Insubordiknit Chicago Area / Jacey Boggs
May 2011
Techny Towers. http://www.technytowers.org
http://www.insubordiknit.com

Midwest Fiber and Folk Art Festival
June 24-26, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Grayslake, Illinois
www.fiberandfolk.com

Michigan Fiber Fest
Aug 19-21, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Allegan County Fairgrounds, Michigan

STITCHES Midwest
Aug 25-28, 2011 (Thu-Sun)
Schaumburg, Illinois

Monday Stitch 'n Bitch - October 2010

Did you miss the Monday SnB last week? Please consider joining us next week!

Pucks 'n Purls 2010

Knitting and hockey juxtaposed on a February afternoon for Pucks 'n Purls in Janesville.



Congratulations to door prize winners Jennifer Hayden of Hebron, IL and Petra Horst of Stoughton! Although the Janesville Jets lost, the stitchers had a fun afternoon. Hope we see YOU next year for the fun!

Between periods, there were demonstrations by younger skaters.

Little girls demonstrated their hockey skills between periods of the Janesville Jets game while stitchers enjoyed Pucks 'n Purls.

New FREE Classes Offered

FREE LESSONS & TROUBLE SHOOTING
Available beginning September 13, 2008

Beginning Saturday, September 13, CoDos Coffee Shop, 119 N. Main, Janesville will be the site on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month for free spinning, knitting, and crochet lessons, trouble-shooting and general stitching advise by "Stitch 'n Assist", an affinity group of the 2 Janesville Area Stitch 'n Bitch gatherings. Those who want to learn but need to know what to bring, which instruction will be available on a given Saturday, or volunteers interested in assisting others, should contact SnA at proartist@aol.com, revada100@yahoo.com, or call 608.752.9248.