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

Pacesetter Alapca Weekend

Saturday and Sunday, September 25 & 26

Join SnB as we demonstrate and teach spinning with alpaca fiber at Dennis and Christy's farm for the Pacesetter Alpaca Festival. Please come out, enjoy the animals, learn about their fiber, and enjoy a great autumn day! Here's a link map to find the farm that is between Janesville and Beloit: http://maps.google.com/maps?num=10&hl=en&q=5546+West+Plymouth+Church+Rd.+Beloit,+WI&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=5546+W+Plymouth+Church+Rd,+Beloit,+WI+53511&gl=us&ei=UmCVTMvoGoq7ngfoxrX1Bw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA

What's Happening?

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Tall Grass Farm Spring Fiber Jubilee

Saturday, April 3 • 10am-4pm

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Rainbow Fleece Farm 30th Annual Spring Shearing
Sat. & Sun., April 10-11
11am-4pm
Featuring Kate Hartman and Alan Holzhueter showing and demonstrating various methods of Northern Eropean Knitting including various shoulder
and yoke styles used in sweaters.....
Textile historian, Pat Hilts, will do a presentation on spindle wheels including the Great Wheel, Minors head, Persian wheel and Chakra.....
hands-on needle felting with Michelle Martin and more!
Visit the woolen mill and fiber studio for your artisan yarns, astonishing fleeces, spinning and felting fibers, "hand-cranked" socks, silk scarves and fabric paints, sheep skins, Ashford wheels and naturally-raised, chemically free lamb cuts.

Coming this spring & summer:

SnB items available for sale at the Janesville Renaissance Faire, May 15 & 16
Stop in and spin or stitch with us at the Faire!
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Janesville Farmer's Market
Beginning Saturday May 8!
Watch for the dates SnB will be at the market
selling amazing handspun yarns, felting kits,
and finished knit and crocheted items.

Sensory Overload at the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival 2008

The annual Sheep & Wool Festival in Jefferson, WI

is always a spectacular way to spend a beautiful
end of summer weekend with classes, demonstrations,
exhibits and vendors.


Some SnB regulars had a field trip this year!
(Left to right: John, Paula, Debbie, and Jennifer)

We hope YOU will join us next year at this sight, sound,
touch, scent, and even taste extravaganza for all ages!

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.