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Jennifer describes thinking about when Shimásání (her grandmother) used to herd sheep and how peaceful her life was. The motif she designed on Sheep Camp "has arrows that draw inward like a deep inhale and at the same time pull outward, like a long slow exhale." Jennifer's hope for all of us as we wear our Sheep Camp sweaters, is to remind ourselves to take time to slow down and breathe.

With that intention in mind, we're pleased to invite our knitting community to join us for a leisurely Sheep Camp knitalong at the shop. Gather with friends for coffee or tea and begin your day breathing with your stitches. Caroline will be our host for this intentional knitalong which meets every third week - straddling the holidays and giving plenty of time for relaxing knitting between sessions. 

THE SCHEDULE:

This Knitalong meets in person every third Saturday morning at Fancywork:

• Meetup 1: Saturday, November 23, 10 am - 12 pm
  
• Meetup 2: Saturday, December 14, 10 am - 12 pm
  
• Meetup 3: Saturday, January 4, 10 am - 12 pm
  

HOW TO REGISTER:

To register for the KAL, add this item to your cart or come visit us in the shop. Purchase yarn for your project from Fancywork. Your support of our shop helps us continue to offer community events like this one. Thank you!

FAQs

What's a Knitalong (or Crochetalong, or Makealong)?
A knitalong (KAL), Crochetalong (CAL) or Makealong (MAL) is a social event designed to bring the maker community together around a specific pattern or yarn – or sometimes both. Enjoy connecting with others while knitting or crocheting the same garment or working with a particular yarn together. This is a fantastic time to gather together with others in our fiber arts community, enjoy camaraderie, and get a little guidance and project support along the way.

What ISN'T a Knitalong/Crochetalong/Makealong?
A KAL/CAL/MAL is not a class. You should be reasonably familiar with the techniques required to work through the project at hand. However, help is never far away! If you ever find yourself in need of extended project support, drop in to our Help Session, offered weekly on Saturdays from 1-3pm.

Shetland Spindrift's ample palette of softly heathered and solid colors is perfect for intricate colorwork and lacework, as well as weaving. Its durability makes it perfect for long-wearing projects. It's softness means it will be adored by whoever is lucky enough to wear your creations.

Knitting for Olive mohair is RMS certified. RMS stands for Responsible Wool Standard, and the certification ensures that animals, farmers and the environment are treated respectfully. The certificate protects the Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare: freedom from hunger and thirst, discomfort, pain, injury and disease; freedom to express normal behavior; and freedom from fear and distress.

Equally, RMS farms protect soil health, biodiversity and native species, and the RMS certification protects social welfare, working conditions and health safety of farmers and workers. The complete RMS document from Textile Exchange can be found here.

The silk used in Knitting for Olive yarns is cruelty-free. Silk is made of silk threads that come from silkworms' cocoons. The cocoons are made of one single very, very long thread. In conventional silk production, the cocoons are boiled, leaving the silkworms to die. This way, the long, intact silk thread can be used. Knitting for Olive silk is made of silk threads from broken cocoons, where the silkworms have evolved into moths and escaped from the cocoon. The broken cocoon is now many short pieces of silk thread. These short silk fibers are made into yarn. This is a very time-consuming process, and the final result is less smooth than other silk because long silk threads make a smoother final silk product. 

Cocoknits Stitch Stoppers are soft flexible foam that would slide easily onto your needles and keep the stitches from sliding off – without popping off when your work in resting in your project bag! The smallest sizes even work to keep stitches in place on the cord of an interchangeable needle, should you need to remove your needle tips.

Made of durable, EVA foam in a variety of sizes with an opening in the middle that accommodate everything from size 0 (or the cord of an interchangeable needle set) to a US 15.

• Accommodates needle sizes US 0–15 (2–10 mm)
• 4 each of 6 sizes
• 24 pieces total
• Made of EVA foam

Sunny Day Fiber offers knit kits, beginner-friendly patterns and premium hand-dyed yarn to make knitting an easy-to-enter craft. Their goal is to make knitting and crochet accessible to all, not just to people who were lucky to have a grandma or family member teach them at a young age. They understand the importance of engaging in creative activities to relieve stress, promote mental well-being, and develop a more vibrant and diverse community of creative thinkers and doers.

Shop Sunny Day Fiber yarns in a kaleidoscope of bright shades including superwash and non-superwash DK and worsted weights for all your fall and winter sweater projects, as well as versatile sock yarns to put a pep in your every step!

Teresa is a fine artist, graphic designer and illustrator by trade but also an avid knitter with many years experience. Her palette includes a collection of bright, fun colors inspired by the evolving seasons of the Pacific Northwest. 

Sunny Day Fiber Trunk Show runs Saturday, October 16- Sunday November 3!

In this class you'll learn to liberate your pullovers into cardigans in Icelandic Lopapeysa-style. Working in miniature and with first-hand knowledge passed from Icelandic Knitter, Hélène Magnusson to your instructors, we'll share the secret super powers of knitting stranded colorwork cardigans with Icelandic wool. In order to lessen the anxiety of steeking, our project will be a doll-sized sweater perfect for holiday gifting to a little loved one or keeping as a reminder to yourself that you can do amazing things!

Your takeaways from this class will include color selection, color dominance and proper tension in stranded colorwork knitting, bottom-up construction, using short-row shaping in ingenious places for a better fit, building in that all-important steek gusset and how to make sure your sweater doesn't unravel on you. Then we will fearlessly and deftly cut our cute sweaters right up the center, pick up a tidy edge and learn how to finish with either a button band or a zipper!

Along the way we'll talk about Icelandic sheep, the history of the iconic lopapeysa, and why knitting with lopi yarn is different than knitting with other yarns.

All materials and equipment other than knitting needles will be included for this class. Plus we'll have a little gift for you at the end to celebrate your success. Join us for what's sure to be a wildly fun class!

Materials: Yarn and pattern are included. Please bring size US 9 needles in your preferred method for small circumference knitting in the round: double-pointed needles, long circular needles for Magic Loop, or Flexi-Flips, a tapestry needle and pair of nice sharp scissors.

Prerequisite skills: Casting on, joining to knit in the round, knitting, purling, knitting small circumferences in the round, and binding off.

Instructors: Elise Jones & Danni Supplee

Class Policies: Be sure to read our general Class Policies before registering.

Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel or reschedule your registration, please provide at least 24 hours advance notice before the start of your first class for a refund minus a $10 service fee. Cancellations made with less than 24 hours notice are non-refundable.

The hardy sheep that bring us this remarkable wool roam freely on the grassland of the Tibetan Plateau at an altitude of over 4000 mt. Through their work, mYak aims is to give this thousands-of-years-old nomadic lifestyle an opportunity to thrive and prosper in uncertain modern times.

Out of deep respect for animal welfare, nomads shear the sheep by hand in the traditional way that has been used for centuries – collecting the fiber following the natural life rhythms of the animals and the people who raise them. Tibetan sheep are a very strong breed that have adapted to the rough environmental conditions of the Himalayan plateau.

The herd that produces fiber for mYak Tibetan Cloud comes from a poorer area of Tibet, intentionally chosen to bring a better income to these communities. mYak aims to give this thousand of years old nomadic lifestyle an opportunity to thrive and prosper in uncertain modern times. The fiber is spun and dyed in Biella, at the foothills of the Italian Alps, the cradle of most ancient and prestigious Italian textile excellence.

Our Try-On Tubes include one of each 30", 60" and 90" length tubes. Stored in an easy to twist tin, the tubes fit snuggly inside. 

How to place stitches onto a Try-On Tube:

1.) Simply put the tip of your needles holding your live stitches into the opening of one end of a try-on tube. 

2.) Slip the desired amount of stitches off of the working needle and onto the tube.

3.) Tie the two ends of the tube together to ensure your stitches don't slip off. 

How to put stitches back onto needles:

1.) Untie the ends of the tube.

2.) Place your needle into one end of the Try-On Tube holding your live stitches. 

3.) Slip your stitches back onto your needle.

Try Try-On Tubes for a Provisional Cast On! Watch this video tutorial by Laura Nelkin.

All sets include 4″ (10 cm), surgical stainless steel, lace tips and three cable lengths: 8″ (20 cm), 14″ (35 cm), and 22″ (55 cm) cables to make 16″ (40 cm), 22″ (56 cm), and 30″ (76 cm) circulars. TWIST red cables are memory free, consisting of a multi-strand, steel cable coated with red nylon.

Also included with each set are easy-to-read, coded cable connectors, end stoppers, T-shaped tightening keys, stitch markers, a needle gauge and compact, zipper-enclosed, fabric case.  TWIST & SPIN tips, cables and accessories are compatible with one another.

ChiaoGoo TWIST 5" Interchangeable Knitting Needle Sets include 5″ (13 cm), surgical stainless steel, lace tips and three cable lengths to make 24″ (60 cm), 32″ (80 cm) and 40″ (100 cm) circulars. TWIST red cables are memory free, made from a multi-strand, steel cable coated with red nylon.

Also included with each set are easy-to-read, coded cable connectors, end stoppers, T-shaped tightening keys, stitch markers, a needle gauge and compact, zipper-enclosed, fabric case. TWIST & SPIN tips, cables and accessories are all compatible with one another.

ChiaoGoo Twist Interchangeable lace knitting needle tips are precisely-machined and made of surgical-grade stainless steel. Needle sizes are laser imprinted on each tip. 5″ tips are the same length as ChiaoGoo Red Lace Circular Fixed needles and can create a minimum circular needle size of 24″. The slightly shorter 4″ tip length can combine with an 8″ cable to create a 16″ circular needle, perfect for making hats.

Berroco Ultra Wool Chunky comes as a cuddly plushie in ball form, which translates to ultra coziness in your finished projects. One ball of Ultra Wool Chunky contains 145 yds of warm, huggable, machine-washable wool. This easy-to-care for yarn is as ideal for messy young kids, as it is for time-crunched grown-ups. Ultra Wool Chunky comes in 37 bright and beautiful colorways for every style.

Can't find the color in-stock that you're looking for? Take advantage of Berroco's 123 Drop Ship program! Here's how it works: 

Step one: Place your order with us, either in the shop or on the phone.

Step two: Give us your shipping address.

Step three: Sit back, relax, and wait for a package from Berroco to arrive at your doorstep!

Interchangeable knitting needle sets are quickly becoming a part of every serious knitter's quiver and the Twig & Horn Interchangeable Needle Case is the perfect companion for your prized set. With a tri-fold design and slotted spaces accommodating 13 different needle tip sizes, this case is an essential! Any brand of needle tip can fit into the compact spaces and there are three zippered pockets to keep your cords and notions close at hand whenever you need them. A leather strap and metal snap secures this sturdy case that will keep all the pieces of your interchangeable needle set safe.  

The outer merino wool material of the case comes from Holland. Straps are made from a deep chocolate American leather strap. The leather wears well over time, and small scratches in the leather as it ages can be buffed away with leather conditioner, if desired, although we think it ages beautifully just as it is. 

*Interchangeable needles, cords and notions are not included with the Interchangeable Needle Case.