Mark Your Calendar and Bring Your Needles for our Yarn and Needle Tasting-Paid Off The Loan Celebration Friday, November 8th 2-8 PM

Mark Your Calendar and Bring Your Needles for our Yarn and Needle Tasting-Paid Off The Loan Celebration Friday, November 8th 2-8 PM Tickets are $5 which includes a tasting pack of yarns, refreshments from Tastefully Simple and entrance into the raffles which will be drawn hourly. The event will feature yarns from Plymouth, Berroco, Euro, and Kramer, as well as a few last minute additions. and needles from Knitters Pride, Clover and Plymouth. There will be yarns on needles that you can “taste”. All needles will be raffled at the end of the evening. Hourly raffle prizes include: a kit from Plymouth Yarns for a cowl knit with Alpaca Grande, a Starter Set of Knitter’s Pride Interchangeable Dreamz needles, from Bryson Distributing a set of 16 inch Clover Circular needles and a set of Clover 9 inch straight needles, Cowl Kits featuring Kramer Yarns Perfection worsted and a Tastefully Simple Everyday Goodness Gift box.. Reservations requested, please call and let us know that you plan to attend so that we will be prepared for you. The Arizona Yarn Crawl has ended! Turn in your passports by November 8th. So maybe you didn’t get to all the stores, don’t despair! For those of you who picked up your passports here at the Fiber Factory we have arranged a couple of prizes that we will be awarding. Each of them include knit and crochet magazines, an accessories kit from Bryson Distributing and a project kit from either Berroco, Crystal Palace, or Kramer Yarns all in a “Designer Bag”. Upcoming Events SweetGeorgia Yarns will be featured in a trunk show November 12th-16th. SweetGeorgia Yarns designs and distributes an exclusive collection of hand-dyed yarns and spinning fibres of fine merino wool, silk and cashmere suitable for all your handknit, handspun and handwoven projects. Zen Yarn Garden will be in the shop for a ONE DAY ONLY Cash and Carry Trunk Show on Tuesday, November 19 from 1-9 PM. Experience the luxurious fibers and deep, rich colorways of this husband and wife team from Ontario. Red Scarf Project 2013! Once again, The Fiber Factory and One Planet Yarn and Fiber will join together this holiday season in supporting the Orphan Foundation of America’s Red Scarf Project: Foster Care for Success Program. Children that go through the foster care system often face challenges getting the education they need to lead happy and productive lives. The Foster Care for Success program gives scholarships to further the education of kids who would not have the money to continue their education. In 2005 the Foster Care for Success program began sending the kids that were attending college or vocational schools a Valentine's Day care package. These kids often don't have family or parents who would send care packages to them. So, to show that someone cares - packages are sent with treats including a red hand knitted or crocheted scarf. You will find all the information about how to help here - Please Help! Red Scarves for Charity Last year our combined efforts netted 35 beautiful and varied crocheted and knitted scarves. Let’s see if we can top that this year! Come in and purchase your yarn and ask for the Red Scarf discount for this project. Drop off your scarves by December 10th: RED SCARF PROJECT GUIDELINES: Size: approximately 60” long and 5” to 8” wide. Scarves should be long enough to be wrapped around the neck, with tails long enough to be tied in the front. Style: Think unisex collegiate. Fringes are optional. Your scarf should drape, tie easily and be soft. Color: Red! However, this could mean burgundy, cherry, russet, red stripes with other colors, or multicolor hues including red. Finished & tagged: Yarn ends should be securely sewn in. For a personal touch, attach a tag saying “Handmade for You” with your first name, city, and group affiliation, if any. Donors have also included washing instructions, messages of encouragement, gift cards, and more. Did you know we have a blog page? http://thefiberfactory.blogspot.com/

Fiber Factory November Classes

Sign up for November classes now!

Knitting-
Beginning Knitting
Intermediate Knitting
Knit Your WIsh
Log Cabin Baby Blanket
Continental Knitting
Magic Loop Socks
Duffers-19 Row Felted Slippers
Beaded Knitted Jewelry Workshop
Intarsia
Knitting 911
Sweet Tomato Heel Socks
Seven Super Skills Cowl
Sybil Scarf
Toe Up Two Needle Socks
Entrelac Scarf
Veil of Isis Shawl
Cream and Sugar Cowl

Crochet-
Beginning Crochet
Tunisian Crochet
Felted Crochet Hot Pad
Dragon Scales
Bead Crochet Russian Loop
Christmas Crochet Garland

Tatting-
Advanced Tatting

Dye-
Paint and Zap Yarn or Fiber

Baskets-
Pine Needle Basket

Weaving-
Log Cabin on Rigid Heddle
Back Strap Weaving with 2 Bar Loom
Finger Weaving III

Navajo Weaving-
Intermediate Navajo Loom Weaving
Let's Get Warping

Creative Fiber-
Knotted Netting
Needle Felted Embellishing
Felted Hot Pad

Kids-
Fun With Fiber

Free Stuff!- Call for info or to sign up for these events so we know how many are coming.
Every Friday Afternoon Happy Hour
Every Friday Afternoon Crochet Study group
First and Third Saturday Morning Spin Ins

Best Regards,
Susan, Terri and the Fiber Factory Gang
480-969-4346

We're Halfway Through the Arizona Yarn Crawl!

How many stamps are filled on your passport? It's not too late to start.

In addition to the official prizes, we are putting together some of our own for those who turn in their passports here but do not meet the requirements for the grand prizes. So far we have some great stuff from Berroco and Kramer, and accessories from Bryson Distributing .

Here are some of the things that we have planned.

Bead Creations N Things Trunk Show
Friday and Saturday, October 18th and 19th

Debby Rea Taylor will be at the Fiber Factory with ALL of her seed beads, bead strands, stones, kits, and buttons.

MAKE AND TAKE STITCH MARKERS: Debby will be bringing the wire and beads to make stitch markers. All you need to do is come ready for some fun a with a donation for the United Food Bank Collection box. She will be also be ready and happy to help you with your UFO beading projects.

Morro Fleece works is sending us some Dyed Alpaca/Romney blend roving. It will be in the shop this week.

The fiber is great for both spinning and felting. Shari said she would put some sparkly stuff in the box too.

KNIT SWIRL! WORKSHOP   Saturday, October 26 10AM-5PM
Listed as the technical editor for Knit Swirl!, Jeane deCoster, owner of Elemental Affects,  worked closely with author/designer Sandra McIver on the engineering, sizing and construction of this unusual garment.

Jeane will be with us on Saturday, October 26, 2013 to teach a one day Swirl workshop.
This Introduction to Swirls workshop includes learning about the basic construction technique of this “one seam” garment, understanding the 4 silhouette options, how to choose sizes, choosing and substituting yarns, special gauge and swatching techniques, and more! Seating is limited, so sign up now!
Sign up on the classes page or call the shop for details.

Jeane will also be teaching Double Fisted Knitting on October 24th, 6-9 PM,  and October 25th 1-4 PM.
Learn Fair Isle Knitting in one quick and easy session.
Take the mystery out of colorwork in this 3 hour workshop. Jeane will bring samples for you to practice cutting the steeks without fear!

Raffle to benefit The United Food Bank

Knit by Maybelline Doolan
with Natural Dye Studio's
Precious Lace silk Yarn

Raffle tickets: $5  each or 3 for $10

100% of monies collected will go to the United Food Bank.
Winning ticket to be drawn on November 2nd.

Schafenfreude Fibers trunk show is in the shop.
Owner and Fiber Artist, Diane Palme, lives and works in northern California. Her color palette is a beautiful departure from the colors Terri and Susan usually pick, very warm and fall like.

Kimberly Perkins, independent dyer and owner of Cat Mountain Fiber Arts
is sending us yarns and kits for the Knit Swirl! sweater for a trunk show the last week of October.

Announcing our Rewards Card
Yarn-a-holoics Anonymous 12 Stamp Rewards Program
Come in and pick up your card. Get a stamp when you purchase $25 or more in a visit. Turned in your filled card, (12 stamps) and get $25 off on you next purchase. WOW!

Best Regards,

Susan, Terri and the Fiber Factory Gang

480-969-4346

Fiber Factory October Classes and Events

First, we want to welcome back Sharon Elliot who will be teaching her pine needle basket class in November. Second, we want to welcome BrandiFalls who will be teaching some needle tatting and crochet classes.

 Some exciting news to share, Terri and Susan will have paid off the bank loan at the end of October. To mark this momentous event, there will be a yarn tasting event in November. Please stay tuned to our web page and periodic email news for details. We hope that you will join us for the event.  Plans include refreshments, lots of new yarns to sample and prizes!

 Have you heard? There will be a statewide yarn crawl throughout the month of October. Visit as many of the participating local yarn stores as you can, get your passport stamped and be eligible for fabulous prizes. The Fiber Factory will be featuring guest instructors, trunk shows other special events to liven things up, as well as new yarns coming in. Details will be unveiled at the official website of the event, www.azyarncrawl.com. You will be able to pick up and return your passport here at the shop. In addition to the official prizes, we will have some of our own right here.

 We have just received some new sock yarn from ZenYarnGarden, Fleece Artist and Happy Fuzzy Yarn. We will also be featuring yarns from Cats Mountain Fiber Arts, owned by a lovely young independent dyer named Kimberly Perkins. Fibers from Sweet Georgia  and Happy Fuzzy Yarns are in stock and fibers from Anzula have been reordered. Come in and give them a squeeze. We are also looking forward to some new yarns from Mirasol and Aracunia this fall as well.

Schafenfreude Yarns and Fibers will be in the shop all month long. This will be the first time they are available in Arizona!   Hand Dyed Sock and Lace weight yarns and Spinning fibers by fiber artist Diane Palme.   (Photos are just a sample of what will be available.)

October 24-31 Cat Mountain Fiber Arts Trunk Show

Hand dyed yarns by fiber artist Kimberly Perkins. She also makes kits for the Knit Swirl! sweaters. There will be a meet and greet the artist one evening that week. Date to be announced as soon as it is finalized.

Elemental Affects yarns lace and fingering weight Shetland wools will be in the shop all month. Fiber Artist Jeanne DeCoster Will be in the shop for workshops October 24-26.

Our dear friend Maybelline Doolan, one of the best lace knitters around,  is knitting a lace shawl using Precious Lace silk yarn from the Natural Dye Studio to be raffled off at the end of the month.  Raffle tickets will be available and the shawl will be on display at the beginning of the month. All money collected from the raffle will be donated to The United Food Bank. We will provide a picture as soon as it is finished.

Jeanne DeCoster of Elemental Affects will be at The Fiber Factory  for the following workshops.

Double Fisted Knitting

Thursday, October 24, 6-9 PM or

Friday, October 25, 1-4PM

Leap fearlessly into learning to knit with two colors at the same time.

Both stranded and Fair Isle knitting styles are smooth and easy when you can carry one yarn in each hand. Regardless of which hand you use to carry yarn when you knit, you'll learn how to use both hands in this class. Choose a small project (hat band or small bag pattern provided) and learn the basics of handling multiple colors, creating steeks, managing yarn tension, reading color charts and . . . wait for it . . .

CUTTING THE STEEKS! (Previously knit samples will be provided for practicing cutting and finishing steeks. )

Experience level: Beginner/Intermediate (Must be able to cast on (any method) and do a knit stitch -- with either hand carrying the yarn.

$40 pre-registration required.  Supply list and  prep work provided at time or registration

Knit Swirl! Workshop

Saturday, October 26, 10:30 AM -5:00 PM

Listed as the technical editor for Knit Swirl!, Jeane deCoster worked closely with author/designer Sandra McIver on the engineering, sizing and construction of this unusual garment.  Jeane will be with us on Saturday, October 26, 2013 to teach a one day Swirl workshop.  This Introduction to Swirls workshop includes learning about the basic construction technique of this "one seam" garment, understanding the 4 silhouette options, how to choose sizes, choosing and substituting yarns, special gauge and swatching techniques, and more!Swirls are suitable for both beginning and experienced knitters.  Hint: Swirls are often easier for the beginning knitters, than experienced knitters.  Join us for this unique opportunity and find out why!

Bring: Pencil, paper, ruler, your copy of Knit, Swirl! book.

$75  pre-registration required.

$100 includes book pre-registration and payment required by Oct 12 to save $10 on the book.

Sign up for October classes now!

Knitting-
Get Started Knitting
Beginning Knitting
Intermediate Knitting
Knit Your Wish
Learn to Knit Socks
Mitered Squares
Knit One Below Hat
T-Shirt 101
Vitamin D Cardigan
Beaded Knitted Jewelry Workshop
Wavy Lace Tunic
Sweet Tomato Heel Sock
Wingspan Shawl
Magic Mobius Cowl
Hill and Dale Scarf
Cream and Sugar Cowl
Column of Leaves Scarf
Inside Outside Scarf

Crochet-
Beginning Crochet
Cradle Church Purse
Chain Strand Bead Crochet Necklace
Intro to Irish Crochet

Tatting-
Intermediate Tatting
Needle Tatting

Dye-
Paint and Zap Scarf

Spinning-
Beginning Spinning

Baskets-
Round Twined Basket

Weaving-
Beginning 4 Harness Loom Weaving
Rigid Heddle
Beads in Rigid Heddle Weaving
Backstrap Weaving
Woven Sash
Finger Weaving
Finger Weaving II

Navajo Weaving-
Beginning Navajo Weaving
Miniature Navajo Rug

Creative Fiber-
Knotless Netting
Knotless Netting-Flat
Serendipity Dyed Silk Scarf
Spring Flowers

Kids-
#1 Fun With Fiber

Free Stuff!- Call for info or to sign up for these events so we know how many are coming.
Every Friday Afternoon Happy Hour
Every Friday Afternoon Crochet Study group
First and Third Saturday Morning Spin Ins

Best Regards,
Susan, Terri and the Fiber Factory Gang
480-969-4346

Fiber Factory September Classes

Sign up for August classes now!

Knitting-
Beginning Knitting
Intermediate Knitting
Duffers-19 Row Felted Slippers
Entrelac Bag
Learn to Knit Socks
Fair Isle Wrist Warmers
Mark's Really Fast Gloves
Top Down Raglan
Mitered Square Felted Bag
Radian Yoke
Cuff to Cuff Sweater
Lily of the Valley Sachet Bag
Knitting 911
Faroese Style Lace Shawl
Baby Mobile
8 Hour Baby Blanket
Shawlette
Two Color Reversible Knitting

Crochet-
Crochet in a Day
Hello Kitty Bag
Arigurumi Friends
Cotton Market Bag
Bead Crochet Rope Bangle
Buttons and Chains Bracelet
Brainless and Quick Shower Poof Plus

Tatting-
Beginning Tatting
Needle Tatting

Dye-
Solar Printing

Spinning-
Beginning Spinning
Spin The Yarn You Want

Weaving-
Beginning 4 Harness Loom Weaving

Navajo Weaving-
Beginning Navajo Loom Weaving
Let's Get Warping

Kids-
Fun With Fiber

Free Stuff!- Call for info or to sign up for these events so we know how many are coming.
Every Friday Afternoon Happy Hour
Every Friday Afternoon Crochet Study group
First and Third Saturday Morning Spin Ins

Best Regards,
Susan, Terri and the Fiber Factory Gang
480-969-4346

Fiber Factory August Classes

Sign up for August classes now!

Knitting-
Beginning Knitting
Knit Your Wish
Entrelac Baby Blanket
Fair Isle Wrist Warmers
Continental Knitting
Baby Roots Cardigan
T-Shirt 101
Cuff to Cuff Sweater
Intarsia
Knitting 911
Toy Workshop
Sweet Tomato Heel Sock
Teeny Tiny Toys
Unfinished Projects

Crochet-
Beginning Crochet
Kitty Pocket Purse
Broomstick Lace
Going Granny
Crocheting To Cool Off
Crochet Poncho
Freeform Crochet Frenzy
Brainless and Quick Shower Poof Plus
Crochet Help

Tatting-
Beginning Tatting

Dye-
Solar Printing

Spinning-
Spinning Refresher
Drop Spindle Spinning

Baskets-
Carry All Tote
Farmer's Market Basket

Weaving-
Beginning 4 Harness Loom Weaving
Rigid Heddle
Backstrap Weaving

Creative Fiber-
Naalbinding

Kids-
Parent and Child Knitting
Parent and Child Crochet

Free Stuff!- Call for info or to sign up for these events so we know how many are coming.
Every Friday Afternoon Happy Hour
Every Friday Afternoon Crochet Study group
First and Third Saturday Morning Spin Ins

Best Regards,
Susan, Terri and the Fiber Factory Gang
480-969-4346

Fiber Factory July Classes!

Sign up for July classes now!

Knitting-
Beginning Knitting
Intermediate Knitting
Knit Your Wish
Learn to Knit Socks
Continental Knitting
T-Shirt 101
Grrlfriend Market Bag
Fair Isle Bag or Hat
Rockport Top Down Shell
Vitamin D Cardigan
Faroese Lace Shawl
Toe Up Two Needle Socks
Felted Clogs
Wingspan Shawl
Cuff Down Magic Loop Socks
Criss Cross Scarf
Unfinished Projects

Crochet-
Crochet in a Day
Tunisian Crochet
Amigurumi Creatures
Broomstick Lace
Going Granny
Crocheting To Cool Off
Crochet Poncho
Beaded Crochet Rope Bangle
Crochet Help

Tatting-
Needle Tatting


Spinning-
Beginning Spinning

Weaving
Narrow Wares Complimentary Warp-Pebble Weave

Navajo Weaving-
Beginning Navajo Loom Weaving
Intermedaite Navajo Loom Weaving
Miniature Navajo Rug

Creative Fiber-
Flat Knotted Net
Kumihimo


Kids-
Knit Camp for Kids
Parent and Child Knitting
Parent and Child Crochet

Free Stuff!- Call for info or to sign up for these events so we know how many are coming.
Every Friday Afternoon Happy Hour
Every Friday Afternoon Crochet Study group
First and Third Saturday Morning Spin Ins

Best Regards,
Susan, Terri and the Fiber Factory Gang
480-969-4346