Wynona Studios

The first Wednesdays at Wynona’s was a big success and we learned a lot, had some fun, drank a little wine and nibbled on some goodies. Anne did an amazing job to covering a huge topic in an orderly and thorough way. We learned about washing and blocking, including care instructions in your handknit gifts, and storing your items for the summer.

This week we are getting ready for our second one…this time it is Fun Knitting Facts/History-Trivia Night! Anne will tell us about all kinds of cool knitting facts, educate us a little on the history of hand knitting, and ask some questions to see if we know the answers! Even if you are not a knitter, but love history and trivia, this is a great one to come to. Anne has written articles on the history of knitting for Piecework magazine and knows what she is talking about, but is also a very entertaining speaker.

Please remember to RSVP, either by clicking on the classes tab above and registering for the class, giving us a call at 503-974-9193 (you can even leave a message after hours on the machine), sending an email, or stopping by. It is so helpful if we know how many chairs to set up and make sure we have enough wine and snacks for everyone. The cost is $12/per person and the evening starts at 6:30pm and ends around 8:30pm.

We hope to see you there!

As you might have guessed from our total emphasis on local and recycled yarn and fiber, one of our favorite holidays is Earth Day, Sunday April 22nd!

This year to celebrate we have three classes (all with spots still available in them!). First there is Deconstructing a Sweater with me (JJ Foster), where you will learn to take an unloved sweater from your closet or the thrift store and turn it back into yarn to use for a new project. This class starts at 10:00am, is $35 and includes the sweater to take apart. Second there is Felted Dryer balls with Ruth Beck where you will learn to turn raw fiber (from her family’s sheep farm here in Oregon City) into a ball you can throw into the dryer to help get your clothes dry faster, so you can use less energy. This class starts at 10:30am, is $35 and also includes all supplies. And last but not least we have Mason Jar Cozies with the always entertaining Arminda Barnes, where you will learn to take recycled yarn and turn it into a cozy for a mason jar that will allow you to use it to transport hot beverages or simply to decorate those jars of homemade jam you give for the holidays. Arminda will show you how to use the magic loop technique to work in the round and when you are done with your cozy you will be able to dye it with Kool Aid to make it totally unique. This class starts at 1pm and is $35 with all supplies excpet the knitting needles included.

Additionally, we will have our recycled yarn on sale for 25% off! If you have not had a chance to try recycled yarn yet, this is a great chance to give it a whirl!

We are very excited about our new series…Wednesdays at Wynona’s with Anne Berk! Join us on the third Wednesday of the month to listen to Anne Berk, a Master Knitter, talk about a different subject each month that relates to knitting and crocheting. Bring your current project, sip a glass of wine and nibble on a little something while she educates us and then leads a short discussion on the topic. These should be a lot of fun and we would love to have you join us.

We do ask that you RSVP so we can make sure to have enough chairs, wine and nibbles for everyone. The evenings start at 6:30pm and cost $12 per person. The dates and topics are as follows:

April 18: Block Party-Care and keeping of hand knits
May 16: Fun Knitting Facts-Trivia night
June 13: Everyone’s a Critic-Reading patterns critically
July 18: Work Out Knits to Get Fit-Modifying pattersn to flatter your shape
August 15: Stump Anne-Bring your questions and we’ll answer them

You can sign up here on the website, under the classes tab, by stopping by the shop or giving us a call at 503-974-9193. See you there!

The Rose City Yarn Crawl was an amazing experience for us and we wanted to say a huge, heartfelt thank you to everyone that stopped by and to those of you too far away to come but were thinking of us!

Our patterns were well received and will be available next month for purchase here in the shop. It was some extra work to create to versions, a knit and a crochet, but the response was so overwhelming that it was completely worth it.

The feedback we received from the crawlers was wonderful and thanks to everyone that was so vocal about it. There were some of you out there telling everyone they had to come see us and our kept increasing every day.

Thank you, thank you, thank you and we hope to see you again real soon!

The last day of the Rose City Yarn Crawl is here! We have had so much fun meeting lots of new knitters and crocheters and getting to introduce them to Wynona Studios and hope to see them again soon.

Today we open at 10am with a free skein of recycled cashmere to the first 10 people in the door. Then this afternoon we are hosting the lovey and talented Ruth from Owl and Acorn Soaps with her fabulous hand-crafted soaps and lotions for a trunk show.

Hope to see you!

Whew! What a fun day yesterday was! We loved meeting so many new people, getting a chance to get to know them and for them to get to know us! Saw some amazing sweaters (one lady picked out one of Gwen’s shawl pins that matched her sweater perfectly, and another chose a wool dread that matched her sweater exactly), a cool tote bag, some lovely fingerless mitts and lots and lots of cool hats.

Today we will be hosting a Spin-In. We will have different spinners in all day, and have invited anyone that has taken a spinning class with us in the past to join us as well! There is lots of new fiber, spindles, and even spindle bowls in stock, so lots of stuff to see also! We are looking forward to a fibery day.

As we are doing each day of the crawl, we are giving away a free skein of recycled cashmere to the first 10 people in the door each morning. There is already a line forming this morning….will you be in it?

See you soon!

Today starts the Rose City Yarn Crawl! We have lots of great events planned all weekend but starting today:

Tami from Salon Joie de Vivre next door is here to add a felted wool dread hair extension to your hairdo! I just got mine (lime green of course!) and it is so cute! Its a quick, painless and temporary little celebration of yarn for the weekend. Come get yours, lots of colors available and only $6 each.

We are also having our usual Knit Night tonight from 5:30pm-7pm. Anyone and everyone is welcome, its always free and there is lots of fun to be had. See you there!

Lots of new yarn, stitch markers, shawl pins, jewelry and more! Come check it out!

Coming up in just a couple of days is the Rose City Yarn Crawl! This fun event will include 19 different shops this year and some exciting new features too! You can read all about it on the website www.rosecityyarncrawl.com. Here at Wynona Studios we will have all kinds of fun things going on, starting on Thursday with one of the lovely ladies from next door coming over to add wool dread hair extensions to your ‘do to help you celebrate the yarn crawl all weekend! These are temporary and will only cost $6 each, so come get a few (I want a pink and a turquoise I think!). We will also be having our usual Knit Night Thursday night and if you have been wanting to join us, this is the night to do it! We will be having treats and lots of laughter that evening and hope to see you there. The most exciting part might be each morning, when we give a skein of free recycled cashmere away to the first 10 people in the door each day! All I ask is to have a Barry Manilow ticket line when I open the door (you know, the people that camp out for days in advance….)

We also are please to announce a new series we are starting with Anne Berk, master knitter. On the third Wednesday of the month we will be gathering. We will provide some wine and nibbles, you bring your current project to work on and we will listen to Anne talk about some interesting and educational topics. We will be starting on April 18th with Block Party-The care and keeping of your hand knits. Each evening is only $12 and we would ask you to RSVP so we know how many chairs we need and how many bottles of wine to open!

With both of these fun events, as well as all of the exciting classes (now available on the website to sign up!) we hope to see you soon!

I know I am a little late, but here are my Knitting New Years Resolutions for 2012:

I will finish 12 sweaters in 2012. This include completing the 3 I already have on the needles as well as 9 more. I have a huge list in my queue on Ravelry to choose from, as well as those in already paired up with yarn here at the shop. Now all I have to do is actually knit them!

I will make something with lace, something with cables, something with fair isle, something with intarsia and something with entrelac this year.

And lastly, I will find a better balance between “obligation knitting” and “fun knitting”.

I would also like to teach a class outside of the studio, at a conference, festival or the like about recycling yarn and using recycled yarn. Not really a knitting resolution, but related.

So what are your New Years Knitting Resolutions? What are you planning to knit this year?

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