Wynona Studios

Our November classes are live and ready for you to register. November’s theme is cables! We have Beginning Cables, Cabling without a Needle, How to Read a Cable Chart, and Crochet Cables Classes. Our Knit A Long are the famous Dashing http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring07/PATTdashing.html and Fetching  http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/PATTfetching.html from Knitty, both are fingerless gloves with cables! And lastly, our Block of the Month is #8 by Kathy Zimmerman, featuring….you guesses it! Cables! It is soooo pretty I can’t wait to start it!

We also have lots of holiday gift project classes in November! Its time to get started on these projects now. We have a lovely and delicate knitted lavender sachet class, a knit ribbed beanie class, a knit cabled scarf class as well as a crochet cabled scarf, two washcloths, and a knitted christmas stocking.

We are also starting our 6 in 60 for $36 workshops this month. These fun workshops give you the opportunity to complete 6 hand-made gifts in 60 minutes and cost on $36! This is like speed-dating for crafters!

Our November special is buy one class, get another class for free! Just pay for the more expensive class and you can take any other class you like…on us! This is limited to two free classes per person. And members still get a 10% discount on the more expensive class.

See you soon!

We have had such a fun week at Wynona Studios! We have lots of new things in the shop area for you to look at. Judy brought in some of Carl’s gorgeous wooden hand-made drop spindles. These babies are soooooo pretty, and they work so well.  Judy matched each one up with a little fiber and a sample of the type of yarn that could be spun with that spindle. She also brought us a few ounces of her Pygora fiber. There is just a little of this available, so grab it quick if you want it! Then Jan and Jeff brought in some of their fiber from Drumcliffe Farm. I am fascinated by the range of natural colors. There is a creamy color, a brown, a brownish gray, and a gray. They come directly from their sheep and llama. Jeff hand cards it and it is just wonderful. So lovely! Then lastly Sharon from Stitchjones brought in some of her hand-dyed sock yarn and fiber. She loves those same vibrant, neon colors that I do and these are just really fabulous! She brought in sock yarn in three different bases, as well as dyed fiber in some different bases as well.

Stitchjones sock yarn at Wynona Studios in Oregon City

Drumcliffe Fiber at Wynona Studios in Oregon City

Drop Spindles at Wynona Studios in Oregon City.

Stitchjones Fiber at Wynona Studios in Oregon City

If you haven’t been in recently, its time to come check it out!

Due to a scheduling conflict we have had to reschedule this class from Friday October 15th from 6:30pm-8:30pm to Wednesday October 27th from 6:30pm-8:30pm. I am sorry for any inconvenience, but hope this date will work as well for anyone interested in the class. We are very excited to be offering this class with Anne and think it will really teach a lot of great colorwork techniques, as well as helping you be more versatile in your regular knitting. If you have any questions or would like to sign up for the class, you can do so online, by giving us a call at (503)974-9193 or stopping by the studio in person.

Remember also, that registering for any class qualifies you for the $10 monthly membership add-on this month! A great deal!

Full shelves at Wynona Studios in historic, downtown Oregon City!

The little shop section of Wynona Studios is starting to look more and more full! We had Deidra from Spinner’s Candy bring in some of her beautiful hand-dyed merino braids and Corriedale X roving. It is so bright and cheerful looking! I just love it!

Then Danielle from Miss Purl brought us some of her stitch marker sets. She does an amazing job of packaging, the colors just all go together so amazingly well. She brought us sets of just stitch markers and then also the sets that are stitch markers plus a little matching box to keep them in. There are even a few that have special handmade beads on them.

The cutest stitch marker sets from Miss Purl at Wynona Studios!

We also have a few new recycled yarns available. My personal favorite is this springy leafy acid green that is 70% merino, 20% silk and 10% cashmere. It was once an Eileen Fischer cardigan and the yarn is wonderfully soft, shiny and has a good twist unlike some recycled yarns. I had a hard time putting it out on the shelves instead of in my knitting bag.

And last but definitely not least, we have the October classes up and ready for you! We are really excited about our classes this month! The theme for October is colorwork and we have many different classes to teach you about different techniques. Anne Berk is returning for two classes, Two-Handed Stranded Knitting on Friday October 15th from 6:30pm-8:30pm and Mosaic Knitting on Saturday October 23rd from 3pm-5pm. Anne is a master knitter, and a great teacher. I was amazed at how many techniques, tips and tricks Anne snuck into the Argyle Sock class she taught. We are also pleased to have Judy Herndon teaching a Drop Spindle Spinning class. If you would like to learn to spin, this is the class for you! It is on October 16th from 11am-1pm and includes an recycled CD spindle and fiber to get you started. Judy will be bringing in some her her husband Carls hand-turned wooden drop spindles (they are GORGEOUS!) and some of her pygora goat fiber, so if you end up falling in love with drop spindle spinning during the class you can purchase some of each and keep on going at home!