Fiber Events In AZ

From Tina Sanders of the Phoenix Knittimg and Crocheting Examiner, this list of fiber events this week in the Valley of the Sun!

Rowan Trunk Show is now going on until April 4th at Jessica Knits in Scottsdale. Jessica Knits is located at 10401 E. McDowell Mountain Ranch Road, in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the Desert Canyon Shopping Center. This shop is open Wednesday through Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and closed on Monday and Tuesday. For further information visit them online at Jessica Knits or phone them at (480)515-4454.

DanDoh Designs and Peacefully Knitting in Arizona Trunk Show, Saturday, March 27th from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Cactus Yarns. Cactus Yarns in located in the Brookside Center at 15170 W Bell Rd., in Surprise. From more information on this show, please contact them at (623)975-9340.

Tucson Spring shearing Festival, Saturday, March 27th, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Wither’s Ranch in Tucson. This is their first spring shearing fastival, and they will also have vendors who will be demonstrating their art process and selling their fiber items. Danny Smith from Missouri will be attending to shear all of the animals and best of all, this is the beginning of the lamb and kid season, so you will get to see babies. This spring event will also feature a lovely nuno felted scarf to be raffled off with the proceeds going to Casa Maria Kitchen in Tucson, which feeds families that are in need. For further information on this event, please contact Kathy Withers by email or by phone at (520) 572-3758 or (520) 401-6117.

Thanks for the updates, Tina! You can read the whole article, here: http://www.examiner.com/x-6976-Phoenix-Knitting-and-Crocheting-Examiner~y2010m3d22-Fiber-events-this-week-in-Arizona?cid=examiner-email

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Magical Woodland Knits by Clare Garland is a few years old as I write this, but it’s such a fun book I couldn’t resist sharing it. Step into a magical forest full of realistic woodland creatures including rabbit, deer and squirrel, birds and mice, to name a few.

In all there are 12 creatures, and though they are rather small (the wolf is the largest at 14.5 inches/37 cm tall and 18.5 inches/47 cm long), they are so detailed these are definitely not projects for new knitters.

One of the smaller projects, for example, is the robin, at 5/5 inches/14 cm long. It calls for nine different kinds of yarn. Sometimes some are held together, while others are worked with on their own. This pattern only includes three pages of instructions, but the print is rather small and in that time there are six different sets of short rows. None of this makes it too difficult for a knitter with experience reading detailed patterns, working short rows and working with multiple strands of yarn at once, but it’s worth knowing going in that even for small projects you’ll need a lot of supplies and time to work on them.

These are also not meant to be children’s toys, as they can include wires and other supports that could be a danger to little ones.

The process photos often look like taxidermy on a tiny scale, with little animal pelts stretched out and tons of stitch markers showing where and how things go together.

The finished animals are so pretty it’s certainly worth the effort to stitch up these creatures. You might be tempted to make all 12 and set up your own forest scene or use them to decorate your Christmas tree. You can check out all the patterns on Ravelry.

Along the way you’ll also find a little folklore about the animals, charming drawings and pretty photos of the finished animals, too. In the back you’ll find some helpful techniques like picking up stitches, making I-cord and working short rows.

About the book: 128 pages, paperback, 12 patterns. Published 2020 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.

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