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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I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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