I am so excited this year to be participating in and supporting the Salem Arts Festival this year. I’m doubly excited that we’ll be celebrating one of our very own, Michele Bonner. Michele has an amazing ability to manipulate fiber in ways you never dreamed possible but will be inspired to try.

The Salem Arts Festival is a super cool event celebrating all that is fantastically art-y in our city.  It’s held around town from June 3rd-5th and is a must see if you’re anywhere in our area.

Join us on Friday night June 3rd from 6-8 for a reception to celebrate her work. Her work will be on display in the shop throughout the weekend.

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This is just wonderful. Don’t you think?

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I fell in love with this amazing little mini-quilt made by June-at-Noon.

Don’t you want to wind yarn with a friend like this?  You can also buy a lovely little print of this work too.

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Thanks to Caro at SpitYarn for pinning this and bringing it to my attention!

I’ve always loved traditional red work and red and white pieced quilts.  Just a drop of inspiration for the evening.

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One of my favorite yarns from last season was Rowan’s Alpaca Cotton.  Its such a beautiful yarn and unlike anything else on the market. The construction is really interesting.  The core is a like a tiny fishnet stocking made of cotton and the alpaca is blown into it, making this really soft fuzzy yarn.  Oh and did I mention it’s machine washable?!!

Last season it came in a beautiful array of naturals and this season it’s back with COLORS!

Rowan featured a beautiful book called Winter Solace, which has been admired by so many who walk in the shop as we have a gorgeous shop model of the poncho below.

We love Winter Solace and Rowan has come out with another new and amazing book this year, featuring all of their alpaca yarns called Homestead Classics. I have my eye on this one:

This book features not only Rowan Alpaca Cotton but also Lima, another favorite yarn.

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On Saturday (last week) a customer came into the store carrying a lovely little creation of her own and I couldn’t resist showing it off.

Julie Kahn made this bag with Blue Sky Alpaca’s Bulky weight yarn (colorway 1211).  It’s a lovely, simple design of her own — basically a seed stitch square turned into a bag with cute handles.

We always want to see customer projects so please feel free to email us pics of your FOs (Finished Objects) or drop into the store and share them with us.  You can also share them with our new Seed Stitch Fine Yarn Flickr group.

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