4th Annual Midwinter Fiber & Yarn Tasting

Thank you to all those who came, visited, 

shopped, or learned a new skill.

More importantly, thank you to our 

amazingly creative and skilled vendors!

Studio S

Frene Creek Farm

Rock Farms 

County Road Alpacas 

Pacesetter Alpacas

Knits ‘N Kits Needle Arts

 

4th Annual Fiber & Yarn Tasting Coming SOON!

 Did you miss our 2012 Yarn Bombing? 

Here are some photos from the 2012 Tallman Arts Fair 

featuring 7 montsh of stitching by the

Janesville Area Stitch 'n Bitch!

Janesville Area Stitch 'n Bitch has partnered with the

426 N. Jackson St., Janesville, WI - 608.756.4509

to present a very special exhibit at the 

Tallman Arts Festival

Sunday, August 5 

10am-5pm

at the Lincoln Tallman Restoration

We will also be demonstrating, teaching, and selling

finished items including handspun yarns, apparel, and more.

Please join us!

Want the latest SnB news and events? 

Visit us on Facebook at

Janesville Area Stitch 'n Bitch

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Janesville-Area-Stitch-n-Bitch/108541506010

PLEASE NOTICE: 

The normal Saturday morning gathering at Basics has been canceled until further notice due to small attendance during the summer months. Please continue to join us on Monday afternoons at the Italian House 1-3pm or on Thursday nights at Basics 6-8pm.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!

Springtime at Frene Creek Farm 

Even the youngest have fun at a day on the fiber farm.

Join SnB for a day of fiber fun with the opportunity to be "up close and personal" with the camels, llamas, alpaca, cats, dogs, goats, and chickens, too! Shop for fiber or finished items. Take an opportunity to learn with free lessons in crochet, knitting and even spinning.

Saturday, May 19

9AM - ?

Frene Creek Farm

2631 North Polzin Road, Janesville

(7 miles East of Janesville just off of Hwy. 14)

Mind your textile waste! 

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/recycling/stories/mind-your-textile-waste-infographic

Volunteer Stitchers 

Encouraged To Participate

The Inverary Castle project

makes our SnB August "yarning" 

look like childs-play!

If you'd still like to help with the SnB
"yarning" for a Janesville nonprofit, just 

contact us details at: proartist@aol.com

(Yarn is available for your use if requested.)

http://www.paisleydailyexpress.co.uk/renfrewshire-news/2012/04/30/buddies-hoping-to-pull-the-wool-over-inverary-castle-87085-30855203/

"Yarning" Projects Everywhere!

Knitting is Hip at Cal High

...where students are engaging in "yarning" the school property

http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_20214489/cal-high-learns-meaning-got-yarn

Students in Janesville have joined in the fun, too.

If you would like to work on a similar

yarn graffiti project in Janesville, WI

to benefit a local nonprofit organization,

please contact proartist@aol.com

(Installation in August 2012)

Knitting in the News

An organization called Government Free VJJ is encouraging women to knit uteruses and send them to male members of Congress with the note, “Dear Men in Congress: If we knit you a uterus, will you stay out of ours?

http://www.governmentfreevjj.com

A woman has turned her love of knitting to helping British soldiers fight off the cold during Afghanistan's freezing nights. Tina Selby, 50, from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, has posted almost 5000 woolly hats to regiments in Helmand Province

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17471716

Knitter's 5,000 Hats for Soldiers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17471716

February 2012 SnB Happening

Images from the

3rd Annual Midwinter

Fiber & Yarn Tasting

If you attended, we're glad you came and had fun.

If not ... we look forward to seeing you next year!