"Crown-Shy" by Ysolde Teague, knitted by Maddy Happy September (AKA start of crafting season) everyone! We've got a few things coming up on the calendars that we want to give details on. If you haven't receieved a September calender yet, please drop by the shop to pick one up. We have a class, community yarn swap, and a knit-a-long coming up! First up, Maddy will be teaching a two-class series on how to knit a cabled hat. Want to jump into hat making? Been craving learning

What to do with all those tote bags? Upcycle them with beautiful embroidery, of course! Bring a tote bag of your choice to our Upcycle Your Tote Bag with Veggie Embroidery with @mcreativej on Sunday August 30 from 12-2pm Learn how to hand embroider a tote bag with vegetable designs perfect for summer farmers market trips and grocery runs. This 2-hour hands on embroidery workshop will help you get started with hand embroidery. We'll cover an easy design transfer method, how t

Next up in August are our Sashiko style mending class and embroidered patch mending class both taught by the fabulous MCreativeJ AKA Melissa Galbraith! Sashiko is a stylish Japanese method of mending that uses gorgeous geometric stitches to mend fabric. Having seen @mcreativej jeans that were mended in the Sashiko style, we're pretty excited to get our hands on this class. Saturday 8/22, 2-4pm, all materials are provided You know what's better than just patching a hole in you

Good news everyone - our hours are now back to normal! Thanks for hanging in with us for July. May we all have a smooth, as wildfire-smoke-free-as-possible August. Our hours are now: Monday: 10am - 3pm Tuesday: 10am - 3pm (stitch group from 12:30-3) Wednesday: 10am - 3pm Thursday: 10am - 8pm (spin group from 10:30-12:30, stitch group from 5-8) Friday: 10am - 3pm Saturday:10am - 3pm Sunday: CLOSED On that note, we will be closing early this coming Saturday 8/8, at 1:30pm, to

Quintessential Knits is currently looking for a friendly, personable weekend staffer to help the shop and customers. If you are interested, please see details below: Pay: $17.13/hr Hours per week: ~10-12 with the possibility of picking up more -Standard shifts will be Saturday & Sunday, open to close All employees receive a discount on yarn and accessories in the shop Requirements: Must be at least 16 years of age Must have access to reliable transportation Must have at lea

In August, the lovely Melissa from MCreativeJ will be in the shop several times to teach the following classes​ To purchase any of these classes, visit the "Classes" page, call or come in the shop ​ Saturday August 8th ​ 2-4 PM ​ $75 ​ Visible Mending- Woven Mends Does your knitwear or denim have a hole in it? Learn how to patch that hole with visible mending. In this two-hour, hands-on workshop with fiber artist and author Melissa Galbraith of MCreativeJ, you’ll learn two ty

Hello and happy summer! Due to slower business, we'll be reducing our hours to being open only three days a week. We understand, it's hot and no one wants to handle wool (though we do have an entire plant-based fiber section) when it's hot and muggy out. So, starting tomorrow, Wednesday July 1st, our hours will be the following: Monday: CLOSED Tuesday: 10am-3pm Wednesday: CLOSED Thursday: 10am-8pm Friday: CLOSED Saturday: 10am-3pm Sunday: CLOSED We will also be be CLOSED on

We wanted to share the "results" of the yarn swap as well as the dates of some shop closures With a HUGE amount of help from you all, we were able to donate NINE moving bags worth of yarn, needles, and notions to Sno-Valley Senior Center. For those wondering, it was around 80lbs of yarn! They were very excited about the community support. For the midwives, we were able to donate 2.5 moving bags worth of baby soft yarn and needles which they will also be very excited about. Th

"Chicken Bag" made by Charlotte from My Moriko's pattern, done in Blue Sky Fiber's Sweater Hello everyone! First thing we want to say is that this community's response to our swap and yarn collection has already been incredible. You are all absolutely amazing! We already have a number of bags of yarn for swapping and donating both to the midwives and to Sno-Valley Senior Center. The excitement around it seems to be contagious and we love it! A few people have asked some grea

This coming Saturday 5/30, from 10am-3pm, we'll be having our first ever COMMUNITY YARN SWAP! We are so excited as this has been a much requested event so we're looking forward to providing a venue for this opportunity and, if we're honest, this chance to clean out our own stashes... There are a couple rules Yarn must be full balls/skeins/hanks (no scraps this time, sorry) Yarn must have a tag that describes fiber content (for allergy purposes) Yarn must be clean (no stains)