http://www.yarntasting.com people swatching Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:09:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.yarntasting.com/2011/10/artfibers-news-october-2011/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2011/10/artfibers-news-october-2011/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:40:31 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=826 Artfibers News — Holiday Discount, Gift Certificates, Contest, Amazing New Yarns, Free Patterns! Holiday Discount :  per order, 20% off on amounts above the first $50 Includes: Artfibers catalog yarns, Artfibers Gift Certificates Excludes:  store sale items, tools, fiber End date: close of the business day, December 23, 2011 If you’re not sure what to [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2011/10/artfibers-news-october-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/09/artfibers-reopens-in-san-francisco-october-1-2-3-2010/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/09/artfibers-reopens-in-san-francisco-october-1-2-3-2010/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:19:58 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=594 New address: Artfibers 266 Sutter St., third floor (elevator) San Francisco CA 94108 Phone:  415.956.6319 (after mid September) 888.326.1112 toll free Hours: Tues/Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun: 11-6 Thursday: 11-7 New space highlights: * One block from our old S.F. space, on the same street, Sutter. * Directly across from the main entrance to Banana Republic * One block [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2010/09/artfibers-reopens-in-san-francisco-october-1-2-3-2010/feed/ 4 http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/09/happy-hour-in-brooklyn/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/09/happy-hour-in-brooklyn/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:05:01 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=176 Of course there are many knitters in Brooklyn, some quite famous, but we have to admire one very special group — the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill knitters.  What we hear out on the West Coast is that they stormed Moe’s Bar last Sunday like pirates of the Caribbean, teaching friend and foe alike the true meaning [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/09/happy-hour-in-brooklyn/feed/ 1 http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/09/knitting-outside-the-rules/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/09/knitting-outside-the-rules/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:57:31 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=161 Baruch Gould taught a Freeform Knitting workshop last weekend at the Artfibers studio in Pinole.  It was a special privilege to be there.   All chairs were filled with an enthusiastic group, who seemed to share two things:  advanced fiber skills, and a keen desire to experiment. Baruch had just returned from a conference on a [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/09/knitting-outside-the-rules/feed/ 1 http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/08/yarntasting-in-minneapolis/ http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/08/yarntasting-in-minneapolis/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:24:58 +0000 nyle http://www.yarntasting.com/?p=88 The Summer series of Yarntasting a la Carte events just completed with an enthusiastic group in Minneapolis.   Judging by email addresses of participants, many are in some way affiliated with the U. of Minnesota.  As a college student in neighboring St. Paul I quickly learned that the U. of M. was a magnet for gifted, [...]]]> http://www.yarntasting.com/2009/08/yarntasting-in-minneapolis/feed/ 0