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This year, school begins early for many of our students, so August has become "Back to School" month. It's a great time to expand your knitting and crocheting skills! We are offering a fun line-up of classes, welcoming new and returning guest instructors as well as offering our own classes.
Check out the schedule and sign up for all your favorites while spaces are available! Lots more information will be available on our website, and you can register online, in the shop, or by phone.
This newsletter is all about exciting workshops. We'll update you on all the new products and shop activities in another note in the next week or so. This class line up was too exciting to hold back!
Class Highlights (click or scroll down for more information): Other Events:
- Do you have tickets for the Danville Art and Wine Stroll on August 18th? Check out the website for details about this fun event! We'll be open until 9pm and will have some treats for Stroll participants.
- Save the Date: We'll be celebrating our 5th Anniversary Celebration the weekend of November 4-6, so mark your calendar so you can join in the fun!
Stay Up to Date
Want to know what's happening in the shop in between our newsletters? We have been active on both Instagram and Facebook, posting photos and updates regularly. Join us there! We'll let you know when we receive shipments of new goodies, and what our community and staff are working on.
Shop Local Thank you for continuing to support A Yarn Less Raveled and all your local businesses! In shopping local, you are helping to sustain the greater Diablo area with jobs, tax dollars, and especially our community. Check out the flyers in the shop for more information about your impact in the local economy.
Cheers, Mindy and the AYLR Team |
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 Needle Felting Fun! |
Fluffy Sheep: Needle Felting Fun with Wendy Lacy
Wendy Lacy returns with more creative needle-felting critters, and a new class.
Would you like to learn to make your own adorable sheep? Wendy has a passion for these needle-felted creatures, and she's designed her own Fluffy Sheep, based on the designs of Jackie Huang of Woolbuddy. Once you learn the needle-felting techniques, you can create almost any critter. These little creatures are perfect for children's toys, adorable displays, and offer an imaginative collection of handcrafted animals, monsters, and sea creatures. Make your own Fluffy Sheep with Wendy, using fiber and a felting needle in just 2 hours! The class will be offered twice - Saturday, August 6 from 2-4pm or on Sunday, August 7 from 12-2pm. You'll learn key needle felting techniques as you make your own little sheep, opening up the world of needle-felted animals! Be careful... these fun, quick little creatures are addictive! To learn more about Woolbuddies, click here: http://woolbuddy.com/pages/about-usPrerequisite skills: None Scheduled Dates:- Saturday, August 6, 2016, 2-4pm
- Sunday, August 7, 2016, 12-2pm
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Knit Healthy with Carson Demers
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Help us welcome renowned knitter, instructor and physical therapist Carson Demers to A Yarn Less Raveled! Carson will be our guest for three very special workshops, teaching us how to work with our bodies and adjust our knitting techniques to avoid injury so we can knit comfortably and with ongoing health.
Join us for one, two, or all three sessions and get ready to knit on without pain!
KnittRx/My Aching Wrists and Hands - Friday, August 19 from 6-9pm
Knitting is not a "no pain, no gain" activity. Yet many of us take better care of our favorite stash fiber than we do the fibers that allow us to knit-our bodies. Tired muscles, sore joints, and aching backs and necks needlessly plague too many knitters. This class will teach you fun ways of "fiber care" for the most important project you make-YOU! Don't let the preventable keep you from doing what you love. Knit on, safely and comfortably!
Learn what contributes to knitter's discomfort and most importantly, how to avoid it. Unlearn techniques that don't serve to keep you knitting comfortably, learn to make choices to ease the work your hands do, and even some tips for making them feel better. Supplies Needed: Bring materials to take notes. This is a presentation/discussion format.
Key Class Details:
- Prerequisites: Class is suitable for all levels of knitting experience.
- Fee: $60
Knitting Happily Ever After - Ergonomics for Knitters - Saturday, August 20, 9am-12pmEver known a knitter who hasn't said, "Just one more row"? Me neither! I'll bet they've also complained of aches and pains while knitting. In this class, you'll learn how knitting effects the "fabric that makes the fabric"- your body, and see how your knitting technique impacts your efficiency and productivity.
By completing a Risk of Injury assessment in class you'll learn how knitting contributes to those aches and pains throughout your body. But more importantly, you'll learn how to reduce them. A little knowledge and some simple changes can keep you knitting comfortably and safely ever after. (This class is not an individual knitting assessment.)
Students who've taken this class have said that it should be "required learning for all knitters regardless of experience level!" and, "it's as important as the knit and purl stitches!"
Supplies Needed: Bring a knitting project of your choosing, a bath-sized towel, and materials to take notes.
Key Class Details:
- Prerequisites: Class is suitable for all levels of knitting experience.
- Fee: $60
Swatchbuckling - Saturday, August 20, 1-4pm
Avast ye maties! Let's bring improved ergonomics to life in your knitting technique. We'll swatch to improve your posture, comfort, and efficiency. We'll examine yarn tensioning techniques, and all phases of stitch creation, first with simple then more challenging swatches and stitches. We'll also look at ways to add movement to knitting to avoid stiffness and injuries caused by disuse.
Class is appropriate for students who are comfortable with basic knit and purl stitches. Swatches of basic cable and lace patterns are also made in class. Stitch patterns are provided in both charted and written formats.
Supplies Needed:
- Light colored worsted weight yarn (4 oz./100 g is sufficient) and needles appropriate for yarn
- A bath sized towel
- Materials to take notes
Key Class Details:
- Prerequisites: Class is suitable for all levels of knitting experience. You should be able to cast on, knit, purl, and bind off.
- Fee: $60
Click here for more details and to register online, or call or come into the shop. Your fee reserves your space in this very special workshop and seating is limited.
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| Kira K Returns! |
 We are thrilled to welcome Kira K back to the shop to teach some of our favorite classes. This month, we'll be offering the following workshops, and watch the website for her entire fall line-up. Join us and learn from Kira! Seaming and Finishing Neat seaming and finishing make such a difference in a handmade project, but so many knitters and crocheters don't feel confident in their finishing skills. Bring a project ready to be put together or swatches for practicing. Pre-Requisite Skills: Basic knitting and/or crochet skills Key Class Details:- Duration: 1 session, 2.5 hours
- Fee: $50
- Maximum: 6 students
Scheduled Dates:- Sunday, August 28, 11am - 1:30pm
- Saturday, November 19, 11am-1:30pm
Continental Knitting  Knitting continental-style is faster than American-style, especially with knit/purl or lace stitch patterns. Switching to continental-style knitting takes some patience, but in this class Kira will give you lots of tips to help you make the transition smoothly. This class is for American-style knitters of any level, and those of you who crochet or are left-handed may find it easier to learn to knit continental-style right off the bat. Pre-Requisite Skills: Basic knitting and/or crochet skills Key Class Details:- Duration: 1 session, 2 hours
- Fee: $40
- Maximum: 6 students
Scheduled Dates:
- Sunday, August 28, 2:30pm-4:30pm
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| Gatsby Necklace Workshop with Karen Winters |
 Have you seen the lovely knit beaded necklaces around the shop? Many of them were knit after we took Karen Winters' fun Gatsby Necklace workshop, and you'll find them as fun and as addicting as we did!
Make quick gifts, spruce up a new outfit (or an old outfit), and add a little sparkle to your wardrobe! In this class, you'll learn a type of beaded cast on, as well as finishing with a crochet chain for the button loop (no prior crochet experience needed).
You will be able to make a necklace from start to finish during this workshop, and you'll walk out wearing your new creation!
Prerequisite Skills:
You'll need to know how to knit and how to bind off, and you'll be using small (US 3) needles. (Straight needles recommended)
Supplies Needed:
We request that you purchase your project yarn at the shop, and you will receive a one-time 10% discount on your class yarn purchase. You will need the following:
- One skein either S. Charles Stella or Tahki Cotton Classic
- One US Size 3 straight or circular knitting needle (you may want to bring US 4 straight needles for casting on loosely)
- Darning needle (small to medium size)
- US B or C crochet hook
- Karen will provide a selection of beads and buttons for purchase during the class
Key Class Details:
- Duration: 1 session, 2 1/2 hours
- Fee: $50
Scheduled Dates:
- Saturday August 13, 1-3:30p
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| Beginning Knit and Crochet Clinics |
Check Out Our Beginning Knit and Crochet Clinics!
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Have you always wanted to learn the basics of knitting or crocheting, or want to brush up on existing skills? Do you have a busy schedule and can't commit to a three-week class?
In our Beginning Knit Clinics and Beginning Crochet Clinics, our goal is to teach you a few simple skills at a time, in a focused time-frame, building your confidence and helping you successfully learn and fall in love with a new craft. As you progress, you can attend additional Beyond the Basics Clinics to add to your "tool box" of techniques and skills and explore new projects.
Complete Clinics 1 and 2 for Knitting or Crochet and you'll have the skills and practice to complete simple, confidence-building projects.
You'll have greater flexibility in scheduling, you can learn at your own pace and more importantly, you'll be able to focus on specific skill building, one or two techniques at a time.
Clinic Information
- Knit Clinics 1 and 2 take place on the first and third Thursday of each month respectively, from 5:30-7:00pm
- Crochet Clinics 1 and 2 take place on the second and fourth Thursday of each month respectively, from 5:30-7:00pm
- Clinics are limited to 6 students, so you'll have dedicated attention as you learn
- Advance registration and payment are requested to reserve your seat
- Each 90-minute Clinic session is $30.00
Click on each link to learn more and to register online:
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Thank you for being a part of this very special community!
We look forward to sharing your fiber journeys and stories, as you practice the art of creating handmade items simply by using a skein of yarn, and two sticks or one hook.
Cheers,
Mindy and your friends at A Yarn Less Raveled
730 Camino Ramon, Suite 186
Danville, CA 94526
925-263-2661
info@ayarnlessraveled.com
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