Roll out those lazy, crazy days of summer!

Summer is the time to slow down and enjoy your favorite fiber art.  Fiber lovers who attended the Estes Park Wool Market got a great start to their summer, observing animals, attending workshops, and visiting the marketplace.   If you missed the Market this year, mark your calendar now to attend in June, 2018.   Many more fiber related events are yet to come this summer.                   

The Collective Stitch, June 1 to August 31, provides a fun summer adventure for cross stitchers.  The theme for this year's designs is, "A Postcard from...".   From June 1 to August 31, each participating shop will feature an original post card design in a uniform size, so you can stitch them together if you wish.   This is The Stitchin' Den's design, created by Sharlotte Devere of The Queen Stitch:
        

Visit the shops, collect your free charts, and stitch them under a shade tree or by your campsite.  

Quilters:  The Row by Row Experience is a great summer stitching opportunity for you. Shops throughout the world each present a quilt block based on the current year's theme, which is "On the Go" for 2017.  Visit participating shops and pick up your free, original design pattern.  This is our row: 

Also, kits with the fabric you need to create our row are available at the shop.

We created two Row by Row blocks for juniors.  What a fun way to learn beginning quilting skills!  Your junior "wannabe" quilter may choose one of these designs:                                              

 "Rover" What a cutie with his pom-pom nose!

"Friendship Bracelet" allows for lots of creativity.  
Make it your own by adding ribbon, beads or...

The Row by Row Experience began June 21st.  Visit quilt shop during your summer travels.  These quilt blocks may keep you in stitches throughout the winter!

The big event for yarnies, "Hot August Knits Yarn Crawl,"  takes place from July 29 to August 13.  Grab your fellow "yarnies"  and visit yarn shops from Southern Wyoming to Northern Colorado!  Get your passport online or at your first stop.  Each shop you visit will stamp your passport to make you eligible for that store's prize.   Visit every store to be eligible for a Grand Prize, containing donations from your favorite yarn companies.   Last year, ten Grand Prizes were given to ten lucky winners.  This photo shows one of last year's lucky winners: 
            

Gift yourself by enjoying one or all of these events.  Slow down, kick back, and RELAX!  That's what summer is for!