Sponsor Profile: Woolstock Knit & Sew

1. What is your website? Email?www.woolstock.com, woolstock@gmail.com

2. What is your Ravelry name/group if you have one? Woolstock Yarnies

3. Where are you located and what are your hours?We are located in the Glyndon Square Shopping Center. Our address is 4830 Butler Rd, Glyndon, MD 21071Phone: 410-517-1020

Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat -10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thurs - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Closed on Sunday

4. What kinds of things do you carry?A wide selection of yarns including Noro, Madelinetosh, Tahki, Plymouth, Cascade, just to name a few. We also are an authorized dealer for Brother sewing machines, and have a selection of sewing fabrics, as well as supplies and notions for knitting, sewing and crochet.

5. How long have you been in business, and what inspired you to open your business?  Leslye Solomon had been involved for many years in the machine knitting industry as a designer and teacher, and started Fiber Fantasy Knitting Products in 1985, a company that manufactured innovative products for machine knitters. She was encouraged to open a retail store when she encountered many people contacting her about their difficulty in finding a lot of choices locally for hand knitting yarn and instruction. Woolstock Yarn Shop opened in 1998, and has expanded several times since then. Two years ago we became Woolstock Knit & Sew, offering sewing machines and fabric in addition to our wonderful selection of yarns.

6. What's your favorite thing about having your business?We love the creativity involved in both knitting and sewing, and enjoy sharing our knowledge with our customers. We have a incredibly talented and friendly staff who love working with people and promoting the joy of crafting. Our customers are truly the best thing about our business. They motivate us to constantly be creative, and to offer them the best products for their craft.

2016: A Mermaid's Harvest! (New vendor!)

I am a mixed metal jewelry artist. I make shawl pins, stitch marker necklaces along with my other jewelry. My personal love of knitting and fiber art inspires my line of jewelry accessories for fellow knitters/crocheters. A lot of my pieces are one of a kind. My 2D work often inspires my 3D jewelry pieces.

A Mermaid's Harvest

2016: 222 Handspun!

222 Handspun offers luxurious handspun yarn and hand carded, hand dyed spinning fiber for color and texture lovers. 222's focus is on bright, happy, color palettes and bulky quick knit projects for instant gratification and loads of fun.

222 Handspun

Sponsor Profile: Second Story Knits

1. What is your website? Email?

www.secondstoryknits.com

info@secondstoryknits.com 

2. What is your Ravelry name/group? 

Second Story Knits

3. Where are you located and what are your hours?

We're at 4706 Bethesda Avenue, just off Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, MD.  Our hours are 11-7 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday; 11-9 Thursday; 10-6 Saturday; and 12-6 Sunday.  Be sure to join us at for community knitting/crocheting Wednesday evenings from 7-9 and Sunday afternoons from 4-6.

4. What kinds of things do you carry?

We stock yarns to inspire your creations, whether it's a delicate lace shawl or an indestructible toddler sweater!  Our yarns range from hearty basics to sinful luxury, although we will admit to a preference for natural fibers.  And we love hand-dyes wherever they come from--we stock Shalimar from right up the road in Frederick, Black Trillium from Portland, Oregon, and yarns from everywhere in between.

5. How long have you been in business, and what inspired you to open your business?
We just started our third year in business!  We were both long-time yarn store employees, and when the owner decided to sell, we saw the chance to create the kind of place we would want as knitters--beautiful yarns, expert advice, and a warm and friendly atmosphere.  We love yarn as much as you do!

6. What's your favorite thing about having a LYS? 

Not one thing, but two:  the chance to work with amazing yarn, and the chance to work with our amazing customers.

2016 Vendors!

I know everyone has been waiting patiently for the finalized vendor list, so here it is! We will be posting about each vendor between now and the Yarn Party, so stay tuned to the blog for more information about these amazing businesses!

222 Handspun

A Mermaid's Harvest

APH Designs

Claymonster Pottery

Crabapple Yarns

dancing leaf farm

Dragonfly Fibers

Duck Duck Wool

Fairy Tale Knits

Feederbrook Farm

Flying Goat Farm

Folktale Fibers

Greenbridge Pottery

Kim Dyes Yarn

Lattes & Llamas

Metis Industries

Middle Brook Fiberworks (formerly A Little Teapot Designs)

Neighborhood Fiber Co.

Rajkovich Designs

Snallygaster Fibers

SpaceCadet

StarKnits

Taylored Fibers

Tempting Ewe Yarns Inc

That Clever Clementine

The Ross Farm

Threeravens Fiber Studio

Unplanned Peacock Studio

Wandering Wool

Wild Hare Fiber Studio

Wolle's Yarn Creations

Yarn Hero (formerly Yarn Rescue)

Less than 6 weeks away!

Vendors have been selected by our hard-working jury and the new vendor list will be posted in a few days once everyone has confirmed their participation. We had a great group of artists this year and will be welcoming some new faces in addition to old favorites.

Please help us spread the news about the Yarn Party to your local craft guild, SnB, shops, and fellow fiber artists!  People interested in volunteering on the day of the event should visit our Ravelry group for more information on how they can help out.

We will have our usual charity effort for Knitters and Crocheters Care, and we're excited to offer some more advanced classes this year.  More info will be posted soon!

Become a Sponsor

Would you like to get your local yarn store or other crafty business in front of the more than 700 avid crafters who attend the Homespun Yarn Party? Read on!

We are entirely volunteer-coordinated and proud to support independent artists and local yarn shops.

To help pay for postcards to spread the word and for our party space, we are offering two sponsorship levels:

• For $40, your name and location/website will be listed in our program, and linked on our blog for a year. We will also make a separate blog post featuring your business (we will send you a questionnaire and you may include your logo or a photo of your products in the blog post).
• For $100, in addition to the link and profile post, you will be able to submit up to four blog posts throughout the year, announcing sales, special offers, or events.

All sponsors will be announced and thanked during the event, and listed on our sponsor board, which will be prominently displayed at the entrance. Plus, HYP sponsors and vendors are able and encouraged to post in our Facebook and Ravelry groups.

We are also happy to receive donations of supplies for our on-site learn to knit, crochet, or spin classes, or tokens of appreciation for our volunteers. These material donations will be acknowledged to class participants and listed in the event program. In addition, if you would like to donate a door prize for the event, please let us know what you have to offer!

Email yarnparty@gmail.com for more information. Payment must be received no later than March 11.