The Yarn Bard is closed today due to a medical emergency. We hope to be open tomorrow from 11am to 5pm for normal business hours. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Hey everyone!!! Things are getting chilly outside and we've even had some snow. On top of our current weather change the holidays are right around the corner. We hope all of you spend time with loved ones during your special days this season!!

For the holiday we have some special hours:
Wednesday, November 23rd   Open 11am to 5pm
Thursday, November 24th       Closed for Thanksgiving
Friday, November 25th             Open 11am to 5pm

Stay tuned for more holiday updates on Wednesday afternoon!!

So for our featured notion of the week we have our notion tins. These are great for keeping needles, stitch markers, caps for modular cords and anything else you can think of safe inside. The lid fits on snuggly to keep it inside and the top is clear so you can always see what was in it without having to open it to find out.

Come check them out today!!

Isabel is working on an art yarn stole. You can really see the texture changes in this piece. Some of the various types are sparkly, ribbon, fuzzy and velvet.

Come check out some of our various kinds of art yarn today!!

We're having a lace class that lasts six weeks. It's not too late to sign up!!

Learn all the techniques from the ground up.  This six-week course will take you away to the timeless, stunning beauty that is lace. We will cover Baltic shaping, Faroese/Shetland techniques, Herbert Niebling designs, German master tips, new developments in the craft, and a whole lot more.

http://www.theyarnbard.com/classes/lace-workshop

UFO night is coming up. Come join us from now until 9pm tonight at the Yarn Bard. Bring any unfinished object to work on and let's work together.

What unfinished objects are you working on?

Well we went to WOW today. I took this shawl that I've been meaning to finish. Its made from Feza ladder yarn, Satine silver ribbon yarn and Cascade Heritage Paint sock yarn for the border. 

I'm thinking of putting some beads on the fringe when it's done.

WOW will continue until noon today at the Grind, so go hang out and work on some stitching.

We are always on the lookout for different celbrities that knit, crochet, sew, tatt or any other fiber arts. Catherine Zeta-Jones knits! 

Share with us some of your fsvorite celebrities that do fiber arts!!

Coming up on the 28th, we have Media Tools for Knitting and Crocheting. This class will help everyone learn the types of online resources they can use to learn more, share more and inspire and be inspired more in their projects!

For a full description check out our website:

https://sites.google.com/a/theyarnbard.com/the-yarn-bard/classes/media-tol

Guess what just came in today!? Zauberball in four colors! With 420m and 100g, this 75% wool and 25% nylon yarn has long color changes. We have 5 of each color which are, black and white, mauve and black, blues and fall colors. Come in today to see them!!

These are the projects everyone has brought to WOW today. Make sure to bring your own knit, crochet, embriodery or other fiber art projects from 9:30 am to 12pm noon.

 Tina is working on preemie hats and Jane has finished her fair isle Star Wars hat.

 Sandy found a handmade ribbon embriodered table cloth and Emma is almost done her pair of textured socks.

Nora is working on crazy socks to use up leftover yarn.

Ann is working on a summer cardigan.

Jaimie is working on a striped stole and Jane finished her quilt for Luna.

SAGEBRUSH ON THURSDAY

We've been working all year on our Sagebrush Fiber Artisans' challenge. Thursday is the meeting when we all get to share our challenge projects, tell about what we learned in the process, and enjoy each other's company! Come see us at the Cedar City Visitor's Center at 6:30. If you are not a member, feel free to come in anyway - SFA would love to have you join them!

Note: The Yarn Bard neither owns nor runs Sagebrush Fiber Artisans. SFA is a community group run by local fiber enthusiasts; Isabel  and Bonnie are merely members.

Uluru is a lovely sock-weight yarn with a soft halo. We like this yarn for socks, vests, hats, shawls and much more. We're featuring it this week, so mention Blogspot and get 25% off your Uluru purchase!

YARN is a film by Una Lorenzen about our craft and how it ties us all together. If you can manage to see it, you'll agree that it's fabulous! Una makes yarn craft come alive with stunning yarn art, beautiful photography and extremely talented artists.

The world as it is emerging is rapidly becoming more polarized and introverted. Teens and young adults don't know how to communicate, pre-teens through adults are burying themselves in video games and addictive media behavior, and much of what they are watching is usually trivial at best, but most is damaging. Teaching our youth the value of crafting not only can wean them away from such harmful behaviors, but can restore to them the self esteem that media addiction removes.

Uniting the yarn community is just a start to uniting the world; if you pass along your fiber talents and knowledge you will create a legacy of creativity, inspiration and passion for craft.

www.yarmfilm.com

Connie's Cottage has adorable, clever gifts & tools for everyone, and they're  made locally. Pin cushion chairs, dolls to sit in them, scrunchies, blankets & more are now here for you at The Yarn Bard!

Our local item of the week are project bags made by Barbara Ackerman from right here in Cedar City. Barbara does many kinds of fiber arts and sews as well. Barbara designs unique project bags, some even with secret pockets in them. 

We're so glad to have these bags in our shop, come by and see them today!!

This week coming up on August 17th is our Tension Tamer class.

We offer a full line of classes for various techniques, styles and types of projects. As part of who we are we try to always be offering expert instruction.

Check out our website class page:
 http://www.theyarnbard.com/classes/tension-tamer---techniques

Today we're talking about industry news. We like to stay current on what's currently going on in the world.

In Must Farm, in England, a 3,000 year old ball of yarn has been discovered. This is one of the most delicate finds they have found in this area, named Britian's Pompeii. Most of all it's wonderful to have insight into what life was like for the families of Must Farm, including yarn!!

Read More here: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-a-3000yearold-ball-of-yarn



In other news Netflix has added what they call Slow TV channels. These channels are devoted to much more calming and relaxing pastimes for the viewers to enjoy. So far they have added three channels devoted to knitting, so go and check those out.

Read More here: https://www.inverse.com/article/18775-netflix-august-2016-slow-tv

We'd like to give a shout out to Stone Path Massage and Energy Center. Stone Path is offering a beginning macrame class on August 29th at 6:30pm. The cost is  $5 for materials to make a small macrame net big enough for a charm, crystal, shell or other momento on a necklace.

We are so glad that Stone Path is supporting fiber arts and we can't wait to see everyone there.

Check out more on Stone Path's page at:
https://m.facebook.com/StonePathEnergy

This week's featured notion is Stitch Dots by Bryson Distributing. These stitch markers are labelled to assist you in keeping track of your pattern and which stitch marker is for which stitch manuver. The labels consist of Start, End, Right Side, Wrong Side, Increase, Decrease, Letters for labelling pattern movements and others.

The come with a pouch on a key chain so you can keep your markers with you easily anywhere your knitting goes.

Come by and check them out yourself at The Yarn Bard!!

Tip of the Week!!
If you hate estimating a tail or have an enormous number of stitches to cast on with a long tail cast on, try the two yarn method. This method ensures that you don't end up with too short of a tail by having one end or ball of yarn be the tail and the other end or ball of yarn be as it is normally.

You start with a slip knot to attach the two together on your needle, and then dip between the two different yarns to begin your longtail cast on. This method can be done in one color or two, and if being done in one color, the one end can be clipped off and the end woven in later. See our video on Double Ended Cast On for a visual walkthrough.

Beyond Butterflies tatting class

You will love the Beyond Butterflies intermediate needle/shuttle tatting class. You'll be learning new techniques and forms, as well as how to handle various textiles. The class is August  11, 2016 at either 2 or 7 pm. Sign up now!

Mushishi Big is a super soft, chunky yarn with a lot of oomph to it.  Happiness is what I'd call it: squishy, smooth & luscious!  We saw three FO's we really liked that are made with it; take a look!

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/TulaBell/2580-henley-cape

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Kamerina/warm-all-winter

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/luvmypip/sample-mushishi-big-womens-vest

Hello everyone. Today we're going to talk about some things happening in the yarn world.

In Iceland there are so many tourist buyjng Icelandic wool as they tour through, that they're on the brink of a shortage. The demand is so high that they are hiring more people to try to keep up, and still aren't keeping up for all their efforts. Read more here: http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/iceland-facing-a-knitting-wool-shortage-due-tourist-boom

If you remember we talked about our project sagas on Saturday. Here is a project that the knitting and crocheting world can be proud of. A whole group of Australians knit and crocheted a field of poppies for fallen soldiers that was then displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show. Watch the video of when the Queen visited here: https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/31679427/garden-designers-show-of-prized-work-at-chelsea-flower-show/

Tell us what you think of things happening in the industry or a story you want to hear more about!!!

Here are some of our Project Sagas today at our shop!!


Savina has brought in her swirl coat and a shawl that she's taken to Salt Lake City, Arizona and Italy.


Jill has brought in a hat she has taken to Salt Lake City baby sitting 4 grandchildren, to Wolf Creek Lodge in Ogden and Yellowstone National Parks.


Margie, who is 93 years young, has brought in a hat she's taken to Wolf Creek Lodge in Ogden, Fruit Heights and now here at the shop in Cedar City. Margie also does a bootie of the month for those in her family that are pregnant, where she makes ones set of booties for each month they are pregnant.

Until next week, keep doing your projects!!!

We're  starting something new on Saturdays at The Yarn Bard! Join here and on our other social media for the: PROJECT SAGAS!

Thats right we want to hear about your adventures with your knitting, crochet, tatting, needlepoint, felting and all other fiber arts that you do during the week.

Did you take them on a train?
Did you take them on a plane?
On a trip around the world?
Or up camping next to the fire curled?
Take your projects here and there,
Take them, take them, everywhere,
Then come online and tell us all,
About it the adventures you recall.

Share with us your adventures through pictures and words on any of the other social media we're on. Next week I'll summarize what everyone did and share.

I cant wait to hear all about the places your projects go!

New yarns at The Yarn Bard!!

The Yarn Bard has new yarn in!!!

The first is Mirage by Diamond yarns. It is an Aran/4.5 weight yarn with 60% wool and 40% silk. We have five skeins of five different colors, each being 100 grams, 140 meters of yarn.

The second is Caress by Diamond yarns.  It is a Bulky/Chunky weight yarn with 68% alpaca and 32% polyamide. We have five skeins of two different colors, each being 50 grams, 75 meters of yarn.

Come by to see them today!!