The Marketplace is free and open to the public all 4 days of the retreat in the Pavilion at the Hotel Murano at 1320 Broadway Plaza, Tacoma, Washington. Madrona Fiber Arts 2015 Winter Retreat continues the tradition with a Marketplace of the very best and unique yarns and fibers from around the world. Your favorite yarn shops, unique specialty vendors, books, patterns, equipment, accessories, dyes and one-of-a kind items are all in one place. If you can imagine it, our vendors will have it. 2015 DATES AND TIMES: Thursday, February 12th 8:30 am – 6:00 pm Friday, February 13th 8:30 am – 6:00 pm Saturday, February 14th 8:30 am – 6:00 pm Sunday, February 15th 8:30 am – 2:00 pm PLACE: IN THE PAVILION AT THE HOTEL MURANO at 1320 Broadway Plaza, Tacoma, Washington. From the hotel lobby take the stairs or elevator to the 4th floor and go out the large double doors, across a small courtyard, and into the Pavilion. Follow the signs!
OUR 2015 WINTER RETREAT VENDORS
| Abstract Fiber Susan Stambaugh 3676 SE Martins St Portland, Oregon 97202 503-703-1120 www.abstractfiber.com Abstractfiber@gmail.com | Highest quality hand-painted yarns and fiber in brilliant color. Yarns have no knots, and are designed to minimize pooling and striping. Patterns by Gardiner Yarn Works and more. Handworks Lace Blocking Wires. |
| Acorn Street Yarn Shop Fenella Raymond 2818 N.E. 55th St. Seattle, WA 98105 206-525-1726 www.acornstreet.com shop@acornstreet.com | Yarns, needles, books, patterns, tools, accessories. Original designs and kits. Everything the fiber artist would want and the most knowledgeable and helpful staff. |
| Angora Valley Fibers and Fly Designs 19402 Goebel Road SE Tenino, WA 98589 360-264-4727 www.angoravalley.com www.flydesigns.com pat@angoravalley.com | Specializing in hand-dyed yarns in merino, Blue Faced Leicester, cashmere, alpaca, angora, silk, bamboo and tencel. Vast array of colors from brights to muted and semi-solids to multicolor. Lace to worsted weights. Sock knitting machine demonstrations. |
| The Artful Ewe Heidi Dascher P.O. Box 381 Port Gamble, WA 98364 360-297-3493 www.theartfulewe.com theartfulewe@aol.com | Luscious Hand dyed yarns and fiber, amazing fiber and color blends for spinning, drop spindles, small weaving looms, fiber tools--cards and combs. Kathryn Alexander kits and yarns. |
| Bead Biz Jean Elizabeth Glass 504-220-0835 www.beadbiz.org jean@beadbiz.org | Bead Biz specializes in unusual Czech glass beads for knitting yarns. In addition there is a selection of Charlottes and other smaller beads for lace knitters. You will find patterns using beads from many designers, kits, and beads for kumihimo. |
| Black Water Abbey Yarns Marilyn King P.O. Box 470688 Aurora, CO 80047-0688 720-320-1003 www.abbeyyarns.com marilyn@abbeyyarns.com | Imported yarn from Ireland. An array of colors with a focus on cable and Aran style garments. Yarn, patterns and buttons. |
| Black Wolf Ranch Wendy Tyler 58515 Lower Crossing Road Saint Ignatius, MT 59865 405-745-6000 www.blackwolfranch.com wendy@blackwolfranch.com | We offer the highest quality Alpaca yarns and Alpaca blended yarns which are from our own animals and other ranches located in the US. All fleeces are hand sorted and selected for quality. We then combine them to make unique natural combinations which are milled and spun here in the United States. Our yarns and roving will make your handknit project truly unique. In addition we blend some of our yarns with top quality silk, cormo, merino wools and mohair. We also offer handmade knitting needles and yarn bowls from Montana and handcrafted closures and buttons. |
| Canon Hand Dyes Amy Serradell 3127 SE Pine St Portland, Oregon 97214 925-202-4423 www.Etsy.com/shop/theamyleeshow canonhanddyes@att.net | Local indie dyer of self striping sock yarn. Amy is one of only a handful of dyers who have the patience required to create the self striping sock yarn on a steady basis. Her inspiration comes from literature and besides the self striping sock yarn has many other hand dyed yarns available. |
| Carolina Homespun Morgaine Wilder 455 Lisbon St San Francisco, CA 94112 1-800-450-7786 www.carolinahomespun.com morgaine@carolinahomespun.com | Vast array of fibers, yarns and accessories. Unique offerings from Spirit Trail Fiber Arts, Dragon Fly Fibers Yarn and Fibers, Elemental Affects new Merino and Silk blend and a 100% US Cormo, and Nature's Palette from Hand Jive Yarns. Books, spinning, weaving, knitting, kumihimo, cardweaving and much more! |
| Catherine Lowe Couture Knitting Workshop P.O. Box 209 East Chatham, NY 12060 518-392-3363 www.catherine-lowe.com Catherine@catherine-lowe.com | Knitting designs with custom prepared kits and yarns to the choice of each knitter for each garment design. Exquisite yarns of extra fine merino, silk, baby alpaca and blends. |
| Chameleon Colorworks Nancy Colburn Winston, Oregon 541-670-9164 www.chameleoncolorworks.com chameleoncolorworks@gmail.com | Hand dyed yarns and fibers, exotic fibers, patterns, knitting and spinning accessories. |
| Chicken Boots Saremy Duffy 48 Hanover Lane, Suite 4 Chico, CA 95973 707-616-7367 www.chickenbootsUSA.com saremy18@gmail.com | Colorful and functional accessories for knitters and crocheters. Zippered needle cases, pattern holders, project bags and other helpful items. Our technical experience shows in the quality and function of our products. Made in the USA. |
| Churchmouse Yarns and Teas Kit Hutchin 118 Madrona Lane Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206-780-2686 www.churchmouseyarns.com contact@churchmouseyarns.com | Brooklyn Tweed Yarns and Trunk Show Local yarns and projects Churchmouse Teas Churchmouse Patterns |
| Clemes and Clemes Inc. Henry J. Clemes 650 San Pablo Ave Pinole, CA 94564 1-800-900-4118 www.clemes.com info@clemes.com | We offer spinning wheels, drop spindles, electric spinners, blending boards, electric and hand crank drum carders and accessories, electric bobbin winders, niddy noddys and more! We often work in exotic woods and grain patterns and our products last through generations. Our traditional spinning wheel is built in the old style of having no metal fasteners – all wood joints are dowel and tenon. |
| Dicentra Designs Lisa Milliman 503-831-3120 dicentradesigns@msn.com www.dicentradesigns.net | Radiant hand dyed fibers and yarns for spinning, knitting, and felting. Natural fibers including merino blueface Leicester, polworth, wools, alpaca and tussah and cultivated silks. Spinning and felting tops in wool, silk and blends, and silk mawata (hankies). Silk chiffon scarves and silk gauze yardage. One-of-a-kind hand spun yarns. |
| Ernst Finely Crafted Glass P.O. Box 524 Drain, OR 97435 541-836-7637 www.glasspens.com smernst@glasspens.com | Finely crafted glass buttons, knitting needles, crochet hooks, laying tools, beads, stitchmarkers, (don’t) drop spindles, orifice hooks, rug hooks and pens. Hand dyed yarn and knitting kits. |
| Fancy Image Yarn Myra Garcia S.E. 591 Arcadia Road Shelton, WA 98584 1-888-426-5875 www.fancyimageyarn.com fancyarn@aol.com | Myra’s own hand dyed merino and super wash merino – DK and Fingering. Also Merino blends with Tencel, bamboo and mohair. Kits, kits, and more kits. |
| The Fiber Gallery Mary Harris 8212 Greenwood Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98103 206-706-4197 www.fibergallery.com info@fibergallery.com | Full range of yarns. We are proud to carry yarns from Blue Moon Fiber Arts and also Hazel Knits yarn. Also specializing in fiber and accessories that are organic, recycled, and fair-traded. Undyed yarns and yarns made from corn, soy, bamboo, seaweed, and other unusual sources. |
| Great Yarns Fontelle Jones 4023 Rucker Avenue Everett, WA 98201 425-252-8155 www.greatyarns.com sales@greatyarns.com | Open stock in merino wools, cashmere, beaded silk, lace and sock yarns, angora. Knitting kits from Koigu, Twisted Sister, Vivian Hoxbro kits, Jane Slicer-Smith designs and kits, Great Yarns Concerto. Many unique accessories and buttons. |
| Haapsalu Lace Center Nancy Bush The Wooly West PO Box 58306 Salt Lake City, UT 84158 www.woolywest.com nancy@woolywest.com | The Haapsalu Pitsikeskus (Haapsalu Lace Center) opened it doors in February 2014 to promote and share the history and techniques of the lovely lace knitting of this region of Estonia. This project offers a way for North American knitters to help promote the Haapsalu Lace Center and to preserve this nearly 200 year old tradition. The Shawls and scarves being sold are all made by knitters in Haapsalu. Some have been knitting lace since childhood and are in their 80's. Other knitters have learned their skills from master knitters in the town and have become masters in their own right. All proceeds from the sale of shawls, scarves, and other knitwear will benefit the Haapsalu Lace Center and knitters in Estonia. Nancy Bush will be in the booth and is a sponsor of this project to preserve the lace traditions of Estonia. Madrona has donated the booth space to support her efforts. |
| Habu Textiles Takako Ueki 99 Madison Avenue #503 New York, New York 10016 888-667-4030 www.habutextiles.com habu@habutextiles.com | Unigue yarns from Japan. Kits and patterns also. |
| HansenCrafts Kevin Hansen P.O. Box 327 Chimacum, WA 98325 360-747-7746 www.hansencrafts.com Kevin@hansencrafts.com | HansenCrafts miniSpinners and accessories: superb state of the art spinning equipment. It is the lightest, most compact, technically advanced e-spinner that is commercially available today. |
| Harmony Skin Care Lew Polizzi 3345 W. Sequim Bay Rd. Sequim, WA 98382 360-582-0723 skincareharmony@aol.com | Custom skin care products. Exclusive crèmes and hand lotions formulated to make rough spinning and knitting hands and bodies smooth and soft. |
| Isis Yarn LLC Kathleen Schneider Bremerton, WA 98310 206-913-7927 www.isisyarn.com isisyarn@gmail.com | Mostly locally Northwest sourced wool and mohair blend yarns with many containing Clun Forest wool. This breed of sheep has fleece that has bounce and memory which usually blooms instead of felting in the yarn. Hand-dyed yarn and roving from wool, mohair, and silk blends. All yarn and roving is custom spun or processed for Isis. |
| Island Fibers Maxine Bronstein Debbie Hayward 4208 Port Stanley Road Lopez Island, WA 98261 360-468-2467 www.islandfibers.com fibers@islandfibers.com | Natural color Lopez Island handspinning fleeces; hand-blended and hand-dyed spinning fibers; hand-dyed yarns for knitters and weavers; felt and felt products; handknit and handwoven garments, rugs, blankets; whimsical accessories; books and supplies. |
| Jewelry by "K" Kay Fielding P.O. Box 906 Dallas, OR 97338 503-881-8884 www.jkfjewelry.com k@jkfjewelry.com | Kay is a fiberartist and also a metalsmith. She and her husband specialize in sterling silver and gold jewelry, shawl and scarf pins, stainless steel knitting needles with glass on the end, and lampworked beads. They also feature photo greeting cards and prints featuring fiber animals, birds and flowers. |
| Jorstad Creek Kerry Graber Lacey, Washington 360-451-4146 www.jorstadcreek.com jorstadcreek@comcast.net | Northwest fibers, hand-dyed yarn. Sustainably grown and locally sourced Icelandic, Finn and Gotland wool yarns raised by Washington sheep farmers. New hand-dyed colors in ultrafine merino. Expanded patterns from the BK collective. |
| Just Our Yarn (JOY) Diane S. Smith & Cathie Chung 6801 Montour Drive Falls Church, VA 22043 571-201-7992 www.justouryarn.com info@justouryarn.com | Handpainted tencel, silk, cashmere and alpaca yarns for knitters and weavers. Kits for shawls, woven scarves and beaded jewelry. |
| MacKenzie Textiles Judith MacKenzie Forks, WA jfmspinner@gmail.com | Beautiful custom carded and blended batts that are unique for handspinners and made by Judith. Also exclusive are Will Taylor's Clever Kates, Mother MacKenzie's Miracle Dyes in kits and 1 oz packets as well as all Judith's books and DVD's. Judith specially dyes alpaca and silk peonies, polwarth, bison yarn, yak fiber and Muga and Eri silk. You will also find blending boards. |
| NW Handspun Yarns Meg Jobe 1401 Commercial Street Bellingham, WA 98225 360-738-0167 www.nwhandspunyarns.com meg@nwhandspunyarns.com | Bringing to you a sampling of local talent: hand-dyed yarn and roving from BJS fibers and Huckleberry Knits, Spincycle Yarns and local spinners. Handcrafted tools of the trade, shuttles and spindles and goodies from our shop for felters of all sorts. |
| One of a Kind Buttons Candace Wilson 12885 SE 199th Drive Damascus, OR 97089 503-658-7210 www.oneofakindbuttons.com Candace@cwilsondesign.com | One of a Kind Buttons are handmade using white and terra cotta clay and then kiln fired twice. Each button has 2-3 layers of different glazes applied to a surface with a variety of textures and shapes. The results are beautiful unique colors that compliment a huge assortment of hand-dyed yarns and add texture/color to any knit garment. Buttons, pins, pendants, shawl pins, yarn bowls and a new Madrona pin. |
| Pocket Wheels by Jon Jon McCoy Oak Harbor, WA 360-675-2610 www.pocket-wheel.com pnwradar@hotmail.com | Test drive the original Pocket Wheel. Now available with Woolee Winder. Find Jon with his Pocket Wheels at the booth with NW Handspun Yarns. |
| Rainbow Farms Pygora Terry Mattison 201 Wagner Road Kelso, WA 98626 360-957-0729 www.rfpygora.com spinpygora@yahoo.com | Decadent Pygora Fiber: natural colors and hand dyed, in cloud form, artisan batts and fine lace yarn. 100% Pygora or blends containing fine wools and/or silk. Find Rainbow Farms Pygora in the booth shared with the SpindleWood Co. |
| RainShadow Yarn Marcia Adams 25101 Chris Lane NE Kingston, WA 98346 360-297-4485 www.rainshadowyarn.com rainfarm@net-nw.com | Marcia specializes in naturally hand-dyed yarns and fiber from her own sheep and wool from other Pacific Northwest farms that she has custom spun. |
| Sincere Sheep Brooke Sinnes Napa, CA 510-390-0564 www.sinceresheep.com sinceresheepyarns@gmail.com | I dye high quality and unique yarns and fibers with only natural dyes for knitters, spinners, weavers, and felters. I also buy wool and other fibers directly from farmers and have them made into custom blended roving and yarn. In addition to carrying the yarns and fibers, I also sell my favorite patterns, books and spindles. |
| Skaska Designs Galina Khmeleva and George Girard 924 W. Oak Street Fort Collins, CO 80521 www.skaska.com lacemail@skaska.com | Skaska Designs is all about lace knitting. We have the most eclectic selection of unique lace weight yarns to offer the lace enthusiast. We also have patterns and books available (including our two) and our new Orenburg Knitting and Spinning Videos. We sell original Russian/Orenburg spinning and plying spindles and a number of exotic fleeces. And we now feature the "gizmo" ..... a most unique, original Russian wool comb. We are proud to offer exquisite, original, handspun/handknit Orenburg shawls and scarves. |
| Solitude Wool Gretchen Frederick and Sue Bundy 34923 Snickersville Tpke Round Hill, VA 20141 540-554-2312 www.solitudewool.com f-fsolitude@mindspring.com | Gretchen and Sue are two Virginia shepherds who love wool and Gretchen is originally from the Puget Sound. Both are handspinners and love creating a range of special breed specific yarns from fleeces hand selected from sheep raised on their farms and locally. Although color that comes from the sheep is truly the most beautiful, they can't resist hand dyeing some of the yarn with each dye lot inspired, not controlled. They don't repeat dye lots so buy enough for your project. Breeds include Alpaca/Merino, Border Leicester, Dorset, Icelandic, Karakul, Montedale, Romney, North Country Cheviot, Targhee, Tunis. New Clun Forest yarn and patterns designed by Pacific Northwest designers. |
| SpindleWood Co. Steve and Connie Paulsen 12850 Maxfield Creek Road Monmouth, OR 97361 503-838-3388 www.spindlewoodco.com mail@spindlewoodco.com | We specialize in fine hand turned spindles crafted from domestic and exotic woods and made to your preference. Top whorl, bottom whorl, Tibetans, and Akhas as well as other hand turned wooden tools for the fiber artist. Our spindles and other products give the fiber enthusiast a tool of beauty along with its utility. Find SpindleWood Co. sharing a booth with Rainbow Farms Pygora |
| Toots LeBlanc & Co. Michele Dillon Bend, Oregon 541-678-0808 www.tootsleblanc.com yarn@tootsleblanc.com | Wool yarns and roving in their natural colors as "grown" by endangered or rare sheep breeds and blended with angora and alpaca. |
| Woolgatherings Kate Sitzman P.O. Box 1794 Duvall, WA 98019 425-241-5299 www.woolgatheringsfibers.com info@woolgatheringsfibers.com | Hand painted braids, unique batts, and distinctive yarns in a wide variety of fibers and color combinations. Also featuring undyed fibers, including our popular 16-breed fiber sampler packs – perfect for spinners who are interested in branching out to some more uncommon breeds. |