2012 Marketplace Information & Vendors
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 2012 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.
THE 2012 MARKET IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH NO CHARGE
2012 DATES AND TIMES:
Thursday, February 16th 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Friday, February 17th 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday, February 18th 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday, February 19th 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 2012 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 Karen Aho 2818 N.E. 55th St. Seattle, WA 98105 206-525-1726 1-800-987-6354 www.acornstreet.com acornstreet@msn.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--particularly for socks. Sock knitting machine demonstrations. |
| The Artful Ewe Heidi Dascher 32180 Rainier Ave. NE 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. |
| 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. |
| Blue Moon Fiber Arts Inc Tina Newton 503-922-3431 www.bluemoonfiberarts.com tina@bluemoonfiberarts.com | Home of “Socks that Rock” and the ”Rockin’ Socks Club”. Beautiful hand painted yarns for socks and fibers for spinning. |
| 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, Elemental Affects and Nature’s Pallette from Hand Jive yarns. Spinning, weaving, knitting, kumihimo, cardweaving and much more! Special Appearance: Sandra McIver, author of “Knit, Swirl” – book signing, garments, kits and swirl consultations! |
| 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. |
| Churchmouse Yarns and Tea Kit Hutchin 118 Madrone Lane Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206-780-2686 www.churchmouseyarns.com kit@churchmouseyarns.com | The very best of yarns combined with lovely accessories, classic patterns, unique kits, and gourmet teas. Yarns: Shelter by Jared Flood; Madeline Tosh, Rowan, Koigu Patterns: Churchmouse Classics, Brooklyn Tweed, Coco Knits Notions: Blocking Boards, Bath Soap, Teas |
| Crown Mountain Farms Klaus Kronenberg 360-894-1738 www.crownmountainfarms.com Klaus@crownmountainfarms.com | Exquisite knitting and spinning fibers and yarns. Hand dyed sock yarn and hand spun exotic yarns. |
| Dicentra Designs Lisa Milliman 503-831-3120 dicentradesigns@msn.com www.dicentra.etsy.com | Radiant hand dyed fibers and yarns for spinning, knitting, and felting. Natural fibers including merino, blueface leicester, polwarth, corriedale wools, alpaca, and tussah and cultivated silks. Spinning/felting tops in wool, silk and blends, and silk mawata (hankies). Silk chiffon scarves and yardage, shaded solids, space dyed, and kettle dyed yarns from lace weight alpaca to worsted weight blueface Leicester, soft and shimmery merino/tussah singles, and 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 fibergallery@comcast.net | Full range of yarns. 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. |
| Gita Maria Gita Sturm P.O. Box 918 Gold Beach, OR 97444 541-247-9647 www.gitamaria.com gitamaria@gitamaria.com | Handmade enameled shawl pins, buttons, sheep and wild fiber gifts, knit kits, jewelry. |
| 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. |
| Habu Textiles Takako Ueki 135 W 29th St #804 New York, New York 10001 212-239-3546 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 makes a miniSpinner, a rather nice little electric spinning wheel or e-spinner. It is the lightest, most compact, technically advanced e-spinner that is commercially available today. Also Featuring: Wood yarn bowls turned by Doug Clark – Studio 613 |
| 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. |
| Herndon Creek Farm Tacoma, WA 253-227-5259 www.pacificsites.com/~hcfarm hcfjim@hotmail.com | Unique, fine, natural undyed fibers such as yak, cashmere, camel, mohair, angora, silk and silk blends. Many handcrafted spinning and weaving tools, electric spinners, hand knit felted bags. |
| 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; 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 ends, and lampworked beads. |
| 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. Betsy Hershberg's new book "Betsy Beads" and kits for the beaded necklaces in the book. |
| Lollipop Cabin Ialiuxh Kolbel P.O. Box 834 Snohomish, WA 98291 206-954-5648 www.lollipopcabin.com lollipopcabin@gmail.com | Specializes in hand-dyeing sock yarns using rain catchment water and many natural dyes. Each 400 yard hank of yarn is individually dyed, making each one a unique piece of art. |
| NW Handspun Yarns Meg Jobe 1401 Commercial Street Bellingham, WA 98225 360-738-0167 www.nwhandspunyarns.com meg@nwhandspunyarns.com | Spinning fibers, weaving looms, spinning wheels, knitting yarns, Mother MacKenzie’s dyes, Skacel’s Artfelt and much more for the fiber artist. |
| 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. |
| RainShadow Yarn Marcia Adams 25101 Chris Lane NE Kingston, WA 98346 360-297-4485 www.rainshadowyarn.com rainfarm@tscnet.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. |
| Rainy Days and Wooly Dogs Stephanie Cullison 425-503-2709 www.rainydayswoolydogs.etsy.com rainydayswoolydogs@hotmail.com | Home of Goth Socks, self-striping yarns for socks. Fiber for spinners. |
| Red Willow Fibers (Formerly Hood Canal Yarns) Julie Silvian P.O. Box 2893 Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557 360-981-5509 www.redwillowfibers.com redwillowfibers@gmail.com | Hood Canal Yarns is now Red Willow Fibers based in Taos, New Mexico. Julie specializes in hand dyed, locally spun luxurious yarns and fibers: Alpaca, silk and silk blends, angora and Angora blends, wool and wool blends with above fibers. Also hand dyed and carded crazy batts for felting and spinning, kits and patterns, handspun yarn and alpaca fleeces. |
| Slipped Stitch Studios Laura Lundy Huntington Beach, CA 714-728-2831 www.slippedstitchstudios.com info@slippedstitchstudios.com | Slipped Stitch Studios is dedicated to creating unique handmade supplies for fiber artists, including 4 sizes of project bags, each with intuitive design and function, and fabrics to get giddy over. Patterns and chart solutions like the original miPattern Saver and magnetic bookmarks mentioned in magazines. You’ll find a hilarious collection of pin back buttons, handy travel scissors and so much more! |
| Sweet Grass Wool Wolf Creek Wools Patti Bobonich 4528 US Hwy 12 W. Helena, Montana 59601 406-442-8366 www.sweetgrasswool.com patti@sweetgrasswool.com | Targhee yarn spun from Montana grown sheep. Hand-dyed spinning fibers including domestic Targhee, and luxury blends of Merino, Silk, Cashmere, Yak and Alpaca. Yarns are lace to worsted weight and have very subtle color changes which work well with lace and pattern knitting. |
| Tactile Fiber Arts Maia Discoe P.O. Box 11497 Oakland, CA 94611 510-932-2768 www.tactilefiberarts.com info@tactilefiberarts.com | Naturally dyed yarns and fibers; a large selection of sock, lace and luxury yarns; spinning fibers; silk hankies; and fiber samplers. New this year: sock yarn mini skeins. Also featuring: JaMpdx yarn bowls, the only ceramic yarn bowl with a lid. Made of fine porcelain, embellished with scrolls and vibrant colors with cut-out swirl and needle holes in the lid. Lumbar pillows by 2 Little Birds Design. Handmade - each unique and individual. Great back support for crafty folks. |
| Toots LeBlanc & Co. Michele LeBlanc Hillsboro, Oregon 503-357-5647 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. |
| Tootsie P Yarns Virginia Gibbs Laguna Niguel, CA 949-300-8801 www.tootsiep.com virg@tootsiep.com | Specializes in high quality hand dyed fibers that are custom twisted and designed. Kits for many projects with original designs. Hand-dyed silk scarves, needle felting kits. |
| Village Spinning and Weaving Shop John Novak 425 Alisal Road Solvang, CA 93463 1-888-686-1192 www.villagespinweave.com inquiry@villagespinweave.com | Huge array of knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, dyeing, and felting books, DVDs, tools, accessories. Large selection of yarns of all kinds of fibers, spinning fibers, wheels, and looms. |
| 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. |