Yesterday we went to the Everett, Washington location (there are 5 in the greater Seattle area!) of Pacific Fabrics & Crafts. This unassuming strip-mall store holds a treasure trove of fabric, yarn, and sewing and knitting notions.
Someone told Susie that you could take any baby bootie pattern and knit it using a US size 1 needle with Findley and get American Girl Doll sized shoes:
I loved seeing how the yarns were laid out. BAM, as soon as you walked in the door in lovely glass shelving with great natural light.
The event was well-attended with a bunch of really wonderful, fun people!
Plotted and Pieced from Findley Dappled’s 2012 pattern booklet, which is now also available in our shop.
Carme from the Moonshine collection.
After Susie spoke about the farm and yarn line, I modeled all the clothes and then folks came up to check them out in person.
Phoebe from Moonshine.
As I said in the last post, every shop does something a little differently. There was free yarn to give away at this show. (Thanks for playing our terrible “guess a number” game!) In order to make sure that they weren’t accidentally charged from them, Susie initialed the ball bands; instant collector’s items!
Edie from Herriot
There was a little photo booth set up where folks could take a picture with a moose in sheep’s clothing. (The Moose is the Mariner’s mascot.) This group is from a knit night:
Pat, the store manager (center) was fantastic and so accommodating. The staff was attentive and helpful!
Pat planned for awesome sheep-themed snacks with a beautiful presentation! Sheep’s Milk cheeses, homemade Sheep cupcakes, even “Sheep Kibble”.
Cherry, the sales rep for our (and the other KFI) line(s), was super helpful and generous and made the whole experience fun and organized. Here she is below with Pat, whose wearing an amazing shirt:
After the event it was time to pack up and head to the next one, but not before we did a little more exploring and shopping:
Susie might have come home with the above twill tape among other things!
This store was really incredible with so much cool stuff to explore and so many super knitters that we had a chance to meet. I was so glad to be able to meet so many wonderful people. I helped some folks select specific yarn colors. I hope you all share your projects with us!
After that we went to another great yarn store, but you’ll have to wait for that story!
Tonight we’ll be at Stitch and Pitch, which Pacific Fibers is graciously hosting. I honestly had no idea how big this Stitch and Pitch was; there will be 3,000 people there just for the Stitch and Pitch. The Seattle Stitch and Pitch was the first one and everyone else jumped on the fun bandwagon. We’ll be trying to take the day fairly easy and stress-free, as it’s pretty nerve-wracking for Susie. I’ll be taking a lot of photos to share with you tomorrow. I hope you’ll be able to join us! If so and you haven’t heard already, details here.
