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 2010 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.
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Abstract Fiber
Susan Stambaugh
3676 SE Martins St
Portland, Oregon 97202
503-703-1120
www.abstractfiber.com
Abstractfiber@gmail.com
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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.
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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
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Yarns, needles, books, patterns, tools, accessories.
Original designs and kits. Everything the fiber artist would want and the most knowledgeable and helpful staff.
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Angora Valley Fibers and Fly Designs
19402 Goebel Road SE
Tenino, WA 98589
360-264-4727
www.angoravalley.com
pat@angoravalley.com
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Specializing in hand dyed yarns… particularly for socks. Sock knitting machine demonstrations.
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The Artful Ewe
Heidi Dascher
32180 Rainier Ave. NE
Port Gamble, WA 98364
360-297-3493
www.theartfulewe.com
theartfulewe@aol.com
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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.
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Black Water Abbey Yarns
Marilyn King
P.O. Box 470688
Aurora, CO 80047-0688
720-320-1003
www.abbeyyarns.com
marilyn@abbeyyarns.com
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Imported yarn from Ireland. An array of colors with a focus on cable and Aran style garments. Yarn, patterns and buttons
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Blue Moon Fiber Arts Inc
Tina Newton
503-922-3431
www.bluemoonfiberarts.com
tina@bluemoonfiberarts.com
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Home of “Socks that Rock” and the ”Rockin’ Socks Club”. Beautiful hand painted yarns for socks and fibers for spinning.
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Butternut Woolens
Shelly Whitman
P.O. Box 3396
Columbia Falls, MT 59912
406-892-0946
www.butternutwoolens.com
shelly@butternutwoolens.com
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Shelly’s unique hand-dyed yarns are from wool grown on small farms in North America. Many of her colors are indigo over-dyed giving beautiful muted yet rich colors. She uses both natural and synthetic dyes. She’ll have a hand-dyed, handspun 50/30/20 merino, silk, angora blend sock yarn, and sliver for spinning that is not available elsewhere.
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Carolina Handspun
Morgaine Wilder
455 Lisbon St.
San Francisco, CA 94112
1-800-450-7786
www.carolinahomespun.com
morgaine@carolinahomespun.com
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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!
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Catherine Lowe
Couture Knitting Workshop
P.O. Box 209
East Chatham, NY 12060
518-392-3363
www.catherine-lowe.com
Catherine@catherine-lowe.com
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Knitting designs with custom prepared kits and yarns to the choice of each knitter for each garment design. Exqusite yarns of extrafine merino, silk, baby alpaca and blends
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Chameleon Colorworks
Nancy Colburn
Alta Loma, CA
909-989-4869
www.chameleoncolorworks.com
chameleoncolorworks@gmail.com
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Hand dyed yarns and fibers, exotic fibers, Patterns, Knitting and spinning accessories.
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Crown Mountain Farms
Klaus Kronenberg
360-894-1738
www.crownmountainfarms.com
Klaus@crownmountainfarms.com
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Exquisite knitting and spinning fibers and yarns. Hand dyed sock yarn and hand spun exotic yarns
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Dicentra Designs
Lisa Milliman
503-831-3120
dicentradesigns@msn.com
Look for Dicentra Designs on Etsy.com
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A one-woman studio producing hand dyed fibers and yarns for spinning, Knitting, felting, weaving one dyepot at a time. Rich jewel tones are my specialty but all colors are my friends. Kits and patterns too.
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Ernst Finely Crafted Glass
P.O. Box 524
Drain, OR 97435
541-836-7637
www.glasspens.com
smernst@glasspens.com
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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
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Fancy Image Yarn
Myra Garcia
S.E. 591 Arcadia Road
Shelton, WA 98584
1-888-426-5875
www.fancyimageyarn.com
fancyarn@aol.com
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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.
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The Fiber Gallery
Mary Harris
7000 Greenwood Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98103
206-706-4197
www.fibergallery.com
fibergallery@comcast.net
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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.
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Gita Maria
Gita Sturm
P.O. Box 918
Gold Beach, OR 97444
541-247-9647
www.gitamaria.com
gitamaria@gitamaria.com
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Handmade enameled shawl pins, buttons, sheep and wild fiber gifts, knit kits, jewelry
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Great Yarns
Fontelle Jones
4023 Rucker Avenue
Everett, WA 98201
425-252-8155
www.greatyarns.com
sales@greatyarns.com
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Open stock in merino wools, cashmere, beaded silk, lace and sock yarns, angora. Knitting kits from Koigu, Twisted Sister, Vivian Hoxbro, Great Yarns Concerto. Many unique accessories and buttons.
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Habu Textiles
Takako Ueki
135 W 29th St #804
New York, New York 10001
212-239-3546
www.habutextiles.com
habu@habutextiles.com
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Unigue yarns from Japan. Kits and patterns also
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HansenCrafts
Kevin Hansen
P.O. Box 327
Chimacum, WA 98325
360-747-7746
www.hansencrafts.com
Kevin@hansencrafts.com
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HansenCrafts makes a miniSpinner, a rather nice little electric spinning wheel or e-spinner.
See Kevin and his e- pinner at the booth with NW Handspun Yarns.
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Harmony Skin Care
Lew Polizzi
3345 W. Sequim Bay Rd.
Sequim, WA 98382
360-582-0723
skincareharmony@aol.com
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Custom skin care products. Exclusive crèmes and hand lotions formulated to make rough spinning and knitting hands and bodies smooth and soft.
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Herndon Creek Farm
Tacoma, WA
707-350-3595
www.pacificsites.com/~hcfarm
hcfarm@pacific.net
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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.
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Hood Canal Yarns Inc.
Julie Silvian
8480 NE Hansen Rd.
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
360-981-5509
www.hoodcanalyarns.com
jsilvian@earthlink.net
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Specializing in hand dyed, locally spun luxurious yarns and fibers: Alpaca, silk and silk blends, angora and Angola blends, wool and wool blends with above fibers. Kits and patterns
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Island Fibers
Maxine Bronstein
Debbie Hayward
4208 Port Stanley Road
Lopez Island, WA 98261
360-468-2467
www.islandfibers.com
fibers@islandfibers.com
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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.
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JKF, Inc
Kay Fielding
P.O. Box 906
Dallas, OR 97338
503-623-3404
www.jkfjewelry.com
k@jkfjewelry.com
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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.
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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
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Handpainted luxury yarns cashmere, silk, camel blends and tencel for knitters and weavers. Kits for lace shawls, hats, scarves and cardigans in original designs. Kits for weaving.
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Linda’s Knit ‘N’ Stitch
Linda Johnson
3382B N.W. Carlton Street
Silverdale, WA 98383
360-698-7556
www.lindasknitnstitch.com
linda@lindasknitnstitch.com
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Manos, Koigu, Lambs Pride, Blue Heron, and Fancy yarns, needles, buttons, patterns and books.
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Lollipop Cabin
Ialiuxh Kolbel
P.O. Box 834
Snohomish, WA 98291
206-954-5648
www.lollipopcabin.com
sheepfairy@lollipopcabin.com
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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.
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NW Handspun Yarns
Nancy Bjerke
1401 Commercial Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-738-0167
www.nwhandspunyarns.com
nancy@nwhandspunyarns.com
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Spinning fibers, weaving looms, spinning wheels, knitting yarns, Mother MacKenzie’s dyes, Skacel’s Artfelt and much more for the fiber artist.
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Rainshadow Yarn
Marcia Adams
25101 Chris Lane NE
Kingston, WA 98346
360-297-4485
rainfarm@tscnet.com
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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.
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Rainy Days and Wooly Dogs
Stephanie Cullison
425-503-2709
www.rainydayswoolydogs.etsy.com
rainydayswoolydogs@hotmail.com
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Home of Goth Socks, self-striping yarns for socks. Fiber for spinners.
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Sweet Grass Wool
Wolf Creek Wools
Patti Bobonich
4528 US Hwy 12 W.
Helena, Montana 59601
406-442-8366
1-88-222-1880
www.sweetgrasswool.com
patti@sweetgrasswool.com
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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.
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Tactile: A Fiber Arts Studio
Maia Discoe
P.O. Box 2593
El Cerrito, CA 94530
www.tactilefiberarts.com
info@tactilefiberarts.com
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Naturally dyed yarns and fibers; spinning fiber samplers; lots of sock and lace yarn, luxury yarns and fibers. Stop by and try their selection of drop spindles or a spindle spinning demonstration.
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Toots LeBlanc & Co.
Michele LeBlanc
Hillsboro, Oregon
503-357-5647
www.tootsleblanc.com
yarn@tootsleblanc.com
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Wool yarns and roving in their natural colors as “grown” by endangered or rare sheep breeds and blended with angora and alpaca.
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Tootsie P Yarns
Virginia Gibbs
Laguna Niguel, CA
949-300-8801
www.tootsiep.com
virg@tootsiep.com
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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
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Village Spinning and Weaving Shop
John Novak
425 Alisal Road
Solvang, CA 93463
1-888-686-1192
www.villagespinweave.com
inquiry@villagespinweave.com
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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.
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Wooly Walkers
Una Walker
4436 Towne Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711
909-625-7646
www.woolywalkers.com
woolywalkers@gmail.com
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Unique hand felted items and rug punching and felting accessories and supplies
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