Oak City Fibers Yarn Shop Newsletter 02/04/25

February 4, 2025

Oak City Fibers Yarn Shop News 02/04/25!

Happy Day! Happy Day! We have been crocheting and knitting up a storm at the yarn shop! So much fun together! Thank y'all again for coming to the shop.

Oak City Fibers now has LANG 100% Cashmere Premium and is already restocking! Check it out! I want to knit a cardigan out of this plush squishy softness!!

Oak City Fibers Yarn Shop Sock/Book Club with Frog It Yarns is going well! We are in month #2 and so far, I am keeping up with the pace! Be sure to come join some of us at the shop and knit together anytime! Feel free to jump in the club at anytime as well! I always order a few more sets 'just in case'! Email me: Glen@oakcityfibers.com if you'd like to join us!

Last year, we worked to bring awareness to Black History Month and Heart Disease Awareness Month and we are doing it again this year! I thought I would use the newsletter to pass along some insightful facts about Heart Disease and the Black History Month. Look for links and tidbits of facts in the newsletter for the next month!

LOTS OF New Classes are posted so take a look at the Class page. Go reserve your spot today. Several classes have a maximum of 4-6 students so register early!
Feel free to reach out to Rose with any suggestions for classes or if you want to teach email: rose@oakcityfibers.com.

Winey Wednesday, "Glensday"! ---So much fun, come have some good laughs and stitching plus unwind with us! Every Wednesday, we are open until 7:00p.m. Come join in the fun!

Quote of the week from The Circle of Kindness: "“That lady speaks her mind just like you”, that’s good but I like that in myself and not so much in others…..".

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"We are born with all the wisdom, playfulness, and imagination we need; we just sometimes need a reminder to return to our senses and get out of our own way. Let go of whatever fears, assumptions, distractions, resistance, and busyness may be hampering you.
Marc Lesser, “Do Less, Accomplish More"

Our Community at Oak City Fibers is here for everyone and each of you are a very important part of it! Remember at Oak City Fibers Yarn Shop, We welcome diversity in crafting, people, and ideas! We are a SAFE PLACE FOR ALL PEOPLE!

Happy Day! Glen

Typical Symptoms of heart attack: Center of chest discomfort, Shortness of breath, breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness, diarrhea. Read Here!

Do you know what piece of legislation cleared the path for African Americans to have the right to vote? Know your history by reading Here!

Oak City Fibers Celebrates Heart Disease Awareness Monthand Black History Month with Crochet-A-Long and Knit-A-Long!

Join in our new Crochet-A-Long at OCF with this gorgeous Coles River Kerchief by Toni Lipsey. Rose crocheted this one in Emma's Practically Perfect Sock, colorway: Floor is Lava. We have plenty of Emma's coming or already in stock so join the CAL and support an Black Designer and Heart Disease Awareness month!

Join in our new February Knit-A-Long at OCF with these squishy fingerless mitts. Naomi completed these "Woven Together Mitts by Lola Johnson" in Emma's Simply Spectacular DK in the colorway: Bobbin. These feel so good on your hands especially on these cold days we've been having lately! Check out the lovely small cable detail on the side of the thumb! These will be a quick and fun knit so jump on the wagon with us and let's get to knitt'n or crochet'n!
As you know, Oak City Fibers focuses on Black History Month and Heart Disease Awareness Month. I will make a monetary donation to The American Heart Association and Black Women for Wellness from the proceeds of the sell of yarn for this months CAL and KAL.

Oak City Fibers is built as a Local Yarn Shop to support and serve the community near and far! We participate in many fundraisers throughout the year and love giving back! We don't want to see anyone go hungry and want to be an integral part of the Knit For Food Campaign and add Crocheters as well! We will have a signup sheet to "Reserve a seat in The Circle of Kindness" for minimum one hour at $20.00/hour. You know the coveted blue/yellow chairs! No one will sit in those seats that day unless they've made their contribution through our Team Page! ALL DONATIONS will be sent direct to Knit For Food National Campaign! Please either give online or in shop we will collect cash!

Come raise money for hunger on April 5th, 2025! Oak City Fibers has it's very own Team!

NEW CLASSES AND PRODUCTS IN STOCK In Shop or Order Online Today!

Oak City Fibers and Queen City Yarns "Marlow" Kit in NoDa Sock

I thought I would give NoDa Sock from Queen City Yarns a try with offering a few kits to my community of exceptional Fiber Artists! This is a bundled Three-Color Kit of our new colors:
Valensole, Amour, and Promenade in our NoDa Sock Base

75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon

Weight: Approx. 100 grams, Length: 463 yards / skein
The nylon content in this blend makes it perfect for almost any project. The super wash merino is next to skin soft and makes this yarn a great choice for sweaters, baby knits, shawls, socks and other accessories. Oak City Fibers has it displayed in a gorgeous shawl design: Marlow

Marlow Pattern Link:

Coupon code for the Marlow pattern is included in each set!
We have 10 kits available for purchase so grab yours today! I will be modeling my shop sample on Wednesday February 5th Instagram LIVE at 6:30 p.m. If these colors are not your jam, we would love the opportunity to pick 3 skeins of fingering weight yarn to create your own color combo!

Lang Cashmere Premium

Intro to Brioche Scarf (Brioche Flat) March 29 & April 5, 2025

Learn to Knit a Sock with Glen on Friday's!

Intro to Brioche Beanie, Brioche in the Round! February 15th & March 1st, 2025

Learn to Knit a Sock with Glen on Saturday's!

Brioche Leaves Scarf (Brioche Flat) April 12th & April 19th , 2025

Intro to Stranded Colorwork Flat – Doodle Samples - April 12th & April 19th, 2025

Ingrid with Twinsel Hair became sick last week so we rescheduled Fairy Hair to March 22, 2025. Be sure to click 'here' and schedule your appointment today!

Finished Objects for the Week from our OCF Community!

Chuck completed this gorgeous cowl in Emma's Simply Spectacular DK in colorways: Trendy AF and Endeavor. The pattern is Whale Conga Line by Michele Bernstein. Thanks so much Chuck for your support of the shop and encouragement! Also for your patience :-) I appreciate you!

Laureena completed this awesome hat (her own pattern!) in Malabrigo Rios, Colorways: Sunset, Lobo Marino & Pearl. Well done Laureena! Thanks for supporting the shop and your great work! We look forward to more of your artistic creations in the future! Beautiful stitches!

Mary completed this National Parks themed hat "Wrangell-St Elias (Alaska). She used Malabrigo Rios in multiple colorways. She is working on knitting all the hats in the book by Nancy Bates: "Knittiing the National Parks". Look gorgeous Mary and love your color choices! Can't wait to see the next one! Thanks for always supporting me and the shop!

Various completed Socks from the members of the Oak City Fibers / Frog It Yarns Book/Sock Club! This is the pattern we will be using in February Kits! It's called: "Show-Off Stranded Socks" by Anne Campbell. Come on and join in the fun whenever you want to! Just email me or come in the shop and I'll add you to the next months list.