A great workshop for teens! Learn about the history of self-published magazines (aka zines), then work on a collaborative zine that each person will get to take home at the end of the evening. This workshop is taught by Rhea, zine maker and creator of the zine distribution website www.onlyfortheopenminded.com.
Location: Fairview Library 2101 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405

Come work on our collaborative quilt project! Bring your stash of fabric to swap, then work from one of our quilt block patterns and help us make a series of baby quilts. These quilts will be raffled off on February 27th during our Knit & a Movie Night so please don’t forget to purchase some raffle tickets. ($5 each or 5 for $20) All proceeds from the raffle will go to Partners In Health: Stand With Haiti.

Join us for our first ever Knit and a Movie night on Saturday, January 30th from 7-9pm! We’ll be screening the deliciously decadent Chocolat, so bring your knitting (or any lap project) and enjoy two hours with Johnny Depp and some crafting. Need we say more? Just $6 at the door, no RSVP required. We are also extending our Yarn Sale during the event to all attendees!!

Shake off those dreary weather blues by checking out our giant Mid Winter Yarn Sale this Saturday, January 23rd through Friday, January 29th. That’s right, it’s a WHOLE WEEK long! That’s plenty of time to find some great deals on snuggly yarns that are just waiting to be made into toasty hats, scarves and mittens. ALL yarn will be at least 15% off, and a good portion of it will be 30% and 40% off. It’s just the remedy for these cold, wet days. Don’t miss it!

Head out to West Hollywood on Saturday, December 5th, from 11:00-5:00pm for a holiday craft fair featuring local designers and handmade vendors showcasing their newest creations. We will be there all day offering free workshops in needlefelting and embroidery. Admission is only $3 and all proceeds benefit the West Hollywood Toy Drive. See you there!

This amazing two day workshop at our studio kicks off with a free book signing on December 4th from 6-9pm. The workshop will take place Saturday December 4th and Sunday December 5th from 10am-5pm.

Lexi’s book, Intertwined, The Art of Handspun Yarn, Modern Patterns, and Creative Spinning (Quarry Books, 2008) is filled with patterns, techniques and stories that reveal spinning as an art is as deeply connected to the human spirit as it is to the spirit of D.I.Y. Crack open her book and you’ll see an amazing assortment of styles and stories – all told through handspun yarns. Flipping through the pages you’ll see skeins filled with doll parts, candy wrappers, fabric scraps and more. You’ve just got to see it!

We are already counting down the days until Lexi Boeger waves her plucky, fluffy wand over The U.C.C and transforms the studio into a world of truly one of a kind yarns filled with; sparkles, nubbles, crescents and coils. Lexi’s Camp Plucky Fluff workshops are world renowned – she is scheduled to teach her Camp in Japan and Norway in the next year!
The price for the two day camp is $230 (PLEASE NOTE: There are no refunds for Camp Pluckyfluff). You must have basic spinning experience and will learn new techniques to create personalized art yarn like the ones shown here!
To sign up for the class now, please call us at 310-392-0139, visit us in person, or download the class schedule here to print out the sign up form to send it via mail.

Find out more about Lexi Boeger and Pluckyfluff here, and the class materials list here
Feel free to call us with any questions or concerns!

Below are some links to previous Pluckyfluff events, if you’re curious what exactly spinning art yarn is all about.

http://jazzturtlecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-art-yarn-let-it-go-camp-pluckyfluff.html

http://monstercrochet.blogspot.com/2008/11/camp-pluckyfluff.html

http://blog.urbanfaunastudio.com/camp-pluckyfluff-march-09

Elaine Layabout is bringing her popular Hella Hipster Hoedown to the westside (hay bales and all), to The U.C.C! Not only will you get to hear great live music from; Old Californio, Foot Foot, Justin Gordon and Freaky Mountain, you’ll also get to craft for Free!!

Admission is just $5….bring a t-shirt and screen print and image…..pick up some cozy yarn from our store and get a knitting crash course….make a souvenir button to take with you….all included! We will have complimentary cornbread and drinks to wet your whistles along with some handmade crafty vendors with goods to take home in time for the holidays. Feel free to dress appropriately!

This event is the first of its kind for us, you’ll definitely want to be a part of it. Save the date:
Sunday, November 22nd, 3-8pm
See y’all there!

This Saturday from 10am-6pm!