Open Craft Night

Make time for your favorite pastime! Bring your current project, snacks and friends for a night of casual crafting and catch-up. Chances are you’ll leave having learned a new trick or gained inspiration for your next project! Remember, parking is free after 5.

Tuesday, May 21
6–9 p.m.

Wednesday, June 19
6–9 p.m.

Knit the Great American Afghan

Last Saturday of the Month (May 25)
10 a.m.–noon

This fabulous afghan is knit one block at a time using a veritable melting pot of techniques! Join us as we each attempt to knit 25 blocks in as many months. No registration required—come as you can to share your tips, learn from others, and experience the joy of completing a beautiful heirloom piece with others.

Yarn Soup Loving Hands

2nd Saturday of the month (June 8)
1–3 p.m.

Calling all hand crafters! Join us as we tackle projects to donate to others. We meet the second Saturday of the month to exchange ideas, review patterns, and discuss causes in need of hats, toys, shawls, mittens, etc. Then we get to work! Bring your needles, hooks, yarn, looms, and friends—and share the love!

9th Annual Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival

June 8–9
Dallas County Fairgrounds
Adel, Iowa

The Annual Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival is a gathering of flocks and fiber enthusiasts like none other in Iowa! You’ll find classes, demonstrations and contests held throughout the grounds during this two-day event. For general information, contact Micky Burch at info@iowasheep.com. For fiber information, contact Margie Meehan at tipperaryfiberstudio@gmail.com.

World Wide Knit in Public Day

June 8–16

Join knitters (and crocheters!) around the world in celebrating our craft! World Wide Knit in Public Day began in 2005 as a way of transforming a solitary activity into a social one. Now, as the largest knitter run event in the world, Knit in Public Day has become a means of showing the world how diverse and many we are!

Knitting and Crochet Classes

Learn how to get started with a knitting project or develop your existing skills with knitting and crochet classes at Yarn Soup! New classes are always being added, so check back often for updates to the class schedule.