Wednesday, February 22nd from 5:00-7:00 at
ING Cafe at 101 Post Street, San Francisco (at Kearny). Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
*** VENUE CHANGE - Back to Yerba Buena Samovar. ING Cafe is closed for an event ***
Wednesday, February 8th from 5:00-7:00 at
ING Cafe at 101 Post Street, San Francisco (at Kearny). Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I can't attend this week, but there will be several other crafters gathered, so go! And, if you're wondering, the ING Cafe has worked out great. They have big tables to sit around, drinks and noshes that don't cost an arm and a leg, and the music is turned down low so we can chat at a reasonable volume. The staff is super nice, too. :)
Wednesday, January 23th from 5:00-7:00 at
ING Cafe at 101 Post Street, San Francisco (at Kearny). Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, January 11th from 5:00-7:00 at
ING Cafe at 101 Post Street, San Francisco (at Kearny). Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, December 28th from 5:15-8:00 at
Samovar at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, December 14th from 5:15-8:00 at
Samovar at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, November 23rd from 5:15-8:00 at
Samovar at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I can't make it this week because of the holiday. Is anyone planning on going? Leave a comment so others will know. :)
Wednesday, November 9th from 5:15-8:00 at
Samovar at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, October 26th from 5:15-8:00 at
Samovar at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, October 12th from 5:15-8:00 at
Samovar at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
p.s. I won't be there, so look for the people working on craft projects. :)
Wednesday, September 28th from 5:15-8:00 at
Samovar at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
p.s. I won't be there, so look for the people working on craft projects. They will be the droids you're looking for. :)
Wednesday, September 14th from 5:15-8:00 at
Samovar at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
P.S. I emailed Samovar about having our knitting group there and got a great response from both the corporate office AND the store manager. We ended up going there for our last meeting and everyone was very nice. What a relief! :)
Wednesday, August 24th from 5:30-8:30 at Yerba Buena Gardens (Mission between 3rd & 4th) in San Francisco. Meet on the upper patio in the seating areas near Samovar (there are tons of benches under
this covered walkway. When I stopped by yesterday, most of the wind was blocked from this area.
Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
I need to find a place where I know they are cool with us being there ... or better yet, a public place. Maybe you can help!
Wednesday, August 10th from 5:30-8:30 at The Grove (3rd & Mission) in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday is the
Conference of Creative Entrepreneurs. Have you heard about this? It's going on at the Women's Building on 19th (where the Ravelry meetup was a couple weeks ago). It's three days packed full of useful information for most any Creative Small Businessperson.
The sessions cover topics like taxes, product photography, creating a personal brand, monetizing your blog, on-demand manufacturing ... so many things! Just take a look at
schedule. Sessions are conducted by creative professionals that have real world experience, like Jenny Hart, Diane Gilleland, Meg Mateo Ilasco, and
a bunch of other people you've probably heard of.
I've been given the opportunity to attend in exchange for reviewing the sessions I attend here on my blog (aka a free pass ... woohoo!). I'm excited about the sessions I've picked out for Sunday ... you'll have to wait to hear about what I chose. I'm bummed that I won't be able to get to the "Monetizing Your Blog" on Friday, though. I *need* that session. Ha!
All three days are $265 or you can buy day passes for $100/day. Best of all, if you're a crafty businessperson, this is probably a business expense for you. Win-win. Anyone already going? Anyone planning on going now? I'll see you there Sunday. :)
Wednesday, July 27th from 5:30-8:30 at The Grove (3rd & Mission) in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, July 13th from 5:30-8:30 at The Grove (3rd & Mission) in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, June 29th from 5:30-8:30 at The Grove (3rd & Mission) in San Francisco. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
After attending
Maker Faire 2010 last year, I knew I wanted to have a more active part in the next Maker Faire. I was so happy to be asked to participate in a couple of presentations.
Wednesday, March 14th, is our informal gathering at The Grove (3rd & Mission) in San Francisco from 5:30-8:30 for crafting. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
I hope to see you there!
I am volunteering at
Craft Bar this Thursday teaching knitting and crocheting in the Stitch and Bitch area. If you come, be sure to say "Hi!" to me. :)
This morning, I realized there is one group of people who give me a huge amount of support that I barely mention here. They are perfect for a Thank You post. They are the people who come to the Public Crafting night.
On Wednesday, February 16th, we'll be meeting at The Grove (3rd & Mission) in San Francisco from 5:30-8:30 for crafting. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
On Thursday, February 3rd, we'll be meeting at The Grove (3rd & Mission) in San Francisco from 5:30-8:30 for crafting. Everyone welcome! Bring a project and hang out with us.
We're getting together Wednesday, January 18 from 5:30 - 8:30 at The Grove (3rd and Mission) to craft. Tomorrow! Everyone is welcome. Bring a project.
Craft Bar is happening tomorrow - on Thursday, January 6th from 6-9PM.
We're getting together Wednesday, December 15 from 5:30 - 8:30 at The Grove (3rd and Mission) to craft. Everyone is welcome. Bring a project!
Most of the people I've met at craft night just shown up ... total strangers. So, if you're feeling a little shy, don't be. :)
There's no Craft Bar this month, so instead join us at
The Grove for crafting tonight from 5:30 - 830. Everyone welcome!
Talking about crafting in public, completing projects, and Shapes and Sizes' new album.
Crafting In Public: Wednesday, October 20th from 5:30-8:30 PMHopefully it's nice enough to hold it in
Yerba Buena Gardens (near the waterfall) otherwise we'll be a block away at
The Grove cafe. Either way, the adventurous ones in the bunch are planning to come in costume*. Join us!
Wednesday, September 15th 5:30PM to 8:30PM at Yerba Buena Park.
Tomorrow is the third Wednesday and that means Crafting In Public! The forecast calls for a bone chilling high of 62 degrees which means by the time we gather at 5:30 PM, it'll be even bone chilling-er ... and foggy ... and windy ... and that just makes it hard to craft outside.
Tonight I'll be at the
American Craft Council show at Fort Mason. Etsy Labs and
MOCFA have a booth where you can complete a small sewing projects or you can learn to knit from one of the fabulous (if I do say so myself) instructors.
The show is usually $12, but after 5 PM today, it's only $5 and includes our hands-on crafting area in addition to the rest of the show. It goes until 8 PM.
It was a foggy day when I got there around noon. I sure do love a view of the Golden Gate Bridge when it's half-covered in fog. So magical.
On Wednesday we had our regular 3rd Wednesday of the month get together at Yerba Buena Park. We could only take about 30 minutes in the freezing cold wind before we all trekked over to Grove. What a great coffee shop!
Craft in Public! Wednesday, July 21st at 5:30 until about 8:30 or so in Yerba Buena Gardens nearish the waterfall. Everyone welcome!
If you can make it, join me and several hundred of my closest friends at
Craft Bar this Thursday. The featured project is cute little needle felted animals. I'll be teaching crochet again. Yay!
We had our first crafting in public get together on Wednesday at Yerba Buena park. It was beautiful and there was a nice group of us. And I didn't take one effing photo! I remembered my camera (and extra batteries!) and everything, but I didn't remember to take it out. Gah!
Get ready to break out your picnic blanket, and maybe a scarf*, for Crafting Wednesdays at
Yerba Buena Gardens:
Wednesday, June 16th at 5:30 PMIf you have a craft/art project you can do away from home, bring it! So far the confirmed attendees are me, Laura of
DorkByte, and Rita of
Mochi Studios. We're all happy to help you with your knitting and/or crocheting, so don't be shy!
Are you going to join us?!
* I was walking around tonight in a winter coat, scarf, and gloves! Seriously, it's cold here! And I'm not some wimpy California girl. Brrrrrr!
Craft Bar last Thursday was amazing! The weather was nice enough that there were tables and chairs set up outside for us. There were two great hand-sewing projects plus the knitting and crochet stitch and bitch area.
Last Sunday I was sitting on a bench in Yerba Buena Gardens knitting, and two older Chinese women slowly walked by me smiling and nodding at my knitting. I smiled back. The younger woman, who I'm guessing is in her 60s, stopped. She started talking to me in Chinese. I held out my knitting to her so she could see the fabric. She touched it and ooo'd and ahhh'd.
Craft Bar was even more awesome than I thought it would be! And I thought it would be pretty awesome. :) As soon as people started showing up, I had three women come right over and say they wanted to learn how to crochet.
I made plans with a friend to go to Craft Bar last Thursday. In between making plans to go and the big night, I got an email from a wonderful woman with the Museum because she saw my post about
Open Source Embroidery. She thanked me for my post invited me to Craft Bar. And I said, "Oh, yeah, I'll be there!"
Last Thursday I met up with Sonya of
Wax and Wool and Bethany of
Bitter Betty. We hung out at Sonya's studio space, where she let me paw through her AMAZING stash of yarn (I even got some to take with me!). After eating a yummy lunch at the cafe downstairs, we headed over to
SCRAP.