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Dye Day 2024

Dye Day 2024 has been organized and we are ready to invite you to join us for a great, colorful day…..

What: Treadles to Threads Dye Day

When:  July 13, 2024
Time:  10 am – 1 pm (this may change if the weather is hot)
Where:  Wendy’s House

This year’s topic: Celebrating Nancy Bates Designs

We will dye yarn to knit the beanies in her books, Knitting the National Parks and Knitting California, as well as her many online beanie patterns. She has over 100 hat patterns to choose from!

Cost: $33 plus $5 for the purchase of the beanie pattern of your choice on Ravelry or nancybatesdesigns.com if you do not already own it in one of her books

Includes one skein of Kona Worsted yarn (420 yards 100% super wash merino wool) and all supplies needed to dye it

blue and brown hat
blue and brown hat

What to do before Dye Day:

  • Select one of Nancy Bates patterns from one of her wonderful books or directly from her website or on Ravelry
  • Pick up yarn from Wendy (I will email everyone when the yarn arrives from Dharma)
  • View your hat pattern online and/or print it out to determine how to separate your one skein into the lengths needed for your pattern
  • Separate yarn into appropriately length skeins defined by the pattern you selected
  • Tie skeins loosely in many places (at least four loose ties)
Knitting California book with yarn
green, gold and organge yarns
California Poppies hat

What to bring to Dye Day

blue, black, beige yarns with book
  •   Skeins separated and loosely tied as described above
  •   Lunch and a drink
  •   Project to work on in the extra time
  •  T shirt for Dye Day logo if you want (see below)

Instructions will be given on Dye Day on how to select the appropriate dyes and apply them to your skeins. You will be dyeing each of your skeins! This is the fun part!!!

Bonus:  You can purchase a Dye Day T shirt iron-on logo, specially designed for Dye Day by A.I. and modified by Wendy, of a National Park simulated emblem. Please pre-order one from Wendy if you are interested so you can weed it and iron it on to a shirt that you supply on Dye Day.  Cost $5 each

RSVP to Wendy by Sunday, June 30 if you would like to attend!

Hope you can come and enjoy another wonderful Dye Day with us!

Attached are photos of our “Practice Hats” and T shirt logo choices

T-shirt logo choices

Spinning Calendar 2025

2025 Calendar with sheep image

updated Wednesday, July 9, 2025

  • Guild Meeting
    July 30, 2025 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Meeting
    August 27, 2025 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Meeting
    September 24, 2025 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Lambtown
    October 4-5, 2025
    Dixon, California
  • Harvest Festival
    October 25, 2025, 9:00am-4:00pm
    Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center
    315 Cortsen Rd, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Meeting
    October 29, 2025 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Meeting
    November 26, 2025 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Holiday Gathering
    December 17, 2025 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Meeting
    January 28, 2026 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Meeting
    February 25, 2026 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Meeting
    March 25, 2026 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Meeting
    April 29, 2026 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Meeting
    May 27, 2026 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Fiber Frolic
    May 30, 2026
  • Guild Meeting
    June 24, 2026 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Guild Meeting
    July 29, 2026 7:00 pm
    Pleasant Hill Senior Center
    233 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA
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