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Peaceful Making Newsletter 30
3/20/2026
Peaceful Happening
It’s Guild week!  Welcome Tidewater Knitting Guild!  Welcome OBX Fiber Guild! We are having so much fun with everyone who is coming in for a visit. This weekend we will be having a 10% off sale Thursday(3/19) - Sunday(3/22) in store only! We will be having a pop up Open Knit 1-4 on Saturday and our regular Making Afternoon 1-4 on Sunday. We will also be hosting Guild Breakfast for our OBX Fiber Guild and our lovely visitors from the Tidewater Knitting Guild starting at 9 AM with breakfast, extended hours, and more!
Woobles week! TON of Woobles coming in. We have been busy with a smidge of travel, that had its hiccups, and starting our preparations for the summer. We have gotten some items in, but have so many on the way. New bags, kits, and more will be in stock and available soon! We also have been approved for in-store ravelry purchases! This has been a long time coming, but we are very excited to be able to help pick your projects and get your pattern all in one spot. This makes kits and project choosing much easier and enables us to print your patterns in store so you can go home with a physical copy and receive your digital copy to your email and your Ravelry account as well! 
As we move closer to the summer months we will be extending our hours back to summer hours which will begin Saturday, April 4, so there will be more time to shop everyday. We will be bringing on a few new faces and some familiar ones so look out for mentions in our next few newsletters!
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Guild Breakfast - 
This weekend Peaceful Making will be hosting a Guild Breakfast on Sunday (3/22) from 9 AM and will be available until we close at 4 PM at our Kitty Hawk location. Join us for breakfast and coffee, extended shopping hours beginning at 9 AM on Sunday, 10% off all purchases, goodie bags, and the Peaceful Making Giveaway (with a grand prize containing a small 4” set of Chiaogoo Twist needles, 2 full skeins of yarn, and other additions). Each day you visit the store, between Thursday and Sunday, you will receive a free entry to the Giveaway. The Giveaway winner will be drawn at 3pm on Sunday and prizes will be available to be picked up or shipped to the winner. The 10% sale will be available all weekend long beginning Thursday(3/19) at 2pm and continuing during our extended hours 11-8 Friday(3/20), 11-5 Saturday(3/21), and 9-4 Sunday(3/22). We will also be hosting Pop Up Open Knit on Saturday from 1-4. Great opportunity to stock up on Fiber Arts Making. We hope to see you there!
Community - 
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Knit for Food is less than a month away and we  hope you all will either support us with a donation, or join our team and knit along with us!  Tap the link below to go directly to our team page to either join or donate.  We will be in the store for the entire Knit-a-long on 4/11/26 from 10am - 10pm.  We will also be on our store zoom and will be joining the main Knit-a-long zoom from the store.  You do not have to knit the entire time, so no pressure!  You also do not need to just knit - being a making store, feel free to work on your project of choice.  If you want to spin or weave, or any other make, that would be great!  Come join us as you can, and support Feeding America, World Central Kitchen, Team no kid Hungry and Meals on Wheels! 
Our goal is to raise $5000 as a team!  I have done Knit for Food for the past 2 years and it is really fun.  We will be remotely connected to the main knit-a-long and will be able to participate with all the special guests including Patty Lyons!  
Join our team or donate here
Peaceful Making Society
We don’t currently have a Maker in Residence, but our current works on display by Mischel are the Alpine Bloom hat by Kaitlin Hunter in Spin Cycle Dyed in the Wool in Hot Minute and Ito Rakuda and Sensai in white, Reagan Sweater by Isabell Kraemer in Coastal Cashmere, and the Stripey Raglan by Loupy Studio in a combination of scrappy Big Birdie by Lamb and Kid, Noro, and other scraps in many different colors (come see this fun knit!). We hope more people will sign up to be Makers in Residence soon!
We love seeing all of your makes and we look forward to adding more Makers to our Peaceful Making Society. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Peaceful Making Society,  let us know at questions@peacefulmaking.com.  Remember, projects can be any kind of making! As a member of the society you will display your project for 30 days and receive the same amount of yarn or supplies as in your project at 50% off in exchange for your exhibition!  Hope to see many of you join us and display your lovely projects!
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Here are links to ways to Communicate with the Peaceful Making Community:
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New Things in the Store This Week - 
Woobles - We have received our restock of Woobles and now we have Woobles galore! We have everything from Star Trek to Extra Squishy Woobles and all sorts of variants of the original line as well. If you have been thinking about trying out crochet or crocheting a cute animal, now is the time!
Puebco - We have some new gorgeous bags from Puebco. These wonderful bags of different materials and sizes are available and will be fantastic and stylish knitting and notion bags. 
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Handpainted Needlepoint Canvases - While these are not new to the store, they were picked up in January at Vogue Knitting Live, they will be finding a new home with better display this week. They are absolutely gorgeous and will make any Needlepoint artist very happy. 
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Handwork Hardware - These are a fun find for organizing your Sock DPNs or (untested) your interchangeable tips. These tins fit needles in the side channels and have a needle gauge on the top for easy sorting and storage. A very cool find. 
Old Whaling Co. - We have some adorable nautical canvas bags in as well as match boxes and the most divine smelling body butter. These are the perfect coastal souvenirs for anyone. 
CaseMate Tote Bags - These translucent totes are big enough for a project or a beach trip and are waterproof! Perfect for a beach knitting trip or an outing to the local yarn store. Absolutely gorgeous in pink with a bow, purple, and blue.
Harrisville Yarn - We finally have lovely colors from Harrisville in both the Shetland and Highland wool. The yarn is available in both hanks for knitting and cones for weaving as well. It is gorgeous and perfect for the Dagmar sweater that we are currently starting. 
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Weaving Kits - We have new lap looms and potholder looms in store for kids! We are so excited to be able to bring in crafts that will be wonderful for beginners and children alike. 
Beginner Crochet and Knit Kits - Granny square kits and scarf kits are in and are fantastic! These are excellent options for those wanting to learn to knit or crochet via video. Also, it is awesome to have options to learn to crochet!
Hobinichi book covers - We have new leather covers in for the Hobonichi notebooks as well as some notebooks to fill the covers. They are beautiful colors and have a sparkly heart inside as well!
Knit-a-longs
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If you haven’t heard, Linda Sears is running the Year in Socks Knit along.  Currently they are making the Aran Sweater Socks by Summer Lee.  Jump in the channel and chat with Linda if you are interested in joining this knit-a-long!  Sign up for this no cost knit-a-long here: https://peacefulmaking.com/products/a-year-in-socks 
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The Dagmar Zipper Sweater knit-a-long is in the swatching phase this week. We are swatching the different cable patterns to get ready to cast on the Dagmar Zipper Sweater! If you’d like to join (no cost) sign up here! https://peacefulmaking.com/products/dagmar-zipper-knit-along-sign-up  If you need help picking out yarn - let us know!  
Weaving and Spinning
We will be taking a brief hiatus from Open Weaving this week, but we will be offering pop up events until it returns. This week’s pop up will be Pop Up Knitting in honor of the Tidewater Knitting Guild being in town. Feel free to stop by between 1pm-4pm on Saturday for Open Knit.
Open Spin on Thursdays continues!  If you need to use a wheel - sign up online! Click here!  We will be adding drop spindle classes to the summer line up for kids and adults!
We are in the development stage of the Weaving, Spinning, and Fiber Prep Academy, so keep an eye out on the website and calendar - more coming soon!
Making Academy Classes coming up:
Just a reminder of our Annual Making Membership.  This membership includes all classes, events,  - both in person and online and equipment rental fees for the year.  So if you are planning on Making with us for the year,  consider joining for $247 for the entire year. Your membership will also include access to all of our virtual classes that will be coming in May.  
Currently we are only offering Continental Knitting classes, but we should begin English Knitting classes within the next month!
Individual Classes: $10 an hour
Monthly classes: $24 per month (one month of unlimited classes in a specific craft)
Yearly membership: $247 per year (one year of unlimited classes all crafts included
FO’s
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  • Tolsta Tee - Rebecca Clow - This is a tried and true knit that is fantastic for the upcoming summer months. Simple and quick. I added embroidery on it to add to the gorgeous yarn. I may add more soon, but it already looks amazing.  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tolsta-tee 
WIP’s
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  • Jelly Top - Mei Bruns - my surprise knit. It’s been in my queue - and I love it.  Remember the popcorn/bubble tees from the 90’s?  The really little scrunchy tees that stretch when you put them on? This is very similar.  It’s a fun pattern of increases and decreases and in between stripes using a smaller needle to make the bubbles.  Fun construction and lots of choices.  Vest, short sleeve, regular sleeves, or bell sleeves. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jelly-top 
  • Dragonfly Sweater - by Elenor Mortensen - I have been waiting for this.  I thought I had picked out my yarn, but no - I’m going to have to try again and pick out other colors!  Let’s see what I pick! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragonfly-sweater-2
  • Happy Camp Sweater - by Brienne Moody - I have been wanting to do an all over color work - so here I go. I’m going to wait for the next batch of Spin Cycle to arrive to cast this on. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/happy-camp-sweater
  • Dagmar Zipper - Petite Knit - This Knit Along has begun with swatching.. Very excited to enjoy this cable sweater and make along with the group!.  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dagmar-zipper-sweater
  • San Luis Pass Capelet - Ana Clerc - What a beautiful little poncho with a beachy vibe.  Come will be a little unique as I have chosen the different varieties of purple by La Biene Aimee.  
Patterns of Interest
Mixed Rib Cami - Florence Miller - This is a great summer tank. Simple and elegant with enough breathability for the summer heat in the OBX. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mixed-rib-cami 
Achira - Linnea Ornstein - The short rows of this sweater look amazing. Definitely a different construction than we have shown before, but it looks fantastic and a great use of short rows. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/achira 
Solar Flares - Savannah Price - These pants are absolutely adorable. Such a fantastic use of granny squares and colorful yarn. Will be on Jenna’s making list for the summer. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solar-flares-2 
Gal Sweater - Masha Ziablikova - This is a gorgeous use of mohair. It looks flowy and light with a lovely pattern overlay. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gal-sweater 
Josephine top - Lily Kate France - In love with the fit and simplicity of this top. It would be a perfect shirt for the Outer Banks to wear from spring through fall. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/josephine-top-2 
Tee No. 1 - My Favourite Things - This is a simple but beautiful shirt. It has a nice fit and has a great fabric from the stitch. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tee-no-1 
My Favorite YouTube
We loved this video, especially her tips for blocking swatches– very handy.
This video is great, and we absolutely LOVE the indigo blues she shared.
If you know us, you know bringing at least a few projects along on trips is a MUST.
The Sabai top is a store favorite around here– absolutely perfect for warm weather!
LOVE! 
Great live recording for our crochet-ers.
Andrea is one of our all time favorites.
Love this vest and we can’t wait for the pattern to be available.
Really great inspiration. 
Going to work on this next week.
For those of you who were made to make.
Life saver for those learning to knit with a machine.
Recipe
These cucumbers are fantastic as a side dish for any meal or even just as a snack. They are similar to quick pickles with an Asian flavor. A must have in our house for so many meals
Korean Cucumbers
Ingredients
Cucumbers
Salt
Rice Wine Vinegar
Sesame Oil
Assembly
Slice cucumbers very thin.
Salt cucumbers and let them sit for 10 minutes.
Drain after 10 minutes - pat dry.
Add rice wine vinegar (about 2 tbs per large english cucumber), and sesame oil (1 tbs per large cucumber)
Add shredded or thinly sliced carrots if you like
If you like spicy food, then you can add chili oil
Wrap up
Thank you all for visiting us, whether you are local to the OBX or visiting our little Island, it’s great meeting and visiting with you!  We are really looking forward to seeing everyone for our extended hour Guild weekend and Sunday breakfast and more!
While we are back, we will be more regular in timing soon! We will be deploying our new communications platform in the coming weeks, so hopefully you will begin to get email comms from us soon!  In the meantime,  please head to the website for more newsletters and updates!  Appreciate all of your patience as we move forward and grow!  Happy Making!
Keep up to date on www.peacefulmaking.com , Instagram, and Facebook!  New classes, schedules, products, and other information.  Reach out by text or phone or messenger!  Peaceful making all!  Look forward to seeing you all this week!
Mischel and Jenna
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