We are celebrating National Textile Day on May 3rd by having our first-ever Fabric and Yarn Swap! Do you have fabric and yarn that you’d like to move along or do you need fabric and yarn?

Details below, but first…

Seattle REconomy holds monthly “Community Threads” events at both tool libraries to provide a comfortable location for tool library members to work on their textile projects.

Seattle REconomy has also had successful Clothing Swaps, where members of the public donate clean and functional clothes for others to take, free of charge. These clothing swaps keep textiles no longer wanted out of the landfill and ensure they’re moved along to people who need or want them, at no cost.

To extend the textile-centered good vibes created by Community Threads and the Clothing Swaps, we are having a Fabric and Yarn Swap at the Shoreline Tool Library!

Having fabric and yarn swaps helps fulfill Seattle REconomy’s mission by fostering sustainability, growing community, sharing resources, and encouraging giving and trading. Anything remaining at the end of the swap will be given to our partners at Seattle ReCreative.

If you would like to donate fabric and/or yarn (you don’t need to register to donate):

• Bring your donations to the Shoreline Tool Library on May 3 from 10–11am.
• All donations must be clean and in good condition for use and re-use
• All fabric donations must be at least ¼ square yard
• No clothing, curtains, and half-finished sewing projects (this means anything with a sewn edge; no linens, no deconstructed clothing, no scraps, etc)
• No musty, mothy, wet, moldy or dirty fabric
• All yarn donations must be wound into a secure ball with the end secured with tape or in its original skein, knotted off
• All yarn donations must be untangled and organized with as much labeling as you know.
• No musty, mothy, wet, moldy or dirty yarn or raw wool.
• If you can, attach any information about the fiber types and content to the donation (natural vs. synthetic, wool, cotton, etc.)

If you’d like to attend the swap:

• Come by the Shoreline tool Library on May 3rd between 11am–1pm
• Browse and take what you’d like
• Bring bags so goodies don’t fall out of your arms
• Consider joining the tool library (if you haven’t already)

Questions? Email us at info@seattlereconomy.org!

This event is a part of our Fabrics and Fibers Skill Series, which includes 12 classes and 1 event that hope to give you the opportunity to learn a variety of textile-based skills.

ACCESSIBILITY:

• The venue is wheelchair accessible and has an all-gender restroom. The restroom is ADA compliant.
• Non-English and ASL interpreters are not provided at our classes and events, however attendees are welcome to bring their own interpreters.
• Please contact us with any accessibility notes or requests.

GETTING THERE:

• By transit: Served by King County Metro bus Rapid Ride E Line on Aurora Ave N and N 165th.
• By bike: The venue is located one block west of the Interurban Trail. Shoreline Light Rail stations are each about 2 miles away. A bicycle rack is available outside the building.
• Car parking: There is an asphalt parking lot that fits up to 20 cars. There is one ADA van accessible parking space with an access aisle.