Dear Artists,
Spring is quickly approaching meaning hibernation season is soon over and people are going to be out and about looking for things to do. We are excited to announce a brand new series of craft shows this summer! Paste and The Soulard Business Association are proud to present The Soulard Market Park Arts and Crafts Fair. An event featuring local artists as well as street performers, food vendors and live music. There are three event dates May 15, June 19, and July 17. The fair will take place in …

Paste is teaming up with South City Studio to offer our next charity event.  This time around the event will benefit Haven of Grace a shelter for pregnant women.  Crocheters, Knitters and Scrapbookers welcome!  If you are interested in joining us for snacks, drinks and fun email pastesoulard@gmail.com.
Haven of Grace is also in need of knitting/crocheting supplies for women at the shelter.  If you have unused of yarn or some extra hookes or needles sitting around and feel like helping feel free to drop if off at the store anytime.

I’ve been trying to recap this weekends Needles for Newborns event for almost a week now.  At first I thought it was the lack of sleep but I am starting to realize I might just be at a loss for words.
The event started at 8am Saturday morning and continued until somewhere around 3am on Sunday.  The store was packed with food donated by local restaurants.  I foolishly bought food the night before thinking we would not have enough, and I couldn’t have been more wrong.  A Super thanks to Nadine’s …

Paste is super excited to stock needle felting supplies! We’ve been told finding needle felting supplies in St. Louis is like looking for that dang old needle in the haystack! So, We’ve stocked up. We have over thirty colors of wool roving and more on the way! We also offer a variety of 100% wool felt. We are also super excited to offer needle felting classes.
What is needle felting you ask?
Needle felting is a process which uses barbed needles to interlock wool fibers to form a …

In Love.  I am in Love.  When I first opened the box containing the Nikki Yarn from Cascade I freaked.  I haven’t even been a big knitter myself but this drove me to dust off the old needles and give it a try again.  I stocked three of the colors available and seriously they are gorgeous!  The orange/green/red combo reminds me of Jolly Ranchers and I have no idea why but I swear I taste them when I look at it.  The details are below for those of you …