MINNESOTA KNITTERS GUILD

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The 24th Annual Minnesota Knit Together

Location 2010 Hopkins High School 2400 Lindbergh Drive Minnetonka, MN 55305 Yarnover Saturday, April 17 Registration Information • 2010 Yarnover will be held on April 17, 2010 Schedule • Registration fee for full day is $115 for MKG Members, $145 for Non-members, half day is • 7:30-8:00 a.m. Registration $75 for MKG members, $105 for Non-members Receive name tag, meal ticket and door prize ticket • Registration includes Keynote Address, morning and/or afternoon classes, and lunch Check to see if you are a door prize winner! • First 350 attendees to register will receive a Nantucket Bag (see Page 2). Bags will be handed • 8:00-8:15 a.m. Welcome and Announcements out on the day of the event. – Shelley Hermanson • Please note that some classes may have a • 8:15-8:45 a.m. Keynote Address* materials fee that is payable to the instructor at The Best Part of is Yarnover. Invisible • Individuals who have paid their Minnesota – Cat Bordhi Knitters’s Guild dues by January 1, 2010 will be • 8:45 a.m. Market opens assigned classes by random drawing on February 6. • 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Morning classes • Confirmation letters will be sent mid February • 12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch in Dining room • Early Bird Discount Registration deadline is • 1:30-4:30 p.m. Afternoon classes; March 6. Advance registration deadline is Continuation of All Day classes April 9. Walk-In Registration will be welcome. • 4:30 p.m. Wrap-up and Evaluation • Refund for cancellation on or before February 16 is 75 percent; after February 16 and • 4:45 p.m. Market closes before March 26 is 50 percent. No refunds after March 26. * Keynote address by Cat Bordhi will be open to • Registration questions? Please call or text Anna the general public for a $5 fee. Blomster @ 612/867-8125. • Any other questions? Call or text Shelley Hermanson at 612/867-5032 or call the MKG The Depot Too coffee shop automated voice mail at 612/436-0464, ext. 115 will be open for food & drink purchases all day. 2010 Yarnover Classes

Instructor Morning Afternoon Cookie A. AM01 - Flat to In-The-Round and PM01 - Re-sizing Stitch Patterns Back Again Cat Bordhi AD01 - Personal Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters Beth Brown-Reinsel AD02 - Gansey Sweater Lily Chin AM02 - Tips Tricks & Hints PM02 - Questions & Answers Edie Eckman AM03 - It’s Not Over ‘til It’s PM03 - UnLearn to Knit Finished Margaret Fisher AM04 - Seven Things that can PM04 - Zip, Button, Tie: Creative “Make or Break” a Sweater ™ Closures Jared Flood AM05 - Seamless Sweater PM05 - Knitting from the Top Workshop Down Franklin Habit AM06 - Photographing Your PM06 - Photographing Your Fiber Fiber Susanna Hansson AD03 - Domino Scarf from Japan Rosemary “Romi” Hill AM07 - Silver and Gold Stitches PM07 - A Walk through Muir Woods Ginger Luters AM08 - Terrific Trims PM08 - Unique Modular Shapes Lucy Neatby AM09 - A Dabble into Double PM09 - Hallelujah Judy Pascal AM10 - Incredible Increases; PM10 - Beaded Scarf Dramatic Decreases Carol Rhoades AM11 - Whorl*ds of Fun: PM11 - Tips and Tricks with Beginning Spindle Spinning Two-End Knitting Gayle Roehm AM12 - Challenging Stitches PM12 - Exploring “250 Stitches” from Japanese Designs by Hitomi Shida & Amy Dejten AM13 - 2-Color Knitting PM13 - EPS (Elizabeth’s Techniques Percentage System)

Knitting accessories not included

First 350 attendees to register will receive a Nantucket Knitting Bag. Bags will be handed out on the day of the event.

2 Instructor Bios Edie Eckman Edie Eckman splits her time between knitting and Cookie A. crocheting as a teacher, designer, writer and editor. Cookie A., has designed patterns for , Vogue She teaches workshops around the country and Knitting, and the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Rockin’ enjoys sharing in that “aha” moment when her Sock Club. Her pattern line, Cookie A Knitwear students grasp a new technique. She is the author Designs, debuted in 2007 and was an immediate hit. of How to Knit Socks: Three Methods Made Easy, She teaches throughout North America and lives in The Crochet Answer Book, and Beyond the Square Mountain View, CA. Crochet Motifs. Her newest book, Around the Cat Bordhi (Keynote Speaker) Corner Crochet Borders, will be released in May Cat Bordhi’s mission, according to Stephanie 2010. Pearl McPhee, “is to make you a more creative, Margaret Fisher freethinking knitter who problem-solves and Margaret Fisher is a TKGA Master Knitter, experiments with vigor and fearlessness. The best nationally known knitting instructor, and designer part? She can.” Cat teaches and inspires more than who teaches knit, crochet, and 1,000 knitters a year in her classes and retreats all workshops across the country at conventions and over North America. Her YouTube knitting tutorials for shops and guilds. Margaret is a former co- reach many 1,000’s more, and her innovative books, chair of the Master Committee of Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles, A Treasury The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA) and has of Magical Knitting, A Second Treasury of Magical written magazine articles on knitting and knitting Knitting, and New Pathways For Sock Knitters have techniques. She is the author of Seven Things that reached well over 100,000 knitters. She is also the can “Make or Break” a Sweater™. author of an award-winning novel, Treasure Forest. Jared Flood Her newest book, Footprints for Insouciant Sock Jared Flood is a New York based knitwear designer Knitters was released in the Fall of 2009. For more and photographer. A Pacific Northwest native, information visit www.catbordhi.com Jared holds an MFA from the New York Academy Beth Brown-Reinsel of Art and travels the country teaching traditional Beth Brown-Reinsel has been teaching knitting hand knitting technique and garment construction. nationally for over 20 years. She has authored the He has been living and working in Brooklyn since book Knitting Ganseys, published by Interweave 2005 His design work and writings have been Press, and her articles have appeared in Threads, featured in Interweave Knits, Vogue Knitting, Cast On, Interweave Knits, Vogue Knitting, and Knit.1 Magazines, and Spin Off (Interweave Press) Knitters magazines. She continues to design for as well as various other print and online sources. companies, magazines, and for her own pattern Jared’s photography has been featured in Good line. Housekeeping, New York Magazine, NY Spaces, Lily Chin NY Living, Vogue Knitting, Knit.1, The Knitter Lily M. Chin is an internationally famous knitter [UK], Debbie Bliss Magazine, and numerous online and crocheter who has worked in the yarn industry and book publications. He is the creator of www. for over 25 years, as a designer, instructor, and brooklyntweed.net and author of Made in Brooklyn author of books on knitting and crochet. She has a collection of original hand knitting designs with created garments for the collections of designers natural fibers, distributed by Classic Elite . from Ralph Lauren to Diane von Furstenberg. Franklin Habit Her work has been on the backs of celebrities and Writer, illustrator, and photographer, Franklin super models. She was named a “Master Knitter” Habit is the author of It Itches: A Stash of Knitting by Vogue Knitting International. She is regularly Cartoons (Interweave Press, 2008) and proprietor cited in media across the U.S., including the Late of The Panopticon, one of the most popular knitting Show with David Letterman, CNN, the NY Times blogs on Internet. On an average day, upwards of and more. Lily Chin has lived in New York City all 2,500 readers worldwide drop in for a mix of essays, her life and has been involved in some aspect of the cartoons, and the continuing adventures of Dolores fashion industry since age 13. the Sheep. (Continued on Next Page) 3 Franklin’s other publishing experience in the fiber Lucy Neatby world includes contributions to Yarn Market News, Lucy Neatby is an internationally recognized Interweave Knits, Interweave Crochet, PieceWork, teacher, designer, and writer who thrills knitters Cast On: A Podcast for Knitters, Twist Collective, around the world with her inimitable charm, and a regular column on historic knitting patterns knowledge, and uniquely colorful designs. Her for Knitty.com. passion of nurturing and empowering knitters, and These days, Franklin knits and spins in Chicago, putting them in control of their art, is legendary! Illinois, sharing a small city apartment with an Judy Pascale Ashford spinning wheel and colony of sock yarn Judy, a native of Connecticut and a life long knitter, that multiplies alarmingly whenever his back is launched her career as a professional knitting turned. instructor and designer in the early 1990’s. She Susanna Hansson has professionally sold her unique knitwear under Susanna Hansson is a teacher and speaker who the name THE JUDITH COLLECTION both originally learned to knit in the 5th grade in privately and at juried shows. For several years her native Sweden. She teaches regularly at she was employed at a yarn shop where she taught national conventions; Seattle area shops; regional knitting classes and assisted numerous customers conferences; as well as in Canada, Scandinavia, with their knitting and finishing problems. She and Japan. Color, technique, history and culture is now exclusively teaching knitting and design in the context of knitting are of particular interest classes with the emphasis on customizing desired to Susanna. For more information, please visit her fit. More recently Judy has combined knitting with website at www.oneofsusannas.com. beads. Using a non-prestringing technique and Rosemary “Romi” Hill textured stitches, she has designed classes from Rosemary “Romi” Hill learned to crochet and small projects to garments. Most importantly, Judy bead in preschool. After being begged incessantly, has joined the ranks of other talented members of Romi’s mother finally relented and taught her how the knitting community whose explosive interest is to knit, as well. It was love. She knit off and on creating a renaissance for the ageless art of knitting. throughout several phases of life, until in 2002, Carol Rhoades she resumed knitting passionately after a long Carol Rhoades, Madison, Wisconsin, teaches hiatus. Soon, she discovered the internet knitting handspinning and knitting classes (focusing on community and began experimenting. Learning Scandinavian traditions) around the US and abroad. to knit lace prompted the 2005 founding of her She is Technical Editor of and a frequent contributor company Designs by Romi, selling handmade to Spin-Off and has published designs and articles shawl pins and sweater closures. In 2006, she began in Piecework, Interweave Knits, and Gavstrik. Carol designing knit jewelry and lace. Her patterns have also translates Scandinavian knitting books into appeared in Knitty, Twist Collective, Interweave English. Knits, and Living Crafts; and in her book: “Elements Gayle Roehm of Style: Knit + Crochet Jewelry with Wire, Fiber Gayle Roehm is a former management consultant Felt + Beads” (Interweave Press). Her love of who now devotes herself to fiber arts, especially all things designy keeps her busily sketching, knitting and spinning. Her designs have been swatching and dreaming. featured in Knitter’s Magazine, Interweave Knits, A Ginger Luters Gathering of Lace, and other publications. She has Ginger Luters is a California based designer of traveled throughout the world, speaks Japanese and knitted wearable art and a nationally known creative has knitted with Japanese designs for years. knitting teacher. She has an MA in Fine Art and taught knitting, , and design classes at Saddleback College in southern California for 12 years. The author of the book, Module Magic, which focuses on the unusual designs and construction techniques for which she is known, Ginger designs for several knitting magazines and yarn companies.

4 Meg Swansen & Amy Detjen Class Description – All Day Meg Swansen is the daughter of British-born designer/writer . They Personal Footprints for Insouciant began to work together in 1965 to run their knitting- Sock Knitters supply/publishing business, Schoolhouse Press (which has published 30 books to date) Elizabeth Course Number AD01 died in 1999. Designs and articles of Meg’s Teacher Cat Bordhi continue to appear in magazines, she has written 5 books, produced 16 DVDs, publishes Wool In 2008, I set myself the challenge of developing Gathering, runs 4 weeks of Knitting Camp annually a sock knitting process that would be as simple as and lives with her cats in an old schoolhouse in humanly possible without sacrificing fit or design central Wisconsin. possibilities, and I believe I’ve met my goal. Insouciant describes “that cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you,” and this method Amy Detjen has only been knitting since college. really will make you an insouciant sock knitter. She is an avid knitter for more than 30 years, and During class your feet will guide you to create a has been Meg Swansen’s assistant at her Knitting portable Personal Footprint which will carry all Camps for over 15 years. She was also the “List the information you need to knit yourself perfectly Mom” of the original Knit List for over 4 years. fitting socks anywhere you go. There are no short Teaching knitting and helping people learn about rows, no stitches to pick up, no calculations, their knitting options is something she is passionate no gussets, no heel flaps, and no grafting. The about. Amy lives in the Madison, Wisconsin area, method is described in detail in my new book, and routinely teaches at the Sow’s Ear in Verona. Personal Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters (October, 2009), which also includes about 25 original designs. In class I’ll also show you how easy it is to integrate designs into your Personal Footprints socks, and for those who arrive in class already versed in working with their Personal Footprint, I will teach more advanced design approaches. Class size limit 24 Homework None Skill level required Confident beginner to advanced Supplies required For learning the toe start: About 5 yards of worsted weight, excellent quality wool and your choice of dpns, 1 long circular, or 2 circulars in a size that makes it easy to work with your yarn. I highly recommend “Cat’s Ahah! NEW THIS YEAR! Yarn,” which I developed with Lorna’s Laces. One skein will serve you for ten years of investigating Keynote address by Cat Bordhi will be open to what your knitting is doing and let you say “Ahah! the General Public for a $5 fee paid at the door. Now I see!” much more often than “What in the world is going on?” For your first Personal Footprint sock: Pencil and eraser. A piece of cardboard large enough to trace your foot on (like the back of a cereal box), and for cutting it out. Excellent quality sock yarn in a weight you expect to use often, with (Continued on Next Page)

5 needles in a size that give you good sock fabric successfully without knitting a single stitch! There (dense yet elastic). Beware: the suggested gauge are also some great lessons on color balance and on ball bands is usually too loose for socks. Bring placement within this project so you are likely to several sizes of needles (dpns, 1 long circular, or 2 refine your thinking about color as well. You will circulars) so you can adjust if necessary. If using learn to navigate squares and triangles, as well as dpns, you will also need one 24” or longer circular going around corners elegantly and this will help needle for trying the sock on and opening the leg; it you understand the directional aspects of domino can be the same size or smaller than your dpns. knitting which is a key to working successfully Supply fee None with this technique. And if you think of scarves as boring or plain, this Traditional Gansey Techniques colorful, airy-fairy confection is likely to change Course Number AD02 your mind! Teacher Beth Brown-Reinsel Class size limit 22 Students will learn how to construct a Gansey, a Homework None sweater form prevalent in the 19th century and Skill level required Intermediate/advanced early part of the 20th century among the fishermen Supplies required 1. Small quantities of of the British Isles. A small scale sweater will be smooth, worsted weight yarn ) Cascade 220 is knitted using traditional construction techniques perfect) in 4 colors for practice with needles to including the classic Channel Island Cast-on, match (gauge approx 4.5-5 sts/inch). split welts, seam stitches, traditional knit/purl patterns, the underarm gusset, shoulder straps 2. We will be using a fingering weight 70% kid with perpendicular joining, and picked-up sleeves. mohair/30%/ silk blend yarn for the actual project. Alternative methods to these techniques will also be The following four brands are essentially the same explored. yarn and because you can mix and match them, your color choices are almost endless: Class size limit 20 a) Cascade Kid Seta Homework None b) K1C2 Douceur et Soie Skill level required Intermediate (must be proficient with dp needles) c) Kid Seta from Trendsetter Supplies required 1. One set of four 7” long d) Kidsilk Haze from Rowan (shorter is OK) dp needles, size 5 (3.75mm). 2. One set of four or five 7” long (shorter is While a scarf will not take more than 4 skeins at OK) dp needles, size 7 (4.5mm) 3. 3 oz. plain-textured, solid, light-colored most, I strongly recommend that you bring many worsted weight yarn. more colors and then decide the day of the class what you want to use after you have had a chance • Optional: 11 1/2” or 12” circular needle size 7, st markers, waste yarn, sticky notes or magnetic to play with the colors (make sure you can return board to aid in reading the chart. (If you are unused skeins to your LYS for a store credit). proficient using the magic loop or 2 circulars and Small quantities of skinny novelty/metallic yarn prefer one of these methods, bring the appropriate if you think you may want to incorporate that into needle.) your scarf. Supply fee None 3. Needles to match your scarf yarn Domino Scarf from Japan Depending on whether you are a tight or loose knitter, you will probably use between a 4.5 and Course Number AD03 5.5 mm (US 7 – 9). With this yarn, things can get Teacher Susanna Hansson slippery if you use metal needles; I particularly like This workshop will focus on a scarf project from rosewood, ebony (bamboos are OK as well), and Vivian Høxbro’s first Japanese Domino Knitting the Addi lace needles with the lovely pointy tips for book that offers lots of opportunities for color this project. play – and for once, you will be able to swatch Supply fee None

6 Class Descriptions – Morning 3 - With worsted wt yarn and appropriate sized needles, make a swatch of about 3” x 3” in Flat to In-The-Round and Back stockinette, end ready to work a knit row, do not bind off, leave stitches on . Again 4- Familiarize yourself with what is called the “long Course Number AM01 tail” cast-on. That is, there are two ends of yarns Teacher Cookie A. utilized in this cast-on. Learn how to convert a stitch pattern from flat 5- Familiarize yourself with what is known as a directions to in-the-round and vice versa. We’ll “left-slanting” or ssk. cover inverting stitches from wrong side to right 6- Get to know how to do a basic chain with the side and right side to wrong side, tricks for patterns crochet hook. that don’t convert easily into the round, and how to Skill level required Advanced-Beginner handle edge stitches. Students can bring their own Supplies required All homework. Extra dpn’s, patterns for converting or they can leaf through crochet hooks of various sizes, tapestry needles, stitch pattern books. extra circular needles, worsted wt. yarn of various Class size limit 25 light colors, maybe a shank button, dental floss (4”, waxed preferred). Homework Supply fee None Skill level required Know knit, purl, increases, decreases It’s Not Over ‘til It’s Finished Supplies required Worsted weight yarn and Course Number AM03 size 7 needles. Teacher Edie Eckman Supply fee None If you are unhappy with the results of your finished Tips, Tricks and, Hints garments, this is the class for you! You’ll learn steps to take -- from the moment you pick up the Course Number AM02 needles until the sweater is worn -- to make your Teacher Lily Chin garment look “hand crafted”, not “home made”. Learn all the little secrets to make knitting life We’ll tackle planning ahead, picking up stitches, easier and better. Find out how to cast on in 2-tail , sewing seams, weaving in ends, and other method without running out of the second tail. Join helpful hints. a new skein of yarn or a new color without losing Class size limit 25 that first stitch. See ways of attaching buttons as Homework Use smooth, light-colored worsted you work. Create invisible circular bind offs on a weight wool and appropriate needles. Leave all neck where the beginning and end are absolutely ends to be woven in later. Swatch #1: Long-tail CO imperceptible. Weave in those little ends that are 14 sts. Row 1 (WS): P2, *k2, p2; rep from * across. too short to put through a darning needle. Take Rw 2: K2, *p2, k2; rep from * across. Rep Rows 1 away lots of small “fix-its” and improve those and 2 five times. Row 13: Purl. Row 14: Knit. Rep details. Rows 13 and 14 six times. Row 27 (WS): BO 5 sts, purl to end. Rows 28 and 30: Knit. Row 29: BO 1 Class size limit 25 st, purl to end. Row 31: Rep Row 29. Cont in st st Homework 1 - With worsted/aran wt yarn and on 7 sts for 1” more. BO. appropriate sized double-pointed or short (12” Swatch #2: Long-tail CO 14 sts. Work Rows 1- 13 or 16”) circular needles, cast on enough sts to go as for Swatch #1. Rows 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, circulars or minimal amount of sts on dpn’s (maybe and 26: Sl 1 as to purl, knit across. Row 15 and all 12). Join, being careful not to twist. Work in 1 x 1 wrong-side rows: Purl. Row 28: BO 5 sts at beg of rib circularly for about 1”, begin to bind off leaving row, knit to end. Row 30: K1, ssk, knit to end. Row 32: Rep Row 30. Cont in st st on 7 sts until swatch last 2 or 3 sts unbound, leave on needles to be measures same as Swatch #1. BO. completed in class. 2 - With worsted/aran wt yarn and appropriate sized Skill level required Advanced beginner or needles, cast on about 8 sts, work for about 1” in intermediate any st, leave on needles to be completed in class. (Continued on next page)

7 Supplies required Homework swatches, yarn sweater models and discussing her percentage and needles used for homework, tapestry needle, system (EPS). The goal of this course is to scissors familiarize knitters with the seamless method of Supply fee None sweater construction and design, and give them the confidence to formulate original garments, without Seven Things that can “Make or a pattern, to suit their own tastes – or alter existing Break” a Sweater™ patterns into seamless ones. Course Number AM04 Class size limit 20 Teacher Margaret Fisher Homework None Learn seven things that will make a big difference Skill level required Knitters should be in the appearance of your sweaters. The smallest comfortable with the following techniques details can have a huge impact—increasing in • knit and purl stitches; basic stitch patterns , bumpy or smooth cast on edge, slanting (ribbing, seed st, garter st, etc) decreases, invisible increases, perfect buttonholes, • knitting in the round (required) flat edgings, and blocking. Learn about all of • directional decreasing (k2tog, ssk, centered these things while you practice and receive lots decrease variations will all be discussed) of tips and hints. Since you are going to spend • experience working small garments in the round hours making a garment, you’ll want to use these (hats) techniques to make even the simplest sweater look • sweater knitting experience encouraged but not marvelous. required Class size limit 25 Supplies required One skein (50g or 100g) Homework With smooth, light colored worsted of worsted weight wool or wool blend (animal weight yarn and appropriate needles, knit swatches fibers only please). Smooth, multiple-ply yarns are as follows: recommended for clear stitch definition. Boucle and Swatch 1: Cast on 18 sts. Work in k1, p1 prohibited. One set of double pointed ribbing for 2”. Place sts on a stitch holder. Leave needles in size US8. One optional 16” circular some yarn (several yards) attached. needle in same size. One stitch marker. Notebook Swatch 2: Cast on 23 sts. Work in st st for 2”. and writing utensil for note taking. Place sts on a st holder. Leave some yarn (several yards) attached. We will be making a shaped swatch in-the-round, Swatch 3: Cast on 10 sts. Work in k1, p1 exploring ways of using different types of decreases ribbing for 2”. Place sts on a stitch holder. Leave as design elements. yarn attached. Supply fee None Skill level required Able to cast on, bind off, and work simple increases and decreases; able to follow Photographing Your Fiber written instructions; know garter, stockinette and Course Number AM06 ribbing stitches. Teacher Franklin Habit Supplies required Homework swatches, The ability to capture handsome, well-crafted needles and yarn used to make swatches (smooth, images of your fiber work is both a joy and an light colored worsted weight yarn and appropriate asset, especially in our age of blogs, online shops needles), basic knitting accessories. and .com. Bring your own camera and Supply fee None a small project or two, and learn the basics of lighting, depth of field, styling and common fiber- Seamless Sweater Workshop photography problems like capturing true color, Course Number AM05 focusing on stitch definition and photographing Teacher Jared Flood lace. Learn how to make and use your own light box, easily and cheaply. No prior knowledge of This course will cover the foundations of seamless photography necessary. The emphasis will be sweater knitting: construction, percentages, getting the best possible shots using your camera. techniques, and yoke variations. We will be exploring Elizabeth Zimmermann’s 7 seamless Class size limit 15 8 Homework None supplies. Two double pointed needles in a size that Skill level required Beginner to Advanced works with your yarns. Supplies required A camera (preferably digital) Supply fee None and the accompanying manual, if available. One or two projects to photograph. A Dabble Into Double Supply fee None Course Number AM09 Teacher Lucy Neatby Silver and Gold Stitches Make a voyage of discovery to achieve a deeper Course Number AM07 understanding of your knitting! Try a variety of Teacher Rosemary “Romi” Hill types of to produce two-layer fabrics. Starting with tubular knitting on straight Knitting and crocheting with wire is so much needles, moving on to tubes within tubes and the easier than you think! The trick is in using fine double-knit pocket trick. DK color patterning gauge wire. It’s easy on your hands and it’s such techniques will include positive / negative, and an instant gratification project! In this class we’ll quilting for added texture and warmth play with wire to get the feel of it, swatching to our hearts’ contents, and then create a necklace out of Class size limit 20 the swatches! I will be bringing sample projects Homework None from my book “Elements of Style: Knit + Crochet Skill level required Intermediate / experienced Jewelry” for you to see! knitters Class size limit 20 Supplies required Two double pointed needles Homework None of sizes US 3, 4 or 5, ( 3.5 - 4 mm ). Two solid Skill level required Beginning colors of smooth DK / Sport weight yarn. Scissors, crochet hook and usual knitting paraphernalia. Supplies required Knitting needles and crochet hooks of varying sizes - metal is better, as wood Supply fee None can sometimes be marred by the wire; beads if you would like to use them. Incredible Increases; Dramatic Decreases Supply fee $10 covers two spools of silver tone wire, black neoprine cord for the necklace, and Course Number AM10 necklace pattern. Teacher Judy Pascale This class takes the mystery out of which decrease Terrifi c Trims or to use by creating an “answer all” Course Number AM08 sampler of numerals techniques. The advantages Teacher Ginger Luters and appropriate appearance of each variation are worked and discussed. In this class we’ll take a look at a variety of knitted trims ranging from easy basics to more Class size limit 25 complex approaches. These include basic I-cord Homework Worsted Weight yarn: Cast on 20 and variations, knit braids, textured, scalloped, and stitches and work in garter for 4 rows. Work 4 zigzag edgings. We’ll look at sample garments and more rows in stockinette stitch. Leave remaining experiment with sample swatches. skein attached to live stitches. Class size limit 20 Skill level required Intermediate Homework Knit a swatch in stockinette st, 20 sts Supplies required None and approx. 4” high. Do not bind off. Supply fee None Skill level required Advanced beginner/ intermediate Supplies required 3 or more balls of yarn (partial balls are fine), same weight as your swatch, needles to use with these yarns, basic knitting

9 Whorl*ds of Fun: appropriate needles. Have an extra needle or dpn’s Beginning Spindle Spinning on hand. Course Number AM11 Supply fee None Teacher Carol Rhoades 2-Color Knitting Techniques Learn the basics of drafting fibers and adding twist Course Number AM13 to spindle-spin your own yarns in this three-hour class. We’ll start with the simplest method – finger Teacher Meg Swansen & Amy Dejten spinning – and then work in pairs to begin spindle This class covers the basics of stranded spinning. During the class, we’ll take breaks from knitting (working with 2 colors of yarn at the spinning and learn about fiber characteristics, same time) and reading colorwork charts. The choosing fibers for spindle-spinning, how to choose techniques shown give you the skills to do Fair a spindle, and how to match fiber and spindle. Isle, Norwegian, and Armenian knitting. We Students will practice basic skills and then learn demonstrate holding one color in each hand, and how to control yarn diameter and the amount of both colors in one hand, and we show “trapping”, twist. We’ll finish by plying two strands of yarn which is used to eliminate long strands across the together for a finished yarn. You’ll have whorl*ds back of your work. This class always prompts of fun. fruitful discussions, so be ready with questions. Class size limit 15 Class size limit 60 Homework None Homework Using either color, cast on 90 Skill level required None sts. Join into a circle, being careful not to twist the stitches over the needle. Work 8-10 rounds Supplies required Students must bring to in ribbing (1x1 or 2x2). Work one round in class: a light weight (about 3/4 to 1 ounce) spindle, Stockinette Stitch, increasing to 120 sts (k4, m1 preferably a top-whorl spindle [instructor will not around). Bring this to class, along with a second supply spindles for students]; notepaper and pen color of the same weight yarn. The swatch is large Supply fee $5.00 for fibers and handouts enough to become a hat if you prefer producing something useful. Challenging Stitches from Skill level required Adventuresome beginner Japanese Designs Supplies required Two balls of a smooth Course Number AM12 yarn (we recommend wool) which knits between Teacher Gayle Roehm 4.5 and 5 sts to the inch - one light color and one Many knitters are intrigued by the interesting stitch darker color. One 16-inch circular needle in size work found in Japanese hand knitting designs. appropriate for your yarn (if you prefer using 2 We’ll practice with Japanese charts by knitting longer circulars or the magic loop technique, bring several patterns that will be new to experienced those needles instead). knitters. Each is challenging because it’s difficult Supply fee None to execute or because the chart is requires some careful analysis. You should have some familiarity with Japanese designs. You must be very comfortable knitting from charts – none of these patterns is given in words, and this class does not cover the basics of knitting from charts. Class size limit 25 Homework None Skill level required Advanced Supplies required Basics (with cable needle, sewing-up needle, note taking gear, crochet hook), two or three balls colors of smooth yarn in sport to worsted weight (these can be leftovers), and 10 Class Descriptions – Afternoon UnLearn to Knit Course Number PM03 Re-sizing Stitch Patterns Teacher Edie Eckman Course Number PM01 You learned the rules: Put your needle in this way, Teacher Cookie A. wrap your yarn that way. Now unlearn those rules Ever want to re-size a pattern, but adding or to gain control of your knitting. No matter how long removing repeats just doesn’t work? Learn how to you’ve been knitting or what your knitting style, re-size the stitch pattern itself! Cables, lace, you understanding the structure of the name it, we’ll re-size it. This is a great skill for and how the stitches are related to one another is resizing garments as well as useful for designing the key to becoming an expert knitter. We’ll have your own patterns. fun exploring what it really means to take a length of string and turn it into a fabric. You’ll leave class Class size limit 25 with the confidence and ability to fix mistakes, take Homework None shortcuts, and be the master of your stitches. Skill level required Know how to read Charts Class size limit 25 reading, knit, purl, increases, decreases. Homework None Supplies required Worsted weight yarn, size 7 Skill level required None needles, graph paper. Supplies required Smooth, light-color worsted Supply fee None weight yarn and appropriate-size needles Question & Answer Session Supply fee None Course Number PM02 Zip, Button, Tie: Creative Closures Teacher Lily Chin Course Number PM04 Bring in your problems, mistakes, and general Teacher Margaret Fisher queries. This is a “How Can We Solve This” listen and learn type gathering. We will look at Learn a number of attractive and functional one another’s snafu’s and get pointers, tips, and closures for garments. Start by practicing and hints so as not to make them in the future, we can mastering all of the steps of placing a zipper in a learn from the mistake of others. Maybe learn new fabric. Understand how to avoid puckers and make techniques & approaches for different situations. sure the zipper fits the opening. Then, have fun Perhaps some may want to know about “designing making I-cord and crocheted buttons. Finally, professionally” and what it involves. This will be a focus on using drawstrings and ties as fastenings. fun, free-wheeling free-for-all. See how zippers, buttons and ties can accent your work. Class size limit 25 Class size limit 25 Homework Homework With smooth, light colored worsted Skill level required Advanced-beginner and weight yarn and appropriate needles, knit 2 beyond swatches as follows (make 2 exactly the same): Supplies required Any projects finished or Cast on 20 stitches. Work in st st for 4”. Place unfinished, with problems you want solved, any stitches on a holder. Leave some yarn (several projects you want critiqued, questions you have yards) attached. at all. If you want to “fix” a mistake on the spot, Skill level required Able to cast on, bind off, bring equipment such as needles, scissors, stitch and work simple increases and decreases; able to holders, etc. pick up and knit stitches for bands; able to follow Supply fee None written instructions; know garter, stockinette and ribbing stitches.

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11 Supplies required Homework swatches, sewing to your head size and exploring the circular cast-on thread in a color that matches your swatch and in along with different ways of working increases. a contrasting color, sewing needle, straight pins, Supply fee None light color worsted weight yarn and appropriate size double-pointed needles, size H crochet hook, small Photographing Your Fiber amounts (leftovers) of novelty yarns such as ribbon, Course Number PM06 metallic, etc. (optional), 4-inch separating zipper (may purchase this from the teacher for $1.25), Teacher Franklin Habit basic knitting accessories. The ability to capture handsome, well-crafted Supply fee $1.25 for a 4” separating zipper. images of your fiber work is both a joy and an asset, especially in our age of blogs, online shops Knitting From the Top Down and Ravelry.com. Bring your own camera and a small project or two, and learn the basics of Course Number PM05 lighting, depth of field, styling and common fiber- Teacher Jared Flood photography problems like capturing true color, This course will cover the foundations of top-down focusing on stitch definition and photographing knitting technique. We will cover various types lace. Learn how to make and use your own light of increasing as well as the circular cast-on, as we box, easily and cheaply. No prior knowledge of begin working a simple top-down hat together. We photography necessary. The emphasis will be explore a variety of top-down sweater yoke styles, getting the best possible shots using your camera. focusing primarily on raglan and rounded yoke, as Class size limit 15 well as talking about working set-in sleeves from Homework None the top down. The course is intended to familiarize knitters with the benefits of this wonderful Skill level required Beginner to Advanced technique for knitting garments. Supplies required A camera (preferably digital) Class size limit 20 and the accompanying manual, if available. One or two projects to photograph. Homework None Supply fee None Skill level required Knitters should be comfortable with the following techniques A Walk through Muir Woods • knit and purl stitches; basic stitch patterns Course Number PM07 (ribbing, seed st, garter st, etc) • knitting in the round Teacher Rosemary “Romi” Hill • simple increasing Learn to knit the lovely Muir stole design that first • experience working with double pointed needles appeared in Knitty, fall 2007. We will be knitting in the round is recommended a swatch including all the techniques in the pattern: • garment knitting experience encouraged but not provisional cast-on, optional beading, picot bind required off, picking up stitches from a provisional cast-on, Supplies required One skein (50g or 100g) Russian join, and my own secret to keeping the 5 of worsted weight wool or wool blend (animal stitch side border unbroken after picking up the fibers only please). Smooth, multiple-ply yarns are provisional cast on (no half stitch offset!). When recommended for clear stitch definition. Boucle and the swatch is finished, we cast on! novelty yarns prohibited. One pair of 16” circular Class size limit 20 needles and one set of double pointed needles in Homework None appropriate size to get you a gauge of 4.5 sts to the Skill level required Mid range lace skills (i.e. inch (standard needle suggestion for worsted weight you have at least done some simple lace) yarns: US 8/5mm) Crochet Hook in similar size to , 8-10 stitch markers Notebook and Supplies required US size 6 knitting needles, writing utensil for note taking. circular or straight; Crochet hook, close in size to US G/6 / 4mm; sharp sewing needle; optional: We will be making a top-down hat in the round size 6/0 seed beads; small steel crochet hook to fit (which doubles as a gauge swatch), customizing fit through beads 12 Supply fee $10 covers waste yarn, swatching grafting stitches top to top (with consequent ½ St. yarn, deluxe version of Muir pattern including discrepancy) or bottom to top for a perfect graft and extra beading and swatch charts, as well as written circumstances where this may be used. instructions Perfect grafts to complete an ‘unbroken’ circle of knitting containing a cable, knit and purl sts, with Unique Modular Shapes an explanation of the trick of using a slippery yarn Course Number PM08 to simply disconnect the initial waste yarn from the Teacher Ginger Luters beginning of the work. Planning your knitting to Modular knitting can involve more than squares permit a perfect graft. and triangles. We can knit T shapes, L shapes, free- Discussion of Moebius type knitting and grafting form shapes…the possibilities are nearly endless. garter st which is always tricky to graft despite the In this class we’ll explore several of these shapes, simplicity of the stitches. Other uses of grafting for how they can be knit and how they can be joined seamless sideways knitting, afterthought pockets, together to create garments. buttonholes, sleeve tops and Bosnian sock heels. Class size limit 20 Class size limit 20 Homework Cast on 12 sts and work 24 rows( 12 Homework To get the most out of this class, the ridges) in garter st. Do not bind off. following swatches will give plenty of opportunity Skill level required Intermediate to practice techniques. The swatches are not large but detailed - please follow the directions carefully. Supplies required 4 or more balls of yarn (of For all swatches use a light colored, smooth (not similar weight, DK or worsted is recommended) fluffy or textured ) worsted weight wool-rich yarn of various colors that work well together. One of (approx 5sts/in) and 5 mm (US # 8) needles. Waste these yarns should be a color that contrasts strongly yarn should be smooth, contrasting and of a similar with the others (black, navy, dark brown). Needles weight - cotton is good choice. to use with these yarns and basic knitting supplies. MY: Main yarn. Supply fee None WY: Waste yarn. K2tog: Knit two sts together. Hallelujah Grafting Ssk: Slip the next two sts, knitwise, one at a time, to the right-hand needle, insert the left-hand needle Course Number PM09 into both sts and knit them together. This produces Teacher Lucy Neatby a one-stitch, left-slanting decrease known as a ‘Slip, Afraid of grafting (aka Kitchener St) ? Do you? slip, knit’. St st: Stockinette Stitch A) Avoid it. B) Get a book out. C) Say a mantra? Forget all of the aforementioned and take command 1) Shoulder Samples Example of top to top of all possible grafting situations without any risk grafting: Work 2 of these pieces. Cast on 20 st in MY, work 10 rows of St st., ending with a purl row. of coming unravelled! From an easily removed Leaving a tail, break off MY. Change to brightly provisional cast on, to the tips of your sock toes contrasting WY. Work 6 rows of WY in St st, with the aid of waste yarn we can handle it all, beginning with a knit row. Cast off in WY. invisibly. 2) Sample Sock Toe: Using a set of DPN’s, cast Basic grafting, using shoulder samples. Where to on 40 sts and work one round knit. Arrange the begin, joining in new grafting yarn and how to stitches as for a sock toe, the first 20 sts on one follow the waste yarn. Checking for errors before needle, and 10 sts on each of the other 2 needles. removing the waste yarn. Grafting shoulders Round 2: (K1, ssk, k 14, K2tog, k1) x 2. including doorsteps, stranded and patterns, Round 3: Knit. mention will be made of the elasticity of seamless Round 4: (K1, ssk, k 12, K2tog, k1) x 2. Continue in stockinette st for 5 more rounds Continue to grafting and its’ pro and cons. Sock toes, use of an work decrease rounds every round until 20 sts inverted tube of waste yarn to hold the stitches and remain. Break off main yarn. With WY work 6 prevent splitting. Darning in ends at corners of the rounds of St st onto the remaining 20 sts (no further toes for the best finish. shaping), bind off in waste yarn. Illustrated discussion of the difference between (Continued on Next Page)

13 3) Complex Grafting Across a patterned row Tips and Tricks with Two-End Example of bottom to top grafting: Cast on 16sts Knitting in Waste Yarn. Work five rows of Stocking Stitch ending on completion of a knit row. Course Number PM11 Row 6: Cut off waste yarn, tie on and purl across Teacher Carol Rhoades the row with a piece of contrasting mercerized Two-end knitting is a fascinating technique, cotton, or some other strong slippery yarn. Cut off traditionally used to make strong and warm slippery yarn, tie on main color. Use Main yarn for garments in Scandinavia. Patterns can be created remainder of swatch. on the fabric’s surface by alternating purl and Rows 1, 3, 7 (RS): K3, p2, k6, p2, k3. Rows 2, 4, 6 and 8: P3, k2, p6, k2, p3. knit stitches with the purl yarn kept on the outside Row 5 (Cable Row): K3, p2, place next 3 sts on of the fabric. The decorative possibilities make DPN at front of work, knit next 3sts, knit 3 from this technique fun to explore, but it can also be DPN, p2, k3. time- and yarn-consuming to make entire two- Work the eight row repeat as set. Continue in this end garments. However, the entire garment does pattern until more than 5” of the cable pattern is not have to be two-end knitted. This three hour produced, end two rows after last cable. Cut off workshop introduces students to the basic two-end Main yarn, leaving a tail. braid, hook, and chain stitches and explains how Skill level required Experienced beginner to integrate the stitches into plain knit garments. upwards Students will also learn how to work two-end Supplies required Homework swatches and knitting back and forth on straight needles to, yarn leftovers both in main color and a couple of for example, strengthen socks in selected areas. other colors. Darning needles, blunt pointed and not Students will start a small sampler in regular too large for the size of the stitches you are working knitting before class and then practice two-end with; scissors and usual knitting paraphernalia. stitch patterns during class. Supply fee None Class size limit 20 Beaded Scarf Homework Using the light yarn and dpn 2 or 3, cast on 48 sts and knit a tube about 1” long – do not Course Number PM10 bind off. Teacher Judy Pascale Skill level required Intermediate to advanced This no pre-stringing class develops a unique knitter fashion accessory------”THE BEADED SCARF.” In addition to viewing completed scarfs modeled in Supplies required Smooth, wool, sport or dk a variety of ways, you will knit critical segments of weight yarn (such as Dale of Norway Heilo or a mini version of the provided entire patterns. Naturespun sport weight): 1 50 g skein each dark Class size limit 30 and light (black and white are best). Homework None Set of 4 or 5 double-pointed needles US size 3 / Skill level required Intermediate 3.25 mm (or what you normally use for chosen yarn); notepaper and pen; if you have one: Supplies required (For Class) 1/4 skein of nøstepinne (winding stick). SOLID color fingering weight yarn for class sample Example: Koigu or Cherry Tree Hill sock/fingering Supply fee $3.00 weight. Needles size 5 & 6 either 24” circular or straight Full Scarf: Materials to make FULL Scarf not required for class. 2 Skeins of Koigu (275 yards) or 1 Skein of Cherry Tree Hill (275 yds). or 1 skein of Jitterbug by Colinette 3 or 4 Tubes of Size # 6 beads Any ONE of the yarn choices listed above would be great for Scarfs. Supply fee $3 for Tool for beading and sample beads.

14 Exploring “250 Stitches” by Hitomi EPS (Elizabeth’s Percentage Shida System) Course Number PM12 Course Number PM13 Teacher Gayle Roehm Teacher Meg Swansen & Amy Dejten Are you one of those knitters who can’t resist the EPS Stands for Elizabeth’s Percentage System. elaborate, gorgeous stitches in the book “Knitting This was devised by Elizabeth Zimmermann as a Patterns Book 250” by Hitomi Shida? We will way to use your gauge and desired circumference sample some of the more challenging patterns, to make a custom sweater pattern for any size. The with particular attention to advanced stitch sweater starts at the lower edge and is knit in the combinations. All these patterns are charted, and round to the underarms. There are at least 7 ways some of the more complex stitches are explained to work the upper body from that point, and we’ll only in Japanese. You must be very comfortable focus on drop-shoulder construction and traditional knitting from charts. You must own this book; see yoke sweaters. We discuss both the original EPS “homework” for sources. Instructor will not be and some of Meg Swansen’s variations. selling the book in class. Class size limit 60 Class size limit 25 Homework You’ll want a swatch of some sort Homework Students must purchase the book in during class to practice techniques that may be new advance of the class. The title is “Knitting Patterns to you. We’d suggest a robust circular swatch (cast Book 250” by Shida Hitomi and the ISBN is 978- on 100 sts, join into a circle, being careful not to 4-529-04176-8. It is available from a number of twist the stitches over the needle. Work 4-5 rounds sources, including: in ribbing (1x1 or 2x2). However, if you would • Needlearts Bookshop: (http://www. rather use a less significant piece of knitting, just needleartsbookshop.com/Japanese_Knitting_ cast on 30 sts and work for 5 or 6 rows. Bring this Books/Knitting_Patterns_Book_250.html) to class. • Lacis: (http://lacis.com/catalog/catalog.html) Skill level required Adventuresome beginner • Yesasia: (http://www.yesasia.com/us/ Supplies required Some smooth yarn (we search/9784529041768/0-0-0-bpt.48_ recommend wool) which knits between 4.5 and q.9784529041768-en/list.html) 5 sts to the inch – 100 yards or so for a technique • Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_ss_ swatch. Needles (DPs, straight or 16-inch circular gw?__mk_ja_JP=%83J%83%5E%83J%83i&url= – see Homework for explanation). search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=978-4-529- 04176-8&x=14&y=22) Supply fee None • And various Etsy and eBay sellers. NOTE: please ensure that you get the book with a white cover and maroon title. There is a very similar book with the same title by Hirose Mitsuharu. Its cover has a bluish tone and purple title. Skill level required Advanced Supplies required Basics (with cable needle, sewing-up needle, note taking gear, crochet hook), two or three balls of smooth yarn in sport to worsted weight (these can be leftovers, and white or light colors are best), with appropriate needles, plus at least one extra needle and crochet hook. Supply fee None

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