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Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp Session 1, July 6-10, 2017 A Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Session 1, July 6-10, 2017 Quick Info Dates : Arrive Thursday, July 6 Class July 7-9, Depart Monday, July 10 Location : Holiday Inn Conference Center, 750 S. Central Ave, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449 Important Phone Numbers : Schoolhouse Press 715-884-2799 (Mon-Fri 8:30-3 CST; July hours vary.) Holiday Inn Marshfield 715-486-1500 Camper Info Page : http://www.schoolhousepress.com/camper-info Payment Due : First half of tuition is due upon acceptance. Remainder of payment is due by April 1, 2017. What to Bring : see page three(3) A Message from Meg Knitting Camp 2017 is our forty-fourth year of camp. From our early beginnings at the University of Wisconsin under Elizabeth Zimmermann’s guidance to present day, Knitting Camp has been a place for all knitters to learn new skills, show off their knitting prowess, meet new friends, and gather for a weekend to knit with like-minded individuals from across the country. Travel to Camp : Camp is held in Marshfield, Wisconsin at The Holiday Inn Conference Center located at 750 S. Central Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449. Please review the Travel Tips document on the camper info page for more information about flying vs. driving to camp. If you are flying all the way to Central Wisconsin Airport – Wausau/Mosinee, WI (CWA) and are in need of van shuttle service from the airport to the Holiday Inn Conference Center and back, please call the Holiday Inn (715.486.1500) to make arrangements. Check-In & Lodging : Schoolhouse Press makes the lodging arrangements for your camp stay. If you need accommodations outside of our camp dates (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday nights), please call the hotel. Let them know you will be a camper so they can mark your reservation—if at all possible they will try to keep you in the same room assigned for camp. We suggest early booking. Check-In to The Holiday Inn Marshfield, WI on Thursday, July 6 any time after 3:00 p.m . Welcome Supper : The Knitting Camp staff will be on hand to greet you during supper on Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m. It’s also a great time to meet your fellow campers. Meals : We will meet Thursday at 6 pm for supper. Continental breakfast will be served outside our knitting classroom Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning. Lunch will be served on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Monday morning we will have a Farewell Breakfast. All other meals are on your own; Marshfield has plenty of reasonably priced restaurants. There is also a grocery store across the street and a refrigerator and microwave in each hotel room. Class Schedule: Friday, July 7 9:00 am – 12:15 pm Knitting Techniques – EPS (Elizabeth’s Percentage System) Updated; seamless yoke-style garments, detailing all necessary techniques and some variations. Please read one of Elizabeth’s five books prior to camp. Q&A. 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch 1:15 pm – 3:00 pm Campers’ Show & Tell Evening Classroom is open and individual assistance is available. Saturday, July 8 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Norwegian Dropped-Shoulder garments, “steeks,” cutting armholes and cardigans and color-pattern knitting techniques. Q&A. 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Campers’ Show & Tell 3:00ish Market Afternoon - Each year area artisans bring handspun and hand-dyed wools and supplies for sale. Knitting campers are also invited to bring their knitting related wares. Evening Classroom is open and individual assistance is available. Sunday, July 9 9:00 am – 12:15 pm Garter Stitch designs, I-Cord in all its guises and ramifications. 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch 1:15 pm – 3:00 pm Campers’ Show & Tell Evening Classroom is open and individual assistance is available. Monday, July 10 8:30-9:30 am Farewell Brunch *optional (Hotel Check Out: 11 AM) If you do not see a general topic on the schedule that encompasses a subJect you wish to pursue during Camp, we count on you to ask plenty of questions during the session, or write to Meg in advance ([email protected]). This is your Camp and we want to make sure that you are able to extract the information you seek. cont’d on page 3 Materials & Swatch : Schoolhouse Press sets up a market room during camp where you can purchase wool, needles, patterns, books, and other tools; however, you are welcome to bring your own knitting supplies, and you will need to have a swatch started on which you may practice techniques. You will have your choice from among a number of small proJect handouts to knit from during camp. The purpose of each design is to employ techniques that may be new to you. An assortment of caps, hats, tams, mittens, and mini sweaters will provide opportunities for increasing, decreasing, color-pattern knitting, circular knitting, using double-pointed needles, steeks, knitting back-backward, stitching-&- cutting, weaving and I-Cord. Optional Homework Note : If you would like to knit a mini seamless yoke, or a mini stitch-&-cut Norwegian style sweater for your proJect (not required) and want a head start, please download the advance handouts for Camp 1 at http://www.schoolhousepress.com/camper-info • Wool/Needles : You will need 4 to 8 oz of medium-weight wool in 2 or more colors (to knit up at approx 5 sts to 1”), a 16 ” circular needle, and a set of d.p. needles to knit the proJects. • Swatch : Also bring along a knitted swatch (flat or circular) on needles to experiment with techniques as Meg demonstrates them. A swatch of a couple of inches should be sufficient. • Tools : Don’t forget to bring your favorite knitting tools. As we mentioned above, we will have a full range of supplies available for you to purchase at Camp if you are traveling light. • Show & Tell: please bring an item such as a completed garment of which you are most proud, or a disaster from which you can warn the rest of us…or maybe an item in progress about which you need advice. Though there is time to show only one or two garments, we encourage you to bring and wear other items you’ve knit as a way to informally show those as well. (Show and Tell is optional.) • Name Tag: please knit (or otherwise create) a name tag to wear each day during camp. It’s a helpful tool in getting to know one another. We’ll see you in July! Meg Amy & Heather: Knitting Camp Teaching Assistants Eleanor, Tami, Michelle & Cully: Schoolhouse Press Staff/Camp Administration .
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