Sweater Basics – full day - Class Canceled
Friday October 16th, 2009
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Cost: $150
Class Size: 14 Students
Instructor: Carol Wood
From Scarves to Sweaters, or Every Member of My Family Already Has a Scarf and I Haven't Run Out of Yarn So Now What Do I Do? Covering choice of a sweater pattern, appropriate yarn, and working from a pattern. Pattern abbreviations will be explained and worked on a series of sample swatches. Assistance with specific patterns may be incorporated if desired.
Materials: Worsted or DK weight yarn in a light color and appropriate straight or circular needles for medium tension (6’s or 7’s); avoid dark, textured and slippery yarns. Tool kit*
*Tool Kit:
Tool kit should include scissors, tapestry needle, cable needle, stitch gauge, tape measure, stitch markers, variety of crochet hooks, notepad or paper & pencil, coil-less safety pins, additional yarn for marking rows or holding stitches. Optional: knitting reference book.
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Edges & Borders – full day
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I-cord & mosaic stitch, indigo/natural
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Saturday October 17, 2009
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Cost: $150
Class Size: 14 Students
Instructor: Carol Wood
This class will be a full day of curl-blasting and decorative techniques: parallel and perpendicular edges, I-cord and its potential (homage to Elizabeth Zimmerman), corrugated ribbing, hems & facings, Kitchener BO on a ribbed edge, picot and other cast-ons/bind-offs, and how to deal with curved edges. We'll look at how pattern designers describe these techniques and how to modify a pattern by changing or adding a different edge.
Materials: Worsted or DK weight yarn and appropriate straight or circular needles for medium tension and two sizes smaller, double-pointed needles in the same sizes, stitch dictionary. Homework will be assigned prior to class.
Ribbed, cabled & seed stitch borders, 3-ply worsted handspun |
Folded hem with duplicate stitching, natural dyes |
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Saturday October 17, 2009
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Cost: $95
Class Size: 10
Instructor: Debbie MacCrea
They say you'll never find the end of the rainbow. That's fine with me... I'm making my own. In this half-day class, you will be introduced to the magic of natural dyeing. Beginning with good essential techniques in fiber preparation, mordant and dye application and safety considerations, we will brew several baths to show the great variety of colors possible with natural materials. A brief handout will provide the basics and, if this demo/lecture doesn't satisfy your hunger for color, consider topping it off with a dip into the indigo vat (see Sunday's workshop) for a hands-on experience. Years of samples plus hand-dyed projects will show the versatility of natural dyes.
Sunday October 18, 2009
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Cost: $200
Class Size: 20
Instructors: Carol Wood & Debbie MacCrea
Dyeing with natural indigo is a process and magic in its own class. The rich blues of history and colors layered with blue (greens in particular) are possible using indigo; this class will cover indigo and top-dyeing, and basic resist methods will be demonstrated as well. Gain hands-on experience with the processes of dyeing on wool and silk. Each student will take home samples of each color, complete instructions/recipes, a reference list and list of suppliers.
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Combined, Debbie & Carol have almost 50 years hands-on experience with natural dyeing. They have taught dye workshops for the Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association, Weavers Guild of Buffalo, Finger Lakes Fiber Festival, Enchanted Mountain Weavers Guild, Allegany Arts Association, Alfred University, and Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (Santa Maria, CA), among others.
Debbie is a weaver, knitter & gardener. She cultivates many of the dye plants used in the workshops and brings a breadth of experience in historical costuming to the dye process. Carols knitwear designs make extensive use of hand-dyed yarns and she teaches workshops in knitting design and techniques. Their hand-dyed fibers (yarns & fabric) are sold through various retail outlets.
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