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• Mastering Mosaic Knitting

  • When
    22 Jun 2024
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    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Where: Interpretive Center, Historic Johnson Farm
  • Spaces left
    9

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  Mastering Mosaic Knitting

  1 day workshop with Charles Gandy

   Mosaic knitting is an easy and fascinating way to do two-color work without stranding. In this fun filled workshop we will learn how to read mosaic charts and make them come to life. We will discuss when to slip and when to knit or purl. If you like simple work that looks complicated but is so much fun to work, than this is the class for you.

  Please bring the following:

  • At least 50 yards neutral WORSTED weight yarn.  (white!?)
  • At least 50 yards of a HIGHLY contrasting color yarn   (black!?)
  • Appropriate Needles :  Size 6, 7, or 8  
  • Tapestry needle
  • Scissors
  • Tape measure
  • Row counter
  • Stitch markers
  • Notebook

  We will use the suggested supplies to make small swatches and study the technique.  IF folks would like to begin the scarf they should bring two skeins of highly contrasting colors. Charles used a nice Alpaca blend to make the sample in the photo.

  
  

  CHARLES D. GANDY, a TKGA Master Knitter, learned to knit at the age of four from his mother, a designer and shop owner. He is a popular teacher at workshops and conferences worldwide.

  A two-time winner in Knitter's Magazine "Think Outside the Sox" contest, three of his designs are featured in the book of the same name. His book, The Embellished Sock: Knitted Art for the Foot" features eighteen creative patterns and numerous techniques and is available in yarn shops worldwide, and in our guild library.

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• Crimp and Create

  • Start
    1 Nov 2024
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  • End
    3 Nov 2024
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Where: Interpretive Center, Historic Johnson Farm
  • Spaces left
    19

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  Crimp and Create
  

  3-day workshop with Diane Totten

   This is an on-loom workshop taking fiber in a new direction by creating “crimp cloth.”  Learn to create fabric with permanently crimped designs that hold their memory even when washed. Apply this stash-busting technique to any threading and learn the thought process that will lead to endless possibilities for creating magic cloth. Participants will draft, weave, and crimp their samples in class.  Learn how the fabric can be used for one-size-fits-all garments that flatter any figure, scarves and shawls that won’t slide off your shoulders, and knit-look ribbing for a sweater or jacket collar.  Garment design and sewing tips are included. Advanced beginner and beyond.

   

  About Dianne Totten: One-of-a-kind handwoven garments have been Dianne Totten’s main focus with emphasis on garments using “crimp cloth,” a technique she developed and teaches nationally/internationally for guilds and conferences. Dianne has been a weaver and workshop junkie for over 40 years and a teacher for twenty-five. Her award-winning work has appeared nationally and internationally. She teaches at John C. Campbell Folk School in NC and for guilds and regional conferences in the US and Canada, and at Convergence. She has two crimp cloth DVD’s available and has been published in SS& D, Handwoven, Weavers, Complex Weavers Journal, and Vävmagasinet, as well as Catherine Ellis’ book, Woven Shibori, Revised and Updated, IP, 2016.

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