Just arrived are 6 bolts from Heather Bailey’s Pop Garden collection-they are outstanding. Here’s one to tease you…
Anna Marie Horner’s Drawing Board is also an awesome collection, Sketchbook is here and it is breathtaking–don’t you agree??
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Monthly Archive for September, 2008
(FYI — knitmap.com is a great resource when you’re traveling and want to add to your stash out of state!)
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Shannon’s teaching at Felt School next week but get ready for more felty goodness this fall in the shop, too. Is there anything in particular you’d like to see first? Wet felting? Needlefelting? You name it, we can do it! Shannon’s new felted hat pattern Reboux is getting great reviews on Ravelry and has already been featured on CRAFT mag’s blog (here). What do you say? Shall we do a Reboux class? Before you know it the snow will be here! (boo!)
(As for the post title, I guess referencing Klingon proverbs really means you’re a geek, eh? Guilty as charged).
Last Saturday’s dye class was brilliant — pun intended — as you can see from student Darcy‘s end products above. (For more, check out her yarn photos on Flickr). The sun didn’t come out and scorch us until after we were done applying the dye, the air was cool, it was just lovely.
There are still some spaces left in the Annie Modesitt and upcoming surface design classes, so register soon. Also, in response to the number of online wheel sales we’ve been doing, we’ve posted some of the available ones on our Etsy shop. If you’re in the market for a wheel, let Shannon know (she’s currently selling her Ashford Elizabeth 2, as well as new Louets) and she can help you find the wheel of your dreams! They aren’t all posted online. Ditto with spinning supplies and fiber.
Tonight’s workshop still has a few available spots.
Jenny Barnett Rohrs is teaching a series of surface design classes here at Stitch Cleveland in September. Details from her recent blog post:
I’ll be offering a class on stamping on fabric, first. We’ll cover ink pads, acrylic paints, and even color lifting using stamps. (I may even through in a crash course on Angelina fibers, too, just because they are so much fun to stamp on….) The next class will be foiling and paintstiks, and we’ll cover stencilling, painting, and rubbings, and stamping with those two mediums. (Participants will get to take home a set of 3 mini paintsticks to keep on playing with. How cool is that?) The third class will feature projects using our altered fabric – coffee cuffs, magic card cases, and ATCs [ed. artist trading cards] or postcards.
Sign up ASAP, because class size is limited!
Stamping: September 10, evening workshop 6:30-9:00 p.m. all supplies are included.
Foiling & paintsticks: September 24, morning workshop 10am- noon, or evening workshop 6:30-9:00 p.m.
$45 each 2-1/2 hour hands on workshop, includes supplies
Great news, knitters! Stitch Cleveland and River Colors Studio are happy to announce that we’ll be hosting three classes with nationally-known designer, teacher and author Annie Modesitt this month!
Combination Knitting — what Annie’s perhaps best known for (check out her book Confessions of a Knitting Heretic!) — is an amazing combination of Western (German/English/American) style knitting with Eastern knitting (practiced in Asia, Africa, South America and Islamic countries). She says:
I find that this method of knitting is easier and quicker, creates a nicer tension with less “rowing out” and is much easier on the hands (less wrist strain.) If this method is different than how you’ve been taught, give it a try and you may discover a new love of knitting blooming! If you’re a first time knitter — enjoy! This method also creates an incredibly even stitch — my knitting is frequently compared to machine knitting for its regular tension and even stitching.
In the Universal Mitered Bag class, you’ll learn the basics of Mitered — or Domino — knitting and ways to visualize mitered patterns through charts. You’ll also begin The Universal Mitered Bag, which can be completed at your own pace after the class.
On a personal note — I think Annie’s Universal Mitered Bag looks GORGEOUS in Malabrigo, and Erika just got in a huge shipment at River Colors. It would also look pretty rocking in one of my handpainted yarns…
Class times and prices
Combination knitting: Wednesday 17 September, 6-9 p.m.
Combination knitting: Thursday 18 September, noon-3:00 p.m.
Universal Mitered Bag: Thursday 18 September, 6-9 p.m.
All classes are $45. Bag class includes Universal Mitered Bag pattern.
Sign up by clicking one or more of the below buttons and reserve your place now — Annie’s classes sell out nationwide, and we’re so lucky to have her with us!
Combination Knitting Wednesday
Combination Knitting Thursday
Universal Mitered Bag
Tonight’s workshop has a few spots still available..
Jenny Barnett Rohrs is teaching a series of surface design classes here at Stitch Cleveland in September. Details from her recent blog post:
I’ll be offering a class on stamping on fabric, first. We’ll cover ink pads, acrylic paints, and even color lifting using stamps. (I may even through in a crash course on Angelina fibers, too, just because they are so much fun to stamp on….) The next class will be foiling and paintstiks, and we’ll cover stencilling, painting, and rubbings, and stamping with those two mediums. (Participants will get to take home a set of 3 mini paintsticks to keep on playing with. How cool is that?) The third class will feature projects using our altered fabric – coffee cuffs, magic card cases, and ATCs [ed. artist trading cards] or postcards.
Sign up ASAP, because class size is limited!
Stamping: September 10, evening workshop 6:30-9:00 p.m. all supplies are included.
Foiling & paintsticks: September 24, morning workshop 10am- noon, or evening workshop 6:30-9:00 p.m.
$45 each 2-1/2 hour hands on workshop, includes supplies
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