Come join the fun this weekend in Pawtucket Rhode Island at the Historic Slater Mill, our nation’s first water-powered spinning mill.
Friday, January 22, 2010 , 6 PM A wine & cheese reception, Berroco Trunk Show and presentation by Moi… I am terrified! Be kind.
Saturday, January 23rd and Sunday, January 24th Classes and a Mini Market Place
Pajama Party on Saturday night!
The line-up:
Finishing Techniques
Instructor: Cirilia Rose
Saturday, 10-12:30 Fee $45
Most knitters dread having to sew their projects together because they just haven’t been shown the methods that will give their creations polish. Learn the finishing techniques to create a professional quality garment from a member of the Berroco design team.
Knitted Carpet Bags
Instructor: Rose Ann Hunter
Saturday, 10-12:30 or Sunday, 1:30-4 Fee $45
Only basic stitches used. Make yourself a unique handbag. Learn to knit with fabric itself. Use leftover fabrics, and unused clothes and recycle them into a useful and one of a kind bag. Also taught in this class is the confetti bag. This is made with a worsted weight yarn, and you knit your fabric strips right into the framework of your knitting to create a plush and decorative handbag. For both bags you will learn different ways to make a handle, one is which is a simple hand sewn center shirred fabric. This is a techniques class. You will come out with swatches and enough skills to make a bag.
Designing Knitted Heirloom Rugs
Instructor: Rose Ann Hunter
Saturday, 1:30-4 or Sunday, 10-12:30 Fee $45
All knitted rugs are formed by assembling strips, blocks and wedges. Learn to construct various shapes with simple knitting such as coiled, corded, washboards, ovals and heart shaped. All techniques are adapted from the early 1800’s and brought to present day. While you are listening to a short lecture on heirloom rugs, start working on a project that will combine knitting with a hand sewn process using old wool fabric to make a small mat. You will want to go home and recycle your old worn clothing into heirloom rugs!
Stranded Color Work Hat Sampler
Instructor: Mary Jane Mucklestone
Saturday, 10-4 Fee $115 YARN INCLUDED
Design your own fair isle hat. Using a hat as our sample, we learn to chart and place motifs, and explore color choices while creating our own design.
It’ll be a blast!
Looks like fun classes … but no where near you 🙁 Wish I could.
I’ll be there, and I’m taking your class – can’t wait!
Can i just like blow up this picture, frame it and put it on my desk to stare at it all day?! Do we get to see a picture of the whole sweater next? (Pretty please!)
what fun! And what a gorgeous piece of knitting. What IS that??
This sounds like a fabulous weekend. Have fun.