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Friday night:
If you are staying at Harmony Hill
overnight, please check in between 4 – 6 pm. A
dinner of soup, bread, dessert and beverages
will be served at 6 pm. The activity for Friday
night is a “knit-in”, show and tell and sharing
favorite knitting stories. So bring your best
knitting story, be it triumph, or disaster and
how you solved it. We will vote on the best
knitting tale and a prize will be awarded.
Day knitters have
the option of adding the Friday night dinner to
their package.
Saturday:
We start with a continental breakfast
8:30 am. Workshop will begin at 9:30.
Workshop
WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR STASH
We all have one.
Some collections are small or at least
reasonably sized and then they go all the way to
out-of-control. So what do we do? This workshop
is designed to help you organize, store, and use
your stash. Together, we will spark your
creativity with talk of technique, color,
patterns and some surprise topics. The goal is
to de-stash and get rid of the guilt!
Bring an
assortment of needles, accessory pack and a
small variety of yarns from your stash to use or
to swap.
Lunch will be
provided at noon and the workshop will continue
through the afternoon until 4pm.
Refreshments of
snacks, water, soda etc will be furnished
throughout the day.
Door prizes will
be awarded after lunch.
Overnight package
is $135 and the day knitter package is $60 for
Saturday, with Friday night optional at $10
additional.
For
registration form - click here
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Spinning
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Beginning Wheel
Spinning Workshop
Saturday, November 14, 9 am - 4
pm
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Mary
$65
some rental wheels available
materials included |
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Learn the basics of wheel spinning -
wheel adjustment, how to handle fibers and understand
their differences, spinning a singles yarn and plying.
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Weaving
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Rigid Heddle Weaving
December 9 & 10, Wednesday & Thursday
2 days, 9 am - 3 pm
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Deborah
$110
includes use of studio loom
materials extra
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A great introduction to weaving. You learn the
basic warping and weaving techniques using a simple,
small, portable loom. Weaving is a great way to use up those
odd balls in your stash, plus it's much faster than
knitting. Skills learned in this class are a good
foundation for the four shaft class.
Includes use of loom in class.
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Four Shaft Weaving
Tuesday - Friday, October 27 - 30
4 days
10 - 4 pm
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Deborah
$220
includes use of studio loom
materials extra
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Class is designed to be an intensive,
comprehensive learning experience that takes you
through the entire process of weaving. You
will design, calculate your yarn needs, dress the loom,
weave and finish at least two projects during
the workshop.
Includes use of loom in class.
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Inkle Weaving
Cancelled
2 days
1 - 4 pm |
Deborah
$65
use of
loom included
materials extra |
Inkle weaving is a simple technique to create
woven bands, suitable for belts, straps and
ties. You will create narrow bands in
festive colors and sparkling yarns for holiday
bookmarks.
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Drafting for Weaving: the Basics
Thursday, October 15 & 22
2 weeks
6 - 8 pm
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Deborah
$35
includes handout |
Learning how to read and write drafts
will unlock the knowledge of woven structures.
These drafts
have been written down in a form of shorthand for
centuries. Once you understand drafting, it will
open the door to countless patterns. You will be
working with graph paper and pencil, but we will also
discuss computer technology and how it can speed
up the process.
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Analyzing the Fabric to find the Draft
Thursday, October 29
1 week
6 - 8 pm
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Deborah
$20
includes handout and
hand woven swatches |
Once
you understand drafting, you can take a fabric
swatch, analyze it row by row and determine how
to reproduce it. We will take a hand woven
swatch, and in the step-by-step deconstruction
of it, find
the instructions it holds.
Pre-Requisite: Drafting for Weaving
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Warping Workshop, Front to Back
TBD
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Deborah
$50
materials included |
This is a step-by-step
class on how to calculate, wind the warp and
dress the loom and is intended as a
refresher.
The front to back method is suitable for short
warps, requires less equipment and is easy for beginners.
This is now a hands on class. You will
actually put on a short warp and weave a swatch.
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Knitting
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Beginning Knitting I
Saturday, Sept 12, 19, 26, & Oct 3
4 weeks
10 am - Noon |
Joani
$50
materials extra
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Class covers the basics of knitting.
It includes several ways to cast on, knit stitch, purl
stitch,
combining stitches, increasing, decreasing, and
bind off. You will also learn about gauge, fixing
simple
mistakes, yarn information and reading a simple pattern.
This class will get you started
with a sampler of
techniques.
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Beginning Knitting II
(previously Intermediate Knitting)
Saturday, October 10, 17, 24 & 31
4 weeks
10 am - Noon |
Joani
$50
materials extra
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Once you have mastered the basics,
this class will take you to the next level. You
will learn to
knit in the round on circular and double
pointed needles, blocking, seaming, and I-cord.
Yarn from Level I may be used to continue with Level II.
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Beginning Socks
Saturday, October 10, 17 & 24
3 weeks
Noon - 2 pm
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Joani
$40
materials extra
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This is a beginning boot sock class
on double pointed needles. A traditional sock and
a good way
to understand the basics of knitting socks.
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Other |
Beginning Punch Needle
Embroidery
Tuesday, September 15
6 - 8 pm or
Monday, October 12
6 - 8 pm |
Deborah
$60
includes tools & materials |
Punch Needle embroidery is a fun
and easy technique that creates a textured
looped surface. You will start a
pre-printed design in class and be able to
complete it at home. Everything you need -
tools, pattern and threads are included.
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Christmas Punch Needle
Tuesday, November 10 6 - 8 pm
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Deborah
$30
includes patterns & thread
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The focus of this class is a
quartet of Christmas designs suitable for
ornaments or package decorations. We will also
add beads and texture to the punch needle
stitches. Tools not included.
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Private lesson
To be scheduled with instructor as needed
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$25/hr |
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Other classes can be scheduled if there are a
minimum of 2 students. If you are
interested in a class that is not listed or a
different time is needed, please call and we may
be able to meet your needs. |
