Limited to ten
participants
Plan to come both days, 10 a.m.-noon
Learn how to translate imagery into knitted stitches. Techniques covered include
simplifying imagery without losing important detail, drawing on graph paper, how
to read a graph, working with bobbins, intarsia, fair-isle and duplicate
stitching.
Supplies needed:
For Day 1: Image to be knitted (your own drawing or found imagery), tracing
paper, knitter’s graph paper
(can be downloaded online; just search “Knitter’s graph paper”), colored
pencils.
For Day 2: Colored yarns, bobbins (sized appropriately for your yarn),
appropriate needle sizes, one large-eye yarn needle, and your completed chart
from Day 1. A great way to use up small ends from your existing stash.
Cost: $40/Maine Fiberarts members, $75/nonmembers.
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Bamboo is the
latest eco-fiber; soft, lustrous and available in many colors. Design and knit a
scarf to learn how to work with this versatile fiber. Students must know the
basics of knitting, how to cast-on, knit and purl stitches and how to cast off
Ages 8 and up • Wed & Thurs: 8/4, 8/5 from 9:30am-12pm • 5 hours in the
PENINSULA SCHOOL ART ROOM
http://www.youngerknits.com/ for images of the teacher's work
Cost: $75.00
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Treat yourself to two days of knitting and meditation practice in the quiet and luxurious setting of Kismet Inn, located in the heart of historic Bath. Rebekah will lead participants through a series of mindfulness exercises to quiet the mind and heighten awareness to enhance your experience of knitting and the richness of the world around you. Using the repetitive motions of knitting one can enter a meditative state of awareness, returning again and again to the sensations of executing the stitch. She will discuss how you can bring this awareness into your selection of fiber, color and garment shape incorporating your perceptions of the world around you into your knitting practice. Side trips to Halcyon Yarns, Younger Knits Studio and Maine Fiberarts to visit a few of the many fiber resources in midcoast Maine will be part of the weekend. Then return to Kismet Inn for a gourmet organic dinner and curl up by the fire to knit into the evening with other knitting enthusiasts.
Rebekah Younger has been designing fine art knitwear for over 30 years. Her Younger Knits line of clothing is sold nationwide in fine craft galleries and art to wear boutiques, along with fine craft fairs such as the American Craft Council shows in Baltimore and San Francisco. To see her current line of garments, visit www.youngerknits.com
Rebekah is also an experienced meditator combining meditative practices with her art practice and instruction.
For more details on the retreat go to the Kismet Inn website.