Join Live Online Chats with Some of Fiber's Most Exciting Creators
Meet the very people who inspire us and enjoy the chance to know them better. In collaboration with several other yarn shops, Bella Filati will be taking part in one-hour Zoom meetings with a host of well-known designers and makers.
While this isn’t a traditional class, it will be well worth your while to tune in!
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Anna Hrachovec
Apr 30 - 1pm EST
Come and visit Mochimochi Land!
Play is essential to creativity and problem solving, and knitting toys is so much more than kid stuff! Join Anna Hrachovec of Mochimochi Land as she brings you on a tour of her playful knitted world—a world that started with gifts for friends and has evolved into art installations, children’s books, and even a forthcoming television show. Anna will share how she takes an idea from sketch to finished creature in a matter of hours, along with her top tips for toy knitting. Plus, she’ll leave you with inspiration and ideas for making your wooly friends come to life using stop-motion animation.
This is a live Zoom Event on Sunday, April 30th at 1:00pm Eastern, 12:00pm Central, 11:00am Mountain, 10:00am Pacific
THIS CHAT WILL BE RECORDED
Aimée Gille
May 7 - 1pm EST
Neons & Neutrals with Aimée Gille
Aimee will take us on a tour of her second book, Neons & Neutrals, A Knitwear Collection Curated by Aimée Gille of La Bien Aimée. This eclectic collection features 16 patterns by 16 talented designers, including Brandi Cheyenne Harper, Inese Sang, Layla Yang, Julia Wilkens, and more... This book is a reflection of Aimée’s desire to showcase talented people in the community through collaboration. She will present each design individually and talk about the different designers and their inspirations. Aimée will also talk about the varied yarn producers and dyers she selected for this project. She will share how her former days as a yarn shop owner, and the joy she experienced knitting other people’s patterns with other people’s yarns, inspired her to create a book all about combining yarns across bases and brands.
This is a live Zoom Event on Sunday, May 7th at 1:00pm Eastern, 12:00pm Central, 11:00am Mountain, 10:00am Pacific, 7:00pm CEST
THIS CHAT WILL BE RECORDED
Ann Budd
May 21 -1pm EST
Adjusting for a Different Gauge!
What do you do when you absolutely cannot match the gauge specified in a pattern? In this one-hour online class, Ann Budd will guide you through adjusting a pattern to work for *your* gauge. Sometimes this means adjusting the numbers in the pattern and sometimes it means simply following the instructions for a different size. It’s all a matter of simple math and ratios that Ann will demystify. A handout of how to use a conversion factor will be provided.
This is a live Zoom Event on Sunday, May 21st at 1:00pm Eastern, 12:00pm Central, 11:00am Mountain, 10:00am Pacific
THIS CHAT WILL BE RECORDED