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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Bristol Ivy
Nov 20 - 1pm EST
Pi Shawls - not a mystery!
Elizabeth Zimmerman made Pi shawls famous in the 1980s, and they’ve been a staple of knitters’ wardrobes and project bags ever since. But did you know you can take the concept of a pi shawl for a joyride? In this talk, Bristol Ivy will break down the simple math behind pi shawls. We’ll talk about how we can use that math to explore different shapes, stitches, and even directions of knitting to create a pi shawl truly our own! This will be a fantastic Chat, with Bristol math is never scary and really fun!
This is a live Zoom Event on Sunday, November 20th at 1:00pm Eastern, 12:00pm Central, 11:00am Mountain, 10:00am Pacific
THIS CHAT WILL BE RECORDED
Your ZOOM Link will be sent the evening before and about 1 hour before the event. Check your spam filter if you do not see it.
Christine LeGrow & Shirley Anne Scott
Dec 4 - 1pm EST
Saltwater Knitting
Shirley and Christine take you on a virtual knitting tour of their island home, as seen through their award-winning books. Newfoundland’s extreme weather has influenced its traditional knits for centuries. In Saltwater Mittens they introduce you to the iconic Trigger Mitt and share tips on completing this essential cold weather wear. Next, from Saltwater Classics and Saltwater Gifts, you gain insight on why traditional knits were necessary for the survival of European settlers. As time passed a distinct culture evolved, and caps and mittens evolved too. Shirley and Christine highlight the heartwarming Hello Goodbye Mittens, every hunter’s favorite Moose Cap and the importance of Soldiers Socks. They complete their Newfoundland knitting tour through the newly released book, Saltwater Socks.
This is a live Zoom Event on Sunday, December 4th at 1:00pm Eastern, 12:00pm Central, 11:00am Mountain, 10:00am Pacific
THIS CHAT WILL BE RECORDED
Åsa Tricosa
Dec 11 -1pm EST
Ziggurats!
Åsa will share her passion for the Ziggurat way of knitting sweaters. She will tempt you to adopt Ziggurating as one splendid way to seamless, well-fitting, tailored garments with absolutely minimal weaving in of ends. Indeed, if you were to knit from a huge skein with yardage enough for a whole sweater, you would have precisely 6 ends to weave in at the end. True fact!
Åsa will point you to the sign posts that let you navigate through any Ziggurat pattern – for example, all increases are colour coded in the same way in every (every) Ziggurat.
There will be opinionated views on how to choose your size correctly, a celebration of the rear (it deserves both attention and room to live), you may be told that a pattern is just a suggestion – that off-piste knitting is not only tolerated but positively encouraged. You will also learn a little about the finer details that add both finesse and pizazz to the quite classic shapes and stitch patterns Åsa likes.
This is a live Zoom Event on Sunday, December 11th at 1:00pm Eastern, 12:00pm Central, 11:00am Mountain, 10:00am Pacific, 7:00pm CET
THIS CHAT WILL BE RECORDED