Get down to the "knitty gritty" at k2TOG—a
day just for knitters! Shorthand for “knit two together,” k2TOG
is one-day event designed to bring together knitters of all interests
and abilities with activists, authors, artists and enthusiasts for a
variety of knitting workshops and activities. Sign up for a full day of
activities
or
for
individual workshops.
Materials lists are included for each workshop. Some yarn may be
provided, but knitters are encouraged to bring the brands of yarn they
prefer.
k2TOG: Full Day Full
Day registration for k2TOG includes: •Your
choice of three workshops •The Lecture/Luncheon •Museum Admission Mem: $70 • NonMem: $90
ANIMALS! ANIMALS
Instructor: Susan Borke
Ability level: all levels
Knitting stuffed animals is a great small project for traveling and a
terrific gift for the kids in your life. In this 90 minute seminar you
will start an easy “origami rabbit” and learn about other animal
pattern resources in books and on the web. You will take away yarn, the
pattern for the project and a bibliography of animal pattern sources.
Depending on your expertise and speed as a knitter, you may even take
away a finished bunny!
1 class
Saturday, November 4
10:00am – 11:30am Mem: $20 • NonMem: $25
Materials required:
1 set of US 8 needles
1 skein of Lion Brand Fun Fur (or equivalent)
It might be fun to have some different “bunny” colors such as white,
brown, gray, variegated browns or grays – even Easter colors (pink, purple,
yellow) to make knitted bunny “peeps”
It would be helpful to have some stuffing material and a few tapestry needles
in the event fast knitters are ready to stuff and assemble their projects.
Susan Borke is an enthusiastic
self-taught knitter who has been slowly working her way through
projects large and small over the last few years. Having caught the
knitting "bug" through knitting stuffed animals, she is excited about
the opportunity to participate in K2TOG. When not knitting, Susan is an
attorney for the National Geographic Society.
LOVELY IN LACE
Instructor: Kimberly O’Keefe
Ability level: all levels
Learn to knit a ‘Seaman’s’ style scarf using lace techniques.
A Seaman’s scarf is narrow around the neck with two short tails— the
perfect design for fitting under form fitting winter coats without
bunching up!
You will need to know how to knit, purl and cast on using the ‘Long
Tail’ method
or something similar. This workshop will get you started and you can
finish with “homework” later.
1 class
Saturday, November 4
10:00am – 11:30am Mem: $20 • NonMem: $25
Materials required:
1 set of size 6 to 8 needles (it doesn’t matter if they are straight or
circular)
2 skeins or a minimum of 800 yards of SPORT WEIGHT WOOL
Stitch Markers – the round ones that slip onto the needles
Tapestry needle
Kimberly O’Keefe has been knitting
since she was a child and has been teaching locally for several years. _______________________________________________________________________________
KNIT YOURSELF
A GARDEN
Instructor: Adrienne Sloane
Ability level: all levels
Always wondered what to do with all those leftover balls of yarn? Knit
yourself
a garden. Come and learn techniques to make a variety of flowers and
leaves that
you can use to decorate sweaters, hats, and other items. Bring yarns
and appropriate
size needles to class and let’s do some botanical knitting together.
Participants should bring a
selection of yarns in different colors that they would like to use for
flowers and also yarns to share. They should also bring several sizes
of knitting needles appropriate for the weight yarns they have,
probably in the 6-9 range as well as whatever other tools they
regularly use for knitting including crochet hooks.
1 class
Saturday, November 4
10:00am – 11:30am Mem: $20 • NonMem: $25
Adrienne Sloane is a self taught
fiber artist who has exhibited her wearable art and fiber sculpture
nationally for over 17 years. She currently works and teaches in the
Boston area where she is involved in a new body of work using
traditional fiber techniques in yet more exploratory ways.
ANIMALS, ANIMALS!
Instructor: Susan Borke
Ability level: all levels
Knitting stuffed animals is a great small project for traveling and a
terrific gift for the kids in your life. In this 90 minute seminar you
will start an easy “origami rabbit” and learn about other animal
pattern resources in books and on the web. You will take away yarn, the
pattern for the project and a bibliography of animal pattern sources.
Depending on your expertise and speed as a knitter, you may even take
away a finished bunny!
1 class
Saturday, November 4
1:30pm – 3:00pm Mem: $20 • NonMem: $25
Materials required:
1 set of US 8 needles
1 skein of Lion Brand Fun Fur (or equivalent)
It might be fun to have some different “bunny” colors such as white,
brown, gray, variegated browns or grays – even Easter colors (pink, purple,
yellow) to make knitted bunny “peeps”
It would be helpful to have some stuffing material and a few tapestry needles
in the event fast knitters are ready to stuff and assemble their projects.
Susan Borke is an enthusiastic
self-taught knitter who has been slowly working her way through
projects large and small over the last few years. Having caught the
knitting "bug" through knitting stuffed animals, she is excited about
the opportunity to participate in the K2TOG. When not knitting, Susan
is an attorney for the National Geographic Society.
_______________________________________________________________________________ ALL NATURAL DYE JOBS
Instructor: Rhonda Fazio
Ability level: all levels
Keep it “green” in all colors of the rainbow by using natural dyes you
can grow in your backyard or on your porch. Fiber artist Rhonda Fazio
will demonstrate easy techniques for “dye-hard” knitters as she
provides an art history lesson on the use of natural materials. Each
participant will receive a sample skein of yarn to bring home and knit.
1 class
Saturday, November 4
1:30pm – 3:00pm Mem: $20 • NonMem: $25
Materials fee: $15 payable at class The materials fee of $15 covers the
cost of materials the instructor will be providing, and so should be paid
directly to the instructor at the workshop by cash or check.
Materials required:
Apron or protective clothing (such as an overshirt)
Dish gloves
Rhonda Fazio is a fiber artist and
teacher who honors the techniques of indigenous cultures as an
intrinsic element to her own creative process. Her hand designed fibers
utilize environmentally friendly techniques, making use of naturally
occurring dyes often found in our own backyards.
DISCOVERING THE FABRIC OF YOUR CREATIVITY
Instructors: Wren Ross and Daena Giardella
Ability level: all levels
Do you have unfinished creative projects tucked away in your closet,
notebooks and mind? Find the support and inspiration you need to get
into the flow of your creative process! Come to an author event for the
new book Changing Patterns: Discovering the Fabric of Your Creativity
by Daena Giardella and Wren Ross to get some inspiration for your
creative process! This special event will include a lively performance
and interactive discussion about the delights and dilemmas of
creativity. Daena and Wren offer many tools at the event and in the
book that help you develop a dynamic relationship to your creative
process and give you the foundation you need to keep your projects on
track. Daena will help you understand the psychological stages of the
creative process, learn to define your unique work cycles, and make
peace with your inner critic. Wren will explore knitting as a
meditative and creative art form. The authors will also read from their
book and sign copies.
1 class
Saturday, November 4
1:30pm – 3:00pm Mem: $20 • NonMem: $25
Daena Giardella is an actor, creativity coach and
motivational speaker who has inspired audiences and workshop
participants around the globe. Her innovative one-woman improvisational
theater performances have earned kudos in the USA and abroad for their
portrayals of the outrageous challenge of being human. She was featured
in “The Life Makeover Project” with Cheryl Richardson on Oxygen TV; and
she has appeared on numerous other TV and radio programs, including the
PBS series “Discovering Psychology.” www.daenagiardella.com
Wren Ross is an actor, singer,
teacher, writer and truly devoted knitwear designer. She combines her
two passions for singing and knitting by writing songs about fiber. Her
popular CD "Wren's Greatest Knits!" celebrates all the joys of working
with yarn. Her writings about knitting have been published in two
editions of Knit Lit as well as Interweave Knits magazine and the
prestigious Rowan Newsletter. She has designed knitwear for Classic
Elite Yarns, JCA (Artful Yarns), Himalaya Yarn, the Skacel Collection
and LaLana Wools. Wren has created many cabaret performances, and is
also an accomplished voice-over actor. Her workshops empower people to
find their authentic voice. www.wrenross.com ____________________________________________________________________ 3:30pm - 5:00pm
KNIT YOURSELF A GARDEN
Instructor: Adrienne Sloane
Ability level: all levels
Always wondered what to do with all those leftover balls of yarn? Knit
yourself
a garden. Come and learn techniques to make a variety of flowers and
leaves that
you can use to decorate sweaters, hats, and other items. Bring yarns
and appropriate
size needles to class and let’s do some botanical knitting together.
Participants should bring a
selection of yarns in different colors that they would like to use for
flowers and also yarns to share. They should also bring several sizes
of knitting needles appropriate for the weight yarns they have,
probably in the 6-9 range as well as whatever other tools they
regularly use for knitting including crochet hooks.
1 class
Saturday, November 4
3:30pm – 5:00pm Mem: $20 • NonMem: $25
Adrienne Sloane is a self taught
fiber artist who has exhibited her wearable art and fiber sculpture
nationally for over 17 years. She currently works and teaches in the
Boston area where she is involved in a new body of work using
traditional fiber techniques in yet more exploratory ways.
ALL NATURAL DYE JOBS
Instructor: Rhonda Fazio
Ability level: all levels
Keep it “green” in all colors of the rainbow by using natural dyes
you can grow in your backyard or on your porch. Fiber artist Rhonda
Fazio will
demonstrate easy techniques for “dye-hard” knitters as she provides
an art history lesson on the use of natural materials. Each participant
will
receive a sample skein of yarn to bring home and knit.
1 class
Saturday, November 4
3:30pm – 5:00pm Mem: $20 • NonMem: $25
Rhonda Fazio is a fiber artist and teacher who honors the techniques of
indigenous cultures as an intrinsic element to her own creative
process. Her hand designed fibers utilize environmentally friendly
techniques, making use of naturally occurring dyes often found in our
own backyards.
LOVELY IN LACE
Instructor: Kimberly O’Keefe
Ability level: all levels
Learn to knit a ‘Seaman’s’ style scarf using lace techniques.
A Seaman’s scarf is narrow around the neck with two short tails— the
perfect design for fitting under form fitting winter coats without
bunching up!
You will need to know how to knit, purl and cast on using the ‘Long
Tail’ method
or something similar. This workshop will get you started and you can
finish with “homework” later.
1 class
Saturday, November 4
3:30pm – 5:00pm Mem: $20 • NonMem: $25
Materials required:
1 set of size 6 to 8 needles (it doesn’t matter if they are straight or
circular)
2 skeins or a minimum of 800 yards of SPORT WEIGHT WOOL
Stitch Markers – the round ones that slip onto the needles
Tapestry needle
Kimberly O’Keefe has been knitting
since she was a child and has been teaching locally for several years. _______________________________________________________________________________
SINGING WITH EVERY FIBER
Instructor: Wren Ross
Ability level: all levels
Bring your latest project and knit along with the songs of Wren Ross.
Her CD “Greatest
Knits” features a collection of songs about knitting, set to familiar
melodies
that will have you humming along. Follow the lyrics to “76 Stitches”
and
you will finish with a hat. Or enjoy an empathetic chuckle as Wren
sings about
the frustrating experience of ripping out “Greensleeves.” Wren has
performed her songs at the Boston Knit Out among other knitting events
nationally.
CRAFTS
AND CONFLICT:
THE ROLE OF THE ARTISAN IN TIMES OF TROUBLE By Peter
Hagerty of Peace Fleece
Peace Fleece is a Maine yarn company with a mission of social change
and a commitment
to helping historic enemies cooperate and prosper through trade. Peter
Hagerty
and his wife, Marty Tracy, began purchasing wool from the Soviet Union
in 1985
in hopes that through trade they could help diffuse the threat of
nuclear war.
Since then they have worked with shepherds in Russia, Krygyzia, Israel,
the West
Bank, Montana, Ohio, Texas and Maine. Their mission for uniting people
through
crafts has taken them to many corners of the globe to work directly
with the
shepherds and artisans who provide Peace Fleece wool. Peter and Marty
believe
that promoting crafts in our hectic society is important, and that by
inspiring
people to work with their hands, that they can find more time to
discover their
own inner solutions for peace.
As part of his lecture, Peter
will share how creating and using handmade crafts can bring healing to
individuals and to communities. Audience members will be encouraged to
contribute stories on how they have been able to use their own craft to
make themselves stronger. www.peacefleece.com.
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