ROCHESTER KNITTING
GUILD 6th Annual
Spring Knitting Retreat
At Camp Stella Maris, Livonia, NY
March 11-13, 2016
Registration Form
and
Workshop Descriptions
Command Performance!
Dyeing with Holiday Yarns
ROCHESTER
KNITTING GUILD 6th
Annual
Spring Knitting Retreat
At Camp Stella Maris, Livonia, NY
March 11-13, 2016
Come Treat Yourself to a Spring Knitting Retreat
Stay in the beautiful
Wegman House
Scenes from the 2013 Retreat
A weekend of knitting fun.
Friday Evening:
•Show & Tell
Saturday Workshop Choices:
•Dyeing with Holiday Yarns
•Not So Scary Steeking
•Good Vibrations Shawl
•Stitch Exploration Fingerless Mitts
Saturday Evening:
•Swap and ?Mystery? Project
Depart Sunday afternoon
Weekend Retreat Fee Includes:
•Choice of 2 Saturday Workshops
•All Meals
•Overnight Accommodations
Additional Yarn or Material fees may apply
Good Vibrations Shawl
Pick up some new Tips ‘N Tricks
Stitch Exploration Fingerless Mitts
Can’t join us for the
entire weekend?
Saturday
Day Campers are
Reserve Your Spot Today!
Welcome Too!
Please select the desired workshop and enclose the completed form with a check payable to (9am-4pm)
the Rochester Knitting Guild for the minimum $50 Deposit Fee or Total Amount Due, and
mail to:
Nina Raqueno 5710 Old Orchard PT Livonia, NY 14487
Check here if you wish to
beconsidered for the Judy
Pratt Memorial Scholarship.
Your
chance to attend camp FREE!
Name: _____________________________________________
Phone:_____________________________________________
Email address: ______________________________________
( Confirmation, complete weekend schedule, & supply list will be sent by email. )
Knitting Weekend Fee ………… $ 175
Saturday Day Camper Only ….. $ 75
(Lunch & Snacks Included)
Weekend Fee(no workshops)……. $ 125
Total Included
$ ____________
(A minimum $50 deposit is due upon registration)
Remainder Due February 8th, 2015 $ ____________
Please select 2 workshops Morning/Afternoon:
___ Not So Scary Steeking (AM)
___ Stitch Exploration Fingerless Mitts (PM)
___ Good Vibration Shawl (PM)
___ Dyeing with Holiday Yarns (AM) or (PM)
Cancellations: Please remember that all cancellations are subject to a $15 fee, and NO cancellations are
accepted after February 28th, unless there is a wait list.
Questions? Contact Nina Raqueno by phone at (585) 281-3846 or by email at nina.raqueno@gmail.com.
EEEEK. STEEKS. (morning)
Jane Gibson
In this workshop we will explore the ever scaring prospect of cutting a knitted garment!
There are a variety of steeking techniques and in this workshop you will learn when to apply each
through a series of hands-on and demonstration activities.
Knitting Fair Isle patterns in the round can use steeks to create armholes or a cardigan
openings. This can be done using a sewing machine to stabilize the fabric before cutting. Or a
few stitches can be added while knitting the garment to prepare a place to steek later. This can be
the place to change colors for color work which will eliminate weaving in ends. And Edges can be
stabilized by crocheting a chain stitch up a knit column.
Reasons to steek:
Create arm holes in a knit tube
Create a cardigan from a tube
Maintain a pattern with self striping yarn / or fair isle
Knit two sleeves at once keeping pattern symmetrical
Remove or add a piece if garment too big/ or too small (use a contrasting color)
A small swatch will be required homework.
Good Vibrations SHAWL (afternoon)
Erin Kosich
This was the Knit-along project for the Greater Buffalo Knitting Guild this summer. I chose it as a
class option for two reasons: one, the project contained a technique or two that I had never seen
before and actually had me STUMPED until I got the hang of it, so I thought that would be a good
thing to present to a class, and two…many of us are going to be playing with Holiday Yarn’s great
hand-dyed sock yarns this weekend, and this is a GREAT project for combining one of her tonal
solids with one of her multicolors (or one of the yarns you may even dye YOURSELF this
weekend)! Fun with pattern AND color…hooray!
Supplies: 2 100 gram skeins of
sock-weight yarn in contrasting
colors (I used a solid and a
multicolor), a long circular
needle—size 4
Stitch Exploration Fingerless Mitts (afternoon)
Jane Gibson
In this workshop we will explore three different clever 2-color patterns that use only ONE color at a time.
Your practice stitch swatch can be completed in to a fingerless mitt.
Supplies:
Smooth, #4 (worsted-weight) yarn in two contrasting colors
US size 6, 7 or 8 dpns for knitting in the round
Dyeing with Jennifer from Holiday Yarns
(afternoon or morning option)
Bring yourself and your enthusiasm!
You will paint 2 skeins of FlockSock sock yarn (75% superwash merino/25% nylon, 4 ply)
any way you see fit.
We'll discuss pattern, variegates, options, and choose colors. When you’re finished, you'll
have two skeins of yarn steamed, rinsed and ready to be taken home and hung to dry,
dyed by you!
Wear comfy clothes that you won't be too upset about if something colorful 'happens'
to them.
Additional Materials Fee.