JUNE 2013 CLASS INFORMATION

With all classes – please register ahead of time by calling or coming in to the shop!

Needle Felting – A Black Bear

With Jan Winsor

Sundays June 9^th & 30^th from 2-5pm

Jan will review the basics of needle felting as well as teach flat felting techniques and how to connect separate pieces to make a Black Bear! Class fee is $10.00.

For this class you will need and will be available at the shop for $25.00:

     ~ a foam pad

     ~ a package of 3 needles

     ~ enough wool roving from local sheep to make a felted bear as shown

     ~ a piece of hand spun yarn to make a hang loop if desired

     ~ instruction sheet

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Counted Cross-Stitch

With Cheryl

Saturdays afternoons from 2-4pm

Market Bag

With Cheryl &/or Zoe

Mondays - Fridays from 2-4pm

We have lots of Market Bag patterns, knitted &/or crocheted, and knitted Market Bag Kits! They are very useful for personal use when picking up a few things (these bags really stretch!), or for presents. It’s never too early to start stockpiling holiday presents!

For this class you will need:

     ~ to choose your pattern

     ~ 1-3 skeins of a fingering, dk or worsted weight yarn, depending on color and size  

        choices.

     ~ Size needles that are recommended (no need to make a swatch!)

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Beginner Knitting

with Lauren O'Neil 

Sundays June 2^nd – 30^th from 12:30 – 2:30pm

Lauren is an enthusiastic and talented teacher and will guide her students through their first few knitting projects.

This class will be making easy and pretty headbands – and there is a choice between knit or crocheted!

For this class you will need:

     ~ DK weight yarn

     ~ Size 6 knitting needles or G crochet hook.

     ~ Tapestry needle

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June’s Charity Knitting – Autism Awareness

With Zoe

Saturdays June 8^th & July 6^th from 10:30-12:30

Our customers told us they love to be involved in charity knitting. We have our ongoing Maine Mitten Project (HUGE success!!), and our other charities that change from month-to-month. This month we will be knitting puzzle pieces which are symbols for Autism Awareness. We have the pattern, all you need to bring is fingering, sport or worsted weight yarn & appropriate size needles! Or you are welcome to use our donated yarn (there really is quite a bit of it!) 

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Creating Brave Knitters

With Zoe

Saturdays June 15^th & 29^th from 10:30am – 12:30pm

Zoe is going to offer up some nifty fixes and some finishing tips that will help make you a braver and more confident knitter. She recently spent 3 days learning from Lucy Neatby – designer and teacher extraordinaire and is eager to share what she learned. There is a bit of homework to complete before the class so please read below.

For this class you will need:

     ~ Four 4”X4” swatches of different stockinette stitch light colors (no dark colors please – it’s too hard to see stitches clearly). Using dk weight cast on 20 sts with a size 5 needle (you should get around 5 sts to the inch). Using worsted weight cast on 18 sts with a size 7 needle (you should get around 4.5 sts to the inch).

     ~ Leave stitches on the needles of two of the swatches, bind off the other 2 swatches.

     ~ Bring darning needle, scissors, crochet hooks (sizes E&H)

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Long-term Project Support Group

With Zoe/Cheryl

This is not a class, but is a gathering time to support each other working through a BIG project – knitting or crocheting. We foresee happy dances, hoots of support and admiration, groans of understanding & projects slowly becoming incredible works of art.

Well, not to put too much pressure, you don’t really have to create something fit only for The Louvre, but we can guarantee that each person will feel lighter, re-inspired and excited that they made this commitment to themselves!

We meet on Sunday afternoons from 2-4pm

This has become a very popular (we have had up to 9 people!) get-together. It really is fun, and you really don’t have to have a gynormous project… Come with any project and you will be welcomed with open arms (needles will be put down first).

So, if you could use the occasional kick in the patootie, please come!

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And don’t forget our Friday Night Knitting Club every Friday night from 6-8pm. We have a stable core of folks who come just about every week, and we love to have new folks pop in – you never know what the “topic of the week” will be! It’s a great way to finish off your week and to start your weekend!

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