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Reminder About Upcoming Classes/Workshops/Camps and More!

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I’ve got a bunch of teaching dates coming up this summer and fall, and I wanted to make sure they were on everyone’s radar.

July
7th-11th: String Theory Camp at Montgomery County College
12th: Yarn Properties at Woolwinders
14th-18th: String Theory Camp at Montgomery County College
21st-25th: String Theory Camp at Montgomery County College
28th-8/1: String Theory Camp at Montgomery County College
October
5th: Hairpin Lace Workshop at Fall Fiber Festival at Montpelier
16th: Oops, at Rhinebeck
16th: Finish This, at Rhinebeck
17th: Duct Tape Dress Form Extended Workshop, at Rhinebeck
18th: Heels, Heels and More Heels!, at Rhinebeck
19th: Darn Those Knits!, at Rhinebeck
19th: Advanced Repair Techniques, at Rhinebeck
While I love teaching all of my classes, I wanted to highlight a few.
Advanced Repair Techniques is a class I only get to teach at larger venues, which means I don’t get to offer it very often.  If you’ve taken Darn Those Knits, or another one of my mending classes, this is the perfect time to stretch those skills and dive into some truly neat stuff.  I’d love to see some of my Northeast friends and students, so you should check this class out!
I teach my Duct Tape Dress Form class in the DC area, and it always is a great class.  But at Rhinebeck I’m going to be able to teach an Extended Version.  This is going to be one of the few times I get to teach the Duct Tape Dress forms class, and then be able to launch right into ways to use your dress form.  It’s going to be incredibly valuable!
My Oops class is one of the classes where I get students to have some great ah-ha! moments.  Normally I teach the class in two hours, and I’m always feeling like we could have used just a little more time.  This class at Rhinebeck fits the bill.  We’ll get to go into a little more depth on how to fix mistakes, and students will get a little bit more time to “figure stuff out.”  Previous students have said of this class “I took it wanting to learn how to fix mistakes, but it was the little tips and tricks Jennifer threw in throughout the class that made it amazing.”  One of my students, finding the class so valuable, took it a second time after she had some time to digest what she learned the first time.  It really is just that valuable.
Finally, I want to point those of you from the Metro DC area to my String Theory classes, held through Montgomery College.  I got my start teaching knitting and crochet with children, and I’m so happy to return to teaching them again.  I love being able to pass my love of crafting to the next generation.  If you have a child in your life – a son or daughter, niece or nephew, next-door neighbor or student, I hope you point them toward this Camp.  It’s going to be incredibly fun, and many of the sessions are filling up quickly.  Nab a spot while there’s still some left!

Last thing, I promise!  If you’re looking for something to do on a weekend, be sure to check my class calendar.  You know I have one, right?  Take a look here!

Rhinebeck and Classes!

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It is with great pleasure and excitement I share some great news with you: this year I will be teaching at the New York Sheep and Wool Festival, otherwise known as Rhinebeck.  I will be teaching October 16th through 19th, and details about the classes can be found here.

For those of you who live in the Northeast, and don’t get a chance to take one of my classes, now is your opportunity!

Rhinebeck is an event dear to my heart.  Located about 45 minutes south of where I grew up, Rhinebeck is the perfect opportunity to see Fall Foliage in all it’s splendor, show of your knits, and strut your stuff!

Among the classes I’ll be teaching:

Finish This!
Oops!
My infamous Duct Tape Dress Form
Heels, Heels and more Heels
Advanced Repair Techniques
Darn Those Knits!

I’d love to see you there!

Triple H = Helix Herringbone Hat

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Caught in the throes of winter, I’ve managed to convince myself that spring is eminent.  This has nothing to do with reality, and everything to do with the fact I’m tired of winter – it needs to end. Thus, I’ve decided that warmer weather is coming my way.  It’s as if I’ve decided that I can will away winter, just by saying it so.

The colors for this hat were in that vein – chosen entirely because they were bright and counter to the dreary cold of winter.  The hat is Helix Herringbone Hat, and I’m teaching the pattern in a class at Fibre Space next weekend along with a class on Finishing.

What I love about this hat is the details: the herringbone stitch running in a corkscrew around the hat, making the stripes.  The perfect level of slouchy-ness.  The way the blue picks up my eyes.  The wonderful, wonderful drape of Neighborhood Fiber Company’s Rustic Fingering.

I couldn’t resist taking some detail shots of the stitches as it was blocking.  There’s a bowl in my kitchen that is the perfect size for slouchy hats.  I put the hat around the bowl, but leave the brim hanging over the edge, so it doesn’t get stretched out.  The hat ends up with the optimum slouch, while still having the brim be snug enough to keep the hat on.
I modified the hat just a little – decreasing to 12 sts instead of 6 so the stitches at the top make a more distinct star-burst pattern.  I also played around with the decreases just a tad to make the hat come to a bit less than a peak.
I also worked less rounds of the Herringbone stitch – I wanted the stripes concentrated toward the brim with less working themselves up to the crown.  I just ended up working the difference in the lack of stripes with normal rows of stockinette.
I look forward to seeing you at Fibre Space’s class this next Sunday!  Register today.  Bring your needles and your yarn… we’re going to go to town!

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