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Instructor Darlene Hayes 1 class (3 hrs) $35.00
Materials List - 1 skein of fingering weight yarn and Size 2 needles

Double Knitting – learn the basics of Double Knitting. This technique can be used in all manner of ways from a no-sew turned up hem to knitted tubes (pockets and socks) on two straight needles to two socks worked simultaneously (á la Anna Karenina). In class we’ll make a little ipod/cell phone bag.

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Working with Traditional Dyes - Ancient and Modern

Instructor Darlene Hayes 1 class 6 hours $60.00 & $35.00 materials Fee

Nature-based dyes have been used for millenia to bring color to the world of textiles. After a century of declining use, these dyes are increasingly being taken up by textile dyers that want to work with the multifaceted colors produced by nature and also lessen their impact on the environment.
In this workshop participants will learn the basics of using nature dyes including extracting color from various materials, shifting colors with minerals, acids and bases, and identifying new dye sources. We will work with a variety of traditional plant and insect dyes as well as discuss local plants that can be used as sources of color. Each student will go home with a detailed handout to guide their future dyeing experiments and 9 full skeins of brightly color yarn. (Students end up with a lot of usable yarn - 9 50g skeins)

Darlene Hayes is the owner and creative brain behind Hand Jive (www.handjiveknits.com), a small company specializing in naturally-dyed yarns. This is her third career, after working as a reserach moledular biologist and an intellectual property attorney. She started experimenting with natural dyes more than 30 years ago, particularly those that are local to Northern California, and has made them the focal point of her current business. Sold under the brand name Nature’s Palette®, Darlene’s yarns can be found in shops throughout the US, Canada, and Europe and appear in such books as The Natural Knitter by Barbara Albright, The Yarn Lovers Guide to Hand Dyeing by Linda Labelle, Son of a Stitch and Bitch by Debbie Stoller, New Pathways for Sock Knitters: Book One by Cat Bordhi, Sock Innovation: Knitting Techniques & Patterns for One-of-a-Kind Socks by Cookie A, and More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson and Anna Williams (coming in September 2010) and in a variety of magazines (including some really stunning cuffs desined by Nancy Bush for Piecework in 2006). She continues to be amazed at the magic that comes out of the dye pots!

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Instructor: Darlene Hayes 1 class (3 hrs) $35.00
Knit a Sweetheart Purse - Combinations of more than one shaping technique in a knitted fabric can produce all manner of fanciful pieces. This class explores what happens when you combine a mitered square, short rows, and seed stitch to make a sweet heart shape that can be used to make a purse or a sachet.

1 skein of sport weight cotton
Size 5 circular needles, at least 16″ long.

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Instructor: Darlene Hayes 2 classes 2hrs each $45.00

Orenburg Lace – The lace knitters of Orenburg Russia are justifiably famous for their exquisite shawls. The technique they use, where the lacy edging and body of the shawl are worked simultaneously, is interesting in itself. Learn the basic technique while making a lace-edged washcloth. Once you’ve finished you’ll know all you need to make your own masterpiece.

Materials List:1 skein sport weight cotton
size 5 needles.

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Instructor: Darlene Hayes 2 classes 2hrs each $45.00

Orenburg Lace – The lace knitters of Orenburg Russia are justifiably famous for their exquisite shawls. The technique they use, where the lacy edging and body of the shawl are worked simultaneously, is interesting in itself. Learn the basic technique while making a lace-edged washcloth. Once you’ve finished you’ll know all you need to make your own masterpiece.

Materials List:1 skein sport weight cotton
size 5 needles.

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Trish Trish Trish will be spinning and showing her most amazing yarns this evening from 4 to 8pm.
Trish will be cookin it up out front on Saturday & Sunday teaching her Dye secrets to the fortunate ones in the classes, so come and see what you can do or just buy some of what my friend the “spinning witch” has already done. We will be giving ****** 20% *****off on Tanglewood Fiber Creations this evening and to all the work shop students.

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Friday night fun! $10.00
*what not to knit* & trunk show
(the “talk” starts at 6pm)

Part workshop, part dress-up party! Julie gives a short talk with hand-outs and visuals on what to look for and avoid when choosing patterns for your body type. Then everyone tries on the sweaters from the trunk show and we give each other feedback on what works, what doesn’t and why!

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Instructor:Julie Weisenberger of CoCo Knits 1class $35.00
*sweater construction featuring seamless, set-in sleeves with English Tailored shoulders*

This is how Julie designs most of her sweaters and she’ll go over the pros and cons and the how-tos. Julie will also discuss how to translate a seamed sweater pattern into a seamless one.

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Instructor: Julie Weisenberger of CoCo knits 1class $45.00
*European finishing techniques*

This is an information packed class that runs at least 3 hours. Julie will hand out notes with room for students to make their own notes, have swatches so everyone can try the techniques discussed. Class covers basics like selvage sts, inc, dec and also special techniques like provisional CO with a second circ needle, using a YO or safety-pin for short row shaping, binding off neatly in the middle of a row (for a neckline), bias bind off for multiple BO, blocking, seaming and neatly picking up stitches along a button-band or neckline. If time allows Julie can cover a bit of designing, as well.

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