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lwood in advanced_knit

Scandinavian Knitting Conference in Seattle: Anyone Else Going?

Jun 06, 2007 07:30

Hey, folks, I recently got my registration notification back from the Nordic Museum in Seattle for the Scandinavian Knitting Conference. They have workshops aiming at all skill levels, although I'm afraid by now the most popular ones have, of course, sold out.

Like the one that teaches how to make the infamous Mittens from Rovaniemi--which I, like ( Read more... )

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basketcaselady June 6 2007, 14:56:29 UTC

My friend Toni and I were going to go. We had to delay registering it as she was waiting on the results of a medical test. We were going to register last week. We had our papers out, looked through the classes available... And I said, "you know, there's nothing available for us at our levels. The classes we would've taken are now closed. If I'm going to spend 2 days driving plust hotels for the driving and the classes, plus gas and restaurant food, then I'm not taking my second choice classes, which are not even classes I want to take anyway. Instead why don't we go on a 3-5 days yarn crawl covering Northern California and Oregon? That way we can stop at all the shops we've always wanted to stop at" She agreed and I think we're going to have a blast. This will be The Mother of All Yarn Crawls ( ... )

lwood June 6 2007, 17:23:52 UTC

lwood June 6 2007, 17:24:12 UTC

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September is TKGA/CkGA convention in Oakland (and classes)

*poke poke clickity*

Alas, that I am already bespoken for that weekend! I wonder if I can get away long enough to shop...

You'll definitely have to let us know how this Nordic thing is. We're hoping they'll offer it again next year so please let us know if it's worth going.

I surely will!

-- Lorrie

jbarron June 7 2007, 19:21:08 UTC

ooh, a friend of mine is the yarn buyer at Stonemountain and Daughter fabric store in Berkeley. If you ever sew as well as knit, you should check it out!

She also took me to an amazing yarn store in the Mission area of San Francisco, but I can't remember what it was called.

That sounds like an AMAZING trip. Have fun!

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crayolaab June 6 2007, 15:07:40 UTC

Wow, how neat! Wish I'd known about that earlier. I'll have to keep a lookout for it next year. I'm tempted to sign up for the Color in Knitting class, and I'd love to do the other mitten class but alas it's on a Friday. Oh well.

lwood June 6 2007, 17:26:04 UTC

*grin* I don't know that they've ever done it before, but from looking at the website, they certainly expected a deluge of requests...

-- Lorrie

fstrpussycat June 6 2007, 15:32:47 UTC

Oh, I love that place! Makes me wish I was still in Seattle.

lwood June 6 2007, 17:27:28 UTC

Oh, I love that place! Makes me wish I was still in Seattle.

If, for some reason, I ever left the SF Bay Area? Seattle or Portland would be next, even if I would be sneered at as an expat Californian for it. 8-)

And, just think, all the sweaters nobody wants down here would be perfect there...

-- Lorrie

fstrpussycat June 6 2007, 20:59:47 UTC

Oh, they wouldn't sneer at you there anymore than anywhere else! Heehee! (Here in Colorado, you'd get it a lot worse!)

lwood June 6 2007, 22:03:05 UTC

Oh, they wouldn't sneer at you there anymore than anywhere else! Heehee! (Here in Colorado, you'd get it a lot worse!)

Thbpt!

8-)

I'd just fall back on my Ohioan heritage at that point--sure, still a flatlander, but less crunchy-granola. 8-P

-- Lorrie

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tani_chick June 6 2007, 16:18:08 UTC

oooh thanks for the heads up. Hopefully I'll get into the Runes and Shawl classes I asked for :)

lwood June 6 2007, 17:36:36 UTC

oooh thanks for the heads up. Hopefully I'll get into the Runes and Shawl classes I asked for :)

If you miss out on any of Elizabeth Lavold's classes, but learn well from books, you can get much of her same information from her book.

You should be aware that she's working from the Younger Futhark in her rune knitting stuff, as that's what's on monuments in Scandinavia. From a look at your LJ profile, I see that your primary interest may instead be in one of the other futharks (e.g. the Elder Futhark as in my icon) or in the construction of bindrunes for interesting effects. It's been my experience that the Younger Futhark charts are easily de/reconstructable into Elder Futhark charts (where differences exist) and bindrune charts (as needed).

-- Lorrie speaks delicately, because knitting communities are for knitting. ;)

tani_chick June 6 2007, 18:35:10 UTC

Thanks for the info. :)

I actually have one of her books and have made one of her sweaters (Fjalar) I've also used her cables in my own sweaters, I just love them. :)

Excellent delicateness btw ;)

lwood June 6 2007, 19:04:09 UTC

I actually have one of her books and have made one of her sweaters (Fjalar) I've also used her cables in my own sweaters, I just love them. :)

Excellent! I took one of her braided mat charts and turned in into this seven foot long monster tube scarf.

It was only after I presented this thing of beauty to my best friend that I realized that, living as we do in the SF Bay Area, seven feet of worsted weight tube scarf wasn't going to get worn often.

8-(

It's a very pretty Knotwork Monster...and she won't let me have it back and render it back to yarn for reworking in something she'd actually use!

Excellent delicateness btw ;)

One does one's best...

-- Lorrie

knittinggoddess June 6 2007, 18:49:46 UTC

lwood June 6 2007, 19:17:51 UTC

Aw crap, I found out about it months ago and was just going to hop over there while I was home for my mom's birthday. (Happy Birthday Mom, now I'm off to the Heritage Museum!) I forgot all about registering!

Crap!

Well, the stuff that's left is the lower-end stuff, skillwise; had I been getting into things this late I would have cussed myself out. As it was, I got mine in the mail on 10 May (reg opened 9 May), and for all I know that cost me the Mittens of Rovaniemi (yes, I'm a little obsessed).

Do knitting conferences have anything besides classes and yarn sales?

Do you know? I've no idea, never having been to one--however, this one doesn't even have yarn sales. This is fine by me; I'm well supplied with LYS's, but people who can teach high-end knitting skills are rather more scarce on the ground.

Plus, I can see my Seattle friends during the evenings. Already the invites are piling up...

-- Lorrie

knittinggoddess June 6 2007, 19:23:59 UTC

Well, I'm not too experienced in lace, so those shawl classes look interesting. Unfortunately, I can't quite justify $100 for a class right now.

Maybe I'll visit the Heritage museum that weekend anyway and try to peek inside...

Good luck on the waiting list. Those Kovaniemi mittens looked AMAZING.

lwood June 6 2007, 19:39:28 UTC

Well, I'm not too experienced in lace, so those shawl classes look interesting. Unfortunately, I can't quite justify $100 for a class right now.

*nodnod* I want to learn the interesting shaping techniques there, and the instructor sounds fascinating: no books of her own yet, but she's been translating for Schoolhouse Press so that's saying something right there. I agree, though, the tuition fees are steep. *wince*

Good luck on the waiting list. Those Kovaniemi mittens looked AMAZING.

Ha, I didn't even make waitlist for the mittens. I was half-hoping someone here would be so lucky to have gotten in and might share!

Thanks!

-- Lorrie