Fiona's Homework

Camp will be here before we know it.

There are two large boxes in the store that have been filled with 'stuff' for Camp. (It's a surprise!) Our suppliers have been sending amazing gifts for the goodie bags and door prizes.

-Blue Sky Fibers
-Knitting Fever, Inc.
-SweetGeorgia Yarns
-Madelinetosh
-Ambah O'Brien

There will be a lot more coming. Make sure you have extra room in your car to bring everything home.





Here is the homework for Fiona's classes.

Fun with Entrelac
Materials: 2 part balls of different colour medium weight yarn and yarn appropriate needles.
-double knitting weight yarn and 4mm needles OR
-worsted weight yarn and 4.5mm-5mm needles
Homework: none.

Dropped Stitches
Materials: Piece worked for homework, rem of the same ball of yarn & needles, 2-4 stitch markers, blunt ended sewing needle. Usual tool kits, pencil & paper.

Homework: Using a smooth DK weight yarn and appropriate needles (3.75mm, 4mm or 4.5mm depending on whether you knit loose, to tension or tight), cast on 32 sts. Work 2 rows in seed st, then work 1-2ins in stockinette, leave the piece on the needles for class.

Button Up & Zip It

Materials: Ball of medium weight yarn and appropriate needles, a pair of double pointed needles (DPN's), blunt ended sewing (tapestry) needle.
Homework: Two 4" square swatches worked in stockinette (gauge swatches from projects will be perfect) 

Dropped Stitches

It's just over 16 weeks until Camp. It sounds like a long time but September will be here before we know it.

Dropped stitches are a knitters nightmare but Fiona is doing this on purpose. Her class on Saturday afternoon is centred around dropping stitches.

Fiona’s latest technique fascination is with creating openwork by means of dropped stitches. In this workshop you will learn how to add them to your projects, how to have them meander and work around shaping and then go on to look at adding hand embroidery to the panels.

If you've registered for Camp, watch your inbox. Class confirmations are going out this week.

Colour Duet

The brochure is almost finished. I'm hoping to have it proofread and ready to go on the weekend. We are very excited about the class being offered on Friday.

Colour Duet

Camp is all about yarn and having fun! So this year we’ve worked with our instructors to come up with something extra special.

What’s better than learning from one instructor?...how about learning from TWO?

Beginning on Friday morning after breakfast and continuing after lunch, this amazing class will harmonize instruction from both Fiona and Beth.

It will open with Fiona & Beth talking about to choosing your colours, then you will go on to dye 5 mini skeins of Shepherd Sock from Lorna’s Laces.

While one group is laying it down with Beth, Fiona will lead a jamming session looking at working with your mini skeins to use in a small project such as mittens, hat, socks or a cowl; maybe some Fair Isle? some embellishments? some cables? and of course transitions.

In the dying session, maestro Beth will be guiding you to dye your mini skeins into colours that will work for your project.

The finale of the class will be a review of what has been learned with an encore from both instructors.

Camp 2017

We've started working on the brochure for Camp and I hope to have it ready for the middle of February.

Dates: September 21-24, 2017

Venue: Bayview-Wildwood Resort

Instructors: Fiona Ellis and Beth Casey (owner of Lorna's Laces) with another instructor to be added.

Easy Wrap Jacket

Sally wore her beautiful wrap/jacket at Camp and many of the campers tried it on. It is amazing! Easy to throw on and simple to knit.

The pattern is now available on Ravelry.

I called this a wrap jacket, not because it overlaps or ties in front … but because it is a cross between a wrap (a rectangular shawl) and a jacket—and functions beautifully as both!

It is a one-size-fits-all piece that is both easy to knit and to wear. For two weeks after I made it, I wore it every day—over a dress, a shirt, a sweater, even my pajamas! I am now thinking I need to knit a second version, in an alternate colour, but am finding the chartreuse surprisingly versatile!

What makes it easy to knit is that it has absolutely no shaping and only 2 tiny, near-invisible seams.

What makes it easy to wear is that it is spacious enough to slip over most anything!

There are notes in the pattern for how to add circumference or how to choose an appropriate substitute yarn. And there is a photo for the two tiny seams you will execute!

Two More Sleeps

It's almost here. The van is packed and we're ready to go.

Here is the updated weather report.

Safe drive to everyone and we'll see you soon.

Camp Weather Report

I hope the weather man is correct - it looks like a nice weekend for Camp.

Don't forget your umbrella. It rains every year on Camp weekend. Some years lots and some years just a sprinkle but it always comes and usually on Friday.