She's Coming Back

Fiona Ellis will be joining us for Camp.

Fiona graduated from DeMontfort University (England) with a degree in fashion knitwear design in 1993 and she has been designing professionally since then. Her work appears in leading magazine publications including on- line at twistcollective.com, and in yarn pattern booklets. She is a regular instructor at Stitches Events and at Vogue Knitting Live. She has also produced original concepts for major fashion houses in London, Paris and New York. She is the author of Inspired Cable Knits, Knitspiration Journal and Inspired Fair Isle Knits. You can find out what she is currently doing at fionaellisonline.com or follow her on Twitter or Ravelry (both under her name). 

We're finalizing the classes and the brochure should be ready next week.

2018

The contract is signed. Knitting Camp 2018 will be at Bayview-Wildwood from Thursday, September 20 - Sunday, September 23, 2018.

We are excited that Beth Casey will be back with us to do more dying.

Watch your inbox for more information.

Sad it's over

It was hard going back to work yesterday.

Thanks to all the Campers who joined us. We had a great time. We definitely couldn't complain about the weather!

Here are some pictures from Beth, Peggy and myself. If you have any pictures to share, please email them to me.

 Thank you to Beth Casey and Fiona Ellis for their amazing workshops.

Weather Report

It looks like we are going to have a beautiful weekend by the lake.

Camp Agenda

Thursday September 21

4:00-6:00pm    Registration in Crusader Lounge

6:00pm    Dinner in Echo's Dining Lounge

8:00pm    Meet in Cedar Room 

Friday September 22

8:00am    Breakfast in Echo's Dining Lounge for those registered for Option #1

8:00-9:00am    Registration in Crusader Lounge for those registered for Option #2

9:00-11:45am    Colour Duet - meet in Cedar Room

12:00pm    Lunch in Echo's Dining Lounge    

1:15pm   Continuation of Colour Duet.

4:00-6:00pm    Registration in Crusader Lounge for those registered for Option #3

6:00pm    Dinner in Echo's Dining Lounge

8:00pm    Fashion Show in Cedar Room 

Saturday September 23

8:00am    Breakfast in Echo's Dining Lounge

9:00-11:45am    Morning session of classes

12:00pm    Lunch in Echo's Dining Lounge

1:30-4:15pm    Afternoon session of classes

6:00pm    Dinner in Echo's Dining Lounge

8:00pm    Student Fashion Show in Cedar Room 

Sunday September 24

8:00am    Breakfast in Echo's Dining Lounge

9:00-11:45am    Classes

12:00pm    You must be checked out of your room

12:00pm    Lunch in Echo's Dining Lounge

Beth's Classes

You will be dying yarn outside for Beth's classes. Please wear old clothes just in case. Bring something warm as well. It could be cool the weekend of Camp.

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)