Door Prizes

Rowan

Donations for goodie bags and door prizes are starting to arrive at the store. Yesterday we received some happy boxes from Rowan and their North American distributor Westminster Fibers.

Milas. We have a kit for one lucky camper.

Knit this mens v neck sweater from Rowan Knitting & Crochet Magazine 54, a design by Josh Bennett using the gorgeous yarn Colourspun (wool and mohair). With cable panel detail, set in sleeves and collar, this knitting pattern is suitable for the average knitter.

Thank you Rowan for your generous donations.

Requirements List and Homework

Your 'to bring' list

Fiona's Classes
Friday-Creative Couture Necklines

1. 1-2 part balls of contrast coloured medium weight yarn (one light in colour) and appropriate needles
2. cable needle
3. stitch holder
4. graph paper

Saturday morning-Designing Your Own Cables (Using Existing Patterns)

1. 1 part ball of light coloured medium weight yarn and appropriate needles
2. cable needle
3. graph paper
4. Stitch dictionary books (optional) 

Saturday afternoon-Designing Your Own Cables (Using I-Cord)

1. 1 part ball of light coloured medium weight yarn and appropriate needles
2. cable needle
3. graph paper
4. pins
5. a surface to stick pins into-polystyrene, cardboard-doesn't have to be fancy

Sunday-Finishing With Finesse

1. 2 part balls (a few yards each) of medium weight yarns in different colours
2. 3 yarn appropriate needles (a pair plus 1)
3. pair of double pointed needles (same size as the other pair)
4. yarn appropriate crochet hook 
5. blunt end sewing needle

Josh's Classes

Friday and Saturday morning
Tips and Tricks: Making your garment look more professional

1. Calculator
2. Tape Measure
3. 1 ball of solid worsted weight cotton
4. 1 ball of solid worsted weight wool
5. needles that work with the yarn (4mm, 4.5mm and 5mm)

Saturday afternoon
Custom Knitting

1. Calculator
2. Tape Measure
3. 1 ball of solid colour worsted weight cotton
4. 1 ball of solid colour worsted weight wool
5. needles that work with the yarn (4mm, 4.5mm and 5mm)
6. Inspirational Tear Sheets (photos, garments, anything that inspires you) 

Sunday morning
Design

1. Inspirational tear sheets (photos, pictures, garments, yarn, anything that inspires you)
2. Pencil and eraser.  

Beth's Classes

You are going to be dying yarn. 
Please do not wear any good clothing-you could end up with dye on you.
We will be working outdoors so please bring appropriate clothes-a sweat shirt might be a good idea.  

Friday and Saturday
Yarn Dying 101 and Indigo

There is a class fee of $25 for each class you take with Beth. If you could bring cash (US would be amazing) to the class it would be appreciated. There will be extra skeins if you choose to do more than one skein. Extra skeins will be $20 each.

Sunday
Yarn Dying 102

There is a class fee for the
$20 for the first skein of Haymarket and $15 for additional skeins
$25 for the first skein of Solemate or Shepherd Sock and $20 for additional skeins

If you can think about which yarn you might like to dye and let us know. We want to make sure that Beth sends enough skeins for everyone.

Homework

Fiona's Classes
Friday-Creative Couture Necklines

1. Cast on 30 sts and work 2 rows in seed st.

Saturday afternoon-Designing Your Own Cables (Using I-Cord)

1. length of I-cord approximately 4 feet in length

Sunday-Finishing with Finesse

1. 2 swatches, 4"x4", done in stocking stitch, left on the needles or a stitch holder

Beth's Classes
Start thinking about colour combinations.

Yarn Dying

An email just went out to those who are registered for Camp with a list of homework and what to bring.  We've asked those taking yarn dying with Beth to start thinking about colour combinations.

I love looking at Design Seeds. From Jessica

i created the concept of Design Seeds in May of 2009 as a way to bring a unique approach to design blogging through my passion for color.

If you need to find colour combinations for anything (I used it when I was painting my house) then take a look at her website. 

Fashion Show

We hold a Fashion Show on Friday night at Camp. I've started working on the garment list for the 2013 edition. This year could be the biggest one yet. I'm up to 45 garments and that doesn't include garments our suppliers will be sending. The models are going to be tired!

I don't have any pictures from last year's show (I think we need to hire a photographer or bribe someone with yarn to take pictures) but I've dug up some from 2010.

The models walk through the room and the attendees get to touch and feel the garments. All knitters like to feel how a yarn knits up :)

Answers to your questions

There are a couple of questions that we frequently hear about Camp. 

The first is “I don’t have anyone to go with”. Don’t worry. You can book a double room and we will match you with a room mate. There will be two separate bedrooms and a shared bathroom. You will quickly meet other Campers in class and at meals. In the dining room we eat at long tables so you won’t be in a corner eating by yourself. The instructors sit at different tables every meal so you will definitely have Josh, Fiona and Beth time if you want it. Knitters are a friendly bunch and you won’t be by yourself for very long.

The other is ”I’m not a good enough knitter to come.” If you can knit, purl, cast on and cast off then we have classes for you. Yarn dying, which is the funnest class of all, doesn’t require any knowledge of knitting. Josh’s class sound intimidating but if you have the basic skills then you can participate in his courses. The instructors are awesome and patient. Don’t let this hold you back from coming

Classes

We've made two changes to the classes available at Camp.

Josh's Friday morning class is now
Tips & Tricks: Making Your Garment Look More Professional

In this class you will learn all Josh's tips and tricks to making your garment look more professional. He will demonstrate different cast on methods, increases, decreases, body shaping, and other special techniques that he uses when designing for himself and other fashion designers.

Beth's Saturday morning class is now
Yarn Dying 101

Ever wonder how those beautiful hand-dyed yarns are created? Beth will walk you through the Lorna's Lacescreative process and then share some of her tips and tricks for dyeing yarn in this hands-on class. You'll get a chance to design your very own colourway and take home the yarn you dyed yourself!
CLASS FEE: $25 for a skein of undyed sock yarn and dyes

If you have registered for Camp, please watch your inbox because I've sent you an email about this. If you want to change things around, no problem. Just call or email me.