Class Confirmations

If you've registered for Camp, please check your inbox over the next few days. Class confirmations are on their way to you.

Camp Brochure

The brochure is finally ready! We are so excited about this year's classes. They are totally different than the classes that we have offered in the past.

Download the brochure and get yourself registered before the classes you want are full...

Pi Shawl

Kate will be teaching her awesome Pi Shawl class this fall.

The circular Pi shawl is a fabulous and fascinating project, and it's a great way to expand your lace knitting skills. It's also very easy to customize, and works well with any weight of yarn. Use one of our standard templates and patterns – including the Rosetta Tharpe (pattern purchased on Ravelry), as shown in the photo -- or create your own one-of-a-kind lace piece. If you've got a favourite lace stitch pattern, bring it - and I'll provide lots for you to choose from. I'll show you the magical circular beginning, and demonstrates several clever and easy finishes, including the no-cast-off, blocking-friendly crochet edging.

Optical Delusion

I'm working on the brochure for Camp. Hopefully it will be emailed out to past Campers next week.

Kim is teaching a really cool class that I want to take.

Come and learn all techniques required to make the Optical Delusion: Conflagration scarf! Backwards knitting, short rows in garter stitch, cable cast on, reading unusual charts and more!

Stay tuned for information on the amazing workshops for Camp 2015.

We've added another instructor

We are happy to announce that Kim McBrien from indigodragonfly is going to join us at Camp this year. We are still going through her workshops but I can assure you that they will be great.

Kim is a lifelong textile artist, working in contemporary basketry, surface design, knitting, spinning and embroidery, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at York University in 1992. She has since held positions with many arts and not-for-profit organizations working for the Laidlaw Foundation, the Arts Network for Children and Youth, the Arts Council of Haliburton Highlands and as the Executive Director for both the Nathaniel Dett Chorale and Visual Art Ontario. From 2010-2013 she taught marketing and portfolio presentation at Haliburton School of the Arts – Fleming College before launching her own business, Indigodragonfly, a textile arts retailer. Now she continues to teach and produces knitwear designs and hand dyed yarn known for rich, multifaceted colours and humourous names.

Camp 2015

I've been working on the brochure for Camp 2015 today and hope to have it ready by the end of the week.

I can tell you this much

• the dates are Thursday September 17 - Sunday September 20, 2015
• Kate Atherley will be one of our instructors
• we are going back to Bayview-Wildwood Resort
• Beth and I are working on a really cool workshop that we will teach together
• my knitters are working on garments for the fashion show

More details to follow very soon...

Pictures from Camp

Debbie took lots of great pictures Saturday evening during the Student Fashion Show.

 The Campers showed off amazing knits!!

And shared great stories about their garments.