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Workshop and Lecture Schedule

2008

January 12
Littleton, Colorado
A Knitted Peace
1-3pm
Lecture and Book Signing
Donna Druchunas will discuss sweater design and sign her two new books, Ethnic Knitting Discovery and Kitty Knits.

February 10
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder Handweaver's Guild
10am-4pm
Arctic Lace Scarf Workshop
Learn to knit lace the way the Native Alaskan knitters of the Oomingmak co-op do, and get started on a lace scarf that you'll treasure forever.

February 11
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder Handweaver's Guild
7-9pm
Arctic Lace Lecture and Slide Show
Come hear about my travels in Alaska and learn about knitting lace with qiviut yarn.

February 12
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder Handweaver's Guild
7-9pm
Lace Knitting Demo
Bring yarn and needles and learn the lace knitting techniques used by the Oomingmak knitters in Alaska.

April 16-20, 2008
Denver, Colorado
Mile High Lace Knitting Conference
I'll be teaching three workshops from Arctic Lace:

Charting lace patterns
Bias in lace knitting
Design your own lace borders

May 6 & 13, 2008
Boulder, Colorado
Shuttles Spindles & Skeins
Japanese Knitting -- Learn how to read and resize Japanese patterns, and how to read Japanese knitting charts. Bring some yarn and needles to the second class to try out some special Japanese pattern stitches.

May 7 & 14, 2008
Boulder, Colorado
Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins
Knit to Fit -- Bring a sweater that fits well and one that doesn't. We'll analyze both to figure out why. In the second sesion, bring a pattern you want to knit and learn how to customize it for a perfect fit

June 12 & 13
Estes Park, Colorado
Estes Park Wool Market
I'll be teaching two all-day classes:
Amish Oval Knitted Rug
Ethnic Knitting Discovery Steeks

June 25-August 10, 2008
Research in Lithuania

October 4-5, 2009
Taos Wool Festival

Design a Norwegian Pullover -- If you've always wanted to design your own sweater but you didn't know where to start, this workshop is your answer! Using the techniques I developed for my book Ethnic Knitting Discovery, we'll work through the preparations required to plan and design a sweater. We'll make a headband as a sample project to step through the process, and you'll be ready to cast on for your sweater after the class is over.

October 6, 2009
Taos Wool Festival

Explore Japanese Knitting -- Japanese knitting books are hot right now. Although the patterns are written entirely in Japanese, they are not impossible for American audiences to read. Very light on text and very heavy on charts and schematics, with a cheat sheet of translations, any adventurous knitter can enter the world of Japanese knitting. In this class we will learn how to read Japanese patterns, focusing on the charts and schematics. Because Japanese patterns usually are written for one size -- small or extra-small -- we will also learn how to resize the patterns for larger American bodies. In addition, we will learn a few interesting Japanese stitches and techniques that can be used to add an extra level of finesse to any project.

2009

April 18, 2009
Yarnover
The Minnesota Knitters' Guild
Details to come.
23rd Annual Yarnover - Mark your calendars for the 23rd annual Minnesota Knitters' Guild Yarnover, an all-day event. Featured are a market with vendors from the Midwest and Canada, along with classes taught by nationally known teachers. Check the MKG home page (http://www.knitters.org) in January 2009 for updates.

April 19, 2009
Minnesota Atheists (tentative)
Reading from my de-conversion memior and Q&A about communication between believers and unbelievers.

June 20 and 21, 2009
Tricolaine
Geneva, Switzerland
Details to come.

June 27 and 28, 2009
Woolfest
Lake District, England
Details to come.

Also in June 2009
Skeptics in the Pub
Leicester and London, England
Reading from my de-conversion memior and Q&A about communication between believers and unbelievers.