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An Ysolda Knitwear Collection
Come find us upstairs in the tea salon!
get your books signed, try on samples,
take photos at the photobooth
WELCOME!
We are so pleased to be returning for Knit Nation
2011, sponsored once again by the wonderful Knitting
Magazine and the inimitable Ysolda Teague. You’ll
find a Marketplace with the best of British independent
dyers, notions and local yarn shops, as well as
covetable goodies and yumminess from further afield.
Classes are as always a top priority and we’ve got
some exciting ones on offer this year.
This year we have a Knit-Tea Salon upstairs in the
Senior Common Room of Sherfield Building where
students and marketplace attendees can kick back,
relax and enjoy some refreshments and snacks.
We’re also very excited to be bringing you a Charity
Bingo party on Saturday night in support of Refuge,
a UK charity helping victims of domestic abuse. All
profits from ticket sales and bingo book sales go
straight to Refuge. Join us for a fun evening for a great
cause.
Thank you for being such wonderful Knit Nationites.
We look forward to meeting you and hope you have a
fantastic time at Knit Nation 2011.
Love,
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday 15 July 2011
8:00am Registration Desk Opens
9:00am - 12:00pm Morning Classes
1:45pm - 4:45pm
Afternoon Classes
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Marketplace Preview
Q u e e n ’ s To w e r R o o m s , S h e r f i e l d
7:00pm Registration Desk Closes
Bldg
Saturday 16 July 2011
8:00am Registration Desk Opens
9:00am - 12:00pm Morning Classes
10:00am
Marketplace & Knit-Tea Salon Open
2:00pm - 5:00pm Afternoon Classes
6:00pm
Marketplace, Knit-Tea Salon & Registration Desk Close
6:00pm - 7:00pm Film “Bohus Knitting: From Re
lief Work to World Success” G r e a t H a l l , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g T i c k e t s £ 2 . 5 0 a t t h e d o o r
7:00pm -12:00am
Charity Bingo Party
S e n i o r C o m m o n R m , S h e r f i e l d B l d g . £ 2 0 a t t h e d o o r, i n c l u d e s s o u v e n i r g l a s s o f w i n e o r b e e r, a b i n g o b o o k l e t a n d s o u v e n i r b i n g o b a g .
Sunday 17 July 2011
8:00am
Registration Desk Opens
9:00am - 12:00pm
Morning Classes
10:00am
Marketplace & Knit-Tea Salon Open
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Afternoon Classes
5:00pm
Marketplace, Knit-Tea Salon & Registration Desk Close
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gorgeous knitting supplies
Exquisite yarns sourced from all over
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handmade knitted gifts and quirky
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CLASS SCHEDULE
FRIDAY 15 JULY 2011
All Day 9am - 5pm
Knitting Off the Grid C o o k i e A ENG 403a
Mittens from Rovaniemi L e n e A lv e SKE 060A
Seamless Knitting: Moving Beyond the Raglan C a r o l F e ll e r
SKE 060C
Sweater Fitness: Get Into Your Best Shape EVER! A n n e H a n s o n
SKE 163
Bohus Stickning: Hand Knitting, Haute Couture, and Social Justice
S u s a n n a H a n s s o n SKE LT164
Beginning Lace M a r j a n H amm i n k SKE 064A
To Spin A Fine Thread J u d i t h M c C u i n SKE 064B
Estonian Stitch Cowl M e r i k e S aa r n i i t ENG 406
Morning Classes 9am - 12pm
Columns of Color with Knit One Below E l i s e D u v e k o t ENG 403b
Introduction to the History, Methods and Styles of Lace Knitting
F r a n k l i n H a b i t SKE 165
Afternoon Classes 2pm - 5pm
Columns of Cables with Knit One Below E l i s e D u v e k o t ENG 403b
Photographing Your Fibre F r a n k l i n H a b i t SKE 165
SATURDAY 16th JULY 2011
All Day 9am - 5pm
Decorative Korsnäs Crochet L e n e A lv e SKE 060A
Seamless Knitting: Moving Beyond the Raglan C a r o l F e ll e r ENG
407b
Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Tomten Jacket and Garter Stitch Jacquard
F r a n k l i n H a b i t SKE 165
Finishing Series A n n e H a n s o n SKE 163
Knitting with Colour: Techniques for Colourful Stitches S u s a n n a
H a n s s o n SKE LT164
Gentle Art of Spinning Socks J u d i t h M c C u i n SKE 064B
Morning Classes 9am - 12pm
Oddball Stitches C o o k i e A ENG 403b
Vintage Fit & Finishing Finishing S u s a n C r aw f o r d ENG 407a
Steek-it-easy M a r j a n H amm i n k SKE 064A 6
Spinning For Knitting M e r i k e S aa r n i i t ENG 406
Euro Finishing Techniques J u l i e W e i s e n b e r g e r SKE 060C
One Hour Surgery 12:10pm - 13:10pm
Sock Survival M a r j a n H amm i n k SKE 064A
Afternoon Classes 2pm - 5pm
Intuitive Cable Chart Reading C o o k i e A ENG 403b
Spinning For Knitting M e r i k e S aa r n i i t ENG 406
The Many Faces of Cashmere C la r a P a r k e s ENG 407a
Introduction to Top Whorl Spindling C a r o l a n d P e t e L e o n a r d SKE
064A
Seamless Sweater Construction J u l i e W e i s e n b e r g e r SKE 060C
SUNDAY 17th JULY 2011
All Day 9am - 5pm
Sock Innovation: Top Down Sock Design C o o k i e A ENG 403a
Mittens from Rovaniemi L e n e A lv e SKE 060A
Advanced Lace: Taking it to the Next Level A n n e H a n s o n SKE 163
Bohus Stickning: Hand Knitting, Haute Couture, and Social
Justice S u s a n n a H a n s s o n SKE LT164
Take Your Spindle Spinning Further C a r o l a n d P e t e L e o n a r d SKE
060C
Spinning for Shetland Lace J u d i t h M c C u i n SKE 064B
The Fundamentals of Yarn C la r a P a r k e s ENG 407a
Estonian Lace M e r i k e S aa r n i t ENG 406
Morning Classes 9am - 12pm:
Meandering Mittens with Knit One Below E l i s e D u v e k o t ENG 403b
Short Rows Demystified C a r o l F e ll e r ENG 407b
Photographing Your Fibre F r a n k l i n H a b i t SKE 165
Steek-it-easy M a r j a n H amm i n k SKE 064A
Afternoon Classes 2pm - 5pm
Interpreting & Working from Vintage Patterns S u s a n C r aw f o r d ENG
403b
Short Rows Demystified C a r o l F e ll e r Eng 407b
Lace Edgings: Before, During and After F r a n k l i n H a b i t SKE 165
Travelling Stitches M a r j a n H amm i n k SKE 064A
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CAMPUS MAP
Sherfield Building
Registration Desk
Marketplace
Knit-Tea Salon/Bingo Party
Great Hall (Bohus Film)
Skempton (SKE) & Electrical Engineering (ENG)
Classrooms
Enter via Imperial College Rd from Queen’s Gate or Exhibition Rd
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AVAIL OCTOBER 2011
PREORDER AT BOOTH 101
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MARKETPLACE FLOOR PLAN
101 GMC Publishing & Knitting Magazine
102 Woolly Wormhead, Atomic Knitting, Nics Knots & Tilly Flop Designs
103 Purl Alpaca Designs
104Debonnaire
105 Juno Fibre Arts
106 John Arbon / Fibre Harvest
107 Susan Crawford
108Yarnbox
109 The Little Knitting Company
110 Blacker Designs
111 Skein Queen & Yarn Yard
112 Great British Yarns
113 Natural Dye Studio
114 Twisted Angle
115 Yarn Forward
116 Tall Yarns ’n Tales
117 Renaissance Dyeing
118 Jeanette Sloan Designs
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119 Brownberry Yarns & Krafty Koala
120 Well Manor Farm
121 Knit Nation & Socktopus
122Sparkleduck
123Cocoknits
124 Habu Textiles
125 Toft Alpaca
126 Old Maiden Aunt
127 Collins & Brown
128Easyknits.co.uk
129 Sweet Clement
130 Stitch Mastery
131 Artisan Yarns
132 Nimu Yarns
133Loop
134 The Bothered Owl
135 Ysolda Teague (Sat & Sun in Knit Tea Salon)
136 p/hop (Sat & Sun in Knit Tea Salon)
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TEACHER BIOS
COOKIE A
Cookie designs beautiful socks, which have been published
in Interweave Knits, Knitty.com, Twist Collective and Knit1 to
name just a few. She also has her own pattern line which is
internationally distributed, and which are featured in her two
books, Sock Innovation and Knit. Sock. Love. You can see more
of Cookie's lovely designs at www.cookiea.com.
LENE ALVE
Lene is a knitwear designer based in the Arctic Circle, and whose
hometown is Rovaniemi from whence the famed mittens originate.
Lene authored the January 08 Piecework article on Rovaniemi
Mittens, and worked with Susanna Hansson in creating a class
to teach the technique. You can read more about Lene and see
photos of her beautiful work at http://lenealve.blogspot.com.
SUSAN CRAWFORD
Susan is a knitwear designer, stylist and design consultant.
Vintage fashion and collecting vintage fashion and craft
magazines from the 1930s to the 1950s has long been an
obsession which shapes her designs. Susan is the author of A
Stitch in Time and Vintage Knitting and Crochet Patterns, 19201949 (vol 1) (co-authored with the legendary Jane Waller) and
Vintage Gifts to Knit. You can read more about Susan and all
about vintage knitting and sewing and the make do and mend
lifestyle at www.justcallmeruby.blogspot.com and her books and
events at www.susancrawford.com.
ELISE DUVEKOT
Elise is a knitwear designer whose interest in novel techniques
led her to author Knit One Below – One Stitch, Many Fabrics, an
entire book based on the knit one below technique.
CAROL FELLER
Carole Feller is a knitwear designer based in Cork, Ireland. You
will have seen her gorgeus fitted designs in Interweave Knits,
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...new...
Soliloquy
Sock
Lace
..hand-dyed...superwash...merino/silk..
.socks..shawls..vintage 3-ply patterns..
Buffalo
Gold
..exclusive...from Texas...lace...4-ply...
Koigu
..kpm/kpppm...mori...magazine...book..
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www.tallyarns.co.uk
The Twist Collective, Yarn Forward, Knitty, Knotions as well as
appearing in the Kristi Porter book 'Knitting in the Sun'. Look
out for Carol's new book on contemporary Irish knitting in Fall
2011.
FRANKLIN HABIT
Franklin is a writer, illustrator, photographer and author of
It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons (Interweave Press,
2008). You can read his musings, essays, cartoons, and
the adventures of Dolores the Sheep on his blog www.
the-panopticon.blogspot.com Franklin has contributed to
Yarn Market News, Interweave Knits, Interweave Crochet,
PieceWork, Cast On: A Podcast for Knitters, Twist Collective,
and writes a regular column on historic knitting patterns for
Knitty.com.
ANNE HANSON
Anne is a knitwear designer and life-long knitter with experience
in the fashion and graphic design fields. Anne’s background as
a patternmaker and draper, technical designer, and costumer
in New York City’s garment district informs her work, providing
a rich source of experience in garment construction and fit, as
well as knowledge of a wide range of fibers and fabrics. You
can read about Anne's life and see more of her gorgeous work
at www.knitspot.com
SUSANNA HANSSON
Susanna grew up in Sweden during the late ‘50s and ‘60s and
learned to knit in the fifth grade, as did all young Swedish girls.
From that auspicious start, Susanna has for the past several
years been teaching in the
US at Stitches events as
well as at the Nordic Knitting
Symposia in Scandinavia
and Japan. Susanna has
been instrumental in the
INSPIRING YOU TO KNIT
renaissance of interest in the
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unique patterned colorwork
Bohus sweaters and has
www.ehdknits.com/[email protected]
a wonderful collection of
historical Bohus sweaters
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that demonstrate the Bohus tradition of the mid 20th century,
handknit in Sweden and coveted around the world. Visit
Susanna’s website at www.oneofsusannas.com to learn more.
MARJAN HAMMINK
Marjan, aka Yarnissima, lives in the Netherlands with her husband
and three young sons. Marjan's infatuation with the beautiful,
hand dyed Wollmeise yarns from Claudia in Germany inspired
her to design her own beautifully intricate socks, with modern
interpretations of traditional Bavarian travelling stitches. You can
find out more about Marjan and her designs at www.yarnissima.
com.
CAROL & PETE LEONARD
Carol and Pete Leonard have been teaching for more than fifteen
years. They are highly experienced in teaching spindle spinning,
and also a number of other fibre related subjects. They have
taught at many northern Guilds, including Bowland, Craven,
Derbyshire, Eden Valley, Lancs and Lakes, Merseyside, Mid Lancs
and their own Guild, Bradford, and at the Summer School of the
National Association of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers.
JUDITH MCCUIN
Judith is a nationally known
teacher, master weaver, spinner,
and fiber artist now living in the
State of Washington. Her classes
are rich with knowledge honed by
years of practice, scientific and
historical research. Judith is a
regularly featured author in Spin-Off
Magazine and she has published
a book, Teach Yourself Visually
Handspinning. Her second book
The Intentional Spinner published in
2009 by Interweave Press became
an instant best seller.
CLARA PARKES
Clara has the best job in the world - she spends her days playing
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with yarn and writing about it every week in Knitter's Review, which
she founded in 2000. She is also also author of The Knitter's Book
of Yarn and The Knitter's Book of Wool, and soon to be published
The Sock Knitter's Book of Yarn. She is also a frequent contributor
to Interweave Knits and Twist Collective. You can peruse the
Knitter's Review at www.knittersreview.com.
MERIKE SAARNIIT
Merike has been teaching workshops in knitting, spinning, weaving
and dyeing for almost 20 years, and at most Stitches events in
the US since 2000. Students are treated to Merike's in depth
knowledge of traditional Estonian stitches and knitting techniques,
which she learned as part of her Estonian heritage.
JULIE WEISENBERGER
unique & beautiful yarns
handpainted
in scotland
[email protected]
www.oldmaidenaunt.com
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SOCKTOPUS SOCK CLUB
Julie's original creations have been sold at Nordstrom, Henri
Bendel, Mark Shale, and a number of small boutiques across the
US. She has been teaching since 2004. You can find out more
about Julie and her designs at www.cocoknits.com.
CHARITY BINGO PARTY
Saturday night’s party is a special event: a
Charity Bingo where profits from ticket and
bingo sales all go to support Refuge, a UK
charity that has spent the last forty years
fighting against domestic abuse.
These are sad facts:
• 1 woman in 4 experiences domestic
violence at some point in her life.
• 2 women are killed each week in
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England and Wales by a current or
former partner.
In 90% of domestic violence incidents
in a family with children, children are
in the same or next room, and in 59%
of these cases, children are directly
abused.
The women’s sector is one of the most impoverished of all
charitable sectors; your support is much needed and really does
makes a huge difference. Your money directly assists in:
PROVIDING
• 45 refuges across England for abused women and children
• community outreach schemes for minority ethnic women
• specialist psychological support and a team of floating support
workers to help women who choose not to go into a refuge
• a National Domestic Violence Helpline in partnership with
Women’s Aid, which answers 75,000 calls a year.
• an Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy service, which
provides expert legal guidance to women at the highest risk
of injury or death, and helps to secure more convictions for
perpetrators.
PROTECTING
• abused women and children by advocating for robust
legislation which meets their needs
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PREVENTING
• domestic violence through campaigning, awareness raising
and education.
We want to thank our generous sponsors, without whom we
could not have put on the party. We also wish to thank each
and every person and business who have donated the incredible
prizes for the night. To give you a taster of what will be up for
grabs:
• Forest Darkness Black Bohus pullover kit from Solveig
Gustafsson
• A handknit Knitspot design shawlette… knit by Anne Hanson
herself
• Full membership to Knitspot’s Fall in Full Color Club
• Cookie A Sock Club 2012 membership
Hand dyed yarns, knitting books, project bags.... and more! Join
the party, win great prizes, socialise with friends...all while also
supporting a great charity. Tickets are £20 at the door, and
include a glass of house wine or beer and a bingo booklet, AND a
souvenir bingo bag. Further booklets are £5 each. The more you
play, the better your chances of winning and the more we raise
for Refuge! BINGO!
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