Workshops

January 17, 2012: Purl in the Pines in Flagstaff, Arizona

I’m excited to teach in the snowy mountains of Flagstaff, where I have never been. I’m hoping for a chance to go snowshoeing, or at least to wander through the silence of the snow… More

January 19-22, 2012, at the National Needlework Association (TNNA) conference in Phoenix, Arizona

This winter conference is open to industry professionals only, so I apologize to those of you who thought you’d just discovered another great big knitting conference to attend!

I’ll be teaching four days of… More

January 24-26, 2012, at Tempe Yarn & Fiber in Tempe, Arizona

I’m returning to teach here again, with workshops on the Magical Moebius (beware – it is addictive, but in the most positive sense) and Stitch Engineering. Both classes will delight your creative soul,… More

February 9-15, 2012 in Friday Harbor, WA, The Eighth Annual Visionary Retreat—artisan publishing for knit, weaving, and spinning designers

Eight years ago I convened the first Visionary Retreat for knit designers dedicated to publishing spirited books of unique and enduring value, worthy of becoming classics. Each author’s concept receives a transformative infusion… More

February 19-25, 2012 in Friday Harbor, WA, The Newcomers’ Visionary Retreat—artisan publishing for knit, weaving, and spinning designers

March 25-30, April 1-6, April 15-20, October 14-19, 21-26, and October 28-November 2, 2012: Island Knitting retreats in Friday Harbor, WA

The 2012 Retreats are now open for registration. Most are already full, but there are a few spots left in the first 2 spring retreats and the final fall retreat. Here is full information:… More

May 11-14, 2012, Ottawa Knitting Guild, Ontario, Canada

Now, I know that the ice on the river will be long melted by the time I teach, but what an enchanting picture! I all be teaching workshops and giving a talk to the… More

May 31 – June 3, 2012, Northwest Regional Spinners’ Conference in Tacoma, WA

I taught for this wonderfully eclectic group of handspinners, knitters, dyers, weavers, knitters, and fiber artists of all kinds. It takes place at the University of Puget Sound and they have the best climbing… More

June 21-24, 2012, The National Needleworks Association conference, in Columbus, Ohio

This summer conference is open to industry professionals only, so I apologize to those of you who thought you’d just discovered another great big knitting conference to attend!

I’ll be teaching four days of… More

August 4-5, 2012, in Portland, Oregon, workshops hosted by Handworks Northwest

Last summer Lisa Carney-Fenton organized several days of workshops for me in a charming out-of-the-way Portland neighborhood and we had such a fine time that we all agreed to make it an annual event.… More

September 9-14, 2012, a retreat hosted by Inn Stitches at Peralynna in Columbia, Maryland

Plans for this retreat have been in the works for several years now, the dream of one of my regular Island Knitting Retreat attendees who wondered if she couldn’t reproduce my island retreat… More

October 1-5, 2012, The Wool Festival at Taos, in Taos, New Mexico

At last! I have always longed to experience this legendary event and landscape first-hand. Eight years ago the enchanting Luisa Gelenter of LaLana Wools (her shop in Taos) and I sat on a beach… More

February 17-23, 2013 in Friday Harbor, WA, The Newcomers’ Visionary Retreat—artisan publishing for knit, weaving, and spinning designers

Nine years ago I convened the first Visionary Retreat for knit designers dedicated to publishing spirited books of unique and enduring value, worthy of becoming classics. Each author’s concept receives a transformative infusion of… More

January 24-27, 2013, Knit & Ski in Steamboat Springs, Colorado

This retreat has been conjuring itself up for several years, while my rascally friend and colleague Lucy Neatby and organizer Melissa Gower-Pence have put our heads together to choose the best time and place… More

February 7-13, 2013 in Friday Harbor, WA, The Ninth Annual Visionary Retreat—artisan publishing for knit, weaving, and spinning designers

April 7-12, April 14-19, April 21-26, September 29-October 4, October 6-11, and October 13-18, 2013: Island Knitting Retreats in Friday Harbor, Washington

Note: towards the end of 2012 I will post a new PDF brochure for 2013.

I particularly love doing these retreats and sharing the beauty of the island where I am so fortunate to… More