SPECIALTY WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS

COLORADO WEAVERS DAY, MAY 15, 2010
The Handweavers Guild of Boulder, in conjunction with the CU Museum of Natural History, is hosting Colorado Weavers Day on the CU campus.

Plan to spend the day with fellow fiber enthusiasts expanding your textile knowledge about textiles, textile techniques, and ideas. Make new fiber friends; enjoy your familiar ones. Be inspired! For more information and registration go the HGB website www.handweaversofboulder.org.

SPECIAL COLORADO WEAVERS DAY SPIN IN AND KNIT IN,
SATURDAY, MAY 15, 7-9:30PM
To celebrate Colorado Weavers Day, we are inviting spinners and knitters to a Spin In and Knit In on Saturday evening. Bring your wheel, spindle and/or needles and meet old and new friends.

Colorado Weavers Day Classes
To celebrate Colorado Weavers Day we are offering 2 weaving classes on Sunday, May 16. Whether you want to learn to weave or add another technique to your weaving repertoire there is a class for you. Sign up early, space is limited.

WEAVE A SCARF
1 Day $70
Sunday, May 16, 10-4pm
Jane Patrick, instructor
If you’ve wanted to try weaving, but haven’t had the time, this all-day class is for you. Using a rigid heddle loom, students will experience all the steps of weaving a scarf from start to finish. Warping, weaving and finishing will be covered, along with basic weaving techniques. By the end of the class, students should have a good idea about what weaving is all about—and go home with a finished project! USE OF OUR RIGID HEDDLE LOOM AND SUPPLIES ARE INCLUDED.

WEAVE A COLLAPSE SCARF
1 Day $50
Sunday, May 16, 9-4pm
Betsy Blumenthal, instructor
You may have noticed those new flexible, multicolored, textured scarves. Now learn all the tricks to make your own unique fashionable “collapse” scarf using luxury fibers and traditional weave structures. Choose wool/silk, soy rayon, tencel or silk for your scarf. Choose one of three styles and work with medium or tiny yarns, as you prefer.
ADVANCED BEGINNING WEAVING SKILLS REQUIRED, INCLUDING WARPING AND WEAVING WITH A BOAT SHUTTLE. USE OF A 4 0R 8 SHAFT PORTABLE LOOM REQUIRED.

Special Classes

Connie Kephart Workshop
TALKING ABOUT A WEAVOLUTION!
1 Session $25
Saturday, April 24, 1-4pm
Weavolution.com is the on-line community for weavers. Come learn what it can do for you—we’ll work our way through the main features of the site and have plenty of time for questions. Bring pen and paper. ALL LEVELS WELCOME.

Connie Kephart - Is addicted to spindle spinning. Her handspun yarns have won prizes and ribbons at Estes Park Wool Market, Maryland Sheep and Wool and the Taos Wool Festival. Connie is our Ravelry and Weavolution guru!

Cheryl Oberle Workshop
TRIANGULAR SHETLAND SHAWL
1 Day $75
Saturday, May 22, 10-4pm
Shetland shawls are masterpieces of lace knitting. Learn the structure of the traditional Shetland shawl while knitting a miniature triangular version. Special techniques include shaping, lace knitting, and blocking.

Cheryl Oberle - Spends her days knitting, designing and teaching. Besides being the founder of KNITAWAY IN THE ROCKIES, she is the author of FOLK SHAWLS, FOLK VESTS, KNITTED JACKETS: 20 DESIGNS FROM CLASSIC TO CONTEMPORAY. Her work has been featured in HANDPAINT COUNTRY, A GATHERING OF LACE and the ONE SKEIN WONDER series and she has designed for major knitting magazines and yarn companies. Cheryl also has her own line of self-published designs and kits featuring her hand-dyed yarn.

Recurring Clinics Etc.

CROCHET CLINIC
45 Minutes $25
ANY TUESDAY, 11-4PM
CALL TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
Margaret Tullis, instructor
Do you have crochet questions? Are you stuck on a project? Need help understanding directions? Want help starting a new project or finishing an old one? Crochet clinic is the answer. Bring your projects and problems, and we will talk crochet.

SHUTTLES SPIN-IN AND KNIT-IN
1st Monday of the month
Monday April 5 &
Monday May 3, 7-9:30pm
Bring your wheel and/or needles and join other knitters & spinners in an evening of good company.

COMMUNITY KNITTING
3RD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH $5 DONATION
March 16, 7-8:30pm
April 20 & May 18, 7-8:30pm
Roxana Bartlett, instructor
Our last three meetings before the Summer! The Summer Vest pattern will be given out at the May meeting. Last year we were able to put together 34 Holiday kits for Children’s Alley based on the number of vests we made. Join us for the fun of knitting for children in need! We do a different project every month - check our website for details. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/communityknitting/

SWEATER DOCTOR IS IN
45 Minutes $25
ANY TUESDAY OR THURSDAY, 11-4pm
CALL TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
Roxana Bartlett, instructor
Is there an ailing sweater project in your life?
A pattern suffering from confusion? A technique so cold it needs resuscitation? Schedule an appointment with Dr. Knits and have a one on one session that will get that sweater up and wearing.