Summer Knit & Crochet Show Teachers
June 29 - July 1, 2012
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| Gwen Bortner
www.knitability.com |
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| Gwen Bortner is a Craft Yarn Council Certified Teacher, teaching at venues throughout the country. She is the author of the recently published book, Entrée to Entrelac. Her designs can be found in a variety of knitting magazines and through her business, Knitability, LLC. Education is probably the most important component of the Knitability business plan as all efforts focus on the company motto of "Taking Knitters to the Next Level". Whether teaching at a local yarn shop or at a national knitting convention, meeting new people and sharing the love of knitting is one of her greatest joys. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Vashti Braha
www.designingvashti.com |
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| You may know Vashti as a published designer, CGOA Director (2005-2008), or from Chain Link fashion shows; she has also been teaching crochet professionally since 2004. In 2010 she opened the DesigningVashti.com crochet site and launched Crochet Inspirations, a popular biweekly newsletter. Vashti’s focus as a designer, teacher, and publisher of crochet is on stitch innovations and new directions for crochet techniques. She’s especially known for her jewelry patterns and breezy Florida-style interpretations of Tunisian Lace and Slip Stitch crochet. For more on these topics, view the newsletter archive at http://bit.ly/oLMXla Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Beth Brown-Reinsel
www.knittingtraditions.com |
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| Beth Brown-Reinsel has been teaching knitting workshops nationally, as well as internationally, for over 20 years. Her book Knitting Ganseys has been deemed a classic. She completed her first DVD Knitting Ganseys with Beth Brown-Reinsel in 2010 and her second on color-stranding techniques is scheduled for release in 2012. Her articles and designs have appeared in Threads, Cast On, Interweave Knits, Shuttle, Spindle, and Dye Pot, Vogue Knitting, Knitting Traditions, and Knitters magazines. She continues to design for her own pattern line Knitting Traditions. Beth's website and blog can be found at www.knittingtraditions.com. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Suzanne Bryan | |
| Suzanne is a TKGA Master Knitter and currently serves on the TKGA Master Hand Knitting Committee. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Lily Chin
www.lilychinsignaturecollection.com |
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| Lily M. Chin is an internationally famous knitter and crocheter who has worked in the yarn industry for nearly 25 years, as a designer, instructor, and author of 8 books on knitting and crochet. She has looks for the New York Fashion Week runway collections of designers Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang, Diane von Furstenberg, and Isaac Mizrahi, and her work has been on the backs of celebrities and super models. She was named a “Master Knitter” by Vogue Knitting. She is regularly cited in media across the U.S., including the Late Show with David Letterman, Martha, CBS Morning News, CNN, HGTV, and more. Lily Chin has lived in New York City all her life and has been involved in some aspect of the fashion industry since age 13. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Joan Davis | |
| Joan A. Davis is a certified crochet instructor with the Craft Yarn Council of America and Crochet Design of England—Part 1. She has been crocheting professionally since 1987. Founding member of the Crochet Guild of America and taught classes at the First CGOA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL at DePauw University. In 2002, Joan was the Chairperson of the Tropical Crochet Guild of the Palm Beaches and spearheaded the Chapter’s hosting of the national CGOA Conference in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Joan has traveled extensively teaching crochet techniques for The Knit and Crochet Shows produced by Offinger Management, which produces the CGOA conferences. She teaches crochet classes for the Palm Beach County School District’s Adult Ed. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Darla Fanton | |
| A Needle Arts Teacher and Designer for more than twenty-five years, Darla J. Fanton is intrigued by specialty crochet techniques. She derives great joy in giving these nearly lost arts new life for today’s fiber fanatics to experience. She is constantly experimenting to discover what new spin she can put on traditional crochet stitches. Her credits include magazine articles as well as leaflets by publishers such as ASN, Leisure Arts, and Jeanette Crews. Darla was honored to be included in Crochet Master Class, published in 2010. Certified by the Craft Yarn Council of America, Darla is a popular teacher at national conferences and her local yarn shop where she is known for her patience and detailed instructions. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Margaret Fisher
www.margaretfisher.com |
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| A TKGA Master Knitter and past co-chair of the Master Hand Knitting Committee, Margaret teaches knit and crochet workshops across the country at conventions and for knitting shops and guilds. She loves colorful, textured fabrics and well-fitting sweaters with contemporary style. She designs and makes one-of-a-kind garments and accessories. Margaret is the author of Seven Things that can “Make or Break” a Sweater®. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Charles Gandy | |
| CHARLES GANDY, a TKGA Master Knitter, learned to knit at the young age of four from his mother, a designer and shop owner. He designed his first sweater three years later and continues to create today. A two-time winner in the recent Knitter's Magazine "Think Outside the Sox" contest, three of his designs are featured in the new book of the same name: "Dread Sox", "Snake in the Grass" and "Pedicure Polka Socks". His own book, The Embellished Sock: Knitted Art for the Foot" features eighteen creative sock patterns and numerous techniques and is available in yarn shops nationwide. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Leslie Gonzalez | |
| Leslie Gonzalez is a TKGA Master Knitter and a current Co-chair of the Master Hand Knitting Review Committee. She has been teaching knitting to students at all levels for the past 10 years and is a regular contributor of designs, lessons and technical articles to Cast On Magazine. Leslie has a special love for traditional color and lace knitting and is always exploring new methods and techniques. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Arenda Holladay | |
| Arenda Holladay is currently the advisor to the Master Hand Knitting Committee. She is the instructor of the Basics Basics Basics correspondence course and a consulting editor to Cast On Magazine. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Margaret Hubert
www.margarethubertoriginals.com |
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| Margaret has been teaching knitting and crochet for over 25 years in all venues from National Conferences to guilds and local yarn shops. She has written 19 books on knitting and crocheting and has just started a 20th. Of all the hats that she wears, she says teaching is the most rewarding of all. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Rose Ann Hunter
www.roseannhunter.com |
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| Rose Ann Hunter has been a textile structuralist for over 30 years. She is craft person in residence at Old Sturbridge village in traditional rug making 1790 to 1850. She has adapted historic techniques by repurposing fabrics and fibers that are knitted, crocheted or sewn into folk art, embellishments and art to wear. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Galina Khmeleva
www.skaska.com |
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| Galina A. Khmeleva, owner of Skaska Designs and author of Gossamer Webs, The History & Techniques of Orenburg Lace Shawls and Gossamer Webs, The Design Collection, has earned the repu-tation as one of the most respected and knowledgable lace knitting instructors in the country. As a former clothing and costume designer who worked with the 'aristocracy' of St. Petersburg's music and theater society, Galina was a pioneer in breaking down barriers in the 'new' Russia that allowed Russian women the opportunity to achieve ownership status in private companies. As the principal student to Orenburg's knitting elite, Galina brings the classic style and revered traditional knitting techniques of Russian lace to her classes. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Karen Klemp | |
| Karen Klemp, a crochet designer, writer, and teacher, has been publishing her designs and teaching professionally since 1997. She was President of the Crochet Guild of America from 1999-2001 and on the CGOA Board of Directors from 2001–2003. Her designs have been featured in countless magazines, books, and patterns. She also has her own pattern line, Almost Amy (www.almostamy.com). A Craft Yarn Council of America Certified Instructor, she teaches at national conferences, trade shows, regional events, and locally in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Melissa Leapman | |
| A popular teacher and prolific designer, Melissa Leapman is the author of several bestselling knitting and crocheting books. Her most recent titles are MASTERING COLOR KNITTING and STASHBUSTER KNITS (Potter Craft, 2010 and 2011), as well as numerous publications and DVD's from Leisure Arts. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Susan Lowman
www.thecrochetarchitect.com |
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| A Craft Yarn Council Certified Teacher and Instructor, Susan Lowman has over 6 years of experience teaching crochet classes in her community and at national CGOA Conferences. Susan has been crocheting for more than 30 years and has dozens of published crochet designs in magazines, books and leaflets. She has been tech editing crochet patterns since 2004. As a designer and technical editor, Susan has also hired contract crocheters to stitch models for publication. She loves to experiment with new crochet techniques and enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for crochet with others through her classes. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Marty Miller | |
| Marty has been crocheting since she was 5 years old. She learned from her grandmother, who never used written patterns, so from an early age, Marty began to design and write her own patterns. She enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for crochet by teaching others in her classes in Greensboro, NC, and at the CGOA conferences. Her designs have been published in many magazines, books, and yarn companies' publications. In addition to teaching and designing, she is a tech editor, and is a past president (2010) of CGOA. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Gayle Roehm | |
| Gayle Roehm is a former management consultant who now devotes herself to knitting. She teaches nationally for knitting events, guilds and yarn shops. Her designs have been featured in Knitter’s, Interweave Knits, A Gathering of Lace, and other publications. She also sells her work at a fiber arts gallery. Gayle has traveled throughout the world, lived in Japan, speaks Japanese and has knitted with Japanese designs for many years. She published an article about Japanese patterns in Knitter’s magazine in 1997, she prepared the Japanese section for the book Knitting Languages, and she has translated patterns for Sunrise Fibers. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Carol Ventura
www.tapestrycrochet.com |
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| Carol Ventura is the art historian at Tennessee Technological University. Colorful shoulder bags tapestry crocheted by Mayan men in Guatemala initially inspired Carol to give this versatile technique a try in the 1970’s. Since then, she developed several tapestry crochet graph papers for designing motifs and has tapestry crocheted a variety of flat and three-dimensional projects, which she shares in her tapestry crochet publications and videos. Carol’s web site at www.tapestrycrochet.com/ includes links to tutorials and patterns and her blog at www.tapestrycrochet.com/blog/ features “. . . the rest of the story”, a look at tapestry crochet around the world. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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| Karen Whooley
www.krwknitwear.com |
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| Karen Whooley is an award winning Crochet Designer, Author and Instructor. She is the author of 6 titles, including the best-selling book, I Can't Believe I'm Crocheting Socks (2011 - Leisure Arts). Her other books include: Learn to Delta Lace Crochet (2011 - Annie's Attic) Fair Isle to Crochet (2010 - Leisure Arts) Shower of Cables (2009 - Leisure Arts), Savvy Single Crochet (2008 - Annie's Attic) and Top Down Sweaters to Crochet (2008 - Annie's Attic). A nationally recognized Crochet instructor, Karen travels the United States to teach about her passion at major events and yarn shops. Visit her website, KRW Knitwear Studio (www.krwknitwear.com), to find out about what is new in her crochet world. Classes offered at Summer 2012 Knit & Crochet Show: |
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