2010 Knit & Crochet Show Teachers
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2010 Knit & Crochet Show
July 7-10, 2010
Radisson Hotel Manchester - Center of NH
Manchester, New Hampshire
| Tracie Barrett
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| Tracie Barrett is a crochet designer and Professional Member of the Crochet Guild of America. She has been designing for over two years and has been published in Crochet! Magazine, Crochet World Magazine, Crochet Liberation Front's first ever book, the 2009 and 2010 Crochet Pattern a Day calendars, Granny Square Wear, Slippers By the Dozen, and the Coats and Clark website. She also has a line of independently published designs available on Ravelry and her website. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
T102C-Ami, Ama, the little Crocheted Toys!
F212C-Broomstick Lace Cloth
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Gwen Bortner
www.knitability.com
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| Gwen Bortner has been teaching since 1986 and is a recognized name at national venues such as TNNA, Stitches and TKGA since 2003. Beginning early in childhood, Gwen has dabbled in all of the various needle arts with knitting finally taking center stage during her college years. Prior to opening Knitability, LLC, Gwen spent nearly 20 years as a business consultant, trainer and executive in the computer technology arena. Gwen's passion is the company's motto, taking knitters to the next level. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
S305K-Entrelac Mix and Match
Sold Out - T105K-Knitting in Both Directions
T205K-Entrelac Basics
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Beth Brown-Reinsel
www.knittingtraditions.com
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| Beth Brown-Reinsel has been teaching traditional knitting skills throughout North America for more than twenty years. The author of Knitting Ganseys, now in its eleventh printing, she also designs knitwear patterns based on historic garment techniques. She loves to visit museums to study the knitting in storage, but enjoys teaching knitters most of all! Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - S109K-The Norwegian Purl
Sold Out - S209K-Latvian Wristers
F309K-Traditional Gansey Techniques
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Lily Chin
www.lilychinyarns.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 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 Knit & Crochet Show:
S102C-Computer Aided Design
Sold Out - S202C-Crocheted Tips, Tricks and Hints
T313K-Weaving Techniques As Applied To Knits
F102C-Fine Shaping in Stitch Patterning
Sold Out - F213K-Tips, Tricks And, Hints
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| Joan Davis
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| Joan A. Davis has been teaching crochet classes since 1992 at CGOA Conferences. Joan currently teaches crochet classes in Palm Beach County School District, Florida, and local Florida Yarn shops. She is a designer of upscale crochet fashions and lingerie. She is the author of 336 CROCHET TIPS ! THE SOLUTIONS BOOK FOR CROCHETERS. She is published in DONNA KOOLER'S CROCHET AFGHAN BOOK and FABULOUS CROCHETED PONCHOS by Terry Taylor. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - S112C-Crochet Hoodies in All Sizes
Sold Out - T110C-Crochet Camisoles That Fit
T210C-Crochet Skirts for Size 12 Plus
Sold Out - F112C-Magical Trapezoid Wrap
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Candace Eisner Strick
www.strickwear.com
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| Candace Eisner Strick has immersed herself in music and knitting most of her life. Now retired from 16 years of teaching cello, she concentrates on desiging, writing, and teaching knitting. She is the author of six books, her designs and writing have been published in every major knitting magazine in the country, and she has taught nationally and internationally since 1998. She is the creator of her own line of yarn, Merging Colors, as well as her own line of patterns, Strickwear, which can be found in yarn stores and catalogs across the country, in Canada, and in the UK (www.strickwear.com). Candace's students say they not only love learning from her classes, but thoroughly enjoy her sense of humor as well. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
S303K-Vivaldi's Concerto
T203K-Two By Two
Sold Out - F303K-Introduction To Austrian Knitting
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| Darla Fanton
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| A Needle Arts Teacher and Designer for more than twenty-five years, Darla J. Fanton is intrigued by specialty crochet techniques of the past. 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 numerous magazine articles as well as leaflets by publishers such as ASN, Leisure Arts, and Jeanette Crews. Certified by the Craft Yarn Council of America, Darla is a popular teacher at national conferences, local guilds and her local yarn shop where she is known for her patience and detailed instructions. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - S104C-Double Hook Crochet: The Basics
S204C-Tunisian Crochet Loop-de-loop Bracelet
Sold Out - T104C-Beginner's Guide To Tunisian Crochet
Sold Out - T204C-Puffs, Posts, Cables & Connections; Designing Tunisian
Sold Out - F204C-Tunisian Crochet Goes Tubular
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| Margaret Fisher
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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 designs and makes one-of-a-kind garments and accessories. Her articles and designs have been published in CAST ON magazine. Margaret is the author of Seven Things that can “Make or Break” a Sweater®. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
T111K-A Sampling of Stitches
T211K-Seven Things That Can "Make or Break" a Sweater (R)
Sold Out - F111K-Advanced Finishing
F211K-Buttonholes and Bands
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| Arenda Holladay
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| Arenda Holladay is a past co-chair of the Master Hand Knitting Committee and currently is advisor to the Committee. She is also the instructor for the Basics, Basics, Basics correspondence course and a consulting editor of Cast On magazine. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - S101K-The Wheres and Hows of Picking Up Stitches
Sold Out - S211K-Intarsia & Argyles
Sold Out - T103K-Measuring Gauge Accurately
Sold Out - T207K-10 Ways(+1) To Improve Your Knitting
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| Margaret Hubert
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| Margaret Hubert started in the needle arts business in 1963, as co-owner of a small yarn shop. When the shop closed, 12 years later, she became the needlework instructor at Bloomingdale’s in White Plains, New York. While at Bloomingdale’s Margaret met a lot of yarn company reps that liked her designs and were very instrumental in helping her to get published. Since then she has written 16 books, the most recent being THE COMPLETE PHOTO GUIDE TO CROCHET (just released 12-09) and THE COMPLETE PHOTO GUIDE TO KNITTING (to be released Summer 2010). Margaret has had many designs in knit and crochet publications and hard cover books, such as NEW IDEAS FOR TODAY'S KNITTING, NEW IDEAS FOR TODAY'S CROCHET, VOGUE BAGS ON THE GO, 100 BAGS, EASY LIVING CROCHET, THINK PINK and SPECIAL TECHNIQUES AND STITCHES. Margaret teaches knitting and crocheting workshops all over the country. She loves all aspects of both knitting and crocheting, but combining knitting and crochet in free form designs is her passion. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - S110C-Crochet Entrelac
Sold Out - S210C-Finishing Like a Pro Crochet
Sold Out - F314C-Free Form Knit and Crochet Combination
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| Susan Huxley
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| Susan Huxley is a nationally published author, designer, and editor who has worked in books, magazines, and patterns for almost two decades. Bob Gerheart has been a professional photographer for more than 17 years, with close to a thousand how-to and tabletop images in print in various books and magazines. Together, Bob and Susan develop books from concept to printer-ready, make process samples for photography, and teach at shops and guilds across the country. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - W100C-Picture Perfect
T314C-Plarn, Tarn, and VHS Tape: Upcycle Crochet
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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 & Gossamer Webs and The Design Collection, has earned the reputation as one of the most respected and knowledgeable 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 women the opportunity to achieve ownership status in private companies. As the principal student to Orenburg's lace knitting elite, Galina brings the classic style and revered traditional knitting techniques of Russian lace to her classes. Her unique, inspiring, fun-loving teaching style makes Galina a student favorite! Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
S107K-Continental Knitting-A Variation on a Theme
Sold Out - T107K-The Perfect Edge-Knitted Lace Embellishments
Sold Out - F307K-The Fundamentals of Knitted Lace
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| Karen Klemp
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| Karen Klemp is a crochet and jewelry designer whose creations have been featured in numerous books and magazines, in the CGOA pattern line, and in her own pattern collection -- Almost Amy Designs. Karen was president of the Crochet Guild of America from 1999-2001. A Craft Yarn Council of America Certified Instructor since 1997, she has taught workshops at numerous CGOA/TKGA conferences, TNNA shows, the Dallas-Ft. Worth Fiber Festival, and at yarn shops and regional retreats. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - T108C-Aran Crochet-Basic Cables and Traveling Stitches
Sold Out - T208C-Aran Crochet-Braided Cables
Sold Out - F104C-Color Crochet - The PULAD Method
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| Melissa Leapman
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| Melissa Leapman is the author of several bestselling knitting and crocheting books. Her most recent titles are Cables Untangled and Continuous Cables. Her newest release, Color Knitting the Easy Way, was published by Potter Craft/Random House in the Spring of 2010. The featured guest on numerous television shows, Melissa is the host of several Leisure Arts knitting and crocheting DVD's. Nationally, her workshops are popular with crafters of all levels. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - S201K-Fully-Fashioned and Fabulous!
T101K-Basic Pattern Drafting
T201K-Celtic Cables
Sold Out - F101K-Mosaic Knitting: Colorful Knitting the Easy Way
Sold Out - F201K-Two-Color Double Knitting
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| Susan Lowman
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| A Craft Yarn Council Certified Teacher and Instructor, Susan has over five years of experience teaching beginning and intermediate crochet classes in her community. Susan has been crocheting for more than 30 years and has dozens of published crochet designs in Crochet World, Crochet Today and Crochet! magazines, as well as in books and leaflets by various publishers. She has been tech editing crochet patterns since 2004. Susan loves to experiment with new crochet techniques to see what she can create and enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for crochet with others through her classes. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - S114C-Wonderful Wiggly Crochet
S214C-Beginning Bruges Lace
T202C-Simplifying Symbol Crochet
Sold Out - F202C-Intermeshing 101
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Judy Pascale
www.judypascale.com
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| Judy Pascale, a native of Connecticut and a lifelong knitter, launched her career as a professional knitting instructor and designer in the early 1990's. She has professionally sold her unique knitwear under the name THE JUDITH COLLECTION both privately and at juried shows. For several years she was employed at a yarn shop where she taught knitting classes and assisted numerous customers with their knitting and finishing problems. She is now exclusively teaching knitting and design classes with the emphasis on customizing desired fit. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - T109K-Beaded Scarf
Sold Out - T209K-Armhole Success
Sold Out - F305K-Nuno Felted Scarf
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| Joan Schrouder
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| Joan Schrouder, from Eugene, Oregion, loves teaching knitters to reason out solutions. Intriguing construction details, seamless knitting and ethnic styles fascinate her. She has been teaching classes at national knitting conventions for more than 20 years and travels the country teaching for guilds and yarn shops. In the past she has designed for knitting magazines and yarn companies, and now for special occasions. She also answers technique questions on various internet knitting lists and on Ravelry (as "schrouderknits"). Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
S313K-Faroese Shawls
Sold Out - F113K-Shaping Shawls: Circles & Ovals
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| Dee Stanziano
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| Dee Stanziano, well known as The Cheerleader of Crochet, is a Professional Member of the Crochet Guild of America, participating in the mentoring program, and was the Volunteer Email Correspondent for the CGOA for over six years, answering thousands of requests for crochet assistance. She is also the founder of the Connecticut Chapter, The Happily Hooked on Crocheting Club; and is a Certified Crochet Teacher through the Craft Yarn Council of America. Dee has a number of published patterns in various publications. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - S106C-Crochet 101: The Absolute Beginner
S206C-Pushmi~Pullyu
Sold Out - F110C-Link Me Up, Scottie!
Sold Out - F210C-Crochet Your Knit
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| Maire Treanor
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| Maire Treanor last travelled from Ireland to the CGOA Conference in 1999 and 2003. Lacis are republishing her famous book on Clones Lace - the story and patterns of an Irish Crochet- a must for anyone interested in the history or patterns of Irish Crochet! Rita Weiss and Jean Leinhauser also chose Marie as their 'Master of Irish Crochet' for their book on Masters of Crochet due for publication in 2010. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
T306C-Beginners Clones Lace
F306C-Be Creative With Clones Lace
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Barbara Hillery Van Elsen
www.playingwithstring.com
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| Life-long crocheter Barbara Van Elsen founded the NYC Crochet Guild, through which she became a CYCA Certified Crochet Teacher. She loves the precision of pattern testing and model making; her models appear in several crochet books. As a fiber artist, her freeform pieces have been exhibited in London, Australia and NYC, where she organized and contributed to the NY Reef of the Hyperbolic Crocheted Coral Reef, lectured at the Museum of Arts and Design and where she teaches at the Open Center in midtown Manhattan. Barbara has taught a wide range of classes to groups all over the US. Her focus is on techniques and concepts, so that her students have the tools to crochet exactly what they want. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
Sold Out - W101C-Swirls, Twirls and Spirals
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| Karen Whooley
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| Karen Whooley learned to crochet from her Italian grandmother at age seven in 1974. In two hours she was literally “hooked”. Never quite happy with the way a pattern was designed, she would always adjust something to suit her needs, or create her own. Since 1998 she has had patterns published by a variety of magazines and books. Karen is also a nationally recognized Crochet Instructor, and her classes include a wide range from basic crochet to advanced techniques which include several different types of media in crochet. A California native, Karen resides in the Seattle, Washington area with her husband and two children. You can see her work and her upcoming classes and workshops on her web site. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
T112C-Venetian Lace
Sold Out - T212C-Crochet Fair Isle Basics
F308C-Top Down Sweaters To Crochet
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Daniel Yuhas
www.moltingyeti.com
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| Daniel taught himself garter stitch during a lonely fall break at college, fumbling over the illustrations in a teach-yourself book. After a friend saw what he was up to and taught him to purl, he was off. Daniel soon found himself spending long, dreamy afternoons poring over the stitch dictionary in the back of Vogue Knitting. The more he learned, the more he wanted to know. Daniel is fascinated by natural forms, from the tricky spiral patterns of flowers, pinecones and galaxies to the life-forms that walk, wriggle and swim around us. It's amazing how string, two sticks, and two simple stitches can be combined in such an astonishing number of ways. Classes offered at Summer Knit & Crochet Show:
S111K-Lace and Loop Scarf
S207K-Mirabilis Baby Blanket
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