30th
ANNUAL MINNESOTA KNITTERS’ DAYS
FRONTENAC, MN
SEPTEMBER 26th, 27th, 28th, 2014
Come and join us at the Villa Maria
Retreat Center
for the weekend on Lake
Pepin, located about one
and a half hours south of the Twin Cities!
Enjoy knitting, relaxing and sharing quality time with fellow knitters!
INSTRUCTOR: This year we will host Susanna Hansson. Many of
you met her here in 2010, when she first joined us and taught Susanna’s Lapland
Hand Garments: The Mittens from Rovaniemi.
Susanna has built a reputation as an instructor attentive to student
learning and sensitive to student needs. Her classes and workshops are popular and she
takes great care in presenting her material that makes it easy to understand.
CLASS: Explore Modular knitting ‘a la Vivian Hoxbro, Danish Domino
Knitting; You will learn to understand the
directional aspects of domino knitting and you will also gain an understanding
of the importance of color selection and placement. There are many small details that help make
your dominos look polished and we will discuss and practice all of them.
We will focus on creating a
beautiful feather light mohair and silk scarf as seen in Vivian’s Japanese book
of domino knitting. The scarf offers
many opportunities for lessons about color and balance, and it will show you a
way of swatching efficiently and accurately without knitting a single stitch!
By the end of the workshop, you
should be ready to launch into your own domino project and feel comfortable
that you have mastered the construction techniques.
Susanna is looking forward to
coming back and sharing Domino Knitting with us this year.
QUESTIONS: Call
Sheryl Hill at 651-388-2905 or via e-mail: sherknits@yahoo.com
FEE: The cost is $325, which includes your room,
all meals and instruction. Private rooms
are available for an additional $30 fee. Please send full payment (or $100 deposit)
with your completed registration to hold your space. (Balance due in September)
REGISTRATION: The first 30 applicants will be accepted on a
first come first serve basis. Send registration and check to: Sheryl
Hill, 285 Motel Avenue, Red Wing, MN 55066. If camp is full when you register, I will
let you know and put you on the “waiting list”. CANCELLATIONS: If you cancel $50 is non-refundable,
the remainder will be refunded if/when a replacement is found from the “waiting
list”.
Our group will stay in Marian Hall at the Villa Maria. Historically the Villa Maria was a private
boarding school for girls. Our accommodations are shared rooms with bath/shower
facilities on the third floor. There is a separate floor for any male knitters interested in attending. Most rooms have a private sink and closet
included. There are shared rooms available for two, three or four knitters. Please
specify names in your group on the
registration. Our meeting area is a large room with a beautiful view
overlooking Lake Pepin.
All meals are included and served cafeteria style in the lower
level. Special dietary meals are
available upon request. The Villa Maria
Center is a non-smoking
facility.
CAMP SHIRTS - BAGS Camper’s Choice; T-shirts and Sweatshirts
in White, Ash, Stone, Gray Heather, Royal, Red, Forrest Green, Burgundy, Navy
or Black; Denim long sleeved shirt; all in sizes small to XXL; Knitting
Bag, a new design each year. All
items will include “Minnesota Knitters’ Days” and Year embroidered on
them. If you would like any of these
items, include it on your registration form.
CHECK IN will be
from 4:30-6:00 Friday
evening before dinner at 6pm.
QUESTIONS: Call Sheryl Hill at 651-388-2905 or via
e-mail: sherknits@yahoo.com
_______________________________________________________________________
REGISTRATION FORM
NAME____________________________________PHONE_____________
ADDRESS________________________________EMAIL_____________
CITY/STATE________________________________________ZIP_______
OPTIONAL ITEMS:
SWEATSHIRT: $35 T-SHIRT: $15 KNITTING BAG: $30
SIZE (S-XXL) _______ SIZE __________
COLOR ______________
COLOR _______________
DENIM SHIRT: $35
SIZE (S-XXL) ________ CAMP
ITEM(S) TOTAL $__________
CAMP
FEE ($325) $__________
Sharing Room with:
SINGLE ROOM ($30) $__________
Non-Resident Camper Fee ($175) $__________
Diet Requests:
TOTAL ENCLOSED $__________
Friday Night is
Knitters Auction night! Bring a
small “knitted related” item wrapped, no tag, for our fun exchange. You may or may not choose to knit
something…..”knitter’s choice”, it’s up to you.
HOMEWORK
instructions will be sent to you in plenty of time to complete and bring with
you to camp, along with a schedule and map.
