32nd Annual Minnesota Knitters Days 2016 Campers

32^nd ANNUAL

MINNESOTA KNITTERS’ DAYS

NOVEMBER 11, 12, 13, 2016

Dear Knitters,

Welcome to Minnesota Knitters’ Days!

We are gathering at the Franciscan Retreat Center in Prior Lake this year!  All meals are in the Dining Room, which is located, right off the lobby area in the front of the building.  This facility is on one level.  Our meeting room is in the Marian Lounge which is located at the back of the facility.  Plan to arrive Friday around 4:30pm, find your room from the chart in the front lobby. Your shared room consists of two rooms with one full bath.  There is a collapsible wall partition available in between these two rooms if more privacy is desired.  Private bedrooms each have a private full bath.   

Annual Knitter’s Gift Exchange is on Friday Evening.  Please bring an un-identified/anonymous wrapped item to the exchange that is related to knitting. This “knitting related” item need not be a hand knitted gift, camper’s choice.  Every year we have a wonderful variety of items and everyone seems to have a hard time choosing the item they prefer.  It’s a fun evening getting to know everyone in our group.  

 Show and Share scheduled for Saturday evening.  We would like to see what everyone has created for new ideas and inspiration.  This is just for fun, and is not a contest. 

Feel free to bring snacks to share.  Our meeting area will have coffee and hot water available.  There is a refrigerator and sink on the opposite side for your convenience.

Attn: Dinner is at 5:30 Friday/Saturday evening, cafeteria style.  If you will be late Friday for dinner, let me know and a plate will be made up for you.  

Saturday/Sunday Breakfast is 8:30,

Saturday/Sunday Lunch is 12:30. 

Anne Bosch of Blackberry Ridge will be with us again this year with her yarns for sale.  Let her know what you may want to see, visit her website at www.blackberry-ridge.com to check out what she has to offer.  Then e-mail her with suggestions and/or questions that you may have,  

anne@blackberry-ridge.com.

LOCATION: 

Franciscan Retreat and Spirituality Center

16385 St. Francis Lane

Prior Lake, MN 55372

Map and Detailed Directions: See attachment to this email

ROSTER 2016

1. Martha Baker

  

2. Anne Bosch

3. Sherry Broin

4. Audrey Caine

5. Zoe Cohen

6. Betsy Cyson

7. Karen Cyson

8. Kathy Cvar

9. Julie Edstrom

10. Cathy Ells      

11. Susan Fischer

12. Betsy Foster

13. JoEllen Helmke

14. Jean Gorman

15. Teresa Jensen

16. Kris King

17. Kathi Lautt

18. Rochelle Lipavsky

19. Karen Mandt

20. Ursula Mayr

21. Nancy McElmurry

22. Karen Meade

23. Lois Morrison

24. Linda Pashby

25. Carolyn Poli

26. Carol Reuter

27. Stacey Ross

28. Beth Schmeling

29. Rachel Sternisha

30. Marilyn Thompson

31. Janet Ungs

Instructor: Melissa Leapman

Here are pictures of finished Wine Cozy's from this class:

32nd Annual Minnesota Knitters Days 2016 Registration and Infomation

32^nd ANNUAL MINNESOTA KNITTERS’ DAYS

PRIOR LAKE, MN

NOVEMBER 11^th, 12^th, 13^th, 2016

Come and join us at the Franciscan Retreat Center for the weekend, located on 60 acres of land near the communities of Prior Lake and Savage, southwest of the Twin Cities area.  Enjoy knitting, relaxing and sharing quality time with fellow knitters!

INSTRUCTOR: Melissa Leapman

              Melissa Leapman is the bestselling author of many knitting and crocheting books.  She teaches at many major knitting and crochet events, including STITCHES, VKLive, the CGOA/TKGA shows, and the Minnesota Knitter’s Guild Yarn Over event, as well as several TNNA industry trade shows for the past twelve years. Additionally, her knitwear designs are popular and always trending on web-based venues such as Craftsy, and Ravelry. 

MAJOR TEACHING TOPIC: “Mosaic and other Slip Stitch Knitting", including Mosaic stitches (using 3 textures) and other Slip Stitch techniques. We will explore "faux fair isle" and patterns that use yarn floats on the right-side of the fabric that are manipulated on later rows in interesting ways. We will learn many new facets of Mosaic and Slip Stitch Knitting and hope that you can join us for this November weekend.

QUESTIONS: Call Sheryl Hill at 651-388-2905 or via e-mail: sherknits@yahoo.com

FEE:  The cost is $350, which includes your room, all meals and instruction.  Private rooms are available for an additional $35 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”. 

31st ANNUAL MINNESOTA KNITTERS’ DAYS

FRONTENAC, MN

OCTOBER 23rd, 24^th, 25^th, 2015

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: Arnhild Hillesland. Arnhild provided the following biographical information:  “I am a native of Norway, and have been knitting as long as I can remember - and a little bit longer.

After high school I taught folk dancing. For a while, that was all I did, besides performing folk dancing in many countries in Europe including, what was at that time the Soviet Union, and in the USA.

After earning a Ph.D. in Norwegian language - at the University in Tromsø, the northernmost university in the world, I was teaching and ended up as a vice principle at a middle school by Lillehammer, Norway before I married Glenn and moved to Ames, IA.

Norwegian teaching positions for a Norwegian where not available in Ames, so I made my hobby, knitting, my full time job. I have owned a yarn shop, and I was the sole importer and distributor of Rauma yarns for 9 years. All the time since my store days late 80s I have been teaching knitting basically all over the USA. A year ago I retired from the wholesale business, so now, in my new phase in life, I can spend more time on activities like weaving, teaching, designing and translating.”

CLASS:  Norwegian Footlets   

Prerequisites: comfortable with stranded, two color knitting and working with double point needles.  This class is for the intermediate knitter.

This weekend we will work stranded knitting back and forth as well as in the round. Other techniques covered are increases and decreases in stranded knitting, including two different ways of doing double decrease, and also adding stitches to a piece in progress as well as knitting up stitches. 

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

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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.

Here are Betsy Foster's Annual Name Tag Decoration for each camper:

Little Norwegian Sweaters!