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Only three months until the Taos Wool Festival and workshops begin! Workshops run October 3 through 10, with a break for the Wool Festival itself on October 7 and 8. Workshops are kept small on purpose, so participants can have more interaction with the teacher. Read workshop descriptions here. Old links have been removed.
Lynn Vogel, author of The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook, will be teaching about spinning and color for three days. Her book is such a visual treat, I can only imagine that her workshop will be greatly satisfying. Assisted by Sandy Sitzman, Lynn will cover color spinning techniques to show you how many different yarns you can spin from one hand painted roving and how to use colors in yarn design. Then participants learn color knitting techniques: intarsia, Fair Isle, mosaic, using these yarns, including how to graph your own designs as you go. Use the link above to read the entire class description.
I’m teaching, too. “Color Composure for Knitters and Crocheters” is about learning to use color through observation and experimentation. No theory allowed! No color wheels allowed!
These photos are examples of what I’m talking about. I loved the look of the blue, magenta, and yellow wildflowers growing together in the field. After looking carefully, I realized that these colors were joined by a green background. The colors I observed in nature inspired the sample. In my workshop you get a whole day of color and inspiration and tools for studying color on your own.
I’m also doing a button workshop, where we’ll make felted buttons, embroidered buttons, beaded buttons, and polymer clay buttons. Pics are posted at the Taos Wool Festival Workshops Yahoo Group. If you would like to keep up with workshop doings, please join.
