Join us September 23-26, 2010 at the Bayview-Wildwood Resort just north of Orillia, Ontario.

Love to knit, learn, meet new friends and eat gourmet delights? Well, grab your needles and join us.

Whether you bring a friend or two, or come alone, you'll enjoy the company of new friends with common interests and spend a few days where free gifts, surprises and interesting seminars by world renowned instructors await you.

You will have the option of starting your weekend Thursday night, Friday morning or Friday afternoon. Class Friday morning will be followed by a fashion show in the afternoon. In the evening there will be an optional seminar. Saturday is more classes with the student fashion show for your evening entertainment and Sunday morning classes will round off your class schedule.

Our celebrity instructors this year include Jared Flood (aka Brooklyn Tweed) and Elizabeth Fallone.

The weekend is all-inclusive (except for what you might want to buy in the mini yarn shop) and it is full of workshops for you to enjoy while enhancing your knitting skills.

NOTE: This retreat does not cater to just experienced knitters but to those of all levels. For some of our workshops all you have to be able to do is cast on, knit and purl, so don't be afraid to join in.

We're limiting registrations to keep workshops small and personal. Registrations will be accepted on a "First Come, First Accepted" basis, so peruse this site, phone your friends, pick out some courses, circle the calendar and send your registration in today!

Your registration fee includes:

• Accommodations at Bayview-Wildwood Resort
• Meals
• Workshops
• Fashion Show on Friday afternoon
• Friday evening optional lecture
• Saturday evening student fashion show
• Mini yarn shop
• Interaction with other knitters

Instructor Bios

Jared Flood
brooklyntweed.net
Jared is a New York based knitwear designer and photographer. A Paci?c Northwest native, Jared holds an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and travels the country teaching traditional handknitting technique and garment construction. He has been living and working in Brooklyn since 2005

His design work and writings have been featured in Interweave Knits, Vogue Knitting, Knit.1 Magazines, and Spin Off (Interweave Press) as well as various other print and online sources.

Jared's photography has been featured in Good Housekeeping, New York Magazine, NY Spaces, NY Living, Vogue Knitting, Knit.1, The Knitter [UK], Debbie Bliss Magazine, and numerous online and book publications.

He is the creator of www.brooklyntweed.net and author of Made in Brooklyn - a collection of original handknitting designs with natural fibers, distributed by Classic Elite Yarns.

Elizabeth Falone
Elizabeth has been knitting since the age of 5. Author of Worsted Weights for 2 to 8's, she designs her own patterns under Eliza Knits as well as for Shelridge Farms. Her designs have also been published in Knitter's Magazine, Knit Picks and various yarn companies. Elizabeth has been teaching at yarn shops in Southern Ontario as well as at The Creative Festival.

Elise Duvekot
Elise Duvekot is a knitwear designer who has recently written the book Knit One Below - One Stitch, Many Fabrics, published by XRX Books in 2008.

Elise's enthusiasm for novel techniques led to the completely new approach presented in this book. Her inspiration comes from geometrical patterns and from the many beautiful colors and yarns that have become available in recent years. As far as the style of her work is concerned, it can best be described as traditional in workmanship, while modern in color and design. She divides her time between the Old World (The Netherlands) and the New World (Canada). In addition to knitting strands of various yarns together as a designer, she knits words of various languages together as a translator. Knitting and translating both provide ideal environments in which to be creative and productive, combining the best of both worlds.

Workshops

Friday Morning

Jared
A Taste of Lace FULL
I have particular love for knitting lace garments in heavier weight wools than is traditionally the case. I find that, not only does this pairing of yarn and technique create beautiful and unique pieces of knitwear, but serves as a wonderful learning tool for beginning lace knitters. In this course we will be talking about the basics of lace and trying our hand at making some of our own with larger needles and heavier yarn. Topics covered include how to read a chart, yarn overs and directional decreasing, planning lace projects, getting 'gauge', reading your fabric, and the most important and magical part of lace knitting: blocking.
NOTE: This class is now at full capacity.

Elizabeth
Great beginnings make for happy endings
Still using the same cast on you learned when you started knitting? It's time to explore some of the many different ways to start your knitting. Learn tough cast ons for kids' garments, stretchy ones for cuffs, multicolor cast ons that can add decorative edges to a solid garment or complement complicated color work. Add to your repertoire - several easy "provisional" cast ons that can be removed in seconds.

Saturday Morning

Jared
Koolhaas Crashcourse
We will be knitting my Koolhaas Hat pattern from Interweave Knits Holiday 2007 together. We will discuss the hat's construction/shaping, cabled motif and cover helpful techniques for working the pattern. We will cover a detailed explanation of cabling without a cable needle and working traveling stitches.

Elizabeth
Pick up lines
Picking up stitches can be an intimidating and frustrating activity. It can in?uence the type of sweaters we attempt to make as well as leave us dissatis?ed with the ?nal result. This class will take the frustration out of holey neck lines and sagging button bands.

Elise
Columns of Color
Would you like to learn a completely new stitch pattern? In this introduction to the new Knit-One-Below technique, you will knit two colors horizontally, and yet, you will create vertical stripes on one side of the fabric and an interesting, completely different pattern on the reverse side. Make swatches with various selvedges for different purposes as well as bind-offs that match your cast-ons.

Saturday Afternoon

Jared
Plan Your Own Aran
This course is intended for intermediate to advanced knitters, prior sweater knitting experience is highly encouraged. We will be covering a seamless design model for planning a unique aran garment, and will discuss both pullovers and cardigans. The course will cover swatching, blocking, gauge and construction techniques as they uniquely apply to heavily cabled garments. Participants should be comfortable with simple cabling techniques. We will also discuss cabling without a cable needle and steeking – two of my favorite techniques for Aran Knitting. We will spend the last portion of the course working a crocheted steek together – the instructor will demonstrate and students will be able to try steeking (cutting) their own swatches.

Elizabeth
Buttonholes
5 different ways to make buttonholes. Large or small we will cover them all. Now you can place the holes where you want them and as many or few as you like. Learn how to evenly space your button holes on any type of knitting, garter stitch, ribbing, seed stitch and so much more.

Elise
Mitered Squares
Incorporate the Knit-One-Below technique into mitered squares for intriguing multi-directional knitting. Your stripes will be at right angles to each other in each square.
Note: must have experience with mitered squares.

Sunday Morning

Jared
Knitting From the Top Down
This course will cover the foundations of top-down knitting technique. We will cover various types of increasing as well as the circular cast-on, as we begin working a simple top-down hat together. We explore a variety of top-down sweater yoke styles, focusing primarily on raglan and rounded yoke, as well as talking about working set-in sleeves from the top down. The course is intended to familiarize knitters with the bene?ts of this wonderful technique for knitting garments.

Elizabeth
Thrummed
Learn this easy technique for making thrummed mitts and socks. Once you have mastered this no one will ever be cold again.
Kit fee of $20.

Elise
Columns of Cables
Do you love cables and want to break new ground? Learn to incorporate the Knit-One-Below stitch pattern into two-color cables that look like nothing you've ever seen before.
Note: must have experience working cables.

Comments from past campers:

Carol "Here we are, over a week after this year's camp, and I'm still basking in the glow of a wonderful weekend. I am already looking forward to next year. Well Done, Julie and team!"

Wendy "I can't wait until next year! I suffered from knitters withdrawal this week as I went back to work. Where was the sunshine? the excellent food? the fun people? This was my 3rd camp and every year was better than the last. Many thanks to everyone for their hard work making the weekend happen."

Jen "It was very fun and very well organized–thank you to everyone who ran it, especially Julie!"

Mary "This was my third year at Knitting Camp - every year I learn more and this year was over-the-top. What a weekend! Thank you to the Three Amigos (Julie, Beth, & Bev) for all their hard work. It was worth every minute!"

Registration

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The Needle Emporium
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Ancaster, ON L9G 2C3
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