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ST LOUIS KNITTERS' GUILD EVENTS
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OTHER METRO ST LOUIS EVENTS
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ST LOUIS KNITTERS' GUILD SPRING 2010 WORKSHOPS WITH JUDY
PASCALE will be held Friday March 19, 2010 to Sunday March
21, 2010 at the Drury
Inn near Forest Park, at 2111 Sulphur Avenue, St. Louis,
MO 63139 (Hampton/44 area)
You must be a GSLKG member to attend workshops. Everyone
who sent their checks before the deadline got their classes.
There are a few spaces left (Shapely Shawlette
is full though!) - if you want to take a class, call Carol
Hurt and then mail your form and check by Saturday March
13th. Also let Carol know if you're coming to
the free Friday lecture ASAP.
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ALL of Judy's classes are
suitable for any level knitter. Beginners as well as advanced
knitters will learn from Judy and her excellent teaching
abilities. You will learn something valuable in each and
every class. Don't be fearful if you're a beginner, and
enjoy if you're more advanced
- We
have THREE days of classes this time!
- Free
Friday night lecture/reception for GLSKG members (you
may bring one guest)
- Make
it a mini-retreat! Call the Drury Inn at 314-646-0770
and ask for the "knitters' block" rate ($99
per night), swim in the pool, hang out with other knitters!
Judy
Pascale Class Descriptions
Judy
Pascale Registration Form
STICKS'N'STITCHES
2010 St Louis Blues vs. Nashville Predators will be Sunday
March 21, 2010. Info on how to get tickets
is here: Sticks
& Stitches
1840'S
FIBER & TEXTILES Reenactors pay tribute to
the daily lives of frontier women. March 27, 2010
from 9-4. Historic Daniel Boone Home, Lindenwood University,
1868 Highway F, Defiance, MO. Admission charge. (636)
798-2005. EVENT
FLYER
KNIT-IN
@ THE PARK in conjunction with the Mark Newport Self-Made
Man Exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580
Rott Road in St. Louis County, near Interstate 44 and Lindbergh
Boulevard. April 3, 2010 Gallery talk at 1:00
with the artist, then join GSLKG to knit in the park or
gallery after the talk!
Exhibit
opens February 5th and runs through May 9, 2010.
Mark
Newport Press Release
Mark
Newport Exhibition Card
Laumeier
Sculpture Park website
KNIT
AND CABOODLE 2010 RETREAT Our Spring 2010 knitter's
retreat will be held Friday through Sunday May
14-16, 2010 at Cedar
Creek Conference Center, New Haven, MO.
Non-members welcome.
- Starting
with the 2010 retreat, the retreat will no longer be handled
through the guild treasurer. Connie Kukal
at Knit and
Caboodle has taken over as retreat coordinator
and registration/checks will be mailed directly to Connie
at her shop. Here is the form to register: 2010
Retreat Reservation Form
GREATER
ST LOUIS KNITTERS' GUILD 2010 KNIT-OUT
Our 2010 Knit-Out will be held on Saturday September 25th
10-5 and Sunday September 26th, 2009 from 10am -5pm at the
Faust Park Folk Art Festival at 15185
Olive Street Rd., Chesterfield, MO 63017. $5
admission. Come join GSLKG members, learn more about
our guild and learn how to knit! http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/parks/faust_home.html
Faust
Park 2010 Calendar of Events
NATIONAL
ALPACA FARM DAYS wereSeptember 26th & 27th, 2009
guild member Beth Brown hosted National Alpaca Farms Days
at Odelia
Alpaca Farms 8349 Old Lebanon Troy Rd, Troy,
IL 62294 (just East of St. Louis). Demonstrations in dry
felting, spinning and knitting. Her Odelia by Design
display room was set up with multiple vendors. Lots of roving,
yarns and other items for sale. Great stuff, great place,
great time! Hours: Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 10-4. Also
offering hand spun yarn, hand spun and hand knit sweaters,
sweater-jackets, vests and more. Alpaca
Farm Days Flyer!
DIRECTIONS
TO THE FARM
Check
back next year for 2010 dates!
Other
Events of Interest
(arranged
roughly by month)
KNITTING
IN THE HEARTLAND 2010 Saturday
& Sunday March 26-28, 2010, 9am - 5pm at the Ramada
Inn, 7240 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Overland Park, KS
66202 (just West of Metcalf/I-635). The Sunflower
Knitter's Guild biennial event celebrates knitting
and the Kansas City area's fiber community. 2010
Workshops info is here! Check out other
Sunflower
Knitter's Guild Events - Kansas and Missouri
yarn crawls, Elizabeth Zimmerman's Birthday Tea, Sunflower
Spring Knitaway, etc.
DFW
Fiber Fest 2010
April
9-11, 2010. Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX area.
dfwfiberfest.org
SOXPERIENCE
2010 April 10-11, 2010 at Chincoteague Island, VA .
Carodan
Farm in Virginia has a weekend of workshops annually called
SoXperience. SoXperience
Maryland
Sheep & Wool Festival in West Friendship, MD
is always held the first full weekend in May. Check
their Website
for info.
The
Third Annual Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair July 16-18,
2010 at Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL. Workshops,
demos, exhibits, marketplace & entertainment. More
info here
28th
Annual World Sheep & Fiber Arts Festival in Bethel,
MO on Friday & Saturday September 4-5, 2010. Here
is their workshops
schedule. You can take a "tour"
of this year's festival on GSLKG member Fran P's blog Weedwacker
Knits - festival-time
French
Girl Knits 2010 Knitting Tour,
September 13-20th. Spend a relaxing week lodged in the stunningly
beautiful Chateau D'Agel in the South of France, learning
the seamless knitting techniques featured in Kristeen Griffen-Grimes'
bestselling book, French Girl Knits. In between the knitting
classes, visit colorful local markets and historic hilltop
villages in this undiscovered, yet beautiful region of France.
Visit a unique quilt museum on the tree-shaded banks of
Le Canal du Robine, wander the cobbled streets of old Montpellier,
and spend a sunny afternoon in Collioure, one of the most
beautiful fishing villages in France. French
Girl Cooking Tours & Knitting Tours Phone:
206-948-6495.
Wisconsin
Sheep & Wool Festival, September 10-12, 2010
at Jefferson Fair Park in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Daily
Admission charge (kids 8 and under FREE).
2010
WI Sheep and Wool Festival FLYER
Wisconsin
Sheep & Wool Festival website The
2011 event will be September 9-11, 2011.
Meg
Swansen's Knitting Camps & Retreats in Marshfield,
WI. Knitting
Camp info is here!
Stitches
Knitters Magazine (XRX) sponsors various knitting getaways:
Camp Stitches NY, Camp Stitches CO, Stitches Midwest, Stitches
East and Knitaway Greece. See their website for more details:
http://www.knittinguniverse.com/xrx/events.php
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