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Catching up

July 27, 2021 By Carolyn Foss

It’s been three weeks since our last post so it’s well past time to catch up with what’s been happening at Sievers.  After a short break in classes over the Fourth of July, Sandy De Master and Mary Germain were here for their Baltic Knitting Extravaganza class.  Knitters new to Latvian and Estonian knitting began with a lined, ornament-sized mitten and went on to design their own pair or other project.  The hardest part is deciding which of the many great color and motif inspirations to choose! These mittens deserve a hand (and these hands deserve the mittens)! What can we say about Rigid Heddle Weaving with Deb Jones?  It’s a fast-paced weaving experience, complete with excellent instruction, beautiful yarns, […]

Filed Under: Dyeing/Knitting/Spinning, Quilting, Sievers School, Weaving Tagged With: Baltic Knitting, Deb Jones, Ellen Graf, Fiber Garden LLC, Mary Germain, Rigid Heddle Weaving, Sandy DeMaster

Give them a hand…

July 31, 2019 By Carolyn Foss

…for all the knitting and quilting and learning that took place in both Sandy De Master and Mary Germain’s Baltic Knitting Extravaganza and Ellen Graf’s Balance in Quilt Design classes! From the smallest Latvian mini-mittens to a full-size quilt, there were new and renewed projects in both studios. Following traditional designs or adapting and creating new ones were options in both classes. Both were equally wonderful! Studio visit times allow everyone to share and show the work of their hands, demonstrating a quote often associated with Walter Schutz, “Happiness is in your hands…and it keeps you young!” From the Reader’s Digest article Walter found that quote in, the last sentence reads, “We need the sense of self-confidence, self-respect, that comes […]

Filed Under: Dyeing/Knitting/Spinning, Quilting Tagged With: Baltic Knitting, Ellen Graf, knitting, Latvian Mitten, Mary Germain, Quilting, Sandy De Master

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