Before we get to the fall color report, I wanted to share this link about Sievers. About two weeks ago we had a visit from Katie Schnorr, the arts blogger for the Door County Visitor Bureau. Click the link to see what she wrote about Sievers and her photos: http://doorcounty.com/arts-blog/uncategorized/a-little-scrap-of-heaven-at-sievers The fall colors this year are inching towards the deep oranges and reds whereas last year, we saw more yellow and gold. A climb to the top of the mountain tower and views both northeast towards Rock Island and north are in the photo tour. The fields are filled with deer, wild turkeys, geese and pheasant.
Knitting and Fall: Chapter 1
Because there’s a lot to show both with the two knitting classes in session this week and almost-peak fall colors, this post is split into two chapters. Chapter 1 will introduce you to the Knit-to-Fit Scandinavian Mittens class taught by Carol Rhoades and the Creative Knitting Retreat team-taught by Mary Germain and Sandy De Master. Both classes began Tuesday afternoon and will finish Sunday morning, after five days of knitting in the studios, at the Red Cup Coffee Shop, Danish Mill and outside in the sunshine. Knitters in both groups will meet tomorrow night at Trinity Lutheran Church to eat turkey and all the homemade trimmings at the annual Harvest Dinner after a Sunset Resort breakfast and famous caramel apples at the W. I. Farm […]
Knitting on Location
There’s no better title for this post than the actual class title, Knitting on Location, held this past weekend with Carol Anderson and twelve travelling knitters. After getting started in the Walter Studio on Friday afternoon, the class started their Saturday journey around the Island at Sunset Resort where they sat outside after breakfast and knitted for about an hour. Then, it was on to the Red Cup, a stop at The Lavender Shop and the final location of the day, Jackson Harbor, where we ate Danish Mill sandwiches at the picnic table or on the porch of the Fisherman’s Cottage. Afterwards, everyone was back in the studio for more knitting and “tricks of the trade”. Sunday morning and the end of the […]
Making Your Mark, Symmetry in Design and Knitting Latvian Mittens
It’s been seven days of experimentation with all kinds of techniques, fibers and color in these three classes. Starting last Saturday, the students in Stephanie Robertson’s class, Making Your Mark, made their mark at Sievers by dyeing and printing fabrics. From ice dyeing to the indigo pot, silk screening to direct painting, potato dextrin to gel printing, the fabrics made in class adorned the clotheslines and the tables in the Walter Studio. In Ellen Graf’s Symmetry in Design quilting class, students brought ideas for quilts or quilts in […]
