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Melissa Leapman - Yarnover 2018 Teacher Snapshot
Melissa Leapman is a widely-published freelance designer who has worked with many leading ready-to-wear manufacturers and design houses in New York City. She's been a featured guest on Lifetime TV’s Handmade by Design, HGTV’s Sew Much More, PBS’s Needle Arts Studio, and the DIY Network’s Knitty Gritty.
In addition to being a return teacher to Yarnover, Melissa was the featured speaker at our November 2016 meeting (look through the Facebook album to see how much fun we had!)
She’ll teach two classes perfect for the texture junkie: "Crazy Cool Cables" in the morning, and "Two-Faced Knitting" in the afternoon. Both classes are a great way for an intermediate knitter to take her knitting to the next level!
Learn more about these and the other Yarnover 2018 offerings in the brochure. And be sure to sign up or renew your dues by 12/31 so you can register for classes with the other early birds!
Bristol Ivy - Yarnover 2018 Teacher Snapshot
Bristol Ivy is a knitting designer and teacher from Portland, Maine. Her work focuses on the intersection of classic tailoring and innovative technique, and has been published by Brooklyn Tweed, Quince & Co., PomPom Quarterly, Interweave Knits, amirisu, and many more.
At Yarnover 2018, she is teaching an all-day brioche workshop in which students will learn how to knit brioche flat and in the round, how to knit and decrease in pattern, how to knit brioche seamless, and how to incorporate two colors.
In addition to her Saturday class, Bristol is the keynote address at the Meet the Teachers dinner on Friday night. In the “Camera Roll Full of Sweater Photos: Finding Inspiration and Turning It Into Reality,” Bristol will speak to knitting inspiration and where she finds it. Questions from the audience will be welcome.
Registration opens Saturday, January 6. Join or renew to get class and dinner tickets before they’re gone! (General registration for people who join or renew after the first of the year will open on January 13.)
JC Briar - Yarnover 2018 Teacher Snapshot
A self-confessed “technique freak” and “skill junkie,” JC Briar dabbles in all kinds of knitting but has a special fondness for textured knitting and novel construction techniques. Her most recent venture is Stitch-Maps.com, a website for viewing and creating grid-free charts of unparalleled fluidity, authenticity, and beauty.
We are excited to invite JC Briar back for yet another year of Yarnover. No matter what phase of your knitting journey you’re on, you’re sure to find a good class in JC’s offerings: she’s teaching a morning class on set-in sleeves, and an afternoon class on reading charts.
Learn about all 30 classes in the Yarnover 2018 brochure! If you aren't a member yet, join before the end of the year to be able to register with the other early birds.
Gwen Bortner - Yarnover 2018 Teacher Snapshot
Whether teaching through the local community education program, at a national knitting convention, or at the local yarn shop, meeting new people and sharing the love of knitting is one of Gwen Bortner’s greatest joys. (Teaching is so much Gwen’s passion that she even teaches classes about teaching classes!)
Gwen’s teaching philosophy can be summed up as: “If you add something to your knitting toolbox and have fun doing it, then I consider that a successful class.” This will be Gwen’s first time at Yarnover, and she’s bringing quite a lot of tools to the table!
In her morning class, students will learn the building blocks of double knitting. In the afternoon, students will learn casting on and finishing techniques in “Start with the Finish in Mind.” Let’s have some fun and add to that toolbox!
If you are interested in taking your double-knitting to the next level, try out either of Alasdair Post-Quinn's classes. Learn more in the Yarnover 2018 brochure. And remember to join by 12/31 to be able to register for classes with the early birds!
Denise Bell - Yarnover 2018 Teacher Snapshot
Wherever Denise Bell looks she sees patterns, so it’s no surprise that her knitting emphasis is lace. She recently visited Shetland and Scotland to delve further into the history of fine lace knitting.
Denise is a nationally recognized teacher and member of TNNA. When she’s not knitting, teaching, dyeing, or designing, she puts her pattern-seeking abilities to work solving cryptic crossword puzzles, and kayaking on lakes and streams near her eastern Oklahoma home.
We are excited to welcome Denise to Yarnover 2018, where she will teach classes as diverse as her interests outside of knitting: one on fine, Estonian-style lacework and one on heavier Shetland haps.
In between classes, check out the marketplace, where she'll be selling yarn at the Lost City Knits booth. Learn more in the Yarnover 2018 brochure.
Janine Bajus - Yarnover 2018 Teacher Snapshot
Janine Bajus, a.k.a. the “Feral Knitter,” is obsessed with the interplay of color in Fair Isle knitting. She loves teaching students to design their own Fair Isle projects. She lives in Berkeley, California with her husband, her dachshund, and her hundreds of books.
A perennial favorite of Yarnover attendees, Janine is back for another year and another stellar all-day class – “Fair Isle Color: How Do They Do That?”
In this class, students will learn about what differentiates Fair Isle from other forms of stranded color work. Some experience with stranded colorwork is a recommended prerequisite.
This class is sure to sell out quickly, so renew your dues today! For full details, see the Yarnover 2018 brochure.