Now that you've reserved your seat for the Yarnover 2018 Meet the Teachers Dinner with keynote speaker Bristol Ivy, it's time to get your needles working on your Yarnover Shawl Contest entry.

Entering the contest is super easy! Wear a shawl that you've knit to the social hour before dinner. (Please do not enter a shawl you entered last year.) Stop by the contest table to receive your entry number and have your shawl photographed for the slide show. We'll ask you to provide some information on your entry such as the pattern name and the yarn you used. 

During dinner we'll show the slide show and everyone attending can vote for their favorite. We'll be giving away three prizes this year, two for the shawls that receive the most votes and one by random drawing. 

We have three great sponsors for the contest this year who have provided wonderful prizes!

There was a wonderful array of shawls last year and we can't wait to see what you all have to show this time around. If you'd like to see last year's winners and entries, they are all here. 

By the way, there are still seats available for the dinner, don't miss out!

January

StevenBe is hosting California dyer and spinning instructor Nicole Frost. Nicole creates beautiful art yarns and batts and will be teaching a workshop on spinning your own art yarn. She will also have an extensive trunk show of her yarns, batts, and blanks at the shop. She will be at the shop January 27th and 28th. Visit StevenBe for more information on the class and trunk show.

February

Harry Potter Knit-a-thon! A free event from 12-8pm on Saturday, February 3rd in the Northrup King Building. All experience levels welcome. If you are new to knitting we can help you learn, if you’re not a knitter you can bring a different craft, or watch Harry Potter and chat with friends. There will be a Fiber to the People pop up shop with yarn to buy and the finished patterns to try on. Snacks and coffee will be provided. More details are on Facebook.

Want a fiber or knitting event listed here? Email us at eventsmnkg@gmail.com. Events must be within 60 miles of Minnesota. The Minnesota Knitters' Guild reserves the right to not list any event and will not list regular class schedules, store sales, or events with religious or political tone or purpose.

Updated 4/4/18 9:22pm

Closed Classes

• Introduction to Gloves - Kate Atherley
• Beginning Brioche - Kate Atherley
• Fair Isle Color: How Do They Do That? - Janine Bajus
• Slick Set-in Sleeves - JC Briar
• Introduction to Brioche and Brioche: The Next Level - Bristol Ivy
• Two-Faced Knitting: Stitch Patterns that Look Great on Both Sides - Melissa Leapman
• Essential Skills - Sally Melville
• Not Just Nupps - Brooke Nico
• Two-Pattern Double-Knitting - Alasdair Post-Quinn
• Double Knitting Off the Grid - Alasdair Post-Quinn
• Design Your Own Icelandic Sweater - Lars Rains
• Short Row Shenanigans - Josh Ryks-Robinsky
• Lines, Texture, and Stripes, Oh My! - Josh Ryks-Robinsky
• Socknitter’s Seminar: Going Beyond the Basics - Carol J. Sulcoski

Classes with 5 or fewer openings

• Estonian Style - Denise Bell
• Two Right Sides — Double Knitting Basics - Gwen Bortner
• Wrapped in Warmth – The Shetland Full Hap Shawl - Denise Bell
• Knit to Fit and Flatter - Sally Melville
• Fixing Mistakes in Lace Knitting - Brooke Nico
• Introduction to Stranded Textural Colorwork - Lars Rains
• Knitting Refinements - Roxanne Richardson
• Mock Cables - Roxanne Richardson
• Dropstitch Openwork - Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton

Cornelia comes from a long line of artists and artisans, so it’s no surprise that an early introduction to photography helped set the tone for the structural positive/negative spatial interest of her knitting designs. She divides her time between Mariefred, Sweden and Atlanta, GA, designing and attending to her yarn line, Heaven’s Hand.

Cornelia will be teaching a morning class called “DropStitch Openwork™,”  a technique she recently developed in which knitted columns are worked between open geometric shapes without breaking the yarn.

In the afternoon, explore the knotty side of knitting! Placed imaginatively, knitted knots can lend textural interest to an otherwise simple silhouette. They can be worked in different colors and with a combination of yarns, too. (A good way even to use up some of your stash!)

Learn more about all of the classes in the Yarnover 2018 brochure!