Programming to be announced.

Opening night for our yearly Yarnover Convention!

Yarnover Dinner with Keynote Speaker: Franklin Habit.

Join us at the Crown Plaza in Plymouth, 3131 Campus Drive, Plymouth, MN 55441, for a delicious buffet dinner. Then stay for “Impractical Magic: Oddities and Curiosities from Weldon’s Practical Needlework” with Franklin Habit: Beginning in the 1880s, and for decades thereafter, the editors of Weldon’s Practical Needlework provided an enormous audience of amateur craftswomen with patterns for garments designed to be warm, strong, long-lived and, well, practical. But Weldon’s had another side, too. A side that proposed the knitting of covers for tennis balls, of knitting whips for children, and of covering open flames with crinkled tissue paper. In this funny, informative, lavishly illustrated talk–not for the faint of heart–we’ll take a look at what our great-great-grandmothers got up to after they’d already knit a sufficiency of Socks for Invalids. Warning: May induce seizures in persons with good taste.

 
Cocktail Hour – 5:30 – 6:30pm
Dinner – 6:30 – 8:00pm
Keynote – 8:00pm – 9:00pm

Cost: $50. Sign up via Yarnover registration. Cash bar available.

Registration starts January 11th, 2020 for members of the Minnesota Knitters' Guild who have paid 2020 dues by Dec. 31, 2019. Registration for all others opens on January 18th, 2020.

Day two of our yearly weekend-long convention!

Prestigious local and national instructors teach a variety of courses and fiber vendors fill the Yarnover Marketplace, which is free and open to the public.

The Time is Now!

with Susanna Hansson

What does knitting mean to us? Is it a passion, a purpose, or is it "just" a way to pass time? Process or product knitting — does it matter? Do we value our knitting time? How is that reflected in what we do? There are no right or wrong answers but I hope all of you will be willing to engage in thinking about and sharing your thoughts around some of these questions.

Susanna Hansson is a sought-after teacher and speaker who originally learned to knit in the
5th grade in her native Sweden. She has been instrumental in the renaissance of interest in the
unique patterned colorwork Bohus Stickning sweaters and her collection of vintage garments
was the centerpiece of a highly successful exhibit at the American Swedish Institute (ASI) in
2009. Most recently, her collection was exhibited at the Seven Oaks Bohus Stickning
Symposium in St. Louis, MO, earlier this year.

Susanna’s work is grounded in her love of technique, detail, and history which is clearly
reflected in her classes. In addition to teaching at national ‘Stitches’ events starting in 2004,
Susanna has taught for guilds, retreats, and shops all over North America as well as in
Scandinavia, the UK, and Japan. She has taught at several previous Yarnover events and is very
excited to be returning to Minnesota for the 34th Anniversary Yarnover event in 2020!

Meetings are free to attend and open to the public, however we encourage you to join the Guild so we can continue to offer programs like these! You do not need to be registered for Yarnover to attend this meeting. 

Please note the location for this meeting. Seats are first come, first serve.

The fairgrounds are filled with music, food, artisans and animals.

Events include Minnesota’s largest fleece competition, sheep shearing, fleece skirting demos, book-signings and more.

Families always enjoy the sheep and goats in the barn and this year there will be a new Farm Work Stock Dog Trial!

There’s a lot of room to picnic–weather permitting! Bring your spinning wheel, your friends, and spin the day away.

http://shepherdsharvestfestival.org/