Growing Pains - Men's Knitting Retreats

Monday, October 15, 2018

Growing Pains - Men's Knitting Retreats

With the somewhat informal beginnings of the Men's Knitting Retreat, we've encounter about growing pains equally the retreats expand as well as instruct to a greater extent than popular.

Just Knitting?

Initially, Ted as well as I never expected these events to hold out anything actually significant. Now that about of the to a greater extent than well-established retreats sell out quickly, we've been trying to expand the seat out of retreats then nosotros tin adjust equally many guys equally nosotros can.

We equally good only got a enquiry from a MMK (mostly machine knitter) if the retreats were only for HK (hand knitters).

First of all the retreats are definitely non only for manus knitters...in fact, despite their name, they're non fifty-fifty only for knitters at all. The retreats are opened upward to knitters, crocheters, weavers, spinners, tatters as well as whatever other fiber enthusiasts. In fact, we've fifty-fifty had the random non-fiber guy attend a retreat. I'm non certain what URL domain refer I would bring chosen to comprehend all that nosotros are, but I would bring tried to guide a spider web site refer that didn't confine the notion to knitting.

As an example, hither is the listing of workshops that guys at the retreat this twelvemonth offered to the attendees:

Introduction to Weaving - Rigid Heddle Weaving amongst Dave Sledesky
Embellished Knitting amongst Charles Gandy
Fleece to Yarn: Hands On amongst John Crane
Intro to Circular Sock Knitting Machines amongst Joe Wilcox
Indigo Dyeing Workshop at Foster's Sheep Farm/Store amongst Dave Sledesky as well as Carole Foster
Become a Hooker amongst Bruce Glassford
Double-Knitting In-the-Round amongst Lars Rains
Getting Off amongst Casting On amongst Kirk Hochstetler

So, equally y'all tin see, we're much to a greater extent than various than only knitting...any expert suggestions for changing our branding at this point?

Here are about photos of the various workshops:

Fleece to Yarn display

Cast Ons

Circular Sock Knitting Machine Demo

Crochet

Double-Knitting In-The-Round

Weaving as well as Weavers

Indigo Dyeing as well as Shoppers

Current Knitting

I finished knitting the residue of the initiatory of all Brethren Sock as well as made quite a fighting of progress on the complex department of the bit sock.

Reading Mill's words as well as taking his direction on how to movement stitches along my needles has been comforting inwards then many ways. One minor purpose of the legacy he left us with.