Posted by Caroline Hershey
Posted by Caroline Hershey
| No, no no. Not cutting corners, but mitering them producing beautiful designs within garments. We were first introduced to miters with Heartland Knits, Diamond Patch Socks, which we featured at our 2006 SoXperience. |
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Look at the variety of
designs that can be
created simply by
varying yarn color placement. |
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These squares are done with Silk Garden which is
gorgeous with the change in colors throughout the yarn. After completing several of the squares, a shawl is what I’m aiming toward. |
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We are so enthalled with mitered squares, that we are offering workshops in their construction at our 2009 KnitXperience coming up in November at Graves Mountain Lodge. Information and registration will be published in July. So stay tuned. |
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Posted by Caroline Hershey
 We have posted the photos from this year’s KnitXperience.
 Click on this link to take you there:
http://www.carodanfarm.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/knitX-retreat.html
KnitXperience 2009Â will once again be at Graves Mountain Lodge.
The date is November 13-15th.
Posted by Caroline Hershey
KnitXperience 2008 is over, so much fun, so many techniques learned!
Thanks Melissa for our intros to lace and aran knitting.
And look at all the friends we made! 
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And the continuing saga of the star afghan that Melissa Abbott was making. Did she finish, did she finish before leaving? Look-a-here! And kudos to all who helped unravel the final yards of the ball. Won’t that college freshman be wowed by this!
Mark your calendars!
KnitXperience 2009 dates:
November 13-15th.
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Posted by Caroline Hershey
KnitXperience, A Knitters Retreat
Our KnitXperience Retreat is fast approaching. We are looking forward to having Melissa Weaver Dunning perform her celtic music and conduct the workshops on Saturday.
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We have had a recent addition to the weekend which knitters will definitely enjoy. Debbie Roberts, who is a certified massage therapist, will be offering chair massage to knitters after lunch on Saturday. After a grueling morning knitting (only kidding), a massage is just what we’ll need. More likely, we will need to take a jog around the lodge to get us going again after the lunch they serve. Hope you are as excited about the weekend as we are!
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Melissa was working on this afghan when we were at KnitXperience in November and just finished it. She used Elsebeth Lavold’s Chunky AL yarn and designed the pattern herself. She added a knitted edging when she finished. The sides definitely needed blocking when finished, so she threaded Lysley Solomon’s blocking needles 
through each side, then blocked with a steam iron and a damp cloth. The wires held the afghan in place and made an
arduous task considerably easier. You can see what a difference it makes in these photos. These wires are too long for us to ship, but we will have them at the Mancuso Show in Hampton in February.
