Demonstrations and Help Clinics

All of these FREE activities take place in the Pavilion Rotunda on your way to the Marketplace. Drop in to any of them!

Thursday, February 16

  • 10:00-12:00: Lisa Chan will showcase support spindle spinning. Learn about posture, plying and everything in between. Lisa will bring DIY kits for making spindles.
  • 10:00-12:00: Ilisha Helfman will demonstrate I-cord JazzKnitting. Use JazzKnitting techniques with I-cord to create gorgeous knotted necklaces.
  • 10:00-5:00: Learn to Weave Come over to the warped side and learn about weaving while making your own colorful mug rug to take home.
  • 2:00-4:00: Lisa Chan will showcase support spindle spinning. Learn about posture, plying and everything in between. Lisa will bring DIY kits for making spindles.
  • 2:00-5:00: Linda Gettman presents a demonstration of Kumihimo braiding. Stop by and try out this art form widely used historically by Samurai warriors.

Friday, February 17

  • 10:00-3:00: Betsy Hershberg will celebrate the publication of Betsy Beads with a hands-on look at her fabulous knitted jewelry and techniques. Try them out with her.
  • 10:00-2:00: Kari Elliott will demonstrate speedy sock knitting using a sock knitting machine. Come learn about these wonderful machines.
  • 10:00-5:00: Learn to Weave Come over to the warped side and learn about weaving while making your own colorful mug rug to take home.
  • 1:30-5:00: Sarah Anderson will hold a spinning clinic. Learn to spin, try a new technique or practice on one of Sarah’s wonderful wheels.
  • 1:30-5:00: Brian Kohler brings his Great Wheel to Madrona. See Brian spin on this interesting wheel and try your own hand at long draw spinning on a walking wheel.
  • 2:00-3:00: Sarah Anderson will demonstrate spinning cotton “off the seed” or directly from the boll.
  • 5:00-6:00: BOOK SIGNING by our teacher-authors. See the list of teachers who will be signing today on the sign in the Rotunda and in your Registration Packet

Saturday, February 18

  • 9:00-12:00: Ilisha Helfman will demonstrate I-cord JazzKnitting. Use JazzKnitting techniques with I-cord to create gorgeous knotted necklaces.
  • 9:00-2:00: Sarah Anderson will hold a spinning clinic. Learn to spin, try a new technique or practice on one of Sarah’s wonderful wheels.
  • 9:00-5:00: Daniel Herrera will answer all your knitting questions and help with any dilemmas on your needles. Not a knitter yet? Daniel will walk you through it.
  • 10:00-11:00: Sarah Anderson will show you how to blend exotic short fibers by making punis. Learn how to make and spin this rolag of tightly rolled fiber.
  • 10:00-3:00: Margaret Radcliffe will entice you with a whirlwind of circular knitting techniques from her new book Circular Knitting Workshop.
  • 10:00-5:00: Learn to Weave Come over to the warped side and learn about weaving while making your own colorful mug rug to take home.
  • 12:15-1:15: Visit with Gwen Steege, author of The Knitter’s Life List , checklists for all the varied and fascinating things there are to explore in the world of knitting.
  • 2:00-5:00: Amelia Garripoli will demonstrate spindle spinning. Bring questions about spindle types, which spindle to use for which fiber, and learn to ply on the spindle.
  • 3:00-5:00:Andrea Wong will demonstrate the Portuguese Knitting techniques using the knitting pin to hold the working yarn for even tension.
  • 5:00-6:00: BOOK SIGNING by our teacher-authors. See the list of teachers who will be signing today on the sign in the Rotunda and in your Registration Packet.

Sunday, February 19

  • 9:00-11:00: Amelia Garripoli will demonstrate spinning on three different Charka wheels used for cotton and other short staple length fibers. Try out the techniques with her.
  • 9:00-12:00: Deborah Robson will hold a Fiber Clinic. Mystified by a fiber? Want to know the best spinning techniques for something particular? Deb is here with advice.
  • 9:00-2:00: Sarah Anderson will hold a spinning clinic. Learn to spin, try a new technique or practice on one of Sarah’s wonderful wheels.
  • 9:00-2:00: Daniel Herrera will answer all your knitting questions and help with any dilemmas on your needles. Not a knitter yet? Daniel will walk you through it.
  • 9:00-2:00: Amy Detjen will hold a Stranded Knitting Clinic. Start a project, look at designs, review techniques, and solve problems with your stranded knitting project.
  • 9:30-10:00: Sarah Anderson will demonstrate spinning cotton “off the seed” or directly from the boll.
  • 10:00-12:00: Gayle Roehm holds a Japanese Knitting Clinic. Having trouble with a design, pattern interpretation or a stitch pattern chart? Gayle will help you through it.
  • 11:30-12:00: Sarah Anderson will show you how to blend exotic short fibers by making punis. Learn how to make and spin this rolag of tightly rolled fiber.

Click here to download copy of Demonstrations and Help Clinics flyer.