Silver Lining… Paris, Berlin, New York
Music at St. Paul’s Concert Series, St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, NYC
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013; 12noon
Lisa Daehlin, soprano
Richard Pearson Thomas, pianist
Including songs by Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, James F. Hanley, Franz Lehar, Francis Poulenc, Erik Satie, Arnold Schoenberg, Rodgers & Hart, Jerome Kern, and others.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Children are welcome to all MSP concerts.
DIRECTIONS TO VENUE: 1 train to 116th and Broadway. Walk East on the main mall of Columbia University. Turn left and walk up the steps towards statue of Alma Mater. Veer to the right. Walk North on that pathway towards St. Paul’s Chapel. MAP TO LOCATION OF THE CHAPEL
Broomsticks… not just for sweeping… big-looped crochet
I’m reprising the song cycle Twisted Stitch (written for moi-meme by NYC Composer Stefania de Kenessey). Premiered at Cornelia Street Cafe, also here in NYC, this past January, this will be the second time it’s made an appearance. This time dans le plein air. Should be a great day. WWKIP (World Wide Knit In Public) Day is a growing movement and this event is Knitty City’s sponsoring of the NYC portion of things. Swing on by Bryant Park (just behind the NYPL at 42nd & 5th – within a yarn ball’s throw from the statue of Gertrude Stein). DIRECTIONS
Lisa Daehlin singing Twisted Stitch in Bryant Park_15june2013
Lisa Daehlin singing Twisted Stitch in Bryant Park_15june2013
Wooly Monmouth has invited me to teach Tunisian Crochet. Truly, one of my favorite techniques. Why, pray tell? I’m glad you asked… It’s a “ride-the-fence-er” kind of thing. It’s a “middle-of-the-roader” sort of thing. It’s a “throw-caution-to-the-wind and mix-match-your-stitchingness” type thang.
Wooly Mammoths? …. well, this IS technique that can be used to create thick & warm fabric, as well as soft & drapey & lacy fabric. It’s all in the hand and the tool… Little known factoid (so little known as to be questionable in its veracity, but why bother with such details?) is that the wooly mammoth was quite adept at stitch-work… you heard it here first (and, quite likely, last).
Check out classes and workshops on my schedule at THIS PAGE.
Lisa Daehlin _ Crochet Tunisienne (Tunisian Crochet) _ Water Lilies
Hairpin/Broomstick Lace Crochet Wrap, designed by Lisa Daehlin, published in VK Crochet Spring 2013, Photo Credit: Vogue Knitting Crochet 2013, photo by Paul Amato for LVARepresents.com
My eye and my spirit find great pleasure in these two lace-making techniques. It’s only one reason why I love singing their praises – whether when teaching them in workshops, or including them as subject matter in a cabaret show. Hairpin Lace and Broomstick Lace Crochet allow for a lovely drape in the fabrics they create (drape, a sometimes elusive thing in certain types of crochet). Vogue chose one of my shawls (which combines these techniques in some not-all-that-usual ways) to be included among the fashions in the Spring 2013 Vogue Knitting Crochet Issue. Click here for Preview of the Fashions. Scroll down to the section on “Glamour Girls” for a close up of the Hairpin & Broomstick Shawl.
Designs by Lisa Daehlin as they appear on Ravelry.
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Lisa Daehlin_Hairpin&BroomstickLaceCrochet_Shawl_Pink Merino_(broomstick triangle detail)
Lisa Daehlin_Hairpin&BroomstickLaceCrochet_Shawl_Pink Merino_(hairpin floweret detai
Hairpin/Broomstick Lace Crochet Wrap, designed by Lisa Daehlin, published in VK Crochet Spring 2013, Photo Credit: Vogue Knitting Crochet 2013, photo by Paul Amato for LVARepresents.com
Hooking up the Hudson – Tunisian Crochet in Beacon
Unveiling the Anatomy of the Stitch
Howland Public Library, Beacon, NY
Tunisian Crochet: Exploring a Hybrid Technique
with Lisa Daehlin
Saturday, April 20, 2013; 1:00-3:00pm
The technique of Tunisian Crochet is a Hybrid of Crochet & Knitting, resulting in a fabric with a woven quality. Learn how to make the basic Tunisian Crochet stitches (simple/knit/purl), and expand those skills to incorporate the use of two colors and to create a variation in lace. No preparatory work is required for this workshop, however, you are most welcome to bring a small piece of knitting or crochet (a rectangular swatch approx 5” wide would be a nice size) onto which you could build some additional stitches using the Tunisian Crochet technique. This optional idea of bringing in a pre-made swatch gives an added dimension of incorporating this technique into stitch-work with which you are already familiar. We will also make swatches starting “from scratch” so no worries if you don’t have time/occasion to do any work beforehand.
Materials: crochet hook (size h, i or j) (this can be a Tunisian/afghan hook, but a regular hook without ergonomic or other thick handle would be fine too), 2 small balls of dk or worsted weight yarn (different colors).
Prerequisite: Know how to make a chain and a single crochet.
INSTRUCTOR:
Lisa Daehlin is a knitting designer and opera chanteuse. She teaches in venues including the Studio Arts Workshop at Newark Museum, PS122 Gallery and the American Folk Art Museum in New York. A continuing education faculty member at The Cooper Union for seven years, she has the honor of having been the first teacher of knitting and crochet courses at this historic institution. A sought-after designer of knitted and crocheted fabrics and objects, she free-lances for the fashion industry and retail design. Her designs can be seen walking the streets of Manhattan, gracing the pages of Interweave Knits, Knit.1, Knit Simple and Vogue Knitting magazines as well as featured in Lace Style, Bag Style and The New Tunisian Crochet books published by Interweave Press, and Vogue Knitting: Ultimate Hat Book and Vogue Knitting: Shawls and Wraps by Sixth and Spring Books.
http://www.delisa.us/
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http://lisadaehlin.wordpress.com/
LOCATION: Howland Public Library, 313 Main St, Beacon, NY –
http://beaconlibrary.org/
INFO and to RSVP for this FREE workshop: 845-831-1134
Songs of Renewal & the Spring: A Concert of Classical Art Song
Lisa Daehlin, soprano;
Richard Pearson Thomas, pianist
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013; 6:00pm
Music at St. Paul’s Concert Series
St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, NYC
Performance includes compositions by Gabriel Fauré, Stefania de Kenessey, Edvard Grieg, Amy Beach, Francis Poulenc, Ellen Mandel, Cole Porter, Richard Pearson Thomas.
Songs on this concert feature settings of the poetry of Louise de Vilmorin, e.e. cummings, Charles van Lerberghe, Moira Linehan, Holger Drachmann, Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Children are welcome to all MSP concerts.
DIRECTIONS TO VENUE: 1 train to 116th and Broadway. Walk East on the main mall of Columbia University. Turn left and walk up the steps towards statue of Alma Mater. Veer to the right. Walk North on that pathway towards St. Paul’s Chapel. MAP TO LOCATION OF THE CHAPEL
