We covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time at the Tunisian Crochet workshop at NYC’s American Folk Art Museum.
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- Poster Image for American Folk Art Museum Lisa Daehlin_Tunisian Crochet workshop_3may2012
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- Details of the Event American Folk Art Museum, Lincoln Square, NYC
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- American Folk Art Museum Exterior from the Plaza by Lincoln Center – venture under the scaffold and inside to partake of the magic.
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- American Folk Art Museum Entrance
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- American Folk Art Museum signage for Make It Thursday
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- We had a full house! at the Tunisian Crochet workshop_Lisa Daehlin_American Folk Art Museum_3may2012
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- The guards watched over the art and our learning… greatly aided by the technology made available by the museum. (Thank you also to Richard for the tech assistance!)
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- We covered a lot of ground, I was moving pretty quickly to give some individual attention to these very skilled and learned women, many of them teachers as well.
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- Fortunate to have an angel watching over the proceedings (if you haven’t yet visited the wonders in this museum’s collection, get thee to Lincoln Square!).
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- Vogue Knitting was gracious to offer the loan of some items I’ve designed for their publications so we could have them on hand for the evening. Broomstick Lace / Tunisian Crochet Jacket from spring/summer’12 crochet issue of Vogue Knitting. Designed and made by Lisa Daehlin
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- Courtney (organizer of Make It Thursdays) in her fabulous turban (invoking the power of Carol Merrill) holding up the Tunisian Crochet Chessboard Floor Pillow for all to see as we discussed the difference between various intarsia and striping techniques. Designed and made by Lisa Daehlin
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- Vogue Knitting was gracious to offer the loan of some items I’ve designed for their publications so we could have them on hand for the evening. Tunisian Crochet Intarsia Chessboard FloorPillow and Cushions from spring/summer’12 Knit Simple. Designed and made by Lisa Daehlin
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Unveiling the Anatomy of the Stitch
‘Make It Thursdays’ at the American Folk Art Museum
Tunisian Crochet with Lisa Daehlin
Thursday, May 3, 2012; 6:00-7:30pm
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. Materials: crochet hook (size h, i or j), 2 small balls of dk or worsted weight yarn (different colors). Prerequisite: No skills needed…only the desire to learn about this gorgeous fabric.
Instructor: Lisa Daehlin is a knitting designer and opera chanteuse. A continuing education faculty member at The Cooper Union, she has the distinction of being the first teacher of knitting and crochet courses at this historic institution. She also teaches in the Studio Arts Workshop at Newark Museum. 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, on the pages of Interweave Knits, Knit.1, Knit Simple and Vogue Knitting magazines as well as featured in the Lace Style and Bag Style books published by Interweave Press and in the upcoming books The New Tunisian Crochet and Vogue Knitting Ultimate Hat Book. http://www.delisa.us/ and http://lisadaehlin.wordpress.com
LOCATION: American Folk Art Museum – 2 Lincoln Square, New York City, NY
REGISTER: 212.595.9533 http://www.folkartmuseum.org/
exhibition at Newark Museum _ improvisational intarsia knitting
BROCHURE and REGISTRATION INFO for UPCOMING ARTS WORKSHOPS
Lisa Daehlin Knitted_Improvisational Seed Stitch Intarsia_Pink and Black Cotton_Detail
Lisa Daehlin Knitted Artwork on view at Newark Museum_February-April2012_Improvisational Seed Stitch Intarsia (Pink and Black Cotton)_Garter Stitch Intarsia (taupe and black recycled plastic bags)
Lisa Daehlin_Improvisational Seed Stitch Intarsia (Pink and Black Cotton)_Garter Stitch Intarsia (taupe and black recycled plastic bags)_Detail, closeup of wooden bowl from Mauritania
Newark Art Museum_Studio Arts Classroom_where the magic happens....
Chelsea Opera performance – Spunky Opera Broads
Join us for a concert of beaucoup de ARIAS! An evening of some of the greats… and MORE of the greats… and then… you get the idea…
My (Lisa Daehlin’s) contribution to the evening will be one of Amelia’s arias from Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera.
with special renowned guest artists:
Eugenie Gruenwald, mezzo and
Maria Russo, soprano
WHAT: Chelsea Opera presents…. Spunky Old Opera Broads
WHEN: Friday, February 24, 2012 ; 8pm
WHERE: Christ & St. Stephen’s Church 120 West 69th St NY, NY (Between Broadway & Columbus)
TICKETS: Gen Adm – $20 adv/$25 door Snr/Stdt – $15 adv/$20 door
Canzoni d’Amore – Concert at Bergen Community College
Unveiling the Anatomy of the Stitch with Lisa Daehlin
Cooper Union Continuing Education Knitting and Crochet Spring ‘12
4- and 6-week Evening Courses in February, March, April REGISTER
Experiencing a bit of ENTROPY? Try KNITTING and CROCHET and pull it together!
If your idea of these art/craft forms involves an image along these lines….
or these (see a pattern forming?)
Bonus points to anyone who sees the likeness to Aristide Bruant dans son cabaret – see? lots of entropy…
Turn that CHAOS INTO STRUCTURE. Find out how at The Cooper Union.
CROCHET: An Introduction to the Basics
6 Tuesdays 6:30-9:00pm; Feb 7-Mar 13
KNITTING 1: An Introduction to the Time-Honored Tradition
4 Wednesdays 6:30-9:00pm; Feb 1-22
KNITTING 2: Intermediate and Advanced
6 Wednesdays 6:30-9:00pm; Feb 29-Apr 4
INSTRUCTOR: Lisa Daehlin is a knitting designer and opera singer. A continuing education faculty member at Cooper Union, she has the distinction of being their first-ever teacher of knitting and crochet courses. She also teaches in the studio arts workshop at the Newark Museum.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, on the pages of Interweave Knits, Knit.1, Vogue Knitting Magazines as well as featured in the Lace Style and Bag Style books and in an upcoming book on Tunisian Crochet published by Interweave Press.
LOCATION: Cooper Union – 30 Cooper Square, NYC – REGISTER: 212.353.4195 http://cooper.edu
INSTRUCTOR: http://www.delisa.us/ and http://lisadaehlin.wordpress.com/
in sweet music is such art… to dream, remember, and slumber
You are most cordially invited to:
IN SWEET MUSIC IS SUCH ART… TO DREAM, REMEMBER AND SLUMBER
a concert of arias and art song
Lisa Daehlin and Jacqueline Quirk, sopranos
Richard Pearson Thomas, pianist
Saturday, January 14th, 2012, 4pm
Milbank Chapel, Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, NYC, NY 10027 (1 train to 116th, walk uptown to 120th, turn right, entrance is 1/2 block on the uptown side of street, between broadway and amsterdam avenues)
free admission [ donations gratefully accepted ]
Artist websites: Lisa Daehlin, Jacqueline Quirk, Richard Pearson Thomas
Studio Arts Class at Newark Museum – Creating Knitted Lace: Organic Design within Geometric Shapes
Studio Arts Workshop at the Newark Museum
Creating Knitted Lace: Organic Design within Geometric Shapes
Sunday, November 20, 2011; 10am-4pm
Knitting in lace is an exploration of positive/negative space. The sinewy lines created when using relatively simple knitting maneuvers (yarn-over increases paired with different types of decreases) lead the yarn (and your eye) through the landscape of a fabric composed of lines, holes, shapes, motifs — both organic and geometric. In this workshop learn how to: make these various paired increases/decreases; knit (and how to read, in words and charts) some specific stitch patterns designed to focus on the various elements of knitted lace; incorporate beads into the stitches; knit an edging and how to attach it to a non-bound-off edge; create the formulas for using this decorative (yarn-over) increase to create rectangular, circular, and triangular shapes – the building blocks of shawls, hats, pillows, purses, objects.
Prerequisite: Know how to cast-on, knit, purl, bind-off, and have familiarity working with double-pointed needles (those participants who aren’t yet comfortable with dpns will find circles an added challenge and perhaps might opt to not make that one shape).
INSTRUCTOR: LISA DAEHLIN is a knitting designer and opera singer. A continuing education faculty member at Cooper Union, she has the distinction of being their first-ever teacher of knitting and crochet courses. 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, on the pages of Interweave Knits, Knit 1, Vogue Knitting Vogue Knitting Magazines as well as featured in the Lace Style and Bag Style books published by Interweave Press.
LOCATION: Newark Art Museum – 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ
REGISTER: 973.596.6607 http://www.newarkmuseum.org/ArtsWorkshop.html
INSTRUCTOR: http://www.delisa.us/
Lace at the Library (maybe the Lions will knit too… but something tells me they’re more suited to hairpin… such LOCKS!)
Hand-Made Crafternoon: October 15, 2011
Join crafty librarian Jessica Pigza of the Rare Book Division and Crafternoon author Maura Madden for a free DIY day at the Library. Our special guest will be the crochet and knit designer (and opera singer) Lisa Daehlin, who will share her knowledge of–and love for–knitted and crocheted lace designs (hairpin, broomstick, and Tunisian lace crochet, as well as yarn-over lace knitting). She will demonstrate some beginners’ techniques for making knitted and crocheted lace. We’ll have a limited amount of supplies and tools to share and try out that day, but if you have the following please bring: DK or heavier weight yarn, a size G or H crochet hook, size 50 knitting needles, and a hairpin loom. And as usual, we’ll have a selection of books on lace from the Library’s collection for browsing too.
Here are the details on this event:
- This is a FREE event, but reservations are welcomebecause we have room for just 96 crafters. To reserve your spot, please write to handmade@nypl.org with your name and the date of this event.
- What to bring: We’ll have some supplies and tools to share and try out that day, but if you have the following please bring: a ball of DK or heavier weight yarn, a size G or H crochet hook, size 50 knitting needles, and a hairpin loom
- Where: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Margaret Liebman Berger Forum (on the Second Floor, Room 227)
- When: Saturday, October 15, from 2:00 to 4:00pm (doors open at 1:30pm)
- Check Hand-Made at NYPL for additional details as the event nears.
[ images from NYPL website ]help us to dig water wells _ benefit concert for Water is Life Kenya
Join us for a the 3rd Annual Benefit Concert for Water is Life Kenya. Money raised helps to dig/build water wells in Kenya. Less time spent by the villagers walking miles and miles for water means more time spent on quality of life such as getting an education and spending time with family.
Water Is Life – Kenya [501(c)3]
Benefit Concert: Music, Water & Life “Everyone Can Help Anyone”
Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church, Murray Hill/Gramercy East Side – Manhattan. 7pm; $25 at the door, Children under 10, free. Not to be missed!
Pianist Noby Ishida will accompany stellar NYC-based performers including Noah Racey (Broadway: Follies, Curtains, Never Gonna Dance, & Thoroughly Modern Millie), Jason Yudoff (from Jason Yudoff & The New Hotness as seen at The Highline, Rockwood Music Hall & Maxwell’s), and vocal talents of half a dozen professional Classical Singers. Dancers from The Keen Dance Theater of NYC and Women’s Percussion & Vocal Ensemble, Grace Drums, will also perform. Money raised will be sent to help drill Deep & Shallow Water Wells in Kenya – currently working in the Olepolos Community in the Mt. Kilimanajaro highlands. Proceeds will also go to WILK toward helping to develop sustainable water resources in areas of need, provide sanitation & hygiene education and workshops for stimulate improved livestock keeping practices. WILK has now helped over 20,000 people and over 100,000 of their livestock now have access to clean water! Kenyan jewelry sales, a raffle & a light reception will follow the concert. To learn more about WILK, go to www.kenyawaterislife.com.
