Teaching in Times Square _ VOGUE KNITTING LIVE january 2013
Join us in January for VOGUE KNITTING LIVE! This year, it’s at the TIMES SQUARE MARRIOTT MARQUIS HOTEL. January 18-20, 2013.
HAIRPIN LACE CROCHET
Hairpin lace crochet is an example of a technique that makes use of a tool designed for a common everyday household task but reinterprets its use to create lovely fabric. The fabric is made by first crocheting several long strips/braids. These pieces are then combined in various ways (this is where the fun begins!) to create the larger fabric. Similar to its sister craft of broomstick lace crochet, hairpin lace crochet is distinctive amongst other crochet techniques is that it allows the artist to easily create “drape” in the fabric, also showcasing and leaving visible long strands of the yarn. As such, it is an excellent stitch choice for supple blankets and flowing garments. Technique requirements: Know how to make a chain and single crochet stitch.
BROOMSTICK LACE CROCHET
Broomstick lace crochet is an example of a technique that makes use of a tool designed for a common everyday household task but reinterprets its use to create lovely fabric. That resulting fabric features larger than usual loops of yarn gathered into groups and embellished with several single (or other) crochet stitches. One particular distinction of this among most other crochet techniques, broomstick lace crochet allows one to easily create “drape” in the fabric, also showcasing and leaving visible long strands of the yarn. It is, therefore, an excellent stitch choice for supple blankets and flowing garments. Join us as we learn the basics of this lovely technique.Technique requirements: Know how to make a chain and single crochet stitch.
NOT JUST FOR SQUARES: LOVELY GRANNY CROCHET
Traditionally used for making square-shaped motifs, we explore this flexible crochet technique and learn the formulas for making triangles, circles, and other geometric shapes—the building blocks of an infinite number of projects. Technique requirements: Know how to make a chain and single and double crochet stitch.
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. A continuing education faculty member at The Cooper Union for seven years, she has the distinction 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 freelances 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 as well as featured in the Lace Style and Bag Style books published by Interweave and in the upcoming books The New Tunisian Crochet and Vogue Knitting Ultimate Hat Book. Find her online at http://www.delisa.us and https://lisadaehlin.wordpress.com and http://www.lisadaehlin.com
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