GREATER ST LOUIS KNITTERS' GUILD EVENTS

AND OTHER METRO ST LOUIS EVENTS

GREATER ST LOUIS KNITTERS' GUILD SPRING 2010 WORKSHOPS WITH JUDY PASCALE were held Friday March 19, 2010 to Sunday March 21, 2010 at the Drury Inn near Forest Park, at 2111 Sulphur Avenue, St. Louis, MO  63139 (Hampton/44 area)   Check back next year for our next workshops!

STICKS'N'STITCHES 2010 St Louis Blues vs. Nashville Predators was Sunday March 21, 2010. Check back next year for 2011!

1840'S FIBER & TEXTILES Reenactors pay tribute to the daily lives of frontier women.  March 27, 2010 from 9-4.  Historic Daniel Boone Home, Lindenwood University, 1868 Highway F, Defiance, MO. Admission charge. (636) 798-2005.  EVENT FLYER

HOOKED! Rug Hooking: A Traditional Craft Made New Again.  Opening reception Friday April 2, 2010 from 6-8PM.  Exhibition dates April 2 - 29, 2010.  Exhibit & sale of hooked art at the The Green Center, 8025 Blackberry Ave, University City. (314) 725-8314.  Raffle rug & demonstrations by the Naomi Miller St. Louis Guild of Rug Hook Crafters.  For info on the guild, call Pat at 618-466-1498 or Jean at 636-343-4865.

Event Flyer

KNIT-IN @ THE PARK in conjunction with the Mark Newport Self-Made Man Exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road in St. Louis County, near Interstate 44 and Lindbergh Boulevard.  April 3, 2010 Gallery talk at 1:00 with the artist, then join GSLKG to knit in the park or gallery after the talk! 

Exhibit opens February 5th and runs through May 9, 2010.

Mark Newport Talk - Knit-In Press Release

Mark Newport Press Release

Mark Newport Exhibition Card

Laumeier Sculpture Park website

KNIT AND CABOODLE 2010 RETREAT Our Spring 2010 knitter's retreat will be held Friday through Sunday May 14-16, 2010 at Cedar Creek Conference Center, New Haven, MO.  Non-members welcome. 

• Starting with the 2010 retreat, the retreat will no longer be handled through the guild treasurer.  Connie Kukal at Knit and Caboodle has taken over as retreat coordinator and registration/checks will be mailed directly to Connie at her shop.  Here is the form to register:  2010 Retreat Reservation Form

GREATER ST LOUIS KNITTERS' GUILD 2010 KNIT-OUT
Our 2010 Knit-Out will be held on Saturday September 25th 10-5 and Sunday September 26th, 2009 from 10am -5pm at the Faust Park Folk Art Festival at 15185 Olive Street Rd., Chesterfield, MO   63017.  $5 admission.  Come join GSLKG members, learn more about our guild and learn how to knit!  http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/parks/faust_home.html  

Faust Park 2010 Calendar of Events

ALPACA SHEARING EVENT Saturday May 15, 2010 Join guild member/farm owner Beth Brown to watch the alpacas be sheared & watch (or help!) her sort and grade fleece at Odelia Alpaca Farms, 8349 Old Lebanon Troy Rd, Troy, IL 62294 (just East of St. Louis). See below for directions to the farm.

NATIONAL ALPACA FARM DAYS were September 26th & 27th, 2009. Guild member Beth Brown hosted National Alpaca Farms Days at Odelia Alpaca Farms 8349 Old Lebanon Troy Rd, Troy, IL 62294 (just East of St. Louis). Demonstrations in dry felting, spinning and knitting.  Her Odelia by Design display room was set up with multiple vendors. Lots of roving, yarns and other items for sale. Great stuff, great place, great time! Hours: Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 10-4.  Also offering hand spun yarn, hand spun and hand knit sweaters, sweater-jackets, vests and more. Alpaca Farm Days Flyer! 

DIRECTIONS TO THE FARM

Check back near the fall for 2010 dates!

Other Events of Interest

(arranged roughly by month)

KNITTING IN THE HEARTLAND 2010 Saturday & Sunday March 26-28, 2010, 9am - 5pm at the Ramada Inn, 7240 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Overland Park, KS  66202 (just West of Metcalf/I-635). The Sunflower Knitter's Guild biennial event celebrates knitting and the Kansas City area's fiber community.  2010 Workshops info is here!  Check out other Sunflower Knitter's Guild Events - Kansas and Missouri yarn crawls, Elizabeth Zimmerman's Birthday Tea, Sunflower Spring Knitaway, etc.

DFW Fiber Fest 2010 April 9-11, 2010.  Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX area.   dfwfiberfest.org

SOXPERIENCE 2010 April 10-11, 2010 at Chincoteague Island, VA .

Carodan Farm in Virginia has a weekend of workshops annually called SoXperience.   SoXperience

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival in West Friendship, MD is always held the first full weekend in May.  Check their Website for info.

Hands on 2010, May 13-16, 2010 at Hilton Garden Inn, Chicago.  A weekend of fun for mitten & glove knitters. Check their website and ravelry group for more info.

The Third Annual Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair July 16-18, 2010 at Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL. Workshops, demos, exhibits, marketplace & entertainment. More info here

28th Annual World Sheep & Fiber Arts Festival in Bethel, MO on Friday & Saturday September 4-5, 2010.  Here is their workshops schedule. You can take a "tour" of this year's festival on GSLKG member Fran P's blog Weedwacker Knits - festival-time

French Girl Knits 2010 Knitting Tour, September 13-20th. Spend a relaxing week lodged in the stunningly beautiful Chateau D'Agel in the South of France, learning the seamless knitting techniques featured in Kristeen Griffen-Grimes' bestselling book, French Girl Knits. In between the knitting classes, visit colorful local markets and historic hilltop villages in this undiscovered, yet beautiful region of France. Visit a unique quilt museum on the tree-shaded banks of Le Canal du Robine, wander the cobbled streets of old Montpellier, and spend a sunny afternoon in Collioure, one of the most beautiful fishing villages in France.  French Girl Cooking Tours & Knitting Tours  Phone: 206-948-6495.

Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, September 10-12, 2010 at Jefferson Fair Park in Jefferson, Wisconsin.  Daily Admission charge (kids 8 and under FREE). 

2010 WI Sheep and Wool Festival FLYER  

Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival website  The 2011 event will be September 9-11, 2011.

Meg Swansen's Knitting Camps & Retreats in Marshfield, WI. Knitting Camp info is here! 

Stitches
Knitters Magazine (XRX) sponsors various knitting getaways: Camp Stitches NY, Camp Stitches CO, Stitches Midwest, Stitches East and Knitaway Greece. See their website for more details: http://www.knittinguniverse.com/xrx/events.php

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