notes:
 Classes with a picture icon have images on the class detail page
 Crochet-friendly class
levels:
No skill required
Basic Know basic stitches (knit, purl or single crochet, double crochet).
Easy You should know the basics, how to increase and decrease, and have made at least one project.
Intermediate You should have worked with a few stitch patterns and should be familiar wtih basic garment shaping.
Advanced You should have made several garments in various stitch patters and should comfortable making minor changes to patterns. Advanced is fun and challenging for thinking knitters.
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Deborah Newton
This Fall designer Deborah Newton celebrates the 30-year anniversary of the sale of her first sweater design. Her designs have appeared in all the major craft magazines and yarn company publications, along with her articles about various aspects of designing. Her first book Designing Knitwear, in print since 1990, helps knitters develop a process for becoming a designer. In her latest, Finishing School, she shares her expertise on — and love of! — putting sweaters together. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where she also works at her family’s business, Maps For The Classroom.
STITCHES East 2012 Classes
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Thursday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
No skills required Opening Day Spotlight only
On Designing: From Swatch to Finish with Deborah Newton
IN THIS FASCINATING RETROSPECTIVE SLIDE PRESENTATION,
Deborah Newton highlights her designs
for Knitter'™s Magazine from Brocade Blouse in Issue
1 to a color-blocked lace jacket for Issue 108. She
explores her design process, tracing where the
ideas come from, how the sweater shapes evolve,
and how they translate into garment construction.
See how twin passions —”swatching and finishing—inspire all aspects of
Deborah Newton'™s work.
This Fall marks 30 years since Deborah sold her first Aran-inspired
sweater to McCall'™s Needlework and Crafts. Join
us as she reflects on her place in the world of print and
discusses how the internet and social networking are
changing the way she views making knitwear.
49 and counting
Visit a virtual gallery of Deborah's designs for Knitter's Magazine.
KnittingUniverse.com/ONDESIGNING
Thursday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm SOLD OUT
No skills required Opening Day Spotlight and Luncheon
On Designing: From Swatch to Finish with Deborah Newton
IN THIS FASCINATING RETROSPECTIVE SLIDE PRESENTATION,
Deborah Newton highlights her designs
for Knitter'™s Magazine from Brocade Blouse in Issue
1 to a color-blocked lace jacket for Issue 108. She
explores her design process, tracing where the
ideas come from, how the sweater shapes evolve,
and how they translate into garment construction.
See how twin passions —”swatching and finishing—inspire all aspects of
Deborah Newton'™s work.
This Fall marks 30 years since Deborah sold her first Aran-inspired
sweater to McCall'™s Needlework and Crafts. Join
us as she reflects on her place in the world of print and
discusses how the internet and social networking are
changing the way she views making knitwear.
49 and counting
Visit a virtual gallery of Deborah's designs for Knitter's Magazine.
KnittingUniverse.com/ONDESIGNING
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Thursday 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
388-3 Easy Swatching for Success
Share time with Deborah Newton exploring the huge part swatches play in her design process. Deborah’s swatches are not just for checking gauge; they tell the story of the sweater that is to come. Learn how to swatch in a way that will inspire and improve your own designs. Deborah will bring dozens of swatches from her collection to study. There will be time for some hands-on work as well.
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Friday 8:00 am - 11:00 am
230-3 Easy What is Pleasurable Finishing?
Come hear Deborah talk about her love of finishing, and learn to make this part of your sweater-making a delight and an inspiration. With a visual presentation and some hands-on work, Deborah will catalog the high points of her process that takes knitted pieces and transforms them—with ease and pleasure—into a detailed sweater that expresses the knitter's own choices. Some of the finishing techniques will be explored in class.
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