Educational Workshops

The San Juan County Textile Guild offers educational workshops taught by acclaimed instructors. Fees vary by teacher and the number of students registered. A $50 deposit is required for each class. In addition to tuition, there is a materials fee for most classes. Workshops are held at various venues across the islands.

Workshops are open first to SJCTG members, then to non-members on a space-available basis. A deposit is required for each workshop.

• SJCTG members can sign up for these workshops using the form furnished under the member login from the Home page.
• Non-members - click here for sign-up form. Download the PDF file and print.
• For workshop questions, you can contact our workshop person @ Email Us!

WEAVING with Judith Mackenzie McCuin - Dates TBD

• WEAVING IV - Beginner-Low Intermediate Session- $50 Deposit
  4 Days - Shaw Island
  Beginner-Low Intermediate Session will be for weavers who have taken one of Judith's workshops before, have taken a Beginning Weaving workshop elsewhere, or are returning to weaving and feel the need for some refresher.
  Workshop Fee: $200

• WEAVING IV - High Intermediate and Beyond - $50 Deposit
  4 Days - Shaw Island
  For those who have been in the Workshop Series and completed the majority of the three sessions, The study topic will be announced later. Limited to 14 weavers. Your deposit will hold your spot.
  Workshop Fee: $200
  Housing will be available for those who would like to stay over.
  

Upcoming Workshops with more information and registration forthcoming:

SMOCKING FOR BEGINNERS - Date to be determined.
Deborah Shearon, a very experienced smocker who lives in North Carolina and Shaw Island, will be here to offer a 3-day workshop that will get you going on this fun and decorative craft. Your workshop fee of $50 will cover instruction and all supplies. Workshop will be limited to 10 people. Workshops will be held each day from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Housing on Shaw will be available for those who would like to stay over.

Workshops for 2009

FINE FINISHING TECHNIQUES with Jean Wong, Instructor
2 Day Class - October 22 & 23, 2009
Deposit: $50 to hold your place, full amount due 6 weeks prior to workshop.
Full cost of workshop is dependent upon number of participants:
10 participants, your approximate cost for 2 days would be $138; for 12 participants - $115; and for 14 participants - $100.

This course is all about fine finishing. You will learn the unique Japanese method of finishing that will give your knitted garments a truly professional, designer look. In this finishing technique course, you will learn how to:
• Join yarn invisibly in the middle of a row
• Create a seamless short row for shoulder seams
• Seamless shoulder join
• Join side seams for various stitches
• Decrease in a variety of methods
• Pickup round neck ribbing and do invisible cast off one by one in the round
• Do an invisible cast off on one by one ribbing in a flat piece

Jean Wong is a NAC certified knitting instructor trained by the rigorous Japanese Nihon Vogue Knitting Association. The certification took four years to attain and allows the certificate holder the privilege to teach others to become instructors. Her wealth of experience includes over 15 years of teaching, and her patient ways are an encouragement to any knitter. Jean lives in Vancouver, Canada where she teaches 5 levels of instruction courses of varying degrees of difficulty along with a number of year-round certificate courses that, upon graduation, will equip one to teach these techniques. Jean has a DVD “Knitting with Jean” and more information is available on her website www.knittingiwthjean.com.

For more information contact our workshop person @ Email Us!

• SJCTG members can sign up for these workshops using the form furnished under the member login from the Home page.
• Non-members - click here for sign-up form. Download the PDF file and print.

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