Slater Mill will host a book signing and workshops with international designers Annie Modesitt & Norah Gaughan as part of the inaugural season of its Community Guild Studios at Slater Mill.
The weekend will begin on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 6 PM with a wine & cheese reception, discussion and book signing. Workshops will be offered on Saturday, November 8 and the morning of Sunday, November 9. Modesitt will teach on her unique combination method (a combination of Eastern and Western knitting) and on lace knitting; Gaughan will offer a workshop on her signature geometric designs.
Known as the Knitting Heretic, Ohio native Annie Modesitt is the author of Confessions of a Knitting Heretic, Knitting Millinery and editor of the 2006 Accord Crochet Pattern A Day Calendar and the collection of fiber essays, Cheaper Than Therapy, Annie has contributed to many knitting books including Stich N' Bitch, Scarf Style, Wrap Style, the Vogue Knitting Book, and Weekend Knitting and Holiday Handknits. Twist & Loop (Potter Craft, 2006) and Men Who Knit And The Dogs Who Love Them (Lark, Jan 2007). Her work has appeared in Interweave Knits, Vogue Knitting, Knitters Magazine, Cast On, Family Circle Easy Knitting, McCalls Needlework and several family oriented magazines. Annie knits using the Combination Method and believes that there truly is no wrong way to knit.
Norah Gaughan has been working in the handknitting industry for more than 20 years and her designs have been featured in all of the major knitting periodicals as well as in Handknit Holidays and Weekend Knitting. Her 2006 book Knitting Nature wowed the knitting universe with its unique and fascinating designs inspired by patterns in nature. Norah is the Design Director of Berocco Yarns. Her three most resent books Norah Gaughan Volumes 1, 2, and 3 have been enormously popular. She divides her time between Slatersville, RI and Peterborough, NH.
This event is an opportunity for the knitting community to come together to get involved in the development of the Community Guild Studios, a fine craft and fiber arts center for the people of Rhode Island and Southeastern New England – something which does not exist despite our state’s long and rich history of textile design and manufacturing. Housed in the new Jencks Education Center on the second floor of Slater Mill, this major initiative is unique in the country in that it will link a national historic landmark and the birthplace of textile manufacturing with Rhode Island’s growing community of talented, professional craftspeople and the public.
Tickets for the book signing and reception are $10; workshops are $65 each; a discounted price for the whole weekend with meals is $185. Special room rates of $79 have been arranged at Comfort Inn for participants.
For more information or to sign up for workshops, please contact Ruth Sunn at rsunn@slatermill.org.