Classes and Workshops

Upcoming Classes

1. September 26, 2009 Swirls, Twirls and Spirals for the Long Island Knitting and Crochet Guild's Day of Learning in Plainview, NY. (Email me for the registration form.)

Past Classes

1. August 8-9, 2009 Modular Crochet (Judith Copeland style), Crocheted Flowers and Swirls, Twirls and Spirals at the Knit and Crochet Show (the national convention of the CGOA and regional convention of TKGA) in Buffalo, NY.

2. March 24-April 21, 2009, 5 weeks, 8 to 10 p.m.: Freeform Crochet at the NY Open Center

3. March 10 and 17, 2009, 2 weeks, 8 to 10 p.m.: Quick Crochet Basics at the NY Open Center

4. February 14-15, 2009: Crochet Super Seminar at the Knit-Out at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN. These Super Seminars are a new addition to the Knit-Out events and are hands-on classes for about 20 at a time. This seminar will be offered once each day of the Knit-Out.

Crochet Techniques: Texture (lumps and bumps of all sorts, including post stitches and crocheted cables, bullions, limpets and more)

5. November 15, 2008: Crocheted Jewelry for the NYC Crochet Guild.

6. October 4, 2008: Crochet Techniques: Color and Texture for the Long Island Knitting and Crochet Guild's Day of Learning in Plainview, NY.

7. July 10-August 21, 2008 (no class on July 24) from 6 to 7.30 p.m.: 6-week Crochet class, called "Crochet: Fun, Creativity and Meditation-One Stitch at a Time," at the NY Open Center .

8. April 6, 2008: Crochet for Knitters at the 15th Ewephoric Weekend through marji's yarncrafts in Granby, CT

9. March 15, 2008: Crocheted Jewelry for the NYC Crochet Guild.

10. Assisting or teaching at workshops and gatherings connected to creating the New York Reef of the Crocheted Coral Reef project. (The New York Reef will be exhibited in the World Financial Center from April 5 to August 29, 2008.)

At NYU's Institute for the Humanities on March 1 and 2.

In the public atrium of the Citigroup Center on March 12 and 26.

At Knitty City on March 8 from noon to 4 p.m.

11. February 16-17, 2008: Crochet Demonstrations at the Knit-Out at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN.

Textured Crochet (including post stitches and crocheted cables, bullions, limpets and more)
Crocheting with Color (i.e. the techniques that allow you to work successfully with color, such as changing colors, working over ends, fairisle, tapestry crochet)

12. September 29, 2007: Crochet for Knitters for the Long Island Knitting and Crochet Guild's Day of Learning in Plainview, NY.

13. May 20, 2007: Swirls, Twirls and Spirals at the 14th Annual Ewephoric Weekend at marji's yarncrafts in Granby, CT.

14. May 19, 2007: assisting Arlene Mintzer who will be teaching Luscious Limpettes for the NYC Crochet Guild.

15. May 4, 2007: Modular Crochet (Judith Copeland style) and Crocheted Flowers at the Indianapolis Crochet Guild.

13. April 12, 2007: Non-Conformist Crochet: A lecture/demonstration on Freeform Crocheted Lace at the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC

16. October 8, 2006: Modular Crochet (Judith Copeland style) for the Happily Hooked on Crochet Club in CT.

17. April 1-2, 2006: Crochet for Knitters, Swirls Twirls and Spirals and Crocheted Flowers for the 13th Annual Ewephoric Weekend with the Wool Connection, Avon, CT. Read about it here: http://journals.aol.com/crochetwithdee/CrochetWithDee/entries/1745 and here: http://journals.aol.com/mhdesigner1/MyHooksandNeedles/entries/121

18. March 18, 2006: Crocheted Flowers Workshop for the NYC Crochet Guild

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