{"id":32,"date":"2013-02-03T23:07:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T04:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-test.playingwithstring.com\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2014-04-09T01:01:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T05:01:22","slug":"classes-and-workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.playingwithstring.com\/?page_id=32","title":{"rendered":"Classes and Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Upcoming Classes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0Ongoing: \u00a0Master Teacher for the Craft Yarn Council&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craftyarncouncil.com\/teach.html\" target=\"_blank\">Crochet Instructors Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.kingsborough.edu\/continuinged\/Documents\/Spring_2014\/Arts_and_Crafts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Beginning Crochet<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsborough.edu\/continuinged\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Continuing Education<\/a> class, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.kbcc.cuny.edu\/sub-about\/Pages\/maps_directions.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Kingsborough Community College<\/a>, CUNY, Brooklyn NY. \u00a08 weeks. Thursdays, May 1 to June 19, 2014, 6.30-8.30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.kingsborough.edu\/continuinged\/Documents\/Spring_2014\/Arts_and_Crafts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Intermediate Crochet<\/a>,\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsborough.edu\/continuinged\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Continuing Education<\/a>\u00a0class, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.kbcc.cuny.edu\/sub-about\/Pages\/maps_directions.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Kingsborough Community College<\/a>, CUNY, Brooklyn NY. \u00a08 weeks. Mondays, April 28 to June 23, 2014, 6.30-8.30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Past Classes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. On October 10, 2013, I will give a \u00a0Yarn Refresher Course about the different fibers that make our yarn. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/NYC-Crochet-Guild\/236612063026758\" target=\"_blank\">The\u00a0NYC Crochet Guild<\/a>&#8216;s monthly meeting.<\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0I will be teaching Basic Broomstick Lace (10 am to 1pm) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/altobarb\/2362954890\/in\/set-72157627459266542\">Swirls and Spirals<\/a> (2 to 5pm) for Techniques Day at the NYC Crochet Guild on\u00a0August 3, 2013 to be held in midtown Manhattan. \u00a0For more information and\/or a registration form, contact the Guild at NYCCrochetGuild@gmail.com \u00a0All class descriptions and more info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/551647148210815\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbcc.cuny.edu\/continuinged\/Documents\/Spring_2013\/Arts_and_Crafts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Beginning Crochet<\/a>, a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbcc.cuny.edu\/continuinged\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Continuing Education<\/a>\u00a0class, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.kbcc.cuny.edu\/sub-about\/Pages\/maps_directions.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Kingsborough Community College<\/a>, CUNY, Brooklyn NY. \u00a08 weeks. \u00a0April 23-June 11, 2013, 6.30-8.30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u00a0Crochet a Cardigan&#8211;Advanced Crochet,\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbcc.cuny.edu\/continuinged\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Continuing Education<\/a>\u00a0class, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.kbcc.cuny.edu\/sub-about\/Pages\/maps_directions.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Kingsborough Community College<\/a>, CUNY, Brooklyn NY. \u00a08 weeks, beginning the week of April 22, 6.30-8.30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>5. \u00a0Intermediate Crochet,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbcc.cuny.edu\/continuinged\/Pages\/default.aspx\">a Continuing Education class at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY <\/a>in Brooklyn, NY.\u00a0 8 weeks Jan. 22-March 19, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 Beginning Crochet, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kbcc.cuny.edu\/continuinged\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Continuing Education class at Kingsborough Community College<\/a>, CUNY in Brooklyn, NY.\u00a0 8 weeks Oct. 11-Dec. 13, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craftyarncouncil.com\/teach.html\">CYC Teaching Certification Course<\/a> in Reno, NV.\u00a0 Sept. 10-11, 2012<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0 Crochet Basics:\u00a0 Scarves and Stoles at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynbrainery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Brainery<\/a> 515 Court St. in lovely Brooklyn, NY.\u00a0A two-session class held on October 26 and Nov. 2, 2011 from 6.30 to 8.30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynbrainery.com\/courses\/126-freeform-crochet-workshop\" target=\"_blank\">Freeform Crochet<\/a> (and a Little Knitting) at <a href=\"http:\/\/brooklynbrainery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Brooklyn Brainery<\/a>\u00a0515 Court St. in lovely Brooklyn, NY.\u00a0 This will be a weekly series of three 2-hour classes beginning July 11, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0 January 11, 2011 Granny Squares (lecture and demonstration with Randy Cavaliere) for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynfiberartsguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Fiber Arts Guild<\/a><\/p>\n<p>11. July 7, 2010\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picturetrail.com\/sfx\/album\/view\/7189493\" target=\"_blank\">Swirls, Twirls and Spirals<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitandcrochetshow.com\/summertravel.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Knit and Crochet Show<\/a> (the national convention of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crochet.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CGOA<\/a> and regional convention of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkga.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TKGA<\/a>) in Manchester, NH.<\/p>\n<p>12.\u00a0\u00a0September 26, 2009 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picturetrail.com\/sfx\/album\/view\/7189493\" target=\"_blank\">Swirls, Twirls and Spirals<\/a>\u00a0for the Long Island Knitting and Crochet Guild&#8217;s Day of Learning in Plainview, NY.<\/p>\n<p>13.\u00a0 August 8-9, 2009 Modular Crochet (Judith Copeland style), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picturetrail.com\/gallery\/view?p=999&amp;gid=9412489&amp;uid=485082\" target=\"_blank\">Crocheted Flowers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picturetrail.com\/sfx\/album\/view\/7189493\" target=\"_blank\">Swirls, Twirls and Spirals<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitandcrochetshow.com\/summertravel.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Knit and Crochet Show<\/a> (the national convention of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crochet.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CGOA<\/a> and regional convention of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkga.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TKGA<\/a>) in Buffalo, NY.<\/p>\n<p>14.\u00a0 March 24-April 21, 2009, 5 weeks, 8 to 10 p.m.:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opencenter.org\/fiber-arts-freeform-crochet-and-knitting-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Freeform Crochet<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opencenter.org\/\">NY Open Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>15.\u00a0 March 10 and 17, 2009,\u00a0 2 weeks, 8 to 10 p.m.:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opencenter.org\/quick-crochet-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quick Crochet Basics<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opencenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NY Open Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>16.\u00a0 February 14-15, 2009:\u00a0 Crochet Super Seminar at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craftyarncouncil.com\/knitoutbrochure.html\" target=\"_blank\">Knit-Out<\/a> at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN.<br \/>\nThese Super Seminars are a new addition to the Knit-Out events and are hands-on classes for about 20 at a time.\u00a0 This seminar will be offered once each day of the Knit-Out.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crochet Techniques:\u00a0 Texture<\/span>\u00a0 (lumps and bumps of all sorts, including post stitches and crocheted cables, bullions, limpets and more)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>17.\u00a0 November 15, 2008:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picturetrail.com\/sfx\/album\/view\/20942253\" target=\"_blank\">Crocheted Jewelry<\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyccrochetguild.org\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Crochet Guild<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>18.\u00a0 October 4, 2008:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crochet Techniques:\u00a0 Color and Texture<\/span> for the Long Island Knitting and Crochet Guild&#8217;s Day of Learning in Plainview, NY.<\/p>\n<p>19.\u00a0 July 10-August 21, 2008 (no class on July 24) from 6 to 7.30 p.m.:\u00a0 6-week Crochet class, called &#8220;Crochet: Fun, Creativity and Meditation-One Stitch at a Time,&#8221; at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opencenter.org\/content\/view\/1770\/82\/\" target=\"_blank\">NY Open Center<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>20.\u00a0 April 6, 2008:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crochet for Knitters<\/span> at the 15th Ewephoric Weekend through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marjisyarncrafts.com\" target=\"_blank\">marji&#8217;s yarncrafts<\/a> in Granby, CT<\/p>\n<p>21.\u00a0 March 15, 2008:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crocheted Jewelry<\/span> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyccrochetguild.org\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Crochet Guild<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>22.\u00a0 Assisting or teaching at workshops and gatherings connected to creating the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/04\/arts\/design\/04crochet.html?ex=1205298000&amp;en=541e5a7c70c37e34&amp;ei=5070\" target=\"_blank\">New York Reef<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theiff.org\/reef\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Crocheted Coral Reef<\/a> project.\u00a0 (The New York Reef will be exhibited in the World Financial Center from April 5 to August 29, 2008.)<\/p>\n<p>At NYU&#8217;s Institute for the Humanities on March 1 and 2.<\/p>\n<p>In the public atrium of the Citigroup Center two Thursdays each month from December 2007 to March 2008.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knittycity.com\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">Knitty City<\/a> on March 8 from noon to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>23.\u00a0\u00a0February 16-17, 2008:\u00a0 Crochet Demonstrations at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craftyarncouncil.com\/knitoutbrochure.html\" target=\"_blank\">Knit-Out<\/a> at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Textured Crochet<\/span> (including post stitches and crocheted cables, bullions, limpets and more)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crocheting with Color<\/span> (i.e. the techniques that allow you to work successfully with color, such as changing colors, working over ends, fairisle, tapestry crochet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>24.\u00a0 September 29, 2007:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crochet for Knitters<\/span> for the Long Island Knitting and Crochet Guild&#8217;s Day of Learning in Plainview, NY.<\/p>\n<p>25.\u00a0 May 20, 2007:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.picturetrail.com\/gallery\/view?p=999&amp;gid=7189493&amp;uid=485082\">Swirls, Twirls and Spirals<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marjisyarncrafts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">14th Annual Ewephoric Weekend<\/a> at marji&#8217;s yarncrafts in Granby, CT.<\/p>\n<p>26.\u00a0 May 19, 2007:\u00a0 assisting Arlene Mintzer who will be teaching <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Luscious Limpettes<\/span> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyccrochetguild.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Crochet Guild<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>27.\u00a0 May 4, 2007:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Modular Crochet<\/span> (Judith Copeland style) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picturetrail.com\/gallery\/view?p=999&amp;gid=9412489&amp;uid=485082\" target=\"_blank\">Crocheted Flowers<\/a> at the Indianapolis Crochet Guild.<\/p>\n<p>28.\u00a0 April 12, 2007:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madmuseum.org\/site\/c.drKLI1PIIqE\/b.2340915\/k.CA6C\/April_12_2007__Van_Elsen_demo.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Non-Conformist Crochet<\/a>:\u00a0 A lecture\/demonstration on Freeform Crocheted Lace at the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC<\/p>\n<p>29. \u00a0October 8, 2006:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Modular Crochet<\/span> (Judith Copeland style) for the <a href=\"http:\/\/members.aol.com\/crochetwithdee\/HHCC.html?f=fs\">Happily Hooked on Crochet Club<\/a>\u00a0in CT.<\/p>\n<p>30.\u00a0 April 1-2, 2006:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crochet for Knitters<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Swirls Twirls and Spirals<\/span>\u00a0and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crocheted Flowers<\/span> for the 13th Annual Ewephoric Weekend with the Wool Connection, Avon, CT.\u00a0 Read about it here:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.aol.com\/crochetwithdee\/CrochetWithDee\/entries\/1745\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/journals.aol.com\/crochetwithdee\/CrochetWithDee\/entries\/1745<\/a>\u00a0and here:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.aol.com\/mhdesigner1\/MyHooksandNeedles\/entries\/121\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/journals.aol.com\/mhdesigner1\/MyHooksandNeedles\/entries\/121<\/a><\/p>\n<p>31.\u00a0 March 18, 2006:\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crocheted Flowers<\/span> Workshop for the NYC Crochet Guild<\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Inquiries about having Barbara teach in your area can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:Barbara@playingwithstring.com\">Barbara@playingwithstring.com<\/a> &#8212; please put Teaching Inquiry in the Subject Line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Classes 1. \u00a0Ongoing: \u00a0Master Teacher for the Craft Yarn Council&#8217;s Crochet Instructors Program. 2. \u00a0\u00a0Beginning Crochet, a Continuing Education class, at\u00a0Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, Brooklyn NY. \u00a08 weeks. Thursdays, May 1 to June 19, 2014, 6.30-8.30 p.m. 3. \u00a0Intermediate Crochet,\u00a0a\u00a0Continuing Education\u00a0class, at\u00a0Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, Brooklyn NY. \u00a08 weeks. 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