What: Purl Jam 2008
When: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Where: Holiday Inn University, Blacksburg,Virginia
Cost: $85 to $395, depending on days attending
Contact: Mosaic Yarn Shop, 540-961-4462
Cornelia Tattle-Hamilton, Annie Modesitt and Jared Flood, major designers in the knitting world, will be in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Annie Modesitt
A native of Ohio, Annie taught herself to knit
at age 25 before a move from NYC to Texas.
The Texas tenure didn’t last, but knitting did,
and upon her return to the NY area Annie began
knitting for other designers and designing
for major knitting magazines. Her work has
appeared in Interweave Knits, Vogue Knitting,
Knitters Magazine, Cast On, Family Circle Easy
Knitting, McCalls Needlework and several family
oriented magazines. 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) Annie’s the inventor of
the astoundingly clever Flip Knit, a low tech, portable
alternative to knitting videos. Annie knits
using the Combination Method and believes that
there truly is no wrong way to knit. She lives in St
Paul, MN with her husband, kids and pets.
Cornelia Tuttle-
Hamilton
There are painters and crafters on both sides of
her family, but Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton has applied
her talent in combining colors and structure
to designing handknits. Hamilton’s career
started in New York where she developed her
talent during the early 80’s. There she designed
for the better knitting magazines and to a private
clientele. The high point of her time in NY was a
handknit collection under her own label that was
sold to select boutiques in 20 states from Florida
to Alaska. A move over the Altantic to Mariefred,
Sweden has given her the peace and harmony
to live with her family and develop her artistic
creativity even further. Here she has a small
boutique, runs her business Hamilton Design
and writes articles on knitting for American and
Scandinavian publications. She is Head Designer
for Noro yarns in Japan.
Jared Flood
Jared Flood is an artist, photographer and knitwear
designer based in New York City. A native
of the Pacific Northwest, Jared moved to Brooklyn
in 2005 to pursue his creative endeavors.
He is currently working towards his MFA at the
New York Academy of Art while doing freelance
knitwear design for print and online publications,
and teaching. His designs have been featured
in Interweave Knits Magazine, Vogue Knitting,
and various book publications, including Son of
Stitch n’ Bitch and Sensual Knits. He is the
author of www.brooklyntweed.net
I am a huge fan of Jared and Annie. Jared's blog is one of my favorite. The photos on his blog are wonderful.
Attached in PDF format is the complete itinerary and more information all the various classes offered.
