Sally Melville comes to Williamston for a weekend of workshops

Wonderful Sally Melville 

Could this get any better? Threadbear set up this wonderful weekend of workshops with Sally Melville. I couldn't resist! I signed up right away for all of the workshops. I also made reservations at a nearby Bread & Breakfast, Topliff's Tara Wonderful hosts, wonderful restoration of an old farm house; llama owners, too! Stayed with Sally and 3 other fun knitters who were from the east side of the state. Great time, went all too fast.

Workshops were:
What is creativity?Creativity Workshop--Friday, September 22nd @ 6:30 until 8 p.m.
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We all use the word "creativity", but most of us do not know what it means. It seems some ephemeral quality with only others--much loftier folks than us--have an ability to access. But the truth is that it lies within each of us to be creative and that it is a source of joy to access our own powers and abilities.

Once we understand the nature of creativity and feel encouraged to develop our own, we need to appreciate the stages we will encounter. What are they? What happens in each stage? How do we get a running start? Where might we get stuck? How do we move forward once stuck? And finally, where might we end up.


First Choices/Basic Shapes--Saturday, September 23rd @ 10 a.m. (3 hours)
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No matter how advanced and accomplished we are, we run the risk of producing garments that look awful. Why? We make a decision in the first twenty minutes of the project that dooms it to failure! What are these decisions? Yarn, color, stitch pattern, and silhouette.

This workshop explores those decisions, so you'll know which decisions are best for you. It then follows with basic pattern drafting, so even if you don't design your own garments from scratch, you'll be able to make a more flattering neckline, a sleeve the right length, and a garment that fits!

Stripes and Stripes That Aren't--Saturday, September 23rd @ 2 p.m. (3 hours)
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Stripes....oh so easy to knit! But who can wear them? The truth is that everyone can both knit and wear them. This workshop explores ways to build strips and play with simple stitch patterns so you can work easily with color and produce some of your favorite knitting and most flattering garments.

Advanced Shaping--Sunday, September 24th @ 12 noon (3 hours)
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While there's nothing wrong with basic drop shoulder pullovers (they provide a fabulous, wide-open canvas!), there are other shapes and styles to consider and master. This workshop covers the discussion, measuring, calculations, drafting, and knitting for the set-in sleeve, the saddle sleeve, the shirt-tail bottom edge, and the vest-pointed bottom edge.


Sally explaining a knitting technique