Pardon the cliche but this is not your grandmother’s knitting circle.
Seattle’s Nordic Heritage Museum is going to be yarn central in March when the 2009 Nordic Knitting Conference starts up.
Like last year’s, this second annual conference is expected to draw hundreds of knitters from around the world along with internationally acclaimed knitting experts and designers from across the United States and Scandinavia.
The conference is scheduled for March 13-15 at the Nordic Museum, 3014 N.W. 67th St., Seattle.
The line-up of world-class instructors includes Marianne Isager from Denmark, Katharina Brieditis and Susanna Hansson from Sweden and Nancy Bush and Beth Brown-Reinsel from the United States.
Because of last year’s success, the conference doubled in size, offering nearly 400 classroom slots. The conference offers knitters hands-on classes in various Nordic techniques including traditional and contemporary styles. The conference also includes a banquet and happy hour for knitters to meet and mingle.
Along with the conference, the museum plans to present an exhibit of Elsebeth Lavold’s work called “Knitting Along the Viking Trail.” Lavold, of Sweden, patterns her modern apparel on ancient Viking designs and translates the 1,000-year-old symbols into interlaced cables on sweaters and vests.
Registration opens Dec. 1 and will be mail-in only, on a first-come, first-served basis. The registration form will be available online Nov. 24 or you can call the museum for a mailed copy. Cost for the conference is $35 for museum members, $40 for nonmembers. Classes are $110 for full day or $60 for half day. The museum Web site is www.nordicmuseum.org.
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