Flower Crochet Workshop at the Taos Wool Festival
Fall is an especially beautiful time to visit Taos, New Mexico. The mountainous backdrop, the golden trees, and the pretty buildings look especially clear and warm in the autumn sunlight. If that isn’t enough, the Taos Wool Festival comes to town around the first weekend of October.
I’ll be teaching a Crochet Bouquet workshop on Monday, October 6, where we’ll make several flowers from my book. Participants will learn applied crochet embellishment, ribbon flower technique, how to use padding threads, and how to join a line of petals into a perfect round. We’ll design one or more flowers in crochet, using critical observation, shaping techniques, and crocheted details that add to the realistic look. I will present many ideas and examples for using crocheted flowers.
On Sunday, October 5, you can learn to crochet my beautiful oak and maple leaves. They are stunning, and will amaze your friends and relations.
Go to http://www.taoswoolfestival.org/Workshops.html for more information (including how to register) on the many workshops offered as part of the Festival, October 1-11.
The Wool Festival itself is October 4-5, with fiber and textile vendors, fiber animals, contests, and good food. It’s a treat for the senses.
I hope to see you there!
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In other news, my friend Cari Clement, Director of Fashion and Design for Caron and NaturallyCaron.com yarns, is also running a flower crochet along. The project is a stunning sunflower, designed by her assistant, Liz Walsh. Check it out at Cari’s Naturally Caron blog. http://blog.naturallycaron.com/2008/07/02/stitch-a-summer-sunflower-with-lizzie/, and subsequent posts.
Tags: Crochet, CrochetBouquet, flowers, leaves, Taos, workshop
May 5th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Are these maple leaves in Crochet Bouquet? I have to learn them, but I’ve long missed this workshop.
Thanks!
May 9th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
I’m glad you like the maple leaves. They’re not in Crochet Bouquet, though. Maybe in my next book–we’ll see!