Wow! I think one of the best things of going to Meg's camp is to have a chance looking at and trying on those fabulous sweaters designed and made by Elizabeth, Meg, Joyce, and Amy. They put great efforts on refining garment details by employing innovative techniques and tricks: knitting backwards, I-cords, mirror image colour patterning, short-rows... I learned so much everyday (indeed had to take notes and did some research at night to make sure I learned and digested the techniques). Many tricks are new to me: The math formula used for planning increasing/decreasing stitches, doing intarsia in rounds, steeks (both machine and crochet methods), different ways of trapping (colour stranding), applications and variations of I-cords, creative ways of using peony seams, incorporating colour patterns in purl when you can borders, and much more! (Oops, sounds like I am doing advertisement for the camp!) But I am honestly tell you the truth! Every camper was having a good time! Many of us saying that we wanna return! If those techniques are all familiar to you -- well, you would still get a great opportunity to meet knitters as passionate as you, participate in Show and Tell , knit all day and forget everything else! Conclusion: I appreciate every effort they've made, and encourage you to participate!
To prove what I've said, I have pictures to show you!
This is the most fascinating technique I learned - doing intarsia in rounds!
Ahh - love this hat! It's two end knitting.
Three I-cords together make a neat border!
Another way of colour knitting - yarns are trapped thoughout the entire sweater - they call this Amenian knitting. They are going to publish a book on Amenian knitting this fall - can't wait!
Look how the sleeve is attached to the body - nice eh?
The button band is so neat!
Many people might have read the article from knitty telling about the camp. But from my experience, it's different - the camp location is not as rural as you think. There is Wal-mart, Starbucks, and a huge supermarket in Marshfield, and we stayed in a nice and new Holiday Inn with elevators (in addition to Amish buggies). Moreover, Meg is not as generous as "freely gives away patterns, needles and packs of yarn to students" lol – It’s practically impossible, as you know knitters love yarns, just like mice love rice!
This is the most fascinating technique I learned - doing intarsia in rounds!
Ahh - love this hat! It's two end knitting.
Three I-cords together make a neat border!
Another way of colour knitting - yarns are trapped thoughout the entire sweater - they call this Amenian knitting. They are going to publish a book on Amenian knitting this fall - can't wait!
Look how the sleeve is attached to the body - nice eh?
The button band is so neat!
