| Pull up a chair & pick up your needles at the Timber Show this weekend |
| Signatur Handknits Newsletter #35, August 28, 2012 |
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| Techniques you learn in Jane's classes |
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Designs below show the techniques Jane will be teaching over the next two months in Australia, USA and UK. Left to right: Mitres, Stunning Intarsia and simple Intarsia. PLUS Jane will be teaching her new Texture class at Hartford Stitches; Swing into Style in Chicago and a short lecture in both the UK & USA called The Mitre Challenge. More later on classes.
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| Above: Publicity shot of Jane wearing the Mitre Vee Capelet. Shots from Swing, Swagger, Drape: Lydia wears the Mitre Vee Capelet in Currawong colourway as a belted wrap. Jane has used Desert Reds and Spinifex in the Lava Drape, a garment knitted front edge to front edge, creating an A line fish tail into the back skirt. Right: The Metro A line coat in greys is knitted from a diagram, to show that not all intarsia is graph work. All these fabulous images from Swing, Swagger, Drape are courtesy of photographer and friend Alexis Xenakis from XRX inc. |
| Left: Class sample Intarsia blocks of colour. Unravel 'twisting' yarns at colour joins plus hints and tips of joining colours and securing end without knots! |
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| CLASSES @ THE CANBERRA TIMBER SHOW |
 
Pull up a chair and join the knitting table
on the Signatur Handknit Stand D44 at the TIMBER SHOW this weekend.
Friday and Saturday between class session.
Up-skill with Mitres, Intarsia and
Short row shaping.
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| Left short rows create the slope on the fronts of the Swagger jacket. Right: Short row shaping create wedges. |
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  Short row shaping, (left) as used for the Wave Length Scarf (below) & Swagger Jacket (top left)
Mitred squares from Mitre Vee Capelet (Jane wears above) to A line garments as Harlequin Swagger from the front cover of Swing, Swagger, Drape. (Jean Dickson below).
Simple Intarsia (below left)
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 Entry to the Timber show is $15, which gives you a $15 credit from Signatur Handknits against any purchase over $100 at the show.
1 hour classes $10 - please email to book your seat!
Intarsia: Fri 1pm & Sat 3pm
Mitres: Fri 3pm; Sat 10am; Sun 1pm
Short row shaping: Sat 1pm
N.B. Students to bring a pair of needles & wool in two colours
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Canberra Fri 31st to Sun 2nd September
Come and play with wool!
At the Canberra Timber and Working with Wood Show. 9am to 5pm
Garments will be reduced from 5% to 50% - plus you can add your credit $15 from the show entry!
(sale garment include stock in discontinued yarns and colours - Jane may be able to adjust fit and sleeve lengths at an additional cost, including postage)
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| Sydney Studio Open Days |
Friday 7th & Sat 8th September
10am to 4pm - follow studio link above for the street address
If you wish to visit the studio at another time
please call Jane tel 02 9453 9091
Sale will include garments reduced from 5% to 50%
10% off knitting kit prices and a selection of fancy yarns from Trendsetter Yarns.
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| DATES FOR UK & US CLASSES & SHOWS |
 USA Stitches East Hartford CT Oct 10th - 14th
www.knittinguniverse.com
UK Knitting Classes Droitwich, Midlands Oct 20th
www.sigknit.com
USA Vogue Live Chicago Oct 26th - 28th
Vogue Knitting Live |
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| UK KNITTING CLASS CONFIRMED Sat Oct 20th |
| Helen Karakashian will be hosting the classes in Droitwich in the Midlands. Please contact jane@sigknit.com for UK contact. |
Jane Slicer-Smith’s first UK class: Join Jane for a day: enter her world with a taste of colour, then shape up with her styling and design philosophy. Follow her journey in making Swing, Swagger, Drape - Knit the colors of Australia.
Sat 20th October Class Outline
Morning: Colour and Style Jane will step you through garment styling and fit, from A line to Swing, to knitting garments sideways. Then explore Intarsia knitting, from simple vertical colour stripes to a multi-colour cast on edge.
Afternoon: Jane’s journey with Mitres Design and size challenges from the designer’s point of view. While showing sample garments Jane will demonstrate garment construction unique to Mitres. Then explore knitting Mitres with hints and tips from picking up stitches to achieving neat edges and securing ends. |
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| A tall order well met: Jean's Harlequin Swagger |
 
The body of the Harlequin Swagger is knitted from the waist down, as a skirt, then stitches are picked up and the bodice is worked to the shoulder.
The only seams are the shoulder seams (excluding the sleeves).
Thank you again to Jean Dickson in the UK for these brilliant images of the Harlequin Swagger from my book - Swing, Swagger, Drape. |
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Jane will be teaching Mitre knitting (as used in the Harlequin Swagger above) Septtember in Canberra; October firstly at Stitches East in Hartford CT, in the UK and then at Vogue Live in Downtown Chicago.
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| Special Discount off single colour Swingcoat Kits |
15% off Diamond Cable, Fan & Cable & Hamlet Swingcoat kits until September 10 - come to my Studio September 7 & 8 to try it on!
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| Vogue Knitting's Pearl Issue - look for the Diamond! |
 Vogue Knitting International is celebrating 30 years with The Pearl Anniversary Issue. One of Signatur's most popular designs, the Diamond Cable swing is featured in this issue, not as the original round neck with collar as shown left, but with a Shawl collar. The Vogue garment also has the slim fitting sleeve.
SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO CELEBRATE!
To celebrate go to Ozeyarn, where we're offering 15% discount off the knitting kit for the Diamond Cable Swingcoat (overseas customers this is equal to the postal cost) You can choose from 48 colours and the kit includes matching buttons. The pattern includes 4 neckline options and two sleeve fits. |
| Get your Signatur DK Shade Card! |
| Want to see the shade card for yourself? Email me now and I'll send it, plus a yarn sample, to you. |
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Cast on to our Wave length
Wave scarf with 2 balls of yarn for $25 at ozeyarn.com
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Above: Hat in Violet Eyes, Wave Length in Multi Bright , Pastel Sorbet & Sunset above.
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Jane casts off to America and the UK in early October.
UK classes - please email for more details.
USA Stitches East Hartford CT Oct 10th - 14th
www.knittinguniverse.com
UK Knitting Classes Droitwich, Midlands Oct 20th
www.sigknit.com
USA Vogue Live Chicago Oct 26th - 28th
Vogue Knitting Live
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| If you'd like to ask a question about anything in this newsletter - or anything all, please email Jane. Thanks for your support - Laura, Petra, Merrin and I look forward to seeing you in the knitting circle! |
