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Carolyn Barnett 'Humans have adorned themselves since time immemorial. Clothes are a necessity, for modesty, warmth and comfort so they are always there. I just decided to have fun with them'. Carolyn learned to knit as s child in England and studied Fashion Technique and Design at Sheridan College. As an artisan for twenty seven years Carolyn has worked her knitting skills for men and women, old and young, short and tall. She works only in natural fibres, mostly wool and cotton. Embellishments include beads, ribbons, fancy yarns and her own hand made polymer clay buttons and shawl pins and sticks. Starting with hand knits and moving to the domestic knitting machine she has honed and exercised her colour mixing skills over the years which as had her knits travel all over the world, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Japan and to the Cannes Film Festival. Theatre work has figured in also, along with advertising. Working the knit part of costumes she has done The Who's 'Tommy', plays at the Stratford Festival and the Canadian Winter Olympics. Carolyn uses Garment Designer for patterns for her knits and has taken her love of technology into web design using her creative juices. Fall of 2008 found her learning wet felting to use in embellishing her work. Colourful felted collars are appearing on her jackets. 'I love teaching what I do as I find it so fun and exciting that I think others should do it too! There is the technical side which enlarges the knitter's repertoire but also the creative side. Though it can't be taught in itself it can be encouraged to lead to more experimentation and individuality'. Friday: 1. *Hands-on Button Making - 2 hours Have some creative fun working with polymer clay and tools to make buttons to finish off and compliment your projects. Bring any yarn you might want to try colour matching. You will also look at making shawl pins and sticks. Note there is a $20 materials fee payable at this class as you will receive a tool kit, clay, work surface and handouts get you started and to take home. 2. * Fulled Collars & Accents - 1 hour Learn about using fulled knit collars and other design accents to add interest to your knits. 3. *Buttonholes in Faced Garment Fronts - 1 hour I will demonstrate my favourite buttonholes worked into a jacket front with facings. Saturday: 1. * Hands-on Button Making - 2 hours Have some creative fun working with polymer clay and tools to make buttons to finish off and compliment your projects. Bring any yarn you might want to try colour matching. You will also look at making shawl pins and sticks. Note there is a $20 materials fee payable at this class as you will receive a tool kit, clay, work surface and handouts to get you started and to take home. You can even make brooches like the sample above. 2. * Fulled Collars & Accents - 1 hour Learn about using fulled knit collars and other design accents to add interest to your knits. 3. * Waist Shaping Alternatives - 1 hour We will consider different ways shaping can be added to a jacket or garment, during the knitting and afterwards. * denotes that class is suitable for most gauges and machines Return to Classes Return to top

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