Knitting and Dyeing Workshops, Book Signings, Conferences, and Festivals
This page was updated 1 May 2025. Additional events will be added as they are confirmed. See the Classes page for information on sponsoring and scheduling workshops taught by Margaret Radcliffe.
May 7, 2025 - John C. Campbell Folk School, Edges Bordering on Perfection: An Introduction to Knitted Borders. One 2-hour session online.
May 10, 2025 - John C. Campbell Folk School, Advanced Knitted Borders: Bindings for Enclosed Edges. Two 2-hour sessions, morning and afternoon, online.
May 30-June 1, 2025 - John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina. Traditional Cotton Spinning: The Old Way
Margaret will be attending this weekend class, to improve her cotton spinning skills and learn (again) how to spin on a great wheel.
June 26-29, 2025 - MAFA 2025 Conference, Millersville, PA
***CANCELLED*** Fiber to Fabric for Knitters: How the underlying fiber informs the knitted fabric. This workshop will very likely be available online in 2026.
July 13-19, 2025 - Deborah Robson is teaching "A Wool Odyssey" at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina, the week before my dyeing class. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Folk School by taking two fabulous fiber classes back to back! Margaret will be attending and hopes to see you in Brasstown!
July 20-26, 2025 - John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina. - Intentional Dyeing for Knitters
August 31-September 6, 2025 - Schooner J&E Riggin, Maine Knitting Retreat 2025, sailing out of Rockland, Maine. The topic for 2025 will be "If you can knit a triangle, you can knit anything!"
September 30-October 21, 2025 - MidAtlantic Fiber Association, Color Blending and Spinning Gradient Yarns. Four weekly 2-hour classes online.
Comprehensive color blending class, beginning from color theory and ending with yarn design for specific projects. Start with fibers dyed in primary colors and learn to blend secondary, tertiary, and neutral colors from them. Then blend gradients by combining primaries with neutral colors. We will organize all our fiber and yarn samples on record cards for future reference. Move on to design your own gradient yarn, deciding key characteristics like ply structure, marling, and scale of gradient to planned project.
September 6-12, 2026 - Schooner J&E Riggin, Maine Knitting Retreat 2026, sailing out of Rockland, Maine. The topic for 2026 will be "Knitting Tips & Tricks."
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