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hillstreetmama
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USA
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 Posted - 08/29/2006 : 03:35:40 AM
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| How many of you have had the privilege of taking classes from any of the people whose books sit on your shelves....Meg Swansen, Cat Bordhi, Kaffe Fassett, the Mason-Dixon gals, etc?? If you have, I'll bet you live in a large city. I live in south central Nebraska and none of these teachers are EVER going to come HERE. Why don't more of them do 'taped' classes? I would like to see a whole shelf of video lessons on DVD at every LYS. I can buy movies at the video store for under $20, why can't I buy a lesson for the same. I realize they wouldn't sell the same volume, but they wouldn't cost millions to make either. I have all but one of Elizabeth Zimmermann's tapes/DVD's and have learned SO much and enjoyed her teaching. Those of us who do not live on either coast (or anywhere close) would really go for this idea. What do others think?[whatever] |
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JGOLOSO
Gabber Extraordinaire
491 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 05:35:51 AM
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Even though I have been fortunate enough to take some classes from very accomplished knitters, I would still love DVD sessions of these classes (or the classes that were sold out at Stitches) I live in L.A., but it seems like a lot of the instructors do not get out here to teach the classes in our LYS. I have to go to Stitches to get that experience. It would be great to have them on my shelf to practice.
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gwtreece
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 08/29/2006 : 06:47:26 AM
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Great idea. It would be nice on DVD, then I could fast forward over the stuff I know and rewind on the stuff I'm struggling with.
Wanda
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LJ
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 08/29/2006 : 10:37:42 AM
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There are quite a few designers/instructors that have DVD's available. We just got in Lucy Neatby's first 2, Knitting Essentials Pts 1 & 2. And we have in stock Sock III (I & II sold out already) by Nenah Galati and The Art of Knittng. We usally have more but seem to have had a run on DVD's the last few weeks.
Linda in Va
http://wallisknits.blogspot.com
http://www.eweknitkits.com
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
5986 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 12:21:23 PM
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A while ago I got a catalog from the Yarn Barn of Kansas that was all DVDs and videos, mostly kniting but also some other fiber arts (weaving, spinning, etc). There were quite a few! Knit Picks has some also.
www.yarnbarn-ks.com
I have the Knitting Glossary DVD (EZ and Meg) and learned a lot from it.
One of the great things about the Stitches events is you do get to take classes from the people who write the books!
Anita
Anita
My completed projects
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csutliff
Chatty Knitter
USA
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Posted - 08/30/2006 : 9:09:45 PM
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I agree...even though I can take classes and my teacher Nina has forgotten more than I will ever know I still want my dvd classes too, especially for the winter and for helping others when I don't know how to do something when they ask for help. I don't know why there aren't just tons and tons of em. Anita thank you so much for this link. I went there and wish listed a bunch but I think I will be ordering my top pick this weekend. I have been scouring the internet for sites with knit videos. Glad for this topic, I love the idea of dvd's.
Crystal
"Get your Knit On" http://www.freewebs.com/csutliff/
My Yahoo Knit Group!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michiganknitters/
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hillstreetmama
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 08/31/2006 : 03:47:48 AM
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Ooooh! Thanks for the link! Lawrence, Kansas is actually within driving distance for me - a long day's trip, but doable. I have to say that I hadn't seen so many DVD's/videos in one place. I do wish the price were lower, but I suppose because they are not produced in the great quantities that popular movies are, they feel they can't get the price down. As it is, I may order 2 or 3, but if the price were lower, I'd buy two to three TIMES that. Since these may be the only "classes" I'll get to take, I hope more of the 'big names' will make some. |
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 08/31/2006 : 7:08:15 PM
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There are also quite a few videos on Meg Swansen's site ( www.schoolhousepress.com ). Some of these are also in the Yarn Barn catalog. They are in the process of converting their old videos to DVD, and charging less for them, too. So if you prefer DVD, don't rush out and buy the VHS! I want to get Meg's "Cardigan Details." There are an astounding number of techniques covered in it.
(For those who don't know, Meg is EZ's daughter.)
Anita
My completed projects
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tiennie
Warming Up
USA
70 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 11:02:51 PM
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What a great idea! I've been saving som Knitty Gritty episodes so I can watch them over and over but my DVR will get full if I save too much!
Happy knitting or knit 'til you're happy! - tiennie
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phlame
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 09/09/2006 : 11:38:03 AM
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Wow, I'd love that too. i have some Machine Knitting classes on Cd's which are excellent, but I sure would like some from some of the book writing hand knitters.
Shirley Ryan, living in Dana Point, CA
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