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It’s Drop In Time = $20.00 for 2 hours of learning and fun!!  All classes are Thursday mornings 10am to 12pm – see dates below We have set aside the formal classes to offer a “drop in” format group of classes to help you with a few Christmas gifts. Thursday Nov 3 rd  = Fun with one colour Brioche stitch cowl/scarf Skills: Brioche stitch, provisional cast on, 3 needle bind off Nov 10 th  = Cable hat band design Skills: Charts, provisional cast on, 3 needle bind off, pick up stitches, Nov 17th = Swedish Twined knitting – hat, mittens, slippers Skills: traditional Swedish knitting Nov 24 th  = Shetland “Hap” small project Skills: Lace, Seaming, Charts, Although these classes are “drop in”, you can register right up until the day before the class date. You might be lucky and we have room, but if you don’t want to miss out on a particular class, please drop by to pay for the class in advance. You will need practise supplies and materials ...

Mixed yarns highlight this issue of  Handwoven , as weavers will read how to make the most of weaving thick and thin. Enjoy 10 projects with options for 4-shaft, 8-shaft, and rigid-heddle weavers. Whether it’s a deflected doubleweave scarf that separates into two layers at the ends, a rigid-heddle shawl that’s easy to weave and wonderful to wear, or one of the other must-weave projects, you will find plenty of reasons to cozy up with your loom! Deb Essen also shows you how to easily fix common threading mistakes. And in his column “Notes from the Fell,” Tom Knisely teaches you how to weave a beautiful baby blanket and gives an idea for a new family tradition. Projects include: Dancing Circles Scarf Discovery Towels in Thick & Thin Diamonds with Pizzazz Bag Fibonacci in Rep Runner Thick and Thin Bed Rug “Wearing Purple” Crackle Runner Royal Holiday Runner Layers of Air Scarf Salmagundi Shawl Traditions: Sweet Little Wedding Towels

Spin & Knit  features spinning and knitting projects for all skill levels, whether you just started or are more experienced. Explore your local fiber festival with our insider’s guide filled with tips such as wool show secrets, what not to miss, and how to shop like a pro. Learn about the animal fibers we love to spin from various sheep breeds to camelids to goats. We’re batty for batts—and we know you are too! Learn three ways to spin striped batts. Discover how to control color and texture and spin lofty, smooth, or wild yarn that make your knitting sing. New to spinning? Maggie Casey covers the basics with a step-by-step introduction to spinning. Anne Podlesak shares the inside scoop on how to get your special fleece processed at a mill. Already have a stash of handspun yarn? Leslie Ordal explains why not getting gauge is not a hindrance to knitting with your handspun. Get all this and more in  Spin & Knit ! Projects include: North Road Hat by Kate Larson ...

Benjamin, born in Bulter Ohio, and Caroline "Carrie" McCann met & married in Ohio had 5 children, three daughters, Malacy, Ann, & Emma and two sons William "Frank", and Joseph Alpheus "Al" McCann.  The McCann clan lived in Ramsey Illinois during the Civil war, and later moved onto Winfield, Kansas before finally settling in Barry County Missouri in a place know then as Sugar Creek that would later be come to know as Seligman Missouri.  Benjamin was a carpenter and farmer by trade, and his sons followed in his footsteps building many of the towns buildings, homes and area bridges for the Frisco railroad. Frank married Hattie Beirly and had three children Mildred, Lillian, and Benjamin "Bennie" McCann.  Al met and married Alice Yount they had 7 children Josie, Maynita, Lenna, Nettie, Georgia, Chloe and their only son LaVoughn who died in infancy.  About the same time as the LaVoughn's death, Lenna who was young gave birth to ...