9555 Nall Ave.
Overland Park KS 66207
Sun Closed Mon - Sat 11-3
816-531-4466
Jan 31, Feb 1 & 2, 2025
The Historic
President Hotel
Kansas City, MO
The Retreat promises to be a weekend full of all things stitching, learning and hanging out with folks who share our passions for our crafts.
This event is a build your own weekend experience.
Step 1 - purchase the retreat package. Step 2 - book your room at the venue. Step 3 - select the classes you wish to take
STUDIO RETREAT PACKAGE INCLUDES:
5 meals: Friday Dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch & banquet, Sunday breakfast
3 snacks: Saturday morning, afternoon, and after dinner
Designer and Student Fashion Shows
Yarn Market, including yarn not yet available in the Studio
Goodie Bag
Pajama Party on Saturday Night
Assorted planned (and spontaneous!) fun activities with old friends and new
$390 per person
VENUE
Kansas City, MO
king or 2 queens
am Lesley Anne Robinson, the knitting pattern designer behind Knit Graffiti Designs. I love to create knitting patterns that focus on modern style with a flair for something different.
After graduating from the College for Creative Studies (located in Detroit, Michigan) with a degree in Interior Design and a minor in Fiber Design in 2006, I moved to New York City! I spent several years there working as a commercial Interior Designer for Spin Design.
I started knitting in college, but in 2015 I began
self-publishing my own knitting designs, and I love everything about this incredible community!
Brioche knitting is my passion. I fell in love with the technique and just haven’t gotten sick of it yet. I love to teach others how to knit those beautiful brioche stitches, and spend my days swatching out new brioche stitch patterns.
Education
Friday Night 8 pm
Embark on a journey of randomness as you trust the unknown. The pattern will debut at the event and promises to be a blast to knit. You may choose scarf width or shawl width but the rest is up to the knitting goddesses.
Tip-toe into needlepoint with this class which focuses on learning the main stitch of needlepoint, the basketweave stitch. You will start with a simple bookmark so you can master the stitch.
Saturday Morning Classes
9am - noon
Deliciously Brioche - Cowl
- Lesley Robinson
Beginner Brioche class!! Brioche is meant to be a fun and engaging stitch pattern!!! I want to take away all the fear and uncertainty surrounding brioche knitting. Two-color brioche is very fun, and can be easier to see the anatomy of brioche stitches, so we will be focusing on this during the class. You will learn my favorite cast-on and bind-off techniques to use with brioche knitting, the basic brioche setup, and work on something you could take home to keep practicing!
Alpine Bloom Colorwork Hat
- Monta Morris
This Scandinavian-inspired floral design is a fun and striking knit! Use sport weight yarn, but you can play with fingering and DK as well (taking gauge into account) to make this a great pattern to knit again and again. This fun colorwork hat pattern is written for both child and adult sizes. You will learn how to knit colorwork in the round and how to read a colorwork chart.
Monogram Bargello Purse (needlepoint) - Cindy Craig
The Missoni look is all over the place... on the runway and in home decor. Expand your needlepoint toolbox and make a fashion statement with this fun Bargello Purse with your personal monogram and colors.
Saturday Afternoon Classes
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Breezy Condo
- Lesley Robinson
Wanna try something weird but super simple? Take your garter stitch knitting to the next level with Condo Knitting. Condo knitting became an obsession of mine early in my design career, and I still love it! We will be casting on a scarf together in class, learning the Condo stitch and working on something that you can bring home! Condo knitting creates a beautiful open mesh, almost net-like fabric. It’s perfect for accessories and transitional or warm weather! We will be knitting a swatch first to learn this technique, with the possibility of casting on a project if there is time!
Emotional Support Chicken
- Jessica Kerrigan
Life is Hard. We all need a chicken to make it all better! You can create your own magical comfort chicken, that doesn’t need a permit to always be with you! It is loveable and huggable and you don’t even have to feed it to love you back! You will learn short rows.
Needlepoint 3-D Gingerbread House - Theresa Schmitt
This little needlepoint house by Susan Roberts is the perfect canvas to experiment with many new stitches and threads. Stitch guide provided as part of the class. Must know how to do the basketweave stitch.
Sunday Morning Classes
9:00 am - noon
Elegant Brioche
- Lesley Robinson
Take your brioche knitting to the next level with Elegant Brioche! In this class, you will learn the most commonly used two-color brioche increases and decreases needed to create gorgeous brioche fabric with twists and turns that will delight and inspire! We will briefly go over basic two-color brioche for a refresher, as well as how to choose the right yarn for your projects! Together we will be knitting a swatch to learn the 5 most commonly used brioche increases and decreases. This will prepare to knit almost any brioche project of your dreams!
- Lynn Haffner
This cozy cowl will delight your senses, in all senses of the word. Cables and lace...what could be better than that? You will learn how to make cables, how to do simple lace, and how to read a chart. This class is packed with lots of skills.
Favorite Team Nutcracker
(needlepoint) - Marty Dakan
Pick your favorite team and join the fun. Learn new stitches with this cute canvas and experiment with some different threads. You'll have a ball stitching this canvas. Must know the basketweave stitch.
Weekend Schedule
(abbreviated)
8:00
Classes
9-12
12-1:30
2-5
6:00
8:00
Classes
Lunch
Classes
Dinner & Student Fashion Show
PJ Party
9-12
Classes