Denise Powell masquerades as the Knit Doctor at Downtown Knit Collective meetings and online at Ravelry. She has been involved with the DKC since its start and most recently as past president. A popular teacher at both the festival and The Purple Purl, Denise loves all forms of fibre arts and likes to explore the cross-pollination of ideas and designs across disciplines. She is a published designer and has her own line of patterns, Interpretations, sold through patternfish.com.
Interpretations: Designing Knitwear
Denise shares how to take a design source from outside the knitting world and turn it into a knitting pattern. You might want to knit a version of a favourite jacket, or use an intricate pattern on a rug as the basis for a bag. There are design inspirations all around us… let’s get inspired to use them!
Laurentian Room A – Fri 5:30