Terri Gardner has been in education for half of her life. She is now in her 27th year at Adrian R-3 as the K-12 art teacher. She and her husband Michael raise and breed registered Shetland sheep along with a goats, bunnies, and Red Poll cattle. Terri is a knitter, spinner, and designer. Her past credits include: 1st place Monsanto children's knitwear contest, 1 st place Cherry Tree Hill color way contest ( her color way Dusk is still in production), Flock (a design that toured with Spin-Off 's Rare Breed tour), knitwear designs published in the national knitting magazines Cast On and In Knitter, and a hat design for Fletcher Shetland. Recently, she is earned her Masters in Education and is busy finding creative ways expressing her self through fiber design. This includes classes that she has developed in the fiber arts which are listed. Please contact her if you would be interested in her coming to your group and teaching. |
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Designing Yarn with Natural Colored Shetland Fiber
Terri Gardner-MeadowTreeShetland
Class Level: Spinning experience required
This is a creative class that will explore different blending and spinning ideas to emphasis natural colored fibers. The basic fiber used for the class is Shetland wool. Class activities are divided in three categories: 100% natural colored yarn, color/value added yarn, and color/texture added yarn.
Technical aspects of yarn design are also addressed. Twist, grist, and yardage per pound will be analyzed. Students will use the McMorran balance.
All fiber is supplied. Students are asked to bring in addition to their wheels: pencils, scissors, rulers, extra bobbins, hand carders (if have), McMorran balance (if have), and small amounts of left over yarn (commercial or handspun.). A niddy noddy and lazy kate would be useful but not necessary. Students are welcome to bring natural colored fibers to use in class.
Class Limit: 10
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Sweater Design 101
Terri Gardner-MeadowtreeShetland
Class Level: Advanced Beginner
So you have your wonderful handspun. Or, that yarn was on sale that you had to have. But now, you can't find a pattern with a perfect gauge or the style you have in mind. Design your own! We will go through all the necessary steps in designing, planning and executing a knitted garment with a small sample sweater as the final result. This is an advanced knitter's class. Please bring yarns, a range of needle sized, gauge ruler, notebook, large tapestry needle, and calculator. Handouts and graph paper will be provided.
Maximum Students: 8
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Terri Gardner-MeadowTreeShetland
Combining Designing and Knitting-Advance Knitting Class
Learn to design with tessellations. A tessellation is a design or shape that repeats without any gap or overlap. This little geometry trick was made famous by the artist M.C. Escher.
This is a two part class. In section I students will learn how to create simple and knittable tessellations. The tessellation type we will be creating is categorized as a “slide”.
In the second half of class the tessellation patterns will be translated to knitter's graph paper. The knitting technique of Intarsia will be learned (or reviewed), Students will then translate their tessellated pattern in a knitted swatch.
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Knitting: Take the pain out of Counterpane
Terri Gardner-MeadowTreeShetland
Experience level: advanced beginner
Learn how to knit an old but fun and useful knitting technique. Knitted on double pointed needles, Counterpane was very popular during the 19 th century. Historically used for bed coverings, this class will introduce new and creative ways to use this old but handy technique.
Number of students: Minimum: 5. Maximum: 10.
Supplies needed : various sport or worsted weight yarn, double pointed needles (set of
five) in sz. 5, 6, or 7-which ever the student is more comfortable with.
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Terri Gardner-MeadowTreeShetland
Learn the basics of color theory. This is a hands-on class. Using watercolors, students will mix colors and create swatches of basic color combinations. Students will leave the class with their swatches and a personal color wheel for future reference.
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