Saturday, May 19, 2007

Sievers School of Fiber Arts

May of 2005 I went to Sievers School of Fiber Arts where Carol Rhoades had suggested I take her week long course on Scandinavian knitting. What a beautiful place located on Washington Island, WI. It is a wonderful place to take classes. Lovely location, very laid back, and just very charming. There were daffodils in bloom all over the island and the groves of birch trees made me feel like I was in Sweden.



Our class room is behind the three birches. The barn houses the women's dormitory on the left and studio/classroom space on the right.

Classes included Shadow, Twined, Märta Stina, Bohus, Korsnäs, and a little beading thrown in. It's amazing how you can spend all day knitting, go out for dinner, then head right back to the classroom and knit until bedtime.






The local Lutheran congregation built this replica of a Stave church based on Borgund Stavkirke constructed in 1150 near Laerdal, Sogn, Norway. There is a prayer /meditation path thru a grove with daffodils and narcissus intermingled with the native plants such as trillium's, etc..
























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