OTN Rally Day 2018: CELEBRATING OUR RICH KNITTING TRADITIONS
Join us for our annual retreat event as we celebrate the rich color, texture and technique of knitting traditions around the world.
Make new fiber friends and try new techniques. Start amazing new projects with awesome new yarn! It's our kick-off to Fall knitting! Held this year on Saturday, August 11 at the Chagrin Falls Township Hall. Complete details provided below. Must call the shop to register. OTN Rally Day fills up fast! Register soon for best class selection. Questions? And to register call 440-321-9754.

Saturday, August 11, 2018
Check-In begins at 8:00 AM
Introductions 8:30 AM - 8:45 PM
Morning Classes 8:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Enjoy lunch & shopping between 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Participant Fashion Show 1:30 PM -2:00 PM
Afternoon Classes 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Chinese Raffle Drawing 4:30 PM -5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Appetizers & Knitting by the Falls @ Jekyll's Kitchen
(optional)

​Questions? Please call 440-321-9754
​OTN Rally Day is sold out

OTN Rally Day 2018
This event is now sold out
Exploring Our Rich Knitting Traditions
This annual all-day retreat kicks-off fall knitting
Make new fiber friends and try new techniques
Start amazing new projects with awesome new yarn

Supply lists & prerequisites provided at registration
$75/person includes OTN Rally Day supplies discount,
our souvenir special gift, Chinese Raffle tickets & discount coupon to Lemon Falls Cafe
Please refer to yarn winding information below
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Call The Artful Yarn to register 440-321-9754
​Or register at the shop
Registration must be paid in advance.
OTN Rally Day registration is nonrefundable
​Enjoy beautiful Chagrin Falls
​where we celebrate peace, love and yarn everyday!

OTN Means On The Needles

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Morning Classes
8:45 AM - 12:30 PM
​Choose One

​Parallelogram Wrap
Gansey knitting comes from the misty slopes of the British Isles where seafaring folk created sweaters to keep the fishermen warm.
​Designer Cecelia Campochiaro creates a delightfully textured wrap using 2 different long-repeat or ombre yarns knitted on the bias in a simple K2, P2 gansey-inspired sequence!

Class Level: Advanced Beginner
Must know the basic skills
plus basic increases & descrease

What you will learn
Provisional cast-on, knitting on the bias, alternation colors of yarn by row
Instructor: Barb Ammerman

Specially-ordered yarn for this class arrive end of July/beginning of August
Supply list provided after registration
No homework
​Yarn for this class in-stock now

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​Persian Dreams
Inspired by dusky Persian rugs and beautifully patterned mosaic tiles, designer Jenise Hope creates these beautiful hexagon motifs. Learn the techniques to make a lovely throw pillow then you can move on to more designs for this lovely blanket!

Class Level: Intermediate
MUST KNOW basic skills and knitting the round

What you will learn: Circular cast-on, stranded knitting, make 1 stitch in a circular stranded knitting pattern, yarn management

Instructor: Kristy Rinas
Supply list provided after registration
No homework

​The Awesome Boot Topper
Staff designer Mary Joyce introduces her first pattern, a Fair Isle boot topper that’s so ​on-trend for this fall and winter. 
It's part boot topper/part shorter, slouchy leg warmer perfect for any style boot!

Class Level: Intermediate
MUST KNOW how to knit in the round

What you will learn: Stranded knitting, how to read a chart, yarn management

Instructor: Mary Joyce
Supply list provided after registration
Homework provided after registration

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Estonian Lace Scarf
Designer Nancy Bush has created a pattern that follows the design of
Haapsalu ratik or Haapsalu shawls. Haapsalu, a resort town on the west coast of Estonia, was a popular vacation spot during the nineteenth century, where tourists could purchase knitted lace shawls from the local women. These wool shawls are still available in Estonia and can be square, rectangular, or triangular. 
The unique feature of this special lace is the small nupp - a button used to
decorate openwork. 
This project uses fingering weight yarn
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Class Level: Intermediate
MUST KNOW basic skills, chart reading, plus simple increases including
YO, K2tog, ssk

What you will learn: Provisional cast-on, nupps, lace techniques

Homework: None

Instructor: Bonnie Harden
Supply list provided after registration
Specially-ordered yarn for this class has now arrived!


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Afternoon Classes
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
​Choose One

Edith The Hat
Swedish designer, Johanne Landin creates this stunning hat in the Scandinavian Selbu knitting tradition, known for two-color knitting in geometric and/or floral and botanical motifs.

Class Level:
Intermediate to Advanced
MUST KNOW already how
to knit in the round

What you will learn:
​Picot edge, 2-color stranded knitting, picking up floats in stranded knitting, 3-needle bind-off modified

Instructor: Wendy Mendel
Supply list provided after registration
Homework provided after registration

Learn to Knit Continental
Learn continental knitting with this fun yet simple sampler scarf.
Many knitters say that continental knitting is more "on gauge" and you can knit faster. Take this class and see what you think!

Class Level: Beginner Continental
MUST ALREADY KNOW how to knit basics in American knitting/this is a technique class

What you will learn: Continental knit, continental purl and how to hold the yarn in your left hand

Instructor: Jill Davidson
Supply list provided after registration
No homework 

Palm Tulips Fingerless Mitts
Designer Roxanne Richardson has created a pretty pair of fingerless mitts that showcase traditional Bavarian traveling twisted stitches. 

Class Level: Intermediate
MUST KNOW basic skills, knitting in the round, and chart reading

What you will learn:
A fabric sample in the round, travelling stitches, cabling without a cable needle

Instructor: Bonnie Harden
Supply list provided after registration
Homework provided after registration 

Tunisian Crochet Washcloths
Tunisian crochet is a deceptively easy technique that is a little bit knitting, a little bit crochet and looks like weaving. The resulting fabric is thick and soft. After this class, you're ready to create a sweet baby blanket or larger throw. 

Class Level: Beginner
MUST KNOW Crochet foundation chain, single crochet

What you will learn:
Tunisian crochet simple stitch,
​linen stitch border

Instructor: Vicky Corrao
Supply list provided after registration
No homework unless you want to brush up on some super-basic crochet skills. Ask us to help!

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OTN Rally Day
​Yarn Winding Service

Nearly 40 participants with
4 or more skeins of yarn/person

That's approximately
40,000 yards of yarn to wind!
Or more!

Now through August 9
Please purchase supplies for OTN Rally Day as soon as possible. The Artful Yarn will wind yarn as quickly as possible and notify each participant. If you have class homework, please allow plenty of time to purchase yarn and complete homework prior to OTN Rally Day

Or participants may leave yarn with us to wind. Yarn will be waiting
at the Town Hall when participants check in on OTN Rally Day

After August 9
We cannot guarantee that
we can wind yarn purchases after August 9. Participants are asked
to wind their own

On OTN Rally Day
The Artful Yarn will not be able
to wind yarn on event day

Questions?
​Please call us at 440.321.9754

OTN Rally Day is sold out

Save the Date for Next Year
​Saturday, AUgust 3, 2019
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