Knitting Retreat with Vivian Høxbro

Immerse yourself in New England fall season and in the craft you love! Join us in Harrisville, a historic village, nestled in the Monadnock Highlands for a carefree knitting holiday. With fabulous autumn colors still with us, you'll spend your days expanding your knitting knowledge and color vocabulary while enjoying good food, good wine, good yarn and good friends.

We have commandeered a 750 acre hilltop estate and all of the Harrisville Inn for this very special event.

Included:

Housing
* All meals (including a traditional New England Clam Bake with Lobster)
* Two and half days of knitting instruction with Vivian
* TOPICS: All About Color and Sculptural Domino Knitting along with a new Viv kit
* PowerPoint presentation from Vivian on her designs and inspiration
* Fashion show event
* Special optional evens including: Guided bird walk; talk on New England textile mill history; tour of the Harrisville Spinning Mill; geological discussion about the Monadnock region

To view the estate, go to www.vrbo.com/155326
Rooms will be given on first come first serve basis.

VIVIAN HØXBRO comes to Harrisville from Denmark where she has been designing knitwear for over twenty years. In the last decade she has popularized the techniques of domino knitting and shadow knitting throughout Scandinavia, the United States and Japan. She has written three books in English published by Interweave Press: Domino Knitting, Shadow Knitting, and Knit To Be Square. She is well known for her marvelous use of color and for imaginative designs. When she teaches, she enriches the students with her knowledge, enthusiasm, and creativity.