From 10 am until 12:30 pm
At Brigid's Loft & Bazaar Girls
$975
Our retreat is full.
If you'd like to be placed on a waiting list,
email us at info@bazaargirls.com.
We are thrilled to announce our eighth-annual
Getaway Retreat!
Thursday, April 3 - Sunday, April 6, 2025
Featuring Amy Snell & Alasdair Post-Quinn,
along with our beloved Ann Budd, and special guest Shana Cohen!
Amy Snell
A little about Amy...
I am a knitter, instructor, and designer with an eye for the unusual or unusually captivating. I always have a pair (or more) of socks on the needles and a few designs weaving their way around my head. My aesthetic focuses on color, contrast, and texture: I love to explore unusual stitch patterns and clever construction in ways that are challenging but accessible. You can find my designs at Knit Picks, Morehouse Farm, The Louisiana Yarn Guys, Lovecrafts, Ravelry, and my own website.
I have been teaching knitting for more than 20 years. I love teaching others to expand the way they think about knitting, whether it’s acquiring a new technique or refining their skills to make knitting more enjoyable and the end results more satisfying. My goal is to make complex concepts accessible and approachable for all knitters, while sharing tips that simplify and improve your process, whether you’ve been knitting for several months or several decades!
Alasdair Post-Quinn
A little about Alasdair...
I am a 40-something computer technician in the Boston area; I spend much of my spare time as a knitwear designer, focusing specifically on double-knitting, a knitting technique that creates a fabric with no wrong side. Until recently, a typical double-knit fabric was either tubular or two-colored with one layer showing a mirror image in opposite colors from the other layer. Over the past decade or so, people here and there have been pushing the boundaries of double-knitting to include more complex color and structure variations.
While I cannot claim to be the only one pushing these boundaries, I am among those on the forefront of innovation in double-knitting. My books, entitled Extreme Double-Knitting and Double or Nothing, document snapshots of my repertoire of esoteric double-knitting techniques (as well as being guides for beginning double-knitters), but I am continuing to develop techniques and apply them to new designs.
Ann Budd
A little about Ann...
Unlike Betty Crocker, Ann Budd is a real person. But her name is equally legendary to knitters, thanks to her classic Knitter’s Handy Book series, which makes it easy for knitters to design garments to their specifications. Ann is particularly known for her mastery of sock knitting and design and teaches sold-out workshops across the country and abroad. Ann lives in Boulder, Colorado. You can find her at annbuddknits.com.
Shana Cohen
A little about Shana...
I am an architect with experience teaching technical and design studio courses in several higher education venues. I bring my experience of geometry and writing design syllabi to my pattern writing. My size-inclusive patterns are mostly modular designs, and mostly garter stitch! In pattern writing, I make legible directions that allow the knitter to customize their work in the process. I pay attention to maximizing yardage and adaptability of styling in my work. Throughout all of my endeavors, I love connecting with individuals and helping them to become the best version of themselves. I aim to write my patterns in a way that fosters this creative expression in you, the knitter. I hope you have fun playing with color and style when working on my patterns. shanalines.com
Accommodations and Costs
The retreat will begin on Thursday with check-in from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (please note that lunch is not included on Thursday). Classes will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, and the retreat will end following a Continental breakfast Sunday morning.
The cost for the weekend is $975 and includes three 3-hour classes, an appointment with AnnBudd, 3 continental breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, an invitation to our cocktail party Friday night, a SWAG bag, and fun, fun, fun!!!
Life is uncertain, and we sometimes have instructors who need to leave due to health or family emergencies. When this happens, we will do our best to replace them with someone equally exciting.
Before registering, please take a moment to read our cancellation policy below carefully; there will be no exceptions.
There are 2 ways to pay! To pay in full click the "Register for this Event" button at the bottom of this page.
or pay in 3 installments.
If you are making payments, Register & pay your deposit HERE.
Cancellation:
If you pay in full now, the balance of your tuition is refundable sans a $150 cancellation fee until January 1, 2025 After that, we regret that all cancellations are non-refundable.
If you are making payments, the deposit of $325 is non-refundable. Payment # 2 of $325 is due by August 31. Payment # 3 of $325 is due by December 1. Payments 2 & 3 are refundable until January 1, 2025. After that, ALL cancellations are non-refundable.
Historic Port Townsend is a beautiful little harbor town with several options for accommodations. The Palace, the Swan Hotel, and The Bishop Hotel are all within walking distance of Brigid's Loft.
The Bishop Hotel 360-302-6984
The Palace Hotel 360-385-0773
The Swan Hotel 360-385-1718
Hi, Just looking around off the net for some knitters. Love to knit and crochet. My name is Linda Hylton.
Most of the classrooms are handicapped accessible, yes. Unfortunately, our banquet hall is not. We are in a historic building, so there are some hoops to jump through to make large renovations. We’re working to change that, but it takes money and time, and won’t happen before April 2025.
are the classrooms handicapped accessible?
We’re glad you’re coming back!
Thank you! We’ve already started scheming on how to make next year special.
Thanks,Jorjan!
Can’t wait to join you again next year!!
Already looking forward to the retreat in April 2025…the teachers look phenomenal and I love the venue! Thank you to Bazaar Girls for putting this all together. We appreciated your energy, creativity and love of knitting and related arts!
This is so worth coming to!