Calendar for 2010
March 18: MID-Ohio Knitting Guild, OH
April 10: A Knitter’s Fantasy by Northcoast Knitting Guild of Mayfield Heights, OH
April 22: Stitches South, Atlanta,GA
May 8: Woven Art, East Lansing, MI
May 9: Yarn Garden, Charlotte, MI
May 22 and 23: WEBS, Northampton, MA
May 29: GREAT LAKES FIBER SHOW, WOOSTER, OH
June 4 and 5: Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival, Whiteland, IN
November 20: Central Ohio Weavers Guild, OH
Hi Andrea, just has one of your students come into my shop and explain about your portugese style knitting technique. I’d like to carry your dvd’s here at the shop as well as teach a class here, using your dvd’s.
please let me know how to set up a wholesale account with you.
hope to hear from you soon,
thanks
janet m. shea
owner
country village yarn shop
6 west main st
west groton, ma 01472-0346
Dear Janet,
I am sorry if I did not reply to your request for so long. It’s been a while I have not been in my own blog, you can tell. I will email you my wholesale price table and you can order what you want. I am Also available for workshops and I will be in your area in September 09. Please forgive me for not getting back to you earlier,
Hope to hear from you soon,
Andrea Wong
info@andreawongknits.com
(740) 881-3123
My name is Jennifer and I live in Fall River, MA. There is a very large community of portugese here but no one seems to know what I am asking about.
I would totaly drive to W. Groton to be part of a workshop!!
Please let me know if you do head our way.
Thanks!
Jennifer
Dear Jennifer,
How far is W.Groton to Harrisville, NH? Depending on how far it is and if you get a group together, I will be glad to drive there next month, when I am in NH. DO you think you could get 7-10 people together for a workshop? Maybe a yarn shop to sponsor me?
Thank you for letting me know,
Andrea
Andres, I took your class with my daughter Tami on Saturday, October 10 in Terre Haute. I wasn’t able to take the Sunday class due to time shedule with Church since I live in Illinois. I would live to take another class and wonder if you do other classes and what do you charge. I have a friend who has a knit shop in Casey, Il and is interested in getting some classes set up and I spoke to her about this class. Please contact me regarding this.
I also wonder if you have any of the white Sublime yarn left that you were selling at 40% off. I did find I have some Sublime patterns for my grandaughter and would like to make her a little dress. I am also interested in adding beads like you showed us in class and wondering if there is a good website for buying beads.
Thanks. Janet Burson
Dear Janet,
Thank you for writing me and already advertise my class. Yes, I teach in yarn shops around the country and I will be glad to teach in IL! You have to tell me if you want a 3 hour class or a 6 hour workshop. I charge a fee/student (min of 10) + all travel expenses (meals, hotel and mileage). Usually shops within one hour from each other schedule workshops together and divide the travel cost.
A good source on line for beads is http://www.firemountaingems.com. Please tell your friend she could call me anytime or just get back to me with more details
I would like to find out if you have discounts for bulk purchases and what the specfics of that would be. I am thinking dvd and pin sets.
I am so very interested in learning PSK since I have arthritis. I have been a knitter since 8th grade off and on between other forms of needlework. Having to already give up two other forms of needlework, medication would most likely be needed to keep me from totally loosing touch with reality should I no longer be able to knit. I hope you will visit the Southeast US and offer classes. There are lots of folks like myself out there who want to continue to knit without causing further joint destruction. Thanks for making the videos. They are a much needed contribution to the craft.
Dear Bibi,
Just sent you an email and did not see you had another comment. I appreciate you take the time to let me know you enjoy the videos. Where are you in the SouthWest? Could you get a group together for a class through a yarn shop or guild? I will be gald to come!
Andrea
Dear Andrea….. it was so much fun to pick up the new Piecework magazine and find you there! I am looking forward to seeing you and taking your class at Harrisville in September. I just called and signed up, reserved my room at the boarding house and all. Congratulations on the nice article!
Barbara Meyers
Andrea, Recently I came across your website on the internet and was interested in learning about this new technique of knitting. I knit continental, norwegian, and english style but I had never come across Portugese.
There is a Scottish technique but it takes longer needles.
Do you have a book available or a basic dvd for this topic. I tried to watch the video on the internet but it wasn’t clear enough to get details.
Are you planning to have any knitting classes locally, (Ohio would be nice). I an aware of classes in Calif and Pa. but I can’t travel their yet. I live near Cincinnati, Ohio.
Thanks. Judith
Dear Judith,
Thank you for your interest in the Portuguese style of knitting. You got me puzzled about the Scottish Style which I have never heard. I teach classes in my house here in Columbus but if you know a group of knitters that would be interested in this technique as well, I will be glad to come to you. I need a min. of 5 knitters. Do you know a knitting guild or a yarn shop that could host me for a class?
I do have a DVD on the basics and another DVD on socks. I sell the knitting pins too. Please look up my website for products and prices:
http://www.andreawongknits.com
I hope to hear from you soon and please let me know if you have any other questions. You can also reach me at info@andreawongknits.com.
Andrea Wong
Hello Judith,
I am very interested in the Scottish technique, as I think it is the one where they hold the needles under their arm, and knit while walking, or working. If that is the case, do you know where I can find out more about it; i.e. learn how, or get the needles, etc. I have a pain syndrome in which I am much more comfortable standing or walking and it would be perfect.
Thanks,
Franki
I missed the portuguese style knitting class in Indiana due to illness. I would like to purchase the material that you provided for $5 I do not want a refund for the class. But I thought maybe the material would help me learn it.
Many Thanks
Carol Hnilo
145 fairfield Lane
Carol Stream, IL 60188
siand@juno.com
Let me know how much I owe you with the postage and I will put a check in the mail.
thanks
I heard that you are coming to Ann Arbor Michigan – Knit Around Yarn Shop; however, there is no date for this event.
I also heard you are coming to The Woven Art in Lansing and charlottle Michigan; however, Ann Arbor is closer to me – do you now when you will be coming to Ann Arbor or should I go ahead and sign up to the other yarn shops that are 100 miles away. It cost me hotel fees and such.
Also I thought taking your first class – Portuguese Knitting first – DVD_ and then taking your sock class and none of these classes offered at the different yarn shops have a beginning Portuguese knitting and then socks class.
Dear Diane,
Yes, I will be coming to Ann Arbor on November 6th, Friday and to Woven Art the very next day. At the Knit a Round Yarn shop you can take my Portuguese Style Knitting class. I am looking forward to have you in my class! I hope this helps and does not cost you too much!
If you have any other questions, please let me know. I have the dates and telephone numbers in my Classes 2009 page.
Andrea
I love knitting too, although my mates take the mickey out of me. Knitting and Kittens are my two favs!
I love your website – it’s so inspiring for people like me. Keep up the good work.
Love
John
I just wanted to make a public comment to the blog readers regarding the workshop Andrea did for the Grindstone Knitters this past weekend. We learned Portuguese style knitting and it is a great alternative to English or Continental. I have been practicing only for a day now and think the method is easy to learn and better than others for keeping even tenion without a lot of hand strain.
The DVD production quality is very good and it’s broken into segments that allow me to go to the subject desired without spending time going over what I already know, or don’t want to work on yet.
Thank you Andrea for bringing this knowledge to us!
Dear Peggy,
I so much appreciate your comment. It was a pleasure to get to know you and the guild this past weekend! And the place just made it all perfect! Thank you again,
Andrea
Oi Andrea querida,
Ja comprei o alfinete e o DVD … infelizmente voce nao tem classes esse ano em Los Angeles esse ano… mais se voce puder me indicar quem possa me ajudar a aprender sobre a “ARTE DE FAZER TRICO” em portugues ficarei muito grata a voce!!!!!!
Beijossssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Sueli Oliveira
Querida Sueli,
Fico contente com o seu pedido. Eu mesma nao sei de ninguem que vende o alfinete aqui nos USA. Eu tenho alguem que fabrica os alfinetes pra mim. Eu espero que voce goste do meu DVD e que o trico te ajude a trazer paz e inspiracao nessa fase dificil de depressao. Quando eu for ensinar na California, eu com certeza te aviso. Qualquer duvida me escreva de novo.
Um beijo Andrea
Hello !
I would love to take your class. I live in Loudoun County, Virginia, We are just south of Maryland (Frederick) and the next county west of us is Jefferson County West Virginia. I would love to take your class. Could you let me know if/when you are scheduled within a few hours of here. I could go to anywhere in Virginia, or Maryland, West VA., Pennsylvania, Ohio etc.
Thanks,
Judy
Dear Judy,
Did you receive my earlier reply? I never know if I should reply through the blog address or my business address. I have sent you an email from my business, so please let me know if you have any ideas or if you did not receive it.
andrea
Dear Andrea,
I am a big fan of your knitting patterns, I am also a knitter since childhood. I just wanted to ask you if you can tell me the meaning of “turn” in the pattern of baby booties to knit ithe portugese style in Piecework magazine jan/feb 2009, thanks.
Thank you for such a nice compliment! I love traditional baby patterns!
To answer your question: when I say turn at the end of the sentence in a row it means you do not work all the stitches in that particular row, turn and start working in the opposite direction. It is also known as short row.
Please let me know if this helps you, otherwise I will try to explain differently.
Andrea
Andrea–
I have always wanted to learn how to knit but never have had the time. Now I’ve decided that this is the winter I’m going to learn!! I’ve just ordered two of your DVDs and I’m hoping they will help me to learn not only how to knit but how to do it the Portugese way! I’m such a non-knitter that I didn’t even know there were multiple ways to knit!
I know you gave a class in Troy, OH a couple of years ago and I wanted to go to it but the lady at the yarn shop said that I would have to know how to knit before I could come. I was disappointed since I wasn’t sure if you would be back in this area or if I would know how to knit by the time you came back. I see on your 2010 schedule that you will be in OH in March and November but I don’t see a city listed. Can you tell me what part of OH you will be in then? Maybe by then I will have learned how to knit and can try to take one of your classes.
Thanks!!
Roxanne
Dear Roxanne,
I am so glad you are going to try to learn to knit this winter. Especially the Portuguese Style! It is the most efficient one!
I will be teaching at The Great Lakes Fiber Show in Wooster OH on memorial day weekend. I hope you can come! Do you know any other shops around you that would like to have me come?
Please let me know if you have any other questions and thank you for taking the time to email me.
Andrea
I live in Texas and am very interested in your style of knitting. Do any of the yarns stores in Texas carry your videos and pins? Do you plan a trip to Texas in 2010? Maybe you would be interested in coming to the International Quilt Festival that takes place in Houston. You could contact Quilts.com if you are interested.
Dear Cynthia,
I am not aware of any shops carrying my DVDs there. You could order from my website: http://www.andreawongknits.com if you want. I will be delighted to teach in Texas as I have many requests from customers. Would a quilt event be interested in knitting classes?
Andrea
Dear Cynthia,
I have sent a email to the Quilt.com event. I could not find anything about classes or class proposals. Are you sure they would be interested in Knitting Classes?
Andrea
Hello – I wonder if your patterns are specifically designed to be knit the Portugese way or if any knitter can knit these patterns the way they are used to knitting (English or continental).
Thank you.