Intro to Modern Crafts Course – Atlanta

This summer instructor Shannon Mulkey (creator of the Indie Craft Experience I told you about last month) brings Atlanta-ites an amazing community education course at SCAD: Introduction to Modern Crafts. Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) offers classes and degrees to prepare talented students for professional, creative careers.

With the focus changing from week to week, this mixed media course offers an inside look into the modern craft scene. You will develop skills to screen-print, embroider, sew, create soft-sculpture, alter books and more. This is the perfect course to explore the emerging world of modern crafting and inspire new ideas.

Registration is only open until June 17, so sign up now.

Introduction to Modern Crafts
Mondays, 6:30-9 p.m. (8 sessions) Begins June 22
Registration Fee: $250.00

Instructor: Shannon Mulkey. Shannon is founder and co-organizer of the Indie Craft Experience, including the biannual I.C.E. design and craft event. Mulkey currently teaches at the secondary school level and at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art.

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Knitwear designers can get inspiration from almost anything when it comes to re-creating a color scheme, an image or a texture in stitches. Sometimes the inspiration isn’t always obvious in the finished project, but sometimes it’s more literal.

That’s the way it is with the Tin Ceiling Blanket from Purl Soho. Not just because the inspiration is in the name, but if you’ve ever seen one of these old ceilings you can see that the design of the blanket is quite similar to the pattern of the tin tiles.

This is also a good example of the idea that you don’t have to use fancy stitch patterns or lots of color to make a big impact with your knits. This single-color blanket (designed by Gianna Mueller and inspired by a washcloth and towel set designed by Sandi Rosner) is made completely with knits and purls, other than slipped stitches at the beginning of rows to make neater edges.

The pattern is written out row by row, but there’s also a chart, which means this project is a great opportunity to practice reading a chart where you can check your work against the written pattern if you need to.

It comes in two sizes, a crib blanket and a throw. The yarn used in the sample is an organic cotton sold by the cone, which is a great way to get a large quantity of yarn and have fewer ends to weave in. In fact, you can knit either size of the blanket with just one cone of yarn, which isn’t inexpensive but makes you a great, sturdy, heirloom quality but still washable blanket you’ll use for years to come. (Of course you can use any sport weight yarn you like to make this blanket.)

Check out all the details and grab the free pattern from Purl Soho.

[Photo: Purl Soho]

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