I love travel, so I'm really excited to be teaching in two great venues in 2010, as well as our own two-centred Knitting & Gardens Tour.

JERSEY TEXTILE SHOWCASE
8 March - 14 March 2010

A major textile event of its kind, growing in size and popularity each year. Based at the Harbour Gallery and in associated venues around St.Aubin.  
I'll be doing five workshops:
Freeform Knitting, Creating a Handknit design, More Colour Will Do The Trick, Knitting with Beads and Short Row Chic.
For further info contact:
Art in the Frame Foundation
+44 (0) 1534 853395
partintheframe@yahoo.co.uk
www.MNLG.com

JEAN MOSS KNITTING & GARDENS TOUR
Devon & Bath
10 - 20 May 2010
Shadow Knitting
Short-Row Chic - Japanese Style
There may be a few places in the workshops for non-tour members. 
Contact us for further details.

FRENCH TREATS
Le Vieux Monastere, Charante Maritime, France
18 - 25 September 2010
Freeform Knitting
Bags of Fun
Download info pack or for more details: 
email Graham & Christine Dove
or phone 00 33 546 915998

We're now putting the finishing touches on our upcoming Knitting and Gardens tour - 10-20 May. I'm so pleased that Martin Storey and Sue Bradley will be with us.  We had a relaxing weekend sampling the accommodation and the glorious gardens at Dartington Hall near Totnes. Dartington has a long history of creativity and its vibes are very inspiring.  We'll be in Bath for the second half of the tour, staying at the Queensberry - a stylish boutique hotel in the heart of Roman and Georgian Bath, which comes with an excellent reference from one of our previous travellors, Diana Moore. It's great fun finding all the treats the areas have to offer, although I already know there’s much yarn interest in that part of the country and also two of my favourite garden places - Westonbirt , the National Arboretum and the Peto Garden at Iford Manor. Exciting!!!

We were also going to float the idea of a retreat in Essaouira, Morocco for autumn 2010, following a gloriously inspirational visit recently. We’ve now decided to leave this till the following year, 2011, to give us more research time and also because I think it’s about time I crossed the pond again, am having withdrawl symptoms as I haven’t done a workshop tour in the US for four years now - can’t believe it! So in autumn 2010 I hope to be Stateside. If you know of any yarn stores or guilds who would like to be included in the tour, please let me know.

Still on the subject of the tours, one of the unexpected highlights of our autumn 2008 tour of Wales & Edinburgh was cutting a demo CD with non-knitting guitarist, Heath Tuttle. Check out Spooning the Blues or right click on link to download.

Look out for Shimmy in the issue thirteen of The Knitter, a new and inspiring magazine featuring interesting and stylish designs, aiming to extend your portfolio of skills as you knit.  

In The Mood, my second book for Chilean yarn line, Araucania, is in stores now - fifteen designs inspired by love, music and food.
View all books here.

My new collection for Manos del Uruguay, using their beautiful Silk blend and Clasica yarns, is now in stores.  Distributed through Artesano, this yarn is produced by a women's co-operative and has colours to-die-for.

Enjoy your knitting,
Jean