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Myrna Stahman

AKD certified categories of hand knitter expertise:

  • Author Designer
  • Teacher

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Myrna has taught many topics to many people, as a social worker, the director of an activity center for retarded adults, a Peace Corps Volunteer, an attorney, and a knitting teacher. The most important skill she developed was while teaching mentally retarded adults – how to analyze and break down any task into under-standable pieces. Myrna has taught classes and workshops at Black Sheep Gathering, NwRSA, MAFA, Camp Knitaway, and Midwest Masters . In addition to teaching she was also the keynote speaker at Minnesota Yarnover, Fibre Festival 2000 in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Tasmanian Fibre Festival in Hobart, Tasmania. Myrna is the author of Stahman's Shawls and Scarves: Lace Faroese-Shaped Shawls From the Top Down, and Seamen's Scarves.

Classes Available

  • Beginning Lace Knitting - Knit an Elegant Seamen's Scarf
  • Design Your Own Unique Seamen's Scarf
  • Faroese-Shaped Shawls From the Neck Down - Basic Design
  • Intermediate Lace Knitting - Knit an Elegant Seamen's Scarf
  • Lace Faroese-Shaped Shawls From the Neck Down
  • The Language of Lace
  • Tips and Techniques for Lace Knitting - The Basics
  • Tips and Techniques for Lace Knitting - More than the Basics
  • Tips and Techniques for Lace Knitting - Circular Lace
  • Variations On a Theme

Rocking Chair Press
2814 Tartan Pl
Boise ID USA 83702-1429
208-342-6690
Email: stahman@aol.com

Last revised Tuesday, 11-Dec-2007 08:19:33 CST