Knitting, Circles, and Stories

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What do knitting, circles, and stories have in common? They are antidotes to busyness, chaos, and the unsettled feelings we struggle to calm. They are a renewed and radical approach to finding peace.

Dr. Sylvia Olsen, historian, storyteller, award-winning author, knitter, knitter designer, housing specialist, and teacher will be leading the course and knitting a mandala that will become a beautiful art piece to hang or a table centerpiece. The course will include instructions on several knitting techniques including pinhole cast-on, no-strand colour work, three-stitch cast-off, and an amended version of making a pi circle. We will take time to tell and time to listen to each other’s stories and as a group we will discuss the meaning and importance of circles, of pulling together and coming together, in our lives.

If you have mastered the simple act of knitting a stitch Sylvia will guide you through the other techniques. Participants will help each other with the complicated parts or, with Sylvia, you will find ways to simplify.

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This enchanted summer week includes your program, a welcome BBQ, continental breakfast, daily activities, worship with music, beach access, yoga, and evening activities.

You may also like the following events from Sorrento Centre Retreat & Conference Centre:

• This Thursday, 19th June, 04:00 pm, 2025 Kamloops Summer Ukulele Festival in Sorrento
• Next month, 20th July, 04:00 pm, Resting, Listening, and Making - a journey of contemplation & discovery within (Summer Week 1) in Sorrento
• Next month, 20th July, 04:00 pm, Creative Journaling: Curiosity, and the Art of Seeing or How to Grow Enchantment (Summer Week 1) in Sorrento

Also check out other Arts events in Sorrento, Workshops in Sorrento, Health & Wellness events in Sorrento.