Instructors
Laura Ricketts
Rochester, IN
Laura loves to play with color and design, and the knitting of the Sámi peoples in northern Scandinavia fits that bill while exciting her historically and culturally. She knits, crochets, spins, and quilts. Lately, she has lectured and taught at Finnfest, Vesterheim Norwegian-American museum, American Swedish Institute, and the Nordic Knitting Conference in Seattle. In between writing articles and patterns, she chases her three school-age kids, shuttles them about town, and tries to attend all their events.
Current Courses Offered by Laura Ricketts
Try Your Hand at Irish Crochet
Instructors:
Laura Ricketts
Irish crochet flourished after the great Potato Famine in the 1840s when poverty was so severe and…
Fri, Mar 21st, 2025 – Sun, Mar 23rd, 2025
9am-4pm each day
9am-4pm each day
Instructor:
Laura Ricketts
Past Courses Offered by Laura Ricketts
Advanced Sámi Knitting Techniques
Casting On: Skills for Knitters (Online Course)
Forest Pond Skolt Sami Mittens
Forest Pond Skolt Sami Mittens: Online Course
Just Knittin’ Beret – First Time Project
Karesuando Mittens: Swedish Sámi Mittens from the Far North
Knitting Skolt Sami Socks
Knitting Skolt Sami Socks: Online Course
Quilting the North Woods: A Seasonal Block of the Month Quilt
Rings True Sámi Mitten: Online Course
Sámi Knitted Mitten Online Class
Sámi Knitted Mitten: False Entrelac
Sámi Knitting Techniques
Sámi Knitting Traditions- Skolt Sámi Sampler
Sámi Knitting Traditions: Birch Leaves Mittens Online Course
Sami Knitting Traditions: Kautokeino Child's Mittens
Sami Knitting Traditions: Skolt Mittens
Skolt Sami Inspired Hat
Skolt Sámi Inspired Hat: Online Course
The Red and the Black: Swedish Sami Mittens by Skaite-Maria
Twined Knitting Intro: Let's Get Twisted
Twined Knitting, Advanced: Squared Off
Twined Knitting: Online Course
Two-Thumbed Arctic Fisherman’s Mittens
