A Yarn Dreamer's Tale
I have been captured by Alpacas

My journey began seventy years ago in Berlin, Germany. I entered the United States as a motion picture editor in 1964. After forty-three years in film, and a life with a menagerie that included twelve cats, five dogs, nine geese, several chickens and Jimmy the Rooster, I met Honeycomb the Alpaca. Then the past became prologue.

Her fabulous eyes, gentle nature, incredibly soft fleece, and humming sounds introduced a new phase in my life. I fell in love with this gift from the Andes, and now I have Star of Bethlehem, Queen of Sheba, Alhambra del Fuego, Rhett Butler and Tahitian Pearl providing fleece to create one of a kind hand-spun yarns and garments for you to treasure and enjoy!!!

Winter 2012

Visit Insel Haus B&B on Bois Blanc Island, Michigan
and write your own description of paradise.
www.inselhausbandb.com
888-634-7393 cell 248-921-2890
Christa & Shelby Newhouse, Innkeepers
Bois Blanc Island, Michigan 49775

Relax - Design - Recharge

Yarn Dreamer Knitting Retreats and Workshops 2012

Knit in Paradise (or not far from it!) at Insel Haus B&B on Bois Blanc Island, Michigan.

• Starting at just $320 per person for lodging, meals and knitting instruction. Add $50 per night for a private room. Additional nights, $50 per night.
SPECIAL: Book the entire weekend for your guild, shop or knitting group and get 11 spaces for the price of 10. PLUS select any one of Christa’s workshops*. *Material fees are not included in pricing and vary per workshop.

www.inselhausbandb.com

Retreat workshops are led by Yarn Dreamer, Christa Newhouse: Fiber Artist & Teacher

• Double knit scarf, an introduction. • Bi-Color Brioche double sided scarf, an introduction. • Double knit tassels.

• Personalized pillbox hat with techniques that include i-cord cast on and bind off, two color knitting, bobbles.
• Scarf and mittens with cobweb ruffles.
• Reflections ruana. A color study with bobbles and a not-so-common bind-off.

During our January 2009 Retreat Joan Sheridan of Heritage Spinning & Weaving, Lake Orion, Michigan taught two-handed knitting, color samplers, how to cut
your knitting and begin work on a Fair Isle Hat. Sheila attended and this is her creation.

Reserve space for you or your knitting group on one of these 2012 weekends: *

• May 4 - 6 • May 25 - 27 • June 8 - 10 • June 22 - 24
• July 6 - 8 • July 20 - 22 • August 10 - 12 • August 24 - 26 • September7 - 9 • September 21 - 23
• October 5 - 7 • October 19 - 21 • November 9 - 11 •

• Travel to a secluded island in the Straits of Mackinac - four hours north of Detroit, one hour north of Gaylord and within sight of Mackinac Island.
• Insel Haus B&B is a 7,800 square foot home located on Michigan’s Bois Blanc Island.
• Catch the ferry or fly to the island from Cheboygan.

For schedule and reservations for the Ferry ride from Cheboygan and where to park your car call: Plaunt Transportation at 888-752-8687.
To book a flight to Bois Blanc Island call Great Lakes Air: 906-643-7165. We will pick you up from the airport.

• Escape to Insel Haus B&B!

No stress, no pressure, just nature, peace, serenity, knitting, spinning and kindred spirits.

For more information: www.inselhausbandb.com
phone 888-634-7393, cell 248-921-2890

Come to the island time forgot and write your own description of paradise

 

• Personalize a pillbox hat pattern.

• Scarf and Mittens with Cobweb ruffles.

• Create a Reflections Ruana.

• Introduction to knitting techniques new to some: Bi-Color Brioche double sided scarf and double knitted hat. Model Sharlene Beck

Insel Haus B&B website: www.inselhausbandb.com
phone 888-634-7393.