Cecelia Campochiaro appeared on the knitting scene in 2015 with her debut book, Sequence Knitting. Knitting was a casual pastime until she had an “ah-ha” moment in 2010 and realized that interesting textured fabrics could be created by the simple repetition of a sequence of stitches. This idea evolved and led to her writing Sequence Knitting, which is a reference book about this mindful approach to knitting.
In the years since Sequence Knitting debuted, she has continued to develop new ideas in knitting. Sequence Knitting is about texture, and her new book Making Marls, is about color. Making marls, the act of working multiple strands together as one, is an old technique, but has never before been written about as an important technique in hand knitting.
Cecelia lives in Silicon Valley, where for many years she developed specialized microscopes used in computer chip manufacturing. Textiles, photography, and the arts have been a lifelong passion running in parallel with her technical life. In high school and college, even though her main studies were in the sciences, she studied drawing, printmaking, ceramics, and photography.
Today she is fully dedicated to the fiber world and “unventing” new ways to make amazing knit fabrics.
Lecture February 2, 9:30 am: Sequence Knitting and Making Marls
Cecelia will share her journey from high tech to textiles, sequence knitting, making marls, and self-publishing.
All current members will be sent a Zoom link a week before the lecture. For more information and to learn more about the accompanying workshop, click here.