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One-day workshops allow
us to focus in-depth on specific techniques. These are great ways to build up your skills!
Color Me Up! $25
This workshop tackles knitting in color. We will practice fair
isle, intarsia, mosaic, duplicate stitch, and striping. Bring 3 colors of smooth, solid-colored yarn, appropriate needles,
and a tapestry (sewing) needle.
Monday, 9/29: 2-4
Friday, 10/10: 3-5
Friday, 11/7: 2-4
Cables $12
Cable stitching is the process of crossing one stitch over another.
This pattern can look challenging at first, but practicing the basic techniques will demystify this stitch. Cable stitching
takes one beyond more basic moves to create more interesting designs.
Saturday, 10/18: 3:00-4:00
(Special Saturday Clinic Price $10)
Basic Oops $12
Learn how to make corrections to your knitting without ripping it
off the needles. We will cover "tinking", dropping stitches and picking them back up, and more. Bring smooth,
solid-colored yarn, appropriate needles, and a crochet hook.
Sunday, 9/28: 11-12
Saturday, 10/4: 3-4 (Special Saturday Clinic Price $10)
Sunday, Oct. 26: 1-2
Saturday, 11/22: 3-4 (Special Saturday
Clinic Price $10)
Gauge Reading & Yarn Substitution $35
Not sure how to read the gauge on the swatch you just completed? The pattern tells
you what pattern to do a gauge (swatch) in, but do you know how to actually determine how many stitches you have to the inch?
What happens if you can get stitch gauge but not row gauge? If a pattern you like calls for a specific yarn but you
want to substitute one you like better, do you know which yarns will work just as well as the one the pattern asks
for? Do you know how to combine yarns and still get gauge?
We can show you how to read those gauges and to determine which is the correct size needle
for you. We will also address combining yarns to get the gauge you need to create a one-of-a-kind yarn.
Maybe you want to use a cotton yarn instead of the wool the pattern calls for. We will
teach you how to find the right yarn for your pattern and how to avoid the pitfalls that can arise from yarn substitutions.
We will provide supplies needed in the class. Participants receive a Knit-o-Gauge, marking
pins, a ball of yarn, and a Michele Wyman gauging handout.
Thursday, 9/25: 2-4
Thursday, 10/9: 3-5
Saturday, 11/22: 10-12
Finishing I
$12
Are you unhappy with the way you sew your garments together?
Let us show you how to handle vertical seams, horizontal seams, and horizontal-to-vertical seams in stockinette stitch.
Make your finishing as nice as your knitting! No supplies are needed for this workshop.
Saturday, 9/13:
3-4 (Special Saturday Clinic Price $10)
Sunday, 10/19: 1-2
Saturday, 11/1: 3-4 (Special Saturday
Clinic Price $10)
Finishing II
$12
Do you want to improve the way you pick up stitches on garments? Do you want
nicer buttonholes? Learn how to calculate when and where to place buttonholes of any size you like. Also, learn
tricks to pick up stitches evenly so that the fabric lays flat without curling.
Saturday, 9/20: 3-4 (Special Saturday Clinic price $10)
Saturday, 10/25: 3-4 (Special Saturday Clinic
price $10)
Saturday,
11/15: 3-4 (Special Saturday Clinic price $10)
Continental Knitting $12
Stop throwing and start picking! Many people agree that knitting and purling continental style
is faster than throw or English style knitting and purling. Come give it a try!
Saturday, 9/6: 3-4 (Special Saturday Clinic price
$10)
Saturday, 10/11: 3-4 (Special Saturday
Clinic price $10)
Saturday, 11/8: 3-4 (Special Saturday
Clinic price $10)
Think Outside The Sox Contest
FREE
Come in for a complete contest overview. Once you have written your pattern, or thought it out, and
you need assistance in putting it on paper, or you have a question about the actual designing of the pattern, come to our
pattern review class. We will assist you in any way possible.
Contest Overview: Wednesday, 9/24: 6-7
Sunday, 11/2: 10-11
Pattern Review: Sunday, 10/19 1-2
Wednesday,
10/29 6-7
Sunday, 11/9: 10-11
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