New In-Person Knitting Classes Added to the Calendar

 

Learn to Knit Group Class
Great for novices that have never knit before.  Learn the basics of knitting, including how to case on, work knit and purl stitches, combining basic stitches to form textural patterns, binding off, and fundamentals like how to select yarn, needles, read patterns.

$40 for One 2-Hour Basic Skills Class:

Thurs, Feb 9th at 5pm

Sat, Feb 11th at 2pm

Sat, Feb 25th at 11am

Sat, March 11th at 2pm

Sat, March 18th at 11am

It’s Magic - Double Knitting

Learn the magic of knitting, a colorwork technique that creates a double-layer fabric with knit stitches on both sides that is reversible, skooshy, and has no floats!  Learn how to follow charts, build reversible patterns, and master double-knit increases and decreases.

 

$75 for Two 90-min Special Skills Class:

Sat, Feb 25th AND March 4th at 1pm

 

Traditional Selbu Mittens

Selbu Mittens are traditional stranded colorwork mittens based on a renowned pattern from Norway.  The two-color designs are often intricate with bold shapes on the back of the hands, such as eight-bladed roses or stars.  In this two-part class, students will learn how to knit Selbu mittens from start to finish, choosing from patterns by local designer, Leslie Hamacher.

 

$165 for Two 3-Hour Special Skills Class:

Sat, March 11th AND 18th at 10am

 

Kits available in Shetland Spindrift, Ultra, and Heritage Silk

Better Fitting Sweaters

Have you ever knit a sweater and end up something too boxy or too tight or simply unflattering?

In this two-part class, students will learn how to choose the right pattern, size, find proper measurements, “read” pattern schematics, make adjustments, and more.  Begin your sweater and then return for the second session for helpful evaluation and next steps to successfully finish a great fitting sweater!

 

$75 for Two 90-Minute Special Skills Class:
CORRECTED DATE & TIME:

Sat, March 11th AND April 1st at 2pm

Learn to Knit Socks with Felted Fuzzy Feet

Learn to knit socks by knitting felted slipper-socks.  In this two-part class, students will learn how to cast on, work in-the-round AND flat, increase, decrease, turning heels, kitchener stitch, and best practices for felting in the washer.  These are great for beginners, as most visible mistakes disappear in the felting, plus they are easily customizable as they are a plain canvas.

 

$100 for Two 2-Hour Special Skills Class:

Monday, March 13th AND March 27th at 5pm

Introduction to Brioche

Brioche is a two-layered reversible fabric that resembles ribbing with two right-sides, but the two sides are knitted one after the other, instead of all in the same row and by using a brioche-knit stitch combined with a special yarnover-slip stitch.

 

$75 for One 3-Hour Special Skills Class:

Sat, March 25th at 11am