Stranded 101
Date/Time:
February 5, 12 and 19 (Wednesday) from 12 - 2 PM
March 11, 18, & 25 (Wednesdays) from 12 - 2 pm
February 5, 12 and 19 (Wednesday) from 12 - 2 PM
March 11, 18, & 25 (Wednesdays) from 12 - 2 pm
Description:
Learn how to knit with and follow patterns with two or more colors. If you are like me and love playing with colors when you knit then this class is just the ticket. You will learn how to carry yarn creating floats, how to add designs to your work, and how to read patterns. And have fun with color.
Learn how to knit with and follow patterns with two or more colors. If you are like me and love playing with colors when you knit then this class is just the ticket. You will learn how to carry yarn creating floats, how to add designs to your work, and how to read patterns. And have fun with color.
Prerequisite Skills: Basic knitting skills (knit, purl, cast-on/bind-off)
Key Techniques Taught:
- A traditional long tail cast on
- How to carry yarn creating floats
- o Consistency in placement
- o Evening out tension
- o How to add or change colors
- How to read stranded knitting pattern
- -marking ends of pattern runs
- -repeating patterns
- Practice knitting different patterns
- How to manage tangles.
- How to use Magic loop to knit in the round
- The different ways stranded knitting can be used
- What happens when you felt it?
Materials:
• One skein of worsted weight or larger yarn
• Another skein (same weight) in a complementing or contrasting color
• Appropriate needles (see yarn label and select recommended size). Needles should be circular (knitting in the round). (If you are not sure about needle size, bring extra needles).
• One skein of worsted weight or larger yarn
• Another skein (same weight) in a complementing or contrasting color
• Appropriate needles (see yarn label and select recommended size). Needles should be circular (knitting in the round). (If you are not sure about needle size, bring extra needles).
Class Size: Maximum of six students
Cost: $35.00
Instructor: Jessica Jamison-Wells, [email protected]
Sign Up Instructions: Sign up at the store or call Maurine at 541-936-4677 and she will sign you up.
Knitty Gritty Yarn Store, 824 S. Main Street, Lebanon, OR 97355 541-936-4677
Knitty Gritty Yarn Store, 824 S. Main Street, Lebanon, OR 97355 541-936-4677