knitting classes and knit alongs

Hi Everyone,

 

Now  that we are all over Christmas and New Years  for another year, let's getting knitting!!

BASIC SOCK  KNITTING
Instructor: Lynn Stitchman

Basic knitting knowledge is required : You need to know how to cast on and cast off, and to knit and purl.

You will learn to use double pointed needles (dpn's), and all it takes to knit a pair of socks!!

Fee  $50.00  + HST ....Includes your yarn and pattern.

You will need size 3.75mm double  pointed needles which can be purchased here at the store if you do not have them already.

Date & Time:

Wednesdays, Feb 4th , Feb 11th and Feb 18th .....  from 7 til  9PM.

 

 

BEGINNER KNITTINGInstructor: Lynn Stitchman

Learn the basics: Cast on,cast off, knit and purl and you will make a scarf!

Fee $60.00  +HST ..Includes your yarn and pattern.

Size  8mm  needles are needed. These can be purchased here at the store.

Date &Time:

Thursdays, Feb 5th, Feb12th and Feb 19th   From 7 pm til 9 pm.

 

Double knitting

 

We will be learn how to make a two sided fabric using 2 colours and a pattern. As this makes a double thick fabric and is reversible,  it is great for mittens.  

We will be doing a small sample,and then start working on a pair of mittens that will be double layered and reversible, with a cute sheep on them! This is a great technique  for colour work!

Basic knitting skills required and some familiarity with knitting in the round is an asset.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wilsons-mitts

 

This will be a three week class , this includes the pattern but not the yarn.

 

Fee: $40.00 & HST  plus your yarn

4mm DPn’s or long circular to do magic loop, or two circulars

 

Date and time:

Wednesday March 11th , 18th and 25th.

 

 

Magic Cake Ruffle Shawl

 

Workshop leader: Lynn Stitchman

 

Doesn't this sound intriguing!!?  This is a great way to use up all those little bits of leftover fingering weight (sock ) yarn. This shawl uses about 150gms of  sock weight  yarn joined to make a “Magic cake” with a niffy little knot that we will learn.  

 

Here is a link to the pattern on Ravelry

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/magic-cake-ruffle-shawl

These are all  sorted into piles by weight and then we will pick our colours for our shawls, learn to do the knot and put them together and start our Magic Cake Ruffle shawls! 

We will be using my yarns this time but you might want to make a second or third one with yarns of your own, each shawl will be unique depending on the colours you pick.

Basic knitting skills required.

 

Fee: $40.00 includes pattern and all the yarn to knit the shawl

 

3.75mm  circular needle required.

 

Wednesday, March 4th  from 7 pm til 9 pm

 

 

Up coming knit alongs

 

Please note these  are knit along's and we  will be learning together, there is no fee to attend but I do ask that you buy your wool and pattern through me.

 

The First one is for a Fair-isle-tote which is knit and then felted.

 

 

    This is a great project to learn 2 colour knitting and because it will be felted afterwards,  it hides any small mistakes you might make!!

Here is a link to look at in on Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fair-isle-tote-2

We will work on this Wednesdays from 1 til 3 pm for the month of Feburary   starting on the 4th which gives us 4 weeks to finish this.  I have lots of colours of Cascade 220 to choose from.

Basic knitting skills required. You  also need to have some knowledge of working in the round.

You will need a 5mm circular needle for this and also a set of 5mm dpns. 

 

Please let me know if you will be joining us as space is limited  and I will need to email you a copy of the pattern ahead of time.

 

 

Children’s sweater

 

Lets knit a childs sweater together! Estelle yarns will be putting out a program to knit this sweater, week by week over   5 weeks with lots of help.

We will be starting this on Thurday March 5th  1-3 pm So lets do it together....I will have lots of choices of colours once I receive more info from them. This is a good way to start sweater knitting as it will be small, if you don’t have anyone to make it for there are several groups that the store helps support that would be more than happy to receive them. 

They have some information about it and will be posting more on there blog. So go take a look!!

 

 https://estelleyarns.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/

Please let me know if you are interested as always space is limited.

 

 

Happy Knitting Lynn