From 9:00 am until 12 pm
At Brigid's Loft
$150
The class is designed to help the knitter who wants to try stranded colorwork knitting. You’ve seen all of those lovely stranded and Fair Isle designs and want to be able to cast one on for yourself.
In this class, students will work on a simple colorwork cowl…no increases…no decreases…no shaping…simple. The design was created for color to create motifs with only two colors on one round.
To be able to jump right in, there is homework. Yes, there are a lot of stitches to cast on. No, you probably will not be able to finish the project in class. You will, however, start to create muscle memory for a new technique and learn enough to finish the cowl on your own...at your speed.
Warning: this is an extremely addictive form of knitting!
Covered in class: a brief history of stranded colorwork knitting, holding yarns in two hands, reading charts, adding new yarns, securing old yarns, and yarn dominance.
Required skills: knit stitch and working in the round.