2010 Summer Schedule

Please register in advance for all workshops, as space is limited. Payment of 50% of the class fee is required to register, and is refundable up to 48 hours before the workshop. Students receive a 10% discount on yarns for class projects. Stop by to see the class samples.

AUGUST

Class Reunions
If you would love to share your finished class project and see what the other knitters in the class produced or just need motivation to forge ahead, plan on attending your class reunion in August. If you're stalled and want help getting going on the project so you can finish it for your reunion, we are here and ready to assist you daily or at our Help Sessions on Sunday and Monday. So check the schedule below for your class instructor's reunion date and mark your calendars. All knitters are welcome to come and enjoy the festivities, along with any unfinished items in tow, to get inspired and celebrate your knitting.

Ellen Christensen and Miriam Felton classes will meet Saturday, August 21, from 1 PM to 2:30 PM

Anne Gilmour: Sunday, August 22, from 1 PM to 2:30 PM

Sarah Marsden, Michelle Poulin-Alfeld, and Betsy Slayton: Sunday, August 29, from 1 PM to 2:30 PM

Swirling Mitts: Saturday, August 14, from 1 PM to 4 PM
Instructor: Sarah Marsden • $35 class fee, Materials Fee $20 kit for Fiber Optica's Luxurious Hand Dyed 60% Merino/40% Bamboo yarn and pattern. Choose from 8+ colors (samples are at the shop).
A simple and satisfying pattern for elegant cabled hand warmers. These mitts make a lovely introduction to cables as well as to fingerless mitts. The pattern is more straightforward than one might think – all the cables on each mitt are made the same way. Knitting a worsted weight yarn with a simple thumb opening, this project moves along quickly. We'll be knitting them flat, and seaming them up one side, so no familiarity with double-pointed needles is needed! This is a great take-along-project while traveling this summer. Materials: #5 straight needles, cable needle. Yarn and pattern will be provided at the first class.

Blocking: Saturday, August 21, from 10 AM to 1 PM
Instructor: Ellen Christensen • $35 class fee
The real key to making or breaking a great knitted item is in the blocking. In this class students will learn general techniques for blocking all items, as well as tips and tricks for adjusting sizes, "fixing" out-of-shape ribbing, and blocking special items such as hats, gloves, mittens and shawls. We will also introduce students to the use of blocking wires.
Materials and Homework: Please bring two swatches: 1) 40 stitches x 40 rows swatch with 10 rows of [k1, p1] ribbing and then 30 rows of stockinette with edge stitches worked on every row; and 2) 40 stitches x 80 rows swatch of a pattern stitch of your choice (for example: cables, knit-purl patterns, lace) with the first stitch of every row slipped purl-wise.

Sideways Sock: Monday, August 23 & Friday, August 27th, from 1 PM to 4 PM
Instructor: Ellen Christensen • $50 class fee
Finally a sideways sock pattern that really fits.  This is a great way to turn self patterning or hand painted yarn into vertical stripes.  The sock is knitted flat from cuff to toe and back, using a ripple stitch which results in a vertical zigzag.  The unique thing about this sock is the heel; we’ve added extra rows at the heel to create a true instep gusset.  Extra rows are also added at the cuff to be sure it is wide enough.   In class, we will make a baby sized sock, but students will also receive a pattern for a range of sizes, baby through adult.  Techniques used in class will include provisional cast on, left and right leaning single and double decreases, single and double increases, short rows, grafting and picking up stitches.
Materials:  40 gm self-striping or patterning sock yarn, stitch markers and # 2 or #3 16” or longer circular needle or 8” straight needles, a darning needle, and a set of double points or an additional circular needle for the toe.





Finishing: Saturday, August 28, from 10 AM to 2 PM
Instructor: Ellen Christensen • $40 class fee
Always start before you finish! In other words, plan out edges, trims, button bands, seams and all that before you start knitting. This workshop helps you focus on planning to simplify and minimize finishing. More specifically, we will cover how to finish your knitted projects: sewing seams, picking up and finishing neck edges, weaving in ends, button-holes, kitchener stitch, correcting mistakes and many other techniques. Work in progress and questions welcome.
Materials: Two swatches each (total of 4): 4" x 4" square of stockinette and of garter stitch, needles used to make the swatches, blunt darning needle, appropriately size crochet hook (E for sport weight or F for worsted weight yarns).