Beginning Knitting! The four basic skills with Sherry Baldwin (This class is full)

Learn to cast on, knit, purl and bind off in this beginner class. Only 2 students in this class. Materials will be provided for $15.00, this will include needles and 1 ball of yarn.

Date: 1-14
Location: Friends & Fiberworks Shop
Cost: $30.00
Material Fee: $15.00
Start Time: 12:00pm
End Time: 2:00pm
Total Cost: $45.00

Silk Worm to Silk Fabric with Cassie Dickson

In this class, students will learn to pull silk hankies and caps for knitting.  Project ideas will be provided.  Raising silk worms and processing your own silk will be covered.  Each student will receive a silk starter packet which will include hand-dyed silk hankies, caps, cocoons, and silk worm eggs. Intermediate knitting skills are required for projects.

Needed Supplies:
Project options for the class will require a (set) of size 2 double pointed needles for making fingerless gloves and / or a pair of size 7 needles for making a scarf.  Bring a folder for handouts.

Date: 1-15
Time:  9:00am-12:00pm
Class:$45.00
Material Fee:  $30.00
Total:$75.00

All-Day Fair Isle Toddler Size Hat with Kathleen Taylor

Discover, or improve, your Fair Isle skills by knitting a toddler-size Nordic-Style Snowflake hat in this all-day workshop with author, knitter, and designer Kathleen Taylor. This workshop will cover chart-reading (including decreases worked from the chart) and yarn wrangling, as you work on a two-color hat (don’t let the pictures fool you- you’ll only be using one solid color yarn, and one self-striping yarn). Choose to work the folded hem with a Picot edging, or a smooth edge. Homework required! Minimum Age for Class: 12. Prerequisite Student Skills: No Fair Isle or stranded experience needed, but students must be comfortable with knitting in the round. Students need to bring tools/supplies? 100 gr solid color worsted weight wool yarn (170-220 yds, depending on maker), 100 gr self-striping worsted weight wool yarn whose colors do not match the color of the solid yarn (high contrast is desired). May substitute 2-100 gr balls of solid color, contrasting worsted weight wool yarn; 16″ Size 5 circular needle, Set of 5- Size 5 dpns (or size needed to obtain gauge listed below), safety pin, 3 small stitch markers, 1 large stitch marker, large-eye blunt needle, ruler, scissors, pad of Post-it notes (for use as row markers on the chart) Note: there will be enough yarn to knit both featured versions of the Snowflake hat.

Homework: Please bring the following to class with you:
Decide which yarn will be your MC, and which will be your CC (many students find it easier to use the lighter color yarn as the MC). With MC, CO 90 sts. Without twisting the sts, join. K 8 rnds. Choose Picot Fold or Straight Fold, work appropriate rnd.  Picot Fold Rnd Variation: *YO, K 2 tog*, rep around*. Straight Fold Rnd Variation: P around. Next Rnd All Versions: K. Increase Rnd All Versions: *K 15, Inc 1*, rep around (6 sts inc- 96 sts). We will continue working on the hat in class, from that point. Gauge and Measurements: Gauge over Fair Isle Section: 6 sts=1″, 7 Rnds=1″, Finished Hat Size: 8″ across lying flat, 7 ½” long

Date: 1-13
Time: 10:00-4:00
Cost:90.00

Knitting Mitered Square Cuffs with Kathleen Taylor

Learn to knit easy and beautiful mitered squares. In this class, students will learn the basics of mitered square knitting, and then make cuffs for mittens or socks, with self-striping, worsted weight yarns. Students will then have the option of using their cuffs to make mittens (regular, or fingerless) or socks. Instructions for knitting mitered squares, and patterns for both styles of mittens, and for socks with short-row heels, will be provided. Emphasis will be on learning mitered squares. Students may or may not progress far enough to begin working on the body of the sock or mitten. Minimum Age for Class: 12 Prerequisite Student Skills: Students should be comfortable knitting and purling on straight needles.  Students need to bring Size 5 needles (4/5 dpns, or 1 or 2 circs as desired), 100-150 gr  worsted weight self-striping yarn (can substitute assorted leftover worsted weight yarns), 2 safety pins, 1 stitch marker, large-eye blunt needle

Date: 1-14
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Class: $60.00

Little Tips and Knitting Tricks with Kathleen Taylor

Spend two hours with author and designer Kathleen Taylor, learning fun techniques that will make your knitting easier: a Substitute for the SSK that is faster and simpler, Knitting Back Backwards (for heels and bobbles), adding beads as you knit, using wire, fixing cable and Fair Isle mistakes, and other time-saving tips. Minimum Age for Class: 12. Prerequisite Student Skills: Should be able to knit and purl on straight needles. Students need to bring Worsted and fingering weight yarns (leftover balls are fine), appropriate straight needles for both yarn weights, scissors. Cast on 10 stitches and work a few rows of stockinette stitch in both yarn weights (this can be done during class).

Date: 1-14
 Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Class: $30.00

EEK! A Steek! with Kathleen Taylor

Fear Not! You can cut your knitting without fear (or wine, though wine is nice). In this workshop, we will take a pre-knit tube and turn it into a doll sweater, learning techniques that can be used on any project that requires steeks. It’s fun! Really! And not scary at all! I promise. Students may choose to work with either worsted weight or fingering weight yarn. Note: The finished sweater will fit an approx.. 15” doll. Minimum Age for Class: 12 Prerequisite Student Skills: Students must be comfortable with knitting in the round, knitting and purling.   Students need to bring their pre-knit tube, plus additional yarns and needles, contrasting yarn, a large-eye needle, as listed. Students may choose to work their doll-size sweater in either worsted weight or fingering weight yarns. Students may knit a plain tube, or a tube with anyFair Isleor stranded pattern. If students wish to knit the sweater in design shown in the photo, they can e-mail me for the chart.

Homework for Worsted Weight Doll Sweater:
Yarn: Approx 100 yds worsted weight yarn (single color, or several colors), several yards of a contrasting yarn in the same weight.  Needles: Size 7 dpns, Size 7 straight needles.  Tools: Large-eye blunt needle, 2 small safety pins.  Notions: 5- 3/8″ buttons, sewing needle and matching thread.  Finished Sweater Size: 5 1/4″ long, 5″ wide, Sleeve 3 ½” long.  With MC, CO 60 sts. Divide evenly on 3 dpns, being careful not to twist the sts, join. Work 6 rnds of K1 P1 ribbing. K next rnd. Work the worsted Weight Sweater Chart as shown in the instructions (Page 9), or knit a plain tube, or use any pattern you like. Bind off. Do not weave the loose ends in.

Homework for Fingering Weight Doll Sweater:  Yarn: Approx 100 yds worsted fingering yarn (single color, or several colors), several yards of a contrasting yarn in the same weight.  Needles: Size 2 dpns, Size 2 straight needles.  Tools: Large-eye blunt needle, 2 small safety pins.  Notions: 7- 3/8″ buttons, sewing needle and matching thread.  Finished Sweater Size: 5 1/2″ long, 4 1/2″ wide, Sleeve 3 1/4″ long

With MC, CO 80 sts. Divide evenly on 3 dpns, being careful not to twist the sts, join. Work 10 rnds of K1 P1 ribbing. K next rnd. Work the Fingering Weight Sweater Chart as shown in the instructions (Page 9), or knit a plain tube, or use any pattern you like. Bind off. Do not weave the loose ends in.

Date: 1-15
Time: 12:00pm-6:00pm
Class: $90.00

Writing Patterns for Publication with Kathleen Taylor

Learn tricks and tips for writing up your original pattern for publication, from 30-year pattern-writing veteran, blogger Kathleen Taylor, author of six mysteries, five knitting books, over 500 magazine articles, and many other original sewing and knitting patterns. Whether you plan to submit your design to a magazine, or will publish and sell it yourself, you need to know about pattern format, photography, pattern testing, copyright information, and contacting editors and publishers. Q&A time provided at the end of the class. Handouts will be provided.  Prerequisite Student Skills: No writing or designing experienced needed

Date: 1-13
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Class: $30.00

Half-Day Design Your Own Fair Isle Hat Workshop with Kathleen Taylor

Expand on yourFair Isleskills, and design your own Toddler- Size Fair Isle hat in this half-day workshop with author, knitter, and designer Kathleen Taylor. We’ll discuss color choices, design elements, and motif repeats. We’ll do specific designing exercises, and then combine those motifs to design originalFair Islehats. Sample motifs, blank charts, exercise sheets, and toddler-size hat pattern will be provided. The half-day workshop concentrates on design only- students will knit their hats at home.  Prerequisite Student Skills: A familiarity with knitting in the round and stranded knitting preferred (though the latter is not absolutely necessary)  Students need to bring assorted worsted weight yarns, 100 gr total, in up to 6 colors (leftover yarns and small balls are fine), colored pencils to match the yarns, 16” size 5 circular needle and corresponding DPNs (if you want to start knitting your hat), pencil, eraser.

Date:1-16 (Hangover Class)
Time: 10:00am-2:00pm
Class: $60.00

Half-Day Design Your Own Christmas Stocking Workshop with Kathleen Taylor

Expand on yourFair Isleskills, and design your own Christmas Stocking in this half-day workshop with author, knitter, and designer Kathleen Taylor. We’ll discuss color choices, design elements, and motif repeats. We’ll do specific designing exercises, and then combine those motifs to design an original Fair Isle Christmas Stocking. Sample motifs, blank charts, exercise sheets, and stocking pattern will be provided. The half-day workshop concentrates on design only- students will knit their stockings at home.  Minimum Age for Class: 12  Prerequisite Student Skills: A familiarity with knitting in the round and stranded knitting preferred (though the latter is not absolutely necessary)  Students need to bring  assorted worsted weight yarns, 100 gr total, in up to 6 colors (leftover yarns and small balls are fine), colored pencils to match the yarns, 16” size 5 circular needle and corresponding DPNs (if you want to start knitting your stocking), pencil, eraser

Date: 1-16
Time: 4:00pm-8:00pm
Class: $60.00

All Day Nordic Christmas Stocking with Kathleen Taylor

In this all-day workshop, students will learn yarn wrangling techniques, chart reading, etc. Students will begin work on a 14” long, toe-up, stranded Christmas Stocking, with an afterthought heel. Students knit the toe in advance as homework (or they may use a provisional cast on, and knit the toe later), and as a class, we will knit past the waste-yarn heel in the first half of the class. In the second half, we will knit the afterthought heel, and then continue on with the cuff until the end of class. It is not likely that students will finish their stockings in class, but they should have the tools and information to finish on their own. I will provide detailed handouts, pattern, and charts.  Prerequisite Student Skills: Students must be comfortable knitting in the round. NoFair Isle or sock knitting experience needed. Students need to bring Size 8 dpns (or long circs if they’re Magic Loopers), and 2- 50gr balls of solid worsted weight yarn in highly contrasting colors, several yards of contrasting waste yarn, several sticky notes, 2 stitch markers, 1 safety pin

Homework:Pre-Knit Stocking Toe: With Size 8 needles and dark worsted weight yarn, CO 20 sts. Divide on needles as desired, without twisting the sts, join. Rnd 1: K; Rnd 2: (K 4, Inc 1), rep around. Rnd 3: K; Rnd 4: (K 5, Inc 1) rep around. Repeat those 2 rnds, working 1 more st before the inc on each even rnd, until there are 50 sts.

Date: 1-17
Time:10:00am-4:00
Class: $90.00

Knit a Gull Lace Hat with Anne Marie Walter

Description: An advanced beginner class; you will knit a lace hat. This is a great class to learn to how to knit a simple lace pattern. Minimum Age for Class: 16 Prerequisite Student Skills: Students should know how to cast on, knit & purl Yarn: Bulky weight yarn 75-90 yards Needles: Size 10 (6 mm) 16” circular; 10 ½ 16” (6.5 mm) circular needles; dpns (either size), Yarn needle; stitch markers

Date: 1-13
Location: TBA
Cost: $45.00
Material Fee: $5.00
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Total Cost: $50.00

Knit the Windy City Hat with Anne Marie Walter

Description: An advanced beginner class; you will knit a unique hat that combines color and texture. This is a great class to learn to knit in the round. Minimum Age for Class: 16 Prerequisite Student Skills: Students should know how to cast on, knit & purl.  Yarns: smooth worsted weight yarns (120 yds ) & coordinating novelty yarn such as mohair, textured yarn, etc. (35-50 yds) in coordinating colors.Needles: 16” size10 ½ circular needle, same size dpns. Stitch markers.

Date: 1-14-12
Location: TBA
Cost: $45.00
Material Fee: $5.00
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 1:00 PM,
Total Cost: $50.00

Bold and Twisted- Using Color AND Texture in Knitting with Judi Jetson & Betsy Crum

Explore ways to successfully combine yarns with both brilliant colors and stunning textures in this knitting design class. Sisters Judi Jetson and Betsy Crum will guide you in choosing the right
yarns to go with a pattern you love. Judi loves color, often dying and spinning her own yarn to perfection. Betsy, a New Englander, has spent those dark winter months perfecting cables, bobbles and laces. Minimum Age for Class: 16.  Prerequisite Student Skills: Students should know how to cast on, knit & purl.  Yarns to bring: at least 3 1-ounce skeins of mixed weight yarns, plus a variety of small amounts of yarns to share in all different colors and sizes.  Needles: bring sizes 5 and 8 circular needles, cable needle, scissors.

 

Date: 1-13
Time:10:00am-1:00pm
Class:$45.00
Materials fee:  $10.00
Total: $55.00

 

Custom Fit Your Knits with Aimee Abernathy

Have you found the perfect pattern and the most wonderful yarn, but the yarn isn’t the right gauge? Is the pattern sizing not quite right for you? Would it be perfect if only it had a v neck instead of a crew neck? In this class we will talk about custom fitting knits to your specifications – size, gauge, making changes.  Prerequisite Student Skills: Must be able to knit, purl, cast on and bind off. Students need to bring: Pencil and paper for note taking. Tape measure. Patterns to customize are optional. Material Fees: $5 To cover: Take home photo and written instructions given out in class which covers all of the techniques we go over in class in detail. And will include a section for your measurements which we will be taking in class.

Date: 1-14-12
Cost: $45.00
Material Fee: $5.00
Start Time: 5:00 PM
End Time: 8:00 PM
Total Cost: $50.00

Math for Knitters with Aimee Abernathy

Math isn’t your thing, I understand, it isn’t mine either, but sometimes you have to use it to knit. In this class, we will discuss changing gauge, figuring out pattern changes to change a size, recalculating yarn amounts and more! Take the mystery out of math and bring your knitting up a notch with this class! Minimum Age for Class:12 Prerequisite Student Skills: Must be able to knit, purl, cast on comfortably in either the long tail or knitted cast on method and bind off.  Students need to bring paper, pencil or pen, calculator, tape measure.

Date: 1-15-12
Cost: $45.00
Material Fee: $5.00
Start Time: 5:00 PM
End Time: 8:00 PM
Total Cost: $50.00

It says to do WHAT?? Reading Patterns and Charts with Aimee Abernathy

Sometimes patterns can be hard to read. In this class, we will learn to read patterns, learn common pattern abbreviations and what they mean, as well as how to read a chart. Never fear another chart again!  Minimum Age for Class:12. Prerequisite Student Skills: Must be able to knit, purl, cast on comfortably in either the long tail or knitted cast on method and bind off.  Students need to bring paper, pencil – if there is a pattern you want help with, bring it along and we will look at it if time permits!

Date: 1-15-12
Cost: $30.00
Material Fee: $5.00
Start Time: 3:00 PM
End Time: 5:00 PM
Total Cost: $35.00

Full Fair Isle with Aimee Abernathy (This class is a series for 3 days)

Description: In this class you will learn it all.  How to knit in the Fair Isle style, set up steeks, cut those steeks, and do the finishing work!  We will knit a doll sweater in this class to learn all of these techniques.  Students need to bring: 5 colors of complementary worsted weight wool yarn, needles to obtain gauge of 5 stitches per inch, scissors, tape measure, crochet hook, tapestry needle, waste yarn.  Prerequisite Student Skills: students must be able to cast on, bind off, knit in the round on circular needles or dpns.
time permits!

Date: 1-13, 1-14, 1-15
Cost: $60.00
Material Fee: $8.00
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Total Cost: $68.00

Toe up socks today! With Aimee Abernathy (This is a series class of 3 days)

In this class you will learn it all. From the toe, to a gusset and heel flap, up the leg, and binding off so it isn’t too tight. At the end of this class, you will have a whole sock. Or at least be pretty close to it! We might even learn magic loop if you show up with long circs! Prerequisite Student Skills: students must be able to cast on, bind off, knit in the round on circular needles or dpns. Students need to bring: 1 skein of sock yarn ready to knit, needles appropriate to get a gauge of 8 stitches to the inch

Date: 1-13, 1-14, 1-15
Cost: $60.00
Material Fee: $8.00
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 3:00 PM
Total Cost: $68.00

Finish It! With Aimee Abernathy

So you knit this gorgeous sweater, but what do you do with the pieces? In this class we will learn several techniques for seaming and finishing your projects! Student should be able to: ability to cast on in the long tail method, knit, purl and bind off using the traditional method. Students should bring: Scissors, tapestry needle, scrap yarn, crochet hook.  Homework: Knit several swatches (at least 3 to 4) in plain Stockinette Stitch. The more swatches you bring, the more practice you will get with the various techniques.

Date: 1-13-12
Cost: $60.00
Material Fee: $5.00
Start Time: 3:30 PM
End Time: 7:30 PM
Total Cost: $65.00

Illusion / Shadow Knitting with Nancie McCraw

Hide a secret in your knitting.  Illusion knitting looks like normal 2 color strip cloth until viewed from the correct angle.  A simple and easy way to achieve intarsia or fair isle effects with out all the ends to weave in.  We will make an illusion swatch and learn how to convert any chart to an illusion design.

Date: 1-14
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Class: $45.00
Materials: 0
Total: $45.00

Knitted Roving Hat (No Spin!) with Melissa Yoder Ricks

Skip the spinning – knit a hat directly from hand dyed wool roving! Students will learn how to select appropriate fiber and prepare it for knitting, and cast on for this easy to knit hat. Minimum Age for Class:16 Prerequisite Student Skills: students should know basic knitting (techniques in hat: backwards loop cast on, stockinette stitch, wrap and turn, knit 2 together) Students need to bring size 13 circular and double-pointed needles. 16-20” circulars used for most of hat, with DP’s used for crown decreases. (Experienced knitters may use DP’s or magic loop for entire hat)

Date: 1-13
Location: Vendor Booth
Cost: $30.00
Material Fee: $12.00
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Total Cost: $42.00

Yarn Anatomy 101 with Robyn Josephs

Join me as we examine, dissect and create yarns. Understanding fiber content, TPI,WPI, SPI and yarn construction is intertwined in taking your needle skills up a notch. We’ll make a simple woven journal to take notes and make sample /swatch cards for each yarn.

Date: 1-13
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
Class: $30.00
Materials: $10.00
Total: $40.00

Reading Patterns and Charts and Finding your Gauge with Robyn Josephs

K1, T,
(s1,k2t,tbl,psso)-Huh?????

Learn how to translate and break down patterns and charts for total project success.  We will unravel the mystery of gauge and learn the joy of swatching Learn how to match your stitches to pattern gauge, substitute yarns in written patterns and successfully fit and finish garment projects. 2 hours + material fees-all levels-be comfortable casting on and off, knit and purl stitch.

Material list:

  • minimum 4 skeins/balls of yarn from the 6 classifications
  • minimum needles sizes 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11-the more the better- I recommend 16” circular
  • needle and hook gauge, tape measure, scissor, darning needle

Bring the patterns and charts you have and we’ll take it from there.

Date: 1-14
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Class: $30.00
Materials: ( please see materials list above)
Total: $30.00

UFO’S with Robyn Josephs

Let’s get those dogs off your needles:

  • Too big?
  • Too Small?
  • Too bad????

Bring your Unfinished Fiber Objects and lets decide if it’s time to frog, fix or swap-your dog may be some else pet!

Date: 1-14
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Class: $30.00
Materials: 0
Total: $30.00

High Tech Sock Knitting for Low Tech Knitters with Robyn Josephs

Learn to make a sock that fits you perfectly with no turning, picking up of stitches, kitcheners stitch, or even purling if you can only knit. We will use Cat Bordhi’s Personal Footprints for Insouciant sock Knitters –

http://www.amazon.com/Personal-Footprints-Insouciant-Sock-Knitters/dp/0970886926/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318355234&sr=1-3 and learn the latest in sock techniques. Bring a yarn you have knit up a swatch that will make a good sock fabric and two circular needles to knit that gauge. Thicker yarn will go faster. I will get you started, explain all of the tricky parts and you will do the rest to make your first sample sock. You also need a tapestry needle and one long circular in a size smaller than your gauge needle and a piece of thin card(cereal box) the size of your foot.

Date: 1-15
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Class: $30.00
Materials: 0
Total: $30.00

Knitting Cables with Jenny Raymond

Cables really are easy, they only look impressive. We will cover different ways designers write and chart their cables and how in the end it’s all doing the same thing – changing the order of stitches on the needle to create the crossover. We will be making cabled cup cozies with three different cable designs with the Debbie pattern, also covering cabling without a cable needle and how to count rows in cables. Minimum Age for Class:16  Prerequisite Student Skills: students should be able to CO, knit, purl & BO.  Students need to bring tools/supplies smooth worsted weight yarn and US7 needles (3 DPNs are perfect, straights & circulars are fine but need to be accompanied by a cable needle)

Date: 1-13
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Class: $30.00
Material Fees: $4.00
Total:$34.00