Class Descriptions

Entrelac is a clever knitting technique that creates a fabric that appears to be woven. There is no weaving involved, instead the knitter uses short rows to work sections individually. By strategically using decreases and picking up stitches, the woven pattern emerges. This class uses Knitwhits IDUN hat pattern to introduce the student to entrelac.

Prerequisites: The student must be able to cast on, knit, purl, bind off and be comfortable working in the round.

Skills taught: Basic entrelac knitting, Magic Loop for working in the round, and basic hat shaping techniques.

This class will introduce the knitter to the two color brioche technique using Classic Elite’s Technicolor Scarf pattern. Brioche is a type of ribbing that creates a highly textured and warm two sided fabric, perfect for scarves, shawls and wraps.

Prerequisites: The student must be able to cast on, knit, purl, bind off as well as be comfortable working slip stitches, yarn overs and decreases.

Skills taught: Two color brioche technique.

Ready to learn to knit but aren’t sure where to begin. Learn to Knit Fingerless Mitts is a class designed to teach the basics of knitting. Starting with the cast on and finishing with learning to do the mattress stitch to seam the mitts. By the time this class ends the student will be ready to tackle projects of their choosing.

Prerequisites: None.

Skills taught: Long tail cast on, backward loop cast on, knit and purl stitches, bind off and mattress stitch.

Love the idea of hand knit socks but hate fussing with double point needles, this is the class for you. Learn to knit a classic sock from the top down using the Magic Loop method. This technique uses one long circular needle instead of four double point needles. No sock knitting experience is necessary for this class.

Prerequisites: The student must be an intermediate knitter, comfortable with casting on, knit and purl stitches, increases and decreases, and binding off.

Skills taught: Top down sock shaping using magic loop technique.

Stranded knitting is a technique used to create patterns using multiple colors of yarn. The use of multiple colors makes the knitted fabric look quite complex. But don’t be fooled; only two colors are used in any given row.

Prerequisites: The student must know how to cast on, knit, purl, bind off, and be comfortable working in the round.

Skills taught: Chart reading, stranded knitting, yarn dominance, weaving in floats.

Thrummed garments are most often associated with Canada’s Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Thrum originally referred to the short lengths of waste yarn leftover after woven cloth was cut off the loom. This yarn was  knitted into hats and mitten to provide and extra layer of warmth. Today roving, unspun sheeps wool, is used to thrum.

Prerequisites: The student must be able to cast on, knit, purl, bind off and be comfortable working in the round.

Skills taught: Increases, decreases, gusset shaping, backward loop cast on, picking up stitches, placing thrums and Kitchener stitch.

In this class we will explore adding increases and decreases to two color brioche knitting to create interesting reversible patterns. Once the increases and decreases are learned the sky is the limit for pattern design using brioche.

Prerequisites: Intro to Two Color Brioche.

Skills Taught: Brioche increases and decreases.

Learn to knit basic mittens using Fiber Trend Easy Hat and Mitten pattern. This class will also introduce the Magic Loop technique for knitting in the round.

Prerequisites: Must be comfortable with cast on, knit, purl and bind off.

Skills Taught: Basic mitten construction and Magic Loop.

Lace looks daunting but it doesn’t have to be! Zuzu’s Petals is a clever pattern; it looks like a shawlette but is actually a cowl, which means it stays in place without a shawl pin or tying. This project’s small format, use of worsted weight yarn and larger needles, and clever design make it a perfect introduction to lace knitting.

Prerequisites: Must know how to knit, purl, cast on, bind off and be comfortable working in the round.

Skills Taught: Chart reading and lace knitting.

In the Sweater Series you will learn everything you need to know to complete a properly sized sweater for you!

This is a 5 session bi-weekly intense instructional class that will take you from the beginning stages of picking a pattern, making a gauge, sizing, and fiber selection through construction and finishing. The class will focus on sweater basics as well as provide individual instruction based on your unique pattern. You’ll knit a sweater that fits your unique body and reflects your fit preferences. 

Class includes homework! The sooner you sign up, the sooner you can start on your homework required prior to the first session.  

Prerequisites: Student must knit, purl, cast on, bind off

Skills taught: Sweater construction, swatching, checking gauge, increases/decreases, life lines, correcting mistakes

Double knitting is a method of knitting two fabrics simultaneously on one pair of needles. The finished fabric is reversible, each side the negative image of the other. The reversible nature of double knitting makes it suitable for afghans and scarves where both sides of the fabric will be visible. Hats, headbands and cowls knit using the double knitting technique will be extra warm because of the double thickness of the fabric.

Prerequisites: The student must be able to cast on, knit, purl and bind off.

Skills taught: Double knitting technique.

Create a warm and cushy pair of slippers just in time for winter! We will use Imperial Stock Ranch Retro Thrum Slipper pattern to knit slippers with a thrummed sole. They are as cozy as can be and will make great holiday gifts.

Prerequisites: Must be an intermediate knitter, comfortable with casting on, knit and purl stitches, increases and decreases and binding off. These concepts will not be taught in class.

Skills Taught: Making and inserting thrums, and finishing techniques.

Before we know it warm days will be here and we will be buying produce at market. This market bag is perfect for those summer shopping trips. A quick to knit project that is ideal for the beginner who is ready to tackle some new techniques.

Prerequisites: The student must be able to cast on, knit, purl and bind off.

Skills Taught: Circular knitting, Kitchener stitch, Emily Ocker’s Beginning, decreases and yarn overs.

The Moebius strip is named after the astronomer and mathematician August Ferdinand Moebius. It is a surface with only one side and one edge. The most common way to make one is by taking a strip of paper, giving one end  a half twist, and taping the ends together. Cat Bordhi’s clever Moebius Cast On allows the knitter to experience the magic of a Moebius strip while knitting.

Prerequisites: The  student must be able to cast on, knit, purl and bind off.

Skills taught: Moebius Cast On and I-cord bind off.