Is steeking on your knitting bucket list? Why would you knit something in the round to knit a flat object? How can you keep your cut knitting from falling apart? So many questions, and we have the answers! This coaster class is gentle introduction to crocheted steek reinforcement. You’ll knit the homework, and then we’ll reinforce, cut, and finish in class. Previous crochet experience not required.

Pooling is a Cinch is a convertible piece that will please both hat and cowl lovers. The stockinette stitch body is a perfect canvas for playing with assigned pooling. Worsted weight yarn knits up quickly for a fun introduction to this technique.

Minerva is an entrelac cowl or scarf, knit flat. Why knit a round cowl flat? To learn all the elements you need to know for any entrelac project, and to avoid a huge game of yarn chicken on a long scarf or loop cowl knit from the long edge! Entrelac looks like it’s woven, but it’s just a lot of squares and triangles, knit one at a time. You’ll want to knit just one more square. Choose your length: short or long cowl, or long scarf.

The island of Gotland is 3 hours off the coast of Sweden and they have developed a style of stranded colorwork that incorporates motifs and colors that were borrowed from other cultures around the Baltic Sea. The colorwork incorporates geometric, floral, and representational motifs and color charts are used to work the color patterns. These patterns are fun to knit and fun to wear. You will receive a yarn kit containing yarn spun from the longwool of Swedish Gotland sheep, several charted color patterns and a traditional style knitting pattern for a hat to work on in class.

Sweaters are the magnum opus of the knitting world, and yet something that intimidates many knitters. Knitting a fitted sweater, more than a shawl that does not need to fit a particular size, can be quite a daunting proposition. It’s a lot of knitting, a sizable investment, and how can you be sure it will fit? After all, swatching is a pain, and swatches lie anyway, don’t they? When pondering such a large scale project that needs to fit, a host of questions and doubts can arrive. The key to knitting a great sweater is simple, yet often overlooked. Yes, one must have the requisite knitting skills, but more important than that is creating a good sweater fabric in the yarn you plan to use (regardless of the needle size and gauge stated in the pattern), and then adjusting the pattern to suit your own fabric and gauge. In this class, we look at common sweater structures and examine how, when, and where to make adjustments to gauge in a pattern, once you have found your ideal fabric. We thoroughly discuss swatching as a means to an end - a necessary evil, if you will. Come with an open mind, prepared to learn tools to liberate yourself from the need to blindly follow a sweater pattern, hoping for the best.

Every knitter wants to learn how to knit socks. In my opinion, socks is to knitting as ballet is to dance, it's the core of knitting. Once you can knit socks, you can knit anything! However, most knitters dislike working with the traditional double pointed needles and most dread the kitchener graft! There lies the sock issue! We’ll learn how to knit socks, one at a time using the Magic Loop Technique. We'll discuss basic sock construction and the math behind the sock. We'll walk through the process step by step and we'll even eliminate the kitchener graft! Yup, there is a new and improved way to graft those toes and it's super easy to memorize! Once you take this class, you may never need another sock pattern again! We’ll also discuss pro’s and con’s to knitting with Magic Loop circs versus double pointed needles and how to convert patterns to the Magic Loop way.

Have you been knitting for awhile but haven't been happy with the end product? Are you self taught or did your grandmother teach you? Always wondered why your knitting isn't as refined as others? This is the class for you! We'll learn how to do a prettier cast on that can be used 3 different ways, learn how to bind off with more elasticity, how to shape shoulders without the bumps and ladders and how to create the perfect one row buttonhole that won't grow and a new join and graft! You’ll walk away with a ton of new knowledge and plenty of handouts and resources to take your knitting to an all new level. It's a great class for anyone wishing to hone in on their knitting skills.