Let’s dye some one-of-a-kind yarn! In this workshop, you’re in charge as we ice dye 2 hanks of yarn using powdered dye, our imagination, and ice! Come prepared to try something new, get dirty, and make some magic! Yarn will be available to bring home on Saturday. Please wear old clothes and shoes you don’t mind getting dirty.
Date/Time: Friday, September 27, 2024 6:00-9:00 PM
Materials Fee: $30/student. Fee covers the cost of the dye, 2 skeins of fingering weight yarn per student, and soda ash. (Pay teacher directly in class. Exact change appreciated.)
Supplies to Bring:
Apron to protect clothing
Gloves (medical grade or rubber cleaning gloves are fine)
N-95 Mask
Safety Glasses
Hair Dryer
Optional - ear protection for when hair dryers are going
Homework: None
Skill Level: All levels
Take your cable game to the next level by knitting 2-colored cables! The Palace in Wonderland Cowl is packed with technique. Learn the provisional cast-on with two colors, 2-colored cables, chart reading, Kitchener stitch with two colors, cabling without a cable needle, and blocking. It’s a cable game changer!
Date/Time: Saturday, September 28, 2024 9:00 AM-Noon
Supplies:
2 highly contrasting shades of Worsted weight yarn (yarn used in the photo is Kim Dyes Yarn Cannoli Worsted), 400 yds each color - no fuzzy or novelty fibers, please
Size US 9 (5.5mm) 24” circular knitting needles (NOTE: If you tend to be a loose or a tight knitter, you may need to adjust your needle size.)
Cable Needle
Stitch Markers
Sticky Notes
Tapestry Needle
Worsted weight waste yarn
Size G Crochet Hook for homework
Copy of Palace in Wonderland Cowl Pattern (found on Ravelry or at Tanisknits.com)
Homework: With waste yarn and crochet hook, chain 132 using this method - https://tinyurl.com/48bhcmwz. Be careful not to chain too tightly.
Skill Level: Intermediate, previous colorwork experience not necessary. Must be comfortable knitting in the round.
Flummoxed by lace or been apprehensive about trying it? Then this is the beginner lace workshop for you! Join Tanis Gray and learn a classic leaf lace motif in the round. We’ll be creating both elegant texture and sparkly visual impact by adding beads to our cowl, will learn to read lace charts with comfort, and talk about proper blocking and finishing techniques regarding lace. We’ll work up the Luce Cowl together in class, and you’ll be knitting lace with ease in no time!
Date/Time: Saturday, September 28, 2024 1:30-4:30 PM
Supplies:
1 Hank sport or light DK weight yarn, approx. 285 yds/261 m in superwash or wool (no heavily variegated or fuzzy fibers, please)
Size US 5 (3.75 mm) 16-20” circular knitting needles
Size US 7 (4.5 mm) 16-20” circular knitting needles
Stitch Markers
Sticky Notes
Tapestry Needle
Approx. 300 6/0 mm Miyuki Round Seed Beads (auracrystals.com is a great bead resource – it’s recommended to avoid big box stores due to inconsistency in their manufacturing)
.75 mm Crochet Hook
Copy of Luce Cowl Pattern (found on Ravelry or at Tanisknits.com)
Homework:
With smaller circular needles, Longtail CO 144 sts. Join into round being careful not to twist, pm for bor.
Work garter in the rnd (knit 1 rnd, purl 1 rnd) twice.
Switch to larger circular needles.
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner. Must be comfortable knitting in the round.
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