Sally Melville!!!
Tuesday, February 14
9am - 12noon - lunchbreak - 1:30pm-4:30pm
Essential Skills - $135.00 (6 hour workshop)
No matter how advanced and accomplished we are, there are habits or holes in our knitting repertoire. Perhaps we rely on the same cast-on, the same increase, the same decrease; perhaps we are confounded by selvedge stitches; perhaps we knit without the awareness that we have choices.
This workshop explores and explains the many techniques we should all have in our repertoire. We'll talk about which are best suited to each situation and why, and we'll practice them with lots of hands-on experience.
Skill Level: beginner intermediate and beyond. (Very experienced knitters get a lot from this class and so do newer knitters.)
Supplies to bring: Yarn, tapestry needle, crochet hook.
Homework: Use plain yarn: worsted weight works best.
Cast on 24 sts: work in stockinette stitch until the piece measures 3" in length. DO EXACTLY AS WRITTEN: do not slip stitches and do not work short rows. (You are shaping a round neck, in case you wonder what is going on.) At the beginning of the next RS row, bind off 6 sts. At the beginning of the next RS row, bind off 2 sts. At the beginning of the next 3 RS rows, bind off 1 st. Work 8 rows straight. Bind off all stitches.
Wednesday, February 15
9am - 12noon
Knit to Flatter and Fit- $75.00 (3 hour workshop)
A knitter who spends the time and energy to make her own clothes should be rewarded with a result that makes her happy and proud. It should fit, it should flatter, and there should be no mystery as to how it happened. But, sadly, and too often, this is not the result. Why? Because the knitter chooses the wrong pattern OR chooses the right pattern but follows the directions without questioning them Or makes the right garment but wears it with the wrong thing.
There are a few simple rules to follow for successful knitting: start with styles that flatter, knit with appropriate decisions for a personalized fit, and then wear it with something that makes it look wonderful! This workshop covers all these decisions and puts the power for successful results into your competent hands. Yay!
Homework: It is essential that this exercise be completed. You will be disappointed if you don't do this! And please read this carefully, including the NOTE at the bottom.
- Dress in something close fitting. (We need to see your real silhouette. You may wear only lingerie, or you may add a bodysuit, a leotard, or tights. But do wear supportive lingerie.)
- Standing straight, with arms slightly away from your side and feet together, have someone take a straight-on, full body (head-to-toe) photo of you. (Have the photo fill the screen as much as possible.)
- Print the photo onto plain paper (enlarging it to 8-10" tall).
- Trace your outline only with a heavy black pen: we don't need your photo anymore, only your outline. Bring your outline to class.
Skill Level: beginner intermediate and beyond. (Very experienced knitters get a lot from this class and so do newer knitters.)
Supplies to bring: a couple of pages in at least 2 colors of light-weight (20lb or lighter but NOT tracing paper), light-colored paper (that you can trace your outline through); scissors; measuring tape; pencil; eraser
NOTE TO PARTICIPANTS Common homework and supplies errors are the following: arms too far from sides, feet not together, head not included, paper too heavy or too light (tracing paper does not work), photo brought instead of just silhouette, silhouette not outlined or not outlined heavily enough.
Wednesday, February 15
1:30pm - 4:30pm
First Choices, Basic Shapes- $75.00 (3 hour workshop)
No matter how advanced or experienced we are, we run the risk of making a garment that looks awful. Why? We make decisions in the first 20 minutes that have everything to do with the success or failure of a project. What are those decisions? Yarn, color, stitch pattern, silhouette.
This workshop gives diagnostic skills to look at these decisions. And it then follows with basic pattern drafting. So even if you never design your own knitting, you'll have the tools to alter what you do knit to produce the best possible result.
SKILL LEVEL anyone
SUPPLIES TO BRING tape measure