Name
Shaping Up With Short Rows
Date
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Time
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Session Type:
3-Hour Class
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Category
Design, Tips & Techniques
Class Details:
Short rows are smooth solutions to slants and curves. Instead of the “stepped” bind-offs at shoulders and necks, short rows (sometimes referred to as partial knitting) create a continuous line. This makes seaming and picking up stitches much easier. The tremendous capabilities for invisibly sculpting knits within the fabric will also be explored. Learn a horizontal bust dart, a side-to-side yoke, a seamless hat on 2 needles instead of 4, entrelacs, a sock heel. . . . Other possibilities include unusual textures and no-bobbin intarsias.
Technique Requirements: knit/purl; cast on/bind off; increase/decrease; chart reading; have knit a whole garment; easy colorwork; knowledge of sock construction
Homework:
• With worsted weight or chunky yarn and appropriate needles, cast on 21 sts. Work in garter st for about 4 or 6 rows, then work in stockinette st for about 1”. End ready to work a purl-side row.
• With worsted weight or chunky yarn and appropriate needles, cast on 20 sts and knit a row, you’re now ready to purl.
• With worsted weight or chunky yarn and appropriate needles, cast on 20 sts, purl a row, you’re now ready to knit.
• With worsted weight or chunky yarn and appropriate needles, cast on 20 sts and knit a row, you’re now ready to purl.
• With worsted weight or chunky yarn and appropriate needles, cast on 20 sts, purl a row, you’re now ready to knit.
Supplies for Class:
1. Another color or 2 of same weight yarn as the homework; you only need about 10 yards of each color, including those leftover from homework.
2. OPTIONAL: bring knitter’s proportioned (gauged) graph paper of some large gauge like 4 sts and 5 rows to the inch or thereabouts. Don’t forget pencil and eraser.
2. OPTIONAL: bring knitter’s proportioned (gauged) graph paper of some large gauge like 4 sts and 5 rows to the inch or thereabouts. Don’t forget pencil and eraser.
Day
Sunday