Advanced Beginner

Amy Herzog

Design, Garments

Ready to take the plunge, but a little nervous that you’ll wind up with a useless garment? Have no fear! Sweater expert Amy Herzog tells you everything you’ll need to know to wind up with an enviable first sweater. We’ll cover: • Basic sweater construction options: What are the different ways a sweater can come together, and what impact does your choice of construction have? • Schematics: What they are and how they can help you. • Getting a successful sweater fabric: Swatching, and beyond. • Choosing the right size, and setting yourself up for the easiest-possible modifications (note: we don’t cover modification math in detail in this class) • Identifying key pattern elements vs. when you can go “off road” • Shaping, edging, patterning, and other options Amy is great with student Q&A too, so bring your questions to class and get ready for some great sweaters! (Please note that there is some overlap between this class and Sweaters, Deconstructed. Please don’t take both.) Technique Requirements: Knit/purl; cast on/bind off; increase/decrease

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