Name
Colorwork Top-Down Sweater Knitting (NEW!)
Date
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Time
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Session Type:
3-Hour Class
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Teacher
Anna Maltz
Category
Color, Garments
Class Details:
In this class, we’ll discuss embarking on making a top-down yoked sweater to fit you—without using a pattern! Knitting from the top down, with a particular focus on adding colorwork, is an adventurous way to work. There will be fun choices and tricky ones along the way (fit, short-rows and colors, to name a few). You decide how much (or little) planning you would like to do before you pick up your needles and yarn. It’s about the thrill of a journey where you have a looser idea of your final destination. Though not for the fainthearted, you don’t need to be a mathematical or knitting whiz to do it.
Whichever level of wing-it suits your approach to knitting (and likely, life), it’s useful to start with knowing a few simple principles so you can think about how your measurements and stitches relate to each other (and your dream sweater). This class is discussion-based and aims to send you off inspired, with a good grounding in garment construction to allow you to proceed with confidence (and plenty of permission to fudge).
Skills Covered
- planning a top-down knitted sweater to fit you
- measuring for fit
- considering ease
- deducing tension
- the benefit of short rows
- combining colors to build a palette
- applying color and pattern to a sweater
Technique Requirements: Must have experience knitting a sweater involving colorwork; must be totally comfortable knitting in the round and understand the terminology
Homework:
None
Supplies for Class:
Pencil, tape measure, note paper/book, calculator (if you don’t have a mobile phone with one on it). If you have a favorite sweater fit-wise (bought, borrowed, handmade or not) wear it to the workshop (or simply bring it along) so you can take some measurements from it as reference. If you have a dream sweater in mind, draw it and bring your drawing along. If you would like a second opinion on your potential color palette, bring a good selection of your woollen DK or 4ply/fingering weight oddments leftover from previous projects and lonely single balls! This will allow us to discuss building our palettes together from what we have and what is available around us in the yarn shop/festival. Swapping encouraged—the color you have lost the love for may be exactly someone else’s cup of tea. In colorwork, you never know what strange (and sometimes revolting) colors will make it sing, so bring them nasty ones. The weight you choose depends on which weight you would like your sweater to be, but note that examples will be given for DK.
Materials Fee (to Be Paid Directly to the Teacher):
$0
Day
Saturday