Name
Tips, Tricks, and Hints for Knitting
Date
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Time
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Session Type:
3-Hour Class
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Teacher
Lily Chin
Category
Tips & Techniques
Class Details:
In this fast-paced class, learn all the little secrets to make knitting life easier and better. Find out how to cast on in 2-tail method without running out of the second tail. Join a new skein of yarn or a new color without losing that first stitch. See ways of attaching buttons as you work. Create circular bind-offs on a neck where the beginning and end are absolutely imperceptible. Weave in those little ends that are too short to put through a darning needle. Take away lots of small “fix-its” and improve those details. Technique Requirements: Knit/purl; cast on/bind off; increase/decrease; working in the round; beginner lace; have knit a whole garment; have knit a few accessories; easy colorwork; advanced finishing techniques
Homework:
1. With worsted/Aran-weight yarn and appropriate sized double-pointed or short (12" or 16") circular needles, cast on enough sts to go around circs or a minimal amount of sts on dpns (maybe 12). Join, being careful not to twist. Work in 1 x 1 rib circularly for about 1"/2.5cm, begin to bind off leaving last 2 or 3 sts unbound, leave on needles to be completed in class. 2. With worsted/Aran-weight yarn and appropriate sized needles, cast on about 8 sts, work for about 1"/2.5cm in any st, leave on needles to be completed in class. 3. With worsted-weight yarn and appropriate-sized needles, make a swatch of about 3x3"/7.5x7.5cm in stockinette, end ready to work a knit row, do not bind off, leave stitches on stitch holder. 4. Familiarize yourself with the long-tail cast-on. 5. Familiarize yourself with the left-slanting decrease or ssk. 6. Get to know how to do a basic chain with the crochet hook.
Supplies for Class:
All homework. Extra dpns, crochet hooks of various sizes, tapestry needles, extra circular needles, worsted-weight yarn of various light colors, maybe a shank button, dental floss (4"/10cm, waxed preferred).
Materials Fee (to Be Paid Directly to the Teacher):
$0
Day
Thursday