Name
Knit Your First Sideways Short-Row Colorwork Hat (NEW!)
Date
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Time
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Session Type:
3-Hour Class
Skill Level:
Advanced Beginner
Teacher
Woolly Wormhead
Category
Accessories, Knitting, Tips & Techniques
Class Details:

Woolly is famed for their sideways knit hats, especially their short-row colorwork ones. If you’ve been itching to try one but haven’t quite taken the leap yet, then this class is for you!

Together we’ll work through the Toph Hat, Woolly’s most famous pattern, which has been knit by thousands of knitters around the world. Woolly will demonstrate the key techniques—provisional cast-on, German short rows, grafting garter stitch—and work with everyone through the first panel of their hat, being on hand to help where needed.

Technique Requirements: knit/purl, cast on/bind off, chart reading, have knit a few accessories, easy colorwork, advanced colorwork, short rows, grafting

Homework:

Purchase a copy of the Toph pattern for $10; gauge swatch in garter stitch. Find the pattern on Ravelry here

Supplies to Bring:

2 x 100g skeins of yarn in co-ordinating and contrasting colors; needles appropriate in size to suit the yarn, crochet hook in same size as needles.