Skill level is advanced.
Prerequisite: Students must already have completed a double knit project — a bookmark or potholder is fine.
What you will learn:
how to make purls show on both sides of the work
how to make knits show on one side and purl show on the other
how to make reversible corrugated ribbing
how to make words read correctly from both sides
how to design your own projects in this technique
how to read the discombobulating charts
Maximum 20 students.
½ day workshop
Students receive a handout in booklet form.
No materials fee.
No homework, but students must already know how to work regular two-color double-knitting.
reversible corrugated ribbing — a perfect edging |
- class yarn (smooth, non-splitting, light or bright or medium color) in two colors
- needles to work that yarn in double knitting (probably a size smaller than for stockinette)
6 different swatches, showing variations on knit and purl fabrics and reversibility |
In addition to garment samples, I bring a set of swatches with knit and purl patterns.
No special needs for the room set up. A whiteboard or flip chart is nice to have but not need to have. I have a projector if the facilities can accommodate it. Room set-up should be tables and chairs either facing forward or in a U-shape.
This class has been taught at
Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair 2012, Fletcher NC;
Carolina Fiber Fest 2022, Raleigh NC.
Elements of this class were taught in
“Doctorate in Double Knitting” at Southeast Fiber Forum 2015, Gatlinburg TN;
A Feast of Reversible Knitting," John C. Campbell Folk School, May 2024.
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